Paris 2024 Olympics: Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon wins third straight 1,500m Olympic gold
4 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon wins third straight 1,500m Olympic gold

The Hindu  

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon won her third straight Olympic 1,500 metres gold on Saturday, surging ahead of the pack to finish more than a second ahead of the field. Kipyegon cemented her status as one of the all-time great middle-distance runners, becoming the first athlete to claim three successive Olympic 1,500m titles. Her winning time of three minutes 51.29 seconds broke the Olympic record, and she collapsed to the track, hands on her head in disbelief, after crossing the finish line. Australia’s Jessica Hull took silver and Britain’s Georgia Bell bronze as both found the strength to pass Ethiopia’s Diribe Welteji on the home straight.

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2024 Year in Sports, Athletics: Duplantis dominates, Neeraj-Arshad showdown in Paris Olympics, a slew of world records
2 days, 4 hours ago

2024 Year in Sports, Athletics: Duplantis dominates, Neeraj-Arshad showdown in Paris Olympics, a slew of world records

The Hindu  

There were records galore from athletics in 2024, both at the national and global level. | Photo Credit: NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon bettered her own world record in the women’s 1500m at the Paris Diamond League meet. Sweden’s Armand Duplantis poses next to a board displaying his new 6,26 meters world record after the men’s pole vault …

Tata Steel Marathon 2024: Ebenyo, Kebede return to defend their titles at World 25K Kolkata
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Tata Steel Marathon 2024: Ebenyo, Kebede return to defend their titles at World 25K Kolkata

The Hindu  

Defending champions Daniel Ebenyo and Sutume Kebede will return to defend their titles in the world’s first World Athletics Gold Label 25 K Race, Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata, which is scheduled on Sunday, December 15. Early this year, Kebede improved her personal bests in the half marathon and marathon to take initial world leads in both events in 2024. …

World Athletics: Olympic champions Hassan and Tebogo named ‘Athletes of the Year’
3 weeks ago

World Athletics: Olympic champions Hassan and Tebogo named ‘Athletes of the Year’

The Hindu  

Dutch marathon runner Sifan Hassan and Botswanan sprinter Letsile Tebogo, both of whom took gold at the Paris Olympics, were named ‘Athletes of the Year’ by World Athletics in Monaco on Sunday. Swedish pole-vaulter Armand Duplantis won the men’s field category after an unbeaten 2024, winning Olympic gold and setting a new world record of 6.26 metres. Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh …

Paralympic Games end with a Parisian electro-dance party after 2 world records on final day
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Paralympic Games end with a Parisian electro-dance party after 2 world records on final day

Associated Press  

PARIS — The Paralympic Games ended Sunday with two world records and a spectacular light show during a closing ceremony dominated by French electronic music Jean-Michel Jarre got the party underway at the Stade de France, coaxing dance moves from athletes, volunteers and spectators on a day when Morocco’s Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi smashed the world record in the women’s …

Rome Diamond League: Tebogo scorches to 100m win; Yavi narrowly misses world record in 3000m steeplechase
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Rome Diamond League: Tebogo scorches to 100m win; Yavi narrowly misses world record in 3000m steeplechase

The Hindu  

Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo outstripped Christian Coleman to win the 100m in impressive style at the Diamond League meeting in Rome on Friday. Yavi goes close Winfred Yavi, of Bahrain, poses by the clock after setting the best mark of the season in the women’s 3000-meter steeplechase during the Diamond League Golden Gala Pietro Mennea athletics meet at the Stadio Olimpico …

Botswana’s Tebogo makes a statement 100m win following his breakout performance in Paris
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Botswana’s Tebogo makes a statement 100m win following his breakout performance in Paris

Associated Press  

ROME — 100, 200, 400. The Botswana runner clocked 9.87 seconds — and had time to glance around before easing to the line — to win the 100 meters at Rome’s Diamond League meet on Friday. “Seeing me win Olympic gold, a lot of people probably went and looked where Botswana is on the map.” Americans Christian Coleman and Fred …

Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Aug. 16 - Aug. 22
4 months, 1 week ago

Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Aug. 16 - Aug. 22

Associated Press  

Aug. 20 1921 — Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats Mary Browne, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to win the U.S. women’s national tennis title at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia. 1932 — Helen Hull Jacobs beats Carolyn Babcock to win the women’s singles title in the U.S. 1982 — Mystic Park becomes the first 3-year-old trotter to win the American Trotting Championship. …

Lyles, Hassan bookend fabulous track and field program
4 months, 1 week ago

Lyles, Hassan bookend fabulous track and field program

China Daily  

Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands celebrates after crossing the finish line to win the Paris 2024 Olympics women's marathon gold medal on Sunday. The closest and highest quality men's 100-meter race and a late-night pole vault world record lit up the first week, while Sifan Hassan's final-day marathon win, to cap a barely believable hat-trick of medals, was a fitting …

Noah Lyles and Sifan Hassan bookend a fabulous Paris Olympics programme
4 months, 1 week ago

Noah Lyles and Sifan Hassan bookend a fabulous Paris Olympics programme

The Hindu  

The Olympic athletics programme, highlighted by the shortest event and then the longest, saw performances of astonishing quality and spine-tingling drama, played out to a beautiful and unique purple backdrop that will forever mean Paris. The closest and highest quality men's 100 metres race and a late-night pole vault world record lit up the first week, while Sifan Hassan's final-day …

Paris Olympics 2024 cycling review: Dutch master Harrie grabs the spotlight and paints the velodrome orange
4 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics 2024 cycling review: Dutch master Harrie grabs the spotlight and paints the velodrome orange

The Hindu  

When Britain opened seven compelling days of racing at the National Velodrome by winning the women’s team sprint in a world record time it seemed the country’s domination of Olympic track cycling would extend through the Paris Games. The United States finally got its hands on the women’s team pursuit title that had proved so elusive -- beating nemesis Britain …

Georgia Bell claims stunning bronze as Faith Kipyegon makes 1500m history
4 months, 1 week ago

Georgia Bell claims stunning bronze as Faith Kipyegon makes 1500m history

The Independent  

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From major competition also-ran to Paris Olympics medallist, Jess Hull's meteoric rise is the result of unwavering determination
4 months, 1 week ago

From major competition also-ran to Paris Olympics medallist, Jess Hull's meteoric rise is the result of unwavering determination

ABC  

It's a meteoric rise like no other. By winning Olympic silver at the Stade de France on Sunday morning, Jessica Hull completed her stunning journey from major competition also-ran to Olympic medallist. A staggeringly entertaining race from gun to tape that saw Hull become the first Australian woman to ever win a medal in the event at an Olympics. But …

Sifan Hassan puts on a fight to win marathon gold at Paris Olympics 2024
4 months, 1 week ago

Sifan Hassan puts on a fight to win marathon gold at Paris Olympics 2024

Al Jazeera  

Once an Ethiopian asylum seeker, the Dutch distance running great won her third medal of the Paris Olympics in a thrilling finish to the women’s marathon. Sifan Hassan completed her mission impossible with a gruelling women’s marathon win on the sun-baked streets of Paris on the last day of the Olympics, giving the games a dramatic ending of her own. …

Great Britain’s 4×400 metres relay men and women win bronze medals
4 months, 1 week ago

Great Britain’s 4×400 metres relay men and women win bronze medals

The Independent  

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From parkrun to Paris podium – Georgia Bell celebrates surprise Olympic bronze
4 months, 1 week ago

From parkrun to Paris podium – Georgia Bell celebrates surprise Olympic bronze

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Wanyonyi extends Kenya’s 800 metres domination
4 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Wanyonyi extends Kenya’s 800 metres domination

The Hindu  

Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi held off one of the strongest fields in history to win the Olympic gold medal in the men’s 800 metres on Saturday, securing his country’s fifth consecutive Olympic title in the event. The world silver medallist narrowly missed the world record of 1:40.91 set by Kenya’s David Rudisha at the 2012 London Olympics, in laying down the …

Olympics marathon results: Times in full as Tamirat Tola wins and Eliud Kipchoge fails to finish
4 months, 1 week ago

Olympics marathon results: Times in full as Tamirat Tola wins and Eliud Kipchoge fails to finish

