Canada’s B-Boy Phil Wizard wins first Olympic breaking gold in Paris
The Canadian beat France's Dany Dann in front of a partisan crowd to take the first-ever men's gold medal in breaking.
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Georgia Bell leads rush of medals as Team GB enjoy super Saturday
The runner, who has set a new British record, only took up sport again to stay fit during pandemic
Georgia Bell, an occasional runner during lockdown who made it to the Olympic final of the women’s 1500m, set a new British record to take bronze as a rush of success including silvers in artistic swimming and taekwondo took Britain’s rivalry with France in the medal table into the last day.
At the age of 30, this was Bell’s first Olympic appearance but in a lightning quick race in the Stade de France that saw Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon set a new Games record, the British runner stayed with the leading pack in the first 800m before finding the strength to kick on in the final leg.
Continue reading...Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon wins 1500-metre final for record third Olympic gold
Kipyegon becomes the first athlete ever to win three back-to-back 1500m gold medals and sets new Olympic record time.
Ethiopia’s Tola wins Olympic men’s marathon; Kenya’s Kipchoge drops out
Tamirat Tola completes the tough Paris course in an Olympic record time of two hours, six minutes and 26 seconds.
LA’s mayor says 2028 will be ‘no-car Games’ despite city’s notorious traffic
- City will host Games for third time in its history
- Businesses will be asked to allow home working
The Los Angeles mayor, Karen Bass, has said the 2028 Olympics will be a “no-car Games” as the city prepares to host the event in four years’ time.
Bass and Casey Wasserman, the chairman of the LA 2028 organizing committee, highlighted some of the planning that has already been completed. Bass was preemptive about the city’s notorious traffic, addressing the issue in her opening remarks at a press conference in Paris on Saturday.
Continue reading...Algeria’s Imane Khelif beats Yang Liu to win boxing gold at Paris Olympics
The boxer emerged victorious amid a gender row to bag Algeria's second gold medal in Paris and fulfill her dream.
Japan’s Ami Yuasa dances her way to gold in first Olympic breaking final
Japanese B-Girl Ami beats Lithuania's Nicka in the gold medal competition as breaking makes a cameo at the Olympics.
Competitor at CrossFit Games in Texas dies during swimming event
- CrossFit CEO Don Faul ‘deeply saddened’ by death
- Athlete who died named as Lazar Dukic from Serbia
A competitor in the CrossFit Games has died while competing in a swimming event on Thursday morning at a Texas lake.
CrossFit CEO Don Faul said during a news conference that the organization was “deeply saddened” by the death of one of their athletes, and they were working with authorities on the investigation into the death.
Continue reading...Portugal’s former Real Madrid defender Pepe retires from football
Pepe announces his retirement only a month after becoming the oldest European Championship footballer with Portugal.
Who is Imane Khelif? When is her Olympics gold medal fight?
Algeria's Imane Khelif will face China’s Yang Liu on Friday for a chance to win the country's first women's boxing gold.
India’s Vinesh Phogat disqualified in Olympics, missed weight by 100 grams
Phogat had starved herself for a week, exercised and spent hours in the sauna to cut the extra kilos.
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif storms into Olympic final amid gender row
Khelif beats Thailand's Janjaem Suwannapheng by unanimous decision to have a shot at winning gold in Friday's final.
Romanian PM to boycott Olympic closing ceremony in gymnastics protest
- Ana Barbosu demoted from bronze while celebrating
- Romanian great Nadia Comaneci also criticises decision
Romania’s prime minister, Marcel Ciolacu, said he will boycott the Olympic closing ceremony after his country were denied a medal in the women’s gymnastics.
Ana Barbosu had already begun celebrating her bronze for the floor event on Monday when coaches for Jordan Chiles, of the United States, entered an appeal to judges over Chiles’s score. The inquiry resulted in a 0.1 boost for Chiles, enough to overtake Barbosu for the last spot on the podium.
Continue reading...Paris organisers scrap Olympic open water swim training in polluted Seine
Athletes competing in the Olympic marathon swimming events repeatedly face training delays due to water quality issues.
France’s Olympic surfing champ Vaast says ‘life force’ helped him win gold
France's Kauli Vaast, who rode his home wave in Polynesia to Olympic gold, says he got some extra spiritual help.
Duplantis sets new world record, retains Olympic pole vault title in Paris
Sweden's Armand Duplantis captured the gold and soared to a new world record at the men's Olympic pole vault final.
Biles caps OIympic campaign with floor exercise silver after beam fall
Simone Biles had to settle for a disappointing silver in the floor exercise final after missing out in the balance beam
Paris Olympics: USA’s Finke sets new world record in men’s 1,500m freestyle
Team USA's Bobby Finke breaks 12-year-old record to win second straight Olympic gold medal in men's 1,500m freestyle.
Jubilation in Caribbean at St Lucia’s and Dominica’s first Olympic medals
Sprinter Julian Alfred and triple jumper Thea LaFond both win gold on Saturday
There was jubilation in the Caribbean on Sunday after St Lucian sprinter Julian Alfred and Dominican triple jumper Thea LaFond secured their countries’ first ever medals, both golds.
From entering the Games as a little-known competitor, Julian Alfred demonstrated immense athletics prowess by winning the women’s 100-metre finals on Saturday, in 10.72sec.
Continue reading...Bastianini wins British MotoGP, Martin reclaims championship lead
Ducati's Enea Bastianini wins his first grand prix of the season, completing a MotoGP double at Silverstone.