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Paris 2024 – the winners and the losers
4 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 – the winners and the losers

The Independent  

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Paris Olympics 2024: Spain looks for second straight final, Morocco aims for another surprise
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Spain looks for second straight final, Morocco aims for another surprise

The Hindu  

Tokyo Games silver medallists Spain takes on Morocco on Monday aiming to reach a second consecutive Olympic men’s football final and avenge a painful World Cup last-16 loss to the African side two years ago. Morocco reached its first Olympics semifinal with a 4-0 win over the United States in Paris, while Spain breezed past Japan 3-0 in Lyon in …

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Simone Biles vaults to her third gold of the Paris Olympics; Jade Carey snags bronze in redemption from Tokyo
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Simone Biles vaults to her third gold of the Paris Olympics; Jade Carey snags bronze in redemption from Tokyo

New York Times  

PARIS — Simone Biles is one of one, much like the challenging vault that only she alone attempts. It was, as expected, Biles’s Yurchenko double pike that secured her Olympic gold medal here in the vault final of the Paris Games. and Peacock pic.twitter.com/fgFeDjZuQg — NBC Olympics & Paralympics August 3, 2024 It is Biles’ second Olympic gold medal in …

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Narwal-Francis pair win India's third gold in Para Shooting World Cup in France
2 years, 6 months ago

Narwal-Francis pair win India's third gold in Para Shooting World Cup in France

The Hindu  

Manish Narwal and Rubina Francis won the 10m P6 air pistol mixed team event to clinch India's third gold medal at the ongoing World Shooting Para Sport World Cup in Chateauroux, France on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Sriharsha Devaraddi Ramakrishna became the second Indian para shooter to earn a quota for the Paris Paralympics after securing a gold medal in mixed …

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Para Shooting World Cup: Ramakrishna joins Lekhara in clinching gold, Paris 2024 quota
2 years, 6 months ago

Para Shooting World Cup: Ramakrishna joins Lekhara in clinching gold, Paris 2024 quota

Firstpost  

Ramakrishna produced a final score of 253.1 to claim the yellow metal, while Slovakia’s Francek Tirsek and Tanguy De La Forest bagged the silver and bronze. Sriharsha Devaraddi Ramakrishna has become the second Indian para shooter to earn a quota for the Paris Paralympics after securing a gold medal in mixed 10m air rifle SH2 at the ongoing Chateauroux Para …

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Australia supremo Coates steps down after 32 years
2 years, 7 months ago

Australia supremo Coates steps down after 32 years

The Hindu  

One of sport's most enduring premierships ended on Saturday as John Coates stepped down as Australian Olympic Committee president after a 32-year reign that secured two Games for his nation and left a string of opponents trampled in his wake. Among them was International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach, who sat next to his right hand man and beamed as …

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Tokyo Paralympics 2020 LIVE, Day 3 updates: Paddler Bhavinaben Patel storms into semis; Tek Chand finishes last
3 years, 3 months ago

Tokyo Paralympics 2020 LIVE, Day 3 updates: Paddler Bhavinaben Patel storms into semis; Tek Chand finishes last

The Hindu  

LIVE COMMENTARY INDIANS IN ACTION- TABLE TENNIS- Women's Singles Class 4 - Bhavinaben Patel vs Borislava Perić-Ranković Bhavinaben Patel beats Serbia's Borislava Perić-Ranković 3-0 and storms into the semifinals. Men's Individual Compound - Rakesh Kumar, S. S. Swami Rakesh Kumar broke his personal best record to finish third in the Men's Individual Compound with 699 points. POWERLIFTING- Women's 50 Kg …

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Indian athletes at Tokyo Olympics: A gold, a few pluses and many minuses
3 years, 4 months ago

Indian athletes at Tokyo Olympics: A gold, a few pluses and many minuses

The Hindu  

Many an outstanding Olympian of yesteryear had dreamed of an Indian track and field athlete getting an Olympic medal. Chopra dedicated his gold medal in javelin to the legendary sprinter, who was the first Indian to finish fourth in Olympic athletics. In an Olympics where China managed two gold medals in athletics, and India and Qatar took one each, Asia’s …