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Eliud Kipchoge struggles in Paris 2024 Olympic Games men's marathon, Tamirat Tola wins gold
4 months, 1 week ago

Eliud Kipchoge struggles in Paris 2024 Olympic Games men's marathon, Tamirat Tola wins gold

ABC  

Father Time waits for no man. An 11-time marathon major winner from just 15 attempts, back-to-back Olympic champion — one of just three in history — Kipchoge boasts a CV that will be tough to be bettered by anyone. Kipchoge — a four-time Olympic medallist who won his first medal, a bronze, in Athens in the 5,000m — said his …

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon wins 1500-metre final for record third Olympic gold
4 months, 1 week ago

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon wins 1500-metre final for record third Olympic gold

Al Jazeera  

Kipyegon becomes the first athlete ever to win three back-to-back 1500m gold medals and sets new Olympic record time. Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon made history after becoming the first woman to win three consecutive Olympic 1,500-metre gold medals with a superb display of middle-distance running. 3rd Olympic 1500m gold for 🇰🇪's Faith Kipyegon 😤 No one in history has won 3 …

Ethiopia’s Tola wins Olympic men’s marathon; Kenya’s Kipchoge drops out
4 months, 1 week ago

Ethiopia’s Tola wins Olympic men’s marathon; Kenya’s Kipchoge drops out

Al Jazeera  

Tamirat Tola completes the tough Paris course in an Olympic record time of two hours, six minutes and 26 seconds. Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola has delivered a masterclass in solo front running to win the Olympic men’s marathon in Paris as Kenyan legend Eliud Kipchoge, who had been bidding for an unprecedented third consecutive Olympic crown, has failed to finish. Tola …

Paris 2024 Olympics: American Benjamin wins men’s 400 metres hurdles gold
4 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: American Benjamin wins men’s 400 metres hurdles gold

The Hindu  

Rai Benjamin finally got the better of great rival Karsten Warholm to win the Olympic 400 metres hurdles title on Friday, continuing the United States’ athletics gold rush and foiling the Norwegian’s bid to be the second man to retain the title. Benjamin, second behind Warholm in the Tokyo final and with two silvers and a bronze in world championships, …

Belgium’s Nafissatou Thiam wins Paris 2024 Olympics heptathlon gold to seal Olympic hat-trick
4 months, 1 week ago

Belgium’s Nafissatou Thiam wins Paris 2024 Olympics heptathlon gold to seal Olympic hat-trick

The Hindu  

Belgium’s Nafissatou Thiam became the first woman in history to win three consecutive Olympic heptathlon crowns on Friday, sealing victory ahead of Britain’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Johnson-Thompson took silver with 6,844 points while Thiam’s compatriot Noor Vidts won bronze with 6,707 points. Thiam had taken a giant stride towards sealing her title after Friday’s morning events, when a massive 54.04m javelin …

Kelvin Kiptum was a gold-medal favorite. After his death, his memory lingers over Olympic marathon
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Kelvin Kiptum was a gold-medal favorite. After his death, his memory lingers over Olympic marathon

Associated Press  

PARIS — The memory of Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum hovers over the men’s Olympic marathon. “His presence will remain for so long,” said Hellen Obiri, a two-time Olympic silver medalist in the 5,000 meters who will run in the women’s marathon Sunday. “I also remember when I crossed the finish line, I heard about the and I was surprised, but not …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Kim Yu-jin wins another gold for South Korea, Ulugbek Rashitov secures back-to-back taekwondo titles
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Kim Yu-jin wins another gold for South Korea, Ulugbek Rashitov secures back-to-back taekwondo titles

The Hindu  

South Korea is back in force in taekwondo. After leaving the Tokyo Games without a single gold medal in the sport it invented, the East Asian nation claimed a second title in as many days at the Paris 2024 Olympics. “I also put in a lot of efforts, that’s how I got the gold medal.” Kimia Alizadeh, who was the …

Paris Olympics: Sprinting giant Jamaica shockingly fail to reach 4x100m relay final for first time in two decades
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics: Sprinting giant Jamaica shockingly fail to reach 4x100m relay final for first time in two decades

Hindustan Times  

For the first time in two decades, Jamaica's 4x100-meter relay team failed to qualify for the Olympic final, a significant moment in the nation's history hailed for its sprinting dominance. Ackeem Blake, of Jamaica, reacts after qualifying in a men's 100 meters round 1 heat at the 2024 Summer Olympics The team, consisting of Ackeem Blake, Jelani Walker, Jehlani Gordon, …

Australia's Jessica Hull qualifies for the Paris Olympics 1,500m final as Peter Bol misses out in the 800m
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Australia's Jessica Hull qualifies for the Paris Olympics 1,500m final as Peter Bol misses out in the 800m

ABC  

Jessica Hull has declared she can win Olympic gold in the women's 1,500 metres "mega-final" in Paris. That's no longer a problem, as evidenced by Hull's blistering run of 3:50.83 at last month's Paris Diamond League meet which lifted her to fifth spot on the all-time list. The women's line-up of Ella Connolly, Bree Masters, Kirstie Edwards and Torrie Lewis …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Fast-finishing Hall takes 400m gold for US
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Fast-finishing Hall takes 400m gold for US

The Hindu  

Quincy Hall produced an incredible late surge to overhaul Briton Matthew Hudson-Smith and take a first Olympic 400 metres gold for the United States since 2008 in another scintillating race on Wednesday. Hudson-Smith seemed on course to win his country’s first gold over the distance since “Chariots of Fire” Eric Liddell in the Paris Games 100 years ago, but he …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Perez pulls away to give Spain gold in race walk relay
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Perez pulls away to give Spain gold in race walk relay

The Hindu  

Spain’s two-times world champions Alvaro Martin and Maria Perez took the gold medal in the mixed marathon race walk relay by nearly a minute at the Paris Games on Wednesday as the event made its Olympic debut. Follow the Olympics live here: Paris 2024 Olympic Games real-time updates Brian Pintado and Glenda Morejon of Ecuador took silver in 2:51.22, while …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Hudson-Smith, Hall win fast and furious 400m semifinals
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Hudson-Smith, Hall win fast and furious 400m semifinals

The Hindu  

Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith and American Quincy Hall won their Olympic 400 metres semifinal heats on Tuesday but Grenada’s Kirani James sent a warning shot that the final will not be a walk in the park for the two favourites. The gold is widely expected to go to Hudson-Smith or Hall, but triple Olympic medallist James showed his mettle with a …

Paris Olympics Day 11: Gabby Thomas leads Americans to 2 golds — 5 overall — at track and field
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics Day 11: Gabby Thomas leads Americans to 2 golds — 5 overall — at track and field

Associated Press  

PARIS — The United States had a big night in track and field at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, winning two gold medals and five overall. Gabby Thomas blazed her way to an easy win in the 200 meters — and beat 100-meter winner Julien Alfred, who earned silver and now owns the only two medals in her country’s history. …

Paris 2024 Olympics: American Thomas fastest in women’s 200m semifinals
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: American Thomas fastest in women’s 200m semifinals

The Hindu  

Gabrielle Thomas of the United States sent an emphatic statement to her rivals in the Olympic women’s 200 metres as she cruised to the fastest time in the semifinal on Monday. Julien Alfred, who held off American Sha’Carri Richardson to win the 100m on Saturday and claim Saint Lucia’s first Olympic medal, clocked the second quickest time of 21.98. Rounding …

Kenya's 'smiling assassin' Chebet wins Olympic 5,000m gold
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Kenya's 'smiling assassin' Chebet wins Olympic 5,000m gold

New Indian Express  

PARIS: Kenya's Beatrice Chebet produced a masterful display of tactical running to win gold in the Olympic women's 5,000m on Monday, ending defending champion Sifan Hassan's dream of a long-distance treble. Chebet -- nicknamed "the smiling assassin" -- bided her time before accelerating past compatriot Faith Kipyegon down the home straight to take gold in 14min 28.56sec at the Stade …

Hassan takes bronze in the 5,000, the first of her 3 Olympic distance races. Chebet wins gold
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Hassan takes bronze in the 5,000, the first of her 3 Olympic distance races. Chebet wins gold

Associated Press  

SAINT-DENIS, France — Sifan Hassan’s audacious attempt at a distance triple gold is over after just one race. That didn’t stop her from jumping on 5,000-meter gold medalist Beatrice Chebet of Kenya in a festive celebration for both women on Monday at the Paris Olympics. … My main goal is to complete all three distances.” Chebet clocked 14 minutes, 28.56 …

Keely Hodgkinson clinches magical women's 800m GOLD - as Team GB star lives up to favourite tag to beat Kenyan rival Mary Moraa
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Keely Hodgkinson clinches magical women's 800m GOLD - as Team GB star lives up to favourite tag to beat Kenyan rival Mary Moraa

Daily Mail  

Hodgkinson becomes just the 10th British woman to win Olympic athletics gold The British star held her nerve in the closing stages before running clear to win Keely Hodgkinson says she has cemented herself in history after she joined the list of British golden girls by storming to Olympic 800 metres glory. Hodgkinson is only the 10th British woman to …

Paris Olympics 2024: Canada’s Katzberg wins gold in men’s hammer throw
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Canada’s Katzberg wins gold in men’s hammer throw

The Hindu  

Canada’s Ethan Katzberg won gold in the men’s hammer throw at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, cementing his dominance of the discipline after becoming the youngest ever world champion last year. “I don’t think I expected it, but I had the preparation in mind to get a good round on the first throw, and to throw 84 metres felt really …

Paris Olympics 2024: US's Bobby Finke shatters 1500m world record as Sjoestroem dominates
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024: US's Bobby Finke shatters 1500m world record as Sjoestroem dominates

New Indian Express  

PARIS: The United States' Bobby Finke smashed the 12-year-old 1500m world record Sunday on his way to Olympic gold as Swedish veteran Sarah Sjoestroem capped her fifth Games by sealing the 50-100m freestyle double. On a thrilling final day of action in La Defense Arena, the American women turned on the afterburners to lower their own 4x100m medley relay world …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh wins women’s Olympic high jump gold
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh wins women’s Olympic high jump gold

The Hindu  

Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh lived up to her pre-Paris Games billing to win the women’s Olympic high jump at the Stade de France on Sunday. Wearing her trademark blue and yellow eyeliner -- the colours of the Ukraine flag -- Mahuchikh was nowhere near her 2.10m world record form of the Paris Diamond League last month. But her Paris performance on …

High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh wins Ukraine's 1st individual gold of the Paris Olympics
4 months, 2 weeks ago

High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh wins Ukraine's 1st individual gold of the Paris Olympics

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh, …

Paris 2024 Olympics: World record holding swimmer Sjostrom adds 50m freestyle gold to 100m title
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: World record holding swimmer Sjostrom adds 50m freestyle gold to 100m title

The Hindu  

World record holder Sarah Sjostrom won the women’s 50 metres freestyle gold at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, adding to the 100 title the Swede won last week. The 30-year-old Sjostrom is swimming as well as ever in her fifth Olympics and smashed Hungarian Katinka Hosszu’s Olympic record in the preliminaries. The Swede could not match that time in Sunday’s …

Paris Olympics: Nicola Olyslagers wins silver and Eleanor Patterson bronze in the high jump, Noah Lyles claims 100m sprint gold, Meg Harris wins swimming silver, Jess Fox out of kayak cross, as it hap
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics: Nicola Olyslagers wins silver and Eleanor Patterson bronze in the high jump, Noah Lyles claims 100m sprint gold, Meg Harris wins swimming silver, Jess Fox out of kayak cross, as it hap

ABC  

The Olympics certainly can put on a show in Paris Well, as we draw the curtain on day nine at the Olympics, from one perspective we might label it "Silver Sunday". There were so many storylines around, from a gripping contest in the women's high jump to the stunning conclusion to the women's road race where three of the world's …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Ledecky wins record-equalling ninth gold medal, eager for LA 2028
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Ledecky wins record-equalling ninth gold medal, eager for LA 2028

The Hindu  

Katie Ledecky won a record-equalling career ninth gold medal at the Paris Olympics by claiming an unprecedented fourth women’s 800 metres freestyle title on Saturday. Ledecky’s ninth gold from four Games gives her a share of the all-time record for female Olympians with former Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina. I’m so proud of my efforts this week, two gold, two silver.” …

Paris Olympics: Matthew Ebden and John Peers win gold, Ariarne Titmus and Kaylee McKeown bag more medals — as it happened
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics: Matthew Ebden and John Peers win gold, Ariarne Titmus and Kaylee McKeown bag more medals — as it happened

ABC  

Saint Lucia sprinter Julien Alfred has won her country's first ever Olympic medal, taking out the women's 100m sprint in a national record time of 10.72. On a rainy night in Paris, Alfred tore out of the blocks and led the field for the next 90 metres, winning the gold convincingly over world number one Sha'Carri Richardson, who finished second …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Defending Champion Sifan Hassan starts tough programme with strong 5,000m
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Defending Champion Sifan Hassan starts tough programme with strong 5,000m

The Hindu  

Defending champion Sifan Hassan took second place in her Olympic 5,000 metres qualifying heat on Friday with a typical last-minute charge to overtake seven women in the home straight and finish a tenth of a second behind Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon. Hassan, 31, who took the distance running world by storm last year when she won the London Marathon on her …

Paris 2024 Olympics: The Kristof Milak-Caleb Dressel rivalry
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: The Kristof Milak-Caleb Dressel rivalry

The Hindu  

The emerging rivalry between Caeleb Dressel and Kristof Milak can inspire the pair to more world records at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Dressel won the final in 49.45 ahead of Hungarian Milak by 0.23 seconds, with the American breaking his previous world record of 49.5 set in Gwangju in July 2019. Milak, who won the 200m butterfly in an Olympic …

Paris Olympics: Cam McEvoy, Kaylee McKeown and Saya Sakakibara win gold for Australia — as it happened
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Olympics: Cam McEvoy, Kaylee McKeown and Saya Sakakibara win gold for Australia — as it happened

ABC  

Saya Sakakibara has won an historic gold medal in the BMX at the Paris Olympics, which is Australia's first in the history of the event. Sakakibara's win continued a gold rush for Australia, after Cam McEvoy won a gold medal in the men's 50m freestyle and Kaylee McKeown once again dominated the field in the women's 200m backstroke to claim …

Uganda’s Cheptegei wins men’s 10,000m gold at Paris Olympics 2024
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Uganda’s Cheptegei wins men’s 10,000m gold at Paris Olympics 2024

Al Jazeera  

Cheptegei stormed to the finish line in 26min 43.14 seconds, ahead of Ethiopia’s Berihu Aregawi and USA’s Grant Fisher. Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei withstood surging Ethiopian team tactics to claim gold in the men’s Olympic 10,000-metre at the Stade de France. The world record holder added the Olympic 10,000 metres title to his remarkable haul to take the Games’ first track …

Paris Olympics 2024: Africa’s fastest man, Omanyala carries Kenya’s hopes for a first Olympic gold in the 100 meters
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Africa’s fastest man, Omanyala carries Kenya’s hopes for a first Olympic gold in the 100 meters

The Hindu  

Ferdinand Omanyala’s status as Africa’s fastest man has many people believing Kenya’s push for Olympic gold medals isn’t entirely a long-distance objective. “Of course it’s at the back of my mind but the Olympics has heats, semis and the final so you can’t start thinking about the final when you are not there yet — so many things happen.” Among …

Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Aug. 2 - Aug. 8
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Today in Sports - Week Ahead, Aug. 2 - Aug. 8

Associated Press  

Aug. 2 1864 — The first Travers Stakes at Saratoga is won by Kentucky, a horse that scores 20 consecutive victories. 1952 — Five American boxers win gold medals at the Olympics, marking the first time the U.S. wins the unofficial team title. 2009 — Catriona Matthew wins the Women’s British Open for her first major title, beating Karrie Webb …

Olympics on her mind, Ukraine in her heart, world-record high jumper goes for a gold medal in Paris
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Olympics on her mind, Ukraine in her heart, world-record high jumper goes for a gold medal in Paris

Associated Press  

SAINT-DENIS, France — The best high jumper in Ukraine, and maybe the world, hasn’t spent much time at home the last few years. I want to show people we’ll never give up and we’ll fight in difficult and different ways.” When the war started, Mahuchikh piled as much as she could into her car and left town quickly. After the …

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