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A Star is Found: In 200m, Andre De Grasse Finally Gets His Gold at Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 4 months ago

A Star is Found: In 200m, Andre De Grasse Finally Gets His Gold at Tokyo Olympics

News 18  

Perhaps the world’s next sprint star wasn’t so hard to find after all. He’s Andre De Grasse, the Canadian who ran his first sprint in baggy basketball shorts and borrowed spikes, and now has an Olympic gold medal in the 200 meters. De Grasse powered past a pair of Americans – Kenny Bednarek and the favorite, Noah Lyles – to …

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Wrestler Ravi Dahiya makes it to the final of Tokyo Olympics, silver medal assured
3 years, 4 months ago

Wrestler Ravi Dahiya makes it to the final of Tokyo Olympics, silver medal assured

Op India  

Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya has stormed into the finals of the wrestling event in the Tokyo Olympics 2021. Ravi Dahiya, who represented the country in the freestyle 57kg category, defeated Kazhakistan wrestler Nurislam Sanayev to enter the men’s freestyle 57kg wrestling finals. Ravi Dahiya came back from a 2-9 down point to pin his opponent Nurislam Sanayev of Kazakhstan …

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Biles returns to Olympic competition, wins bronze on beam
3 years, 4 months ago

Biles returns to Olympic competition, wins bronze on beam

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Simone Biles isn’t going home with a fistful of gold medals. A mental block — one brought on by exhaustion or stress or something the American gymnastics star still can’t quite grasp — that forced her to pull out of four Olympic finals saw to that. So I couldn’t be mad.” Biles and coach Cecile Landi adjusted her …

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Tokyo Olympics | Axelsen dethrones Chen for gold
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics | Axelsen dethrones Chen for gold

The Hindu  

Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen won the Olympic badminton gold on Monday in Tokyo, becoming the first non-Asian man to win the singles title since 1996. 2 Axelsen beat China’s defending champion Chen Long 21-15, 21-12, taking control early and never loosening his grip in a relentless performance. Axelsen, who won bronze at the 2016 Rio Games, followed in the footsteps of …

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Equestrian in Tokyo Olympics: Can India's Fouaad Mirza, Seigneur Medicott make the final?
3 years, 4 months ago

Equestrian in Tokyo Olympics: Can India's Fouaad Mirza, Seigneur Medicott make the final?

The Hindu  

India's Fouaad Mirza and Seigneur Medicott will participate in the final stage of equestrian eventing - show jumping - on Monday to make it to the medal round of the event in Tokyo Olympics. READ: Here's a quick look at how Fouaad and Medicott performed in the first two rounds: Round one: Dressage Mirza and Medicott finished the dressage stage …

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Simone Biles set to compete in balance beam final at Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 4 months ago

Simone Biles set to compete in balance beam final at Tokyo Olympics

LA Times  

Simone Biles will return to compete in the balance beam event final Tuesday, a week after she withdrew from the women’s team gymnastics competition to protect her physical and mental well-being. “We are so excited to confirm that you will see two U.S. athletes in the balance beam final — Suni Lee AND Simone Biles! The balance beam final will …

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Tokyo Olympics: India men's hockey team enters semifinal with 3-1 win over Great Britain
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: India men's hockey team enters semifinal with 3-1 win over Great Britain

Hindustan Times  

India defeated Great Britain 3-1 in the men's hockey quarter-final to earn a spot in the semi-finals at the Tokyo Olympics. India's second goal came at the start of the second quarter as Indian midfield intercepted a pass from Britain and made a long pass to Gurjant Singh inside the circle. India's defence remained dominant for most of the second …

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Tokyo Olympics: China's Su Bingtian breaks Asian record in 100m, Yohan Blake fails to qualify for final
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: China's Su Bingtian breaks Asian record in 100m, Yohan Blake fails to qualify for final

India Today  

China's Su Bingtian ran an Asian record of 9.83 seconds to qualify for the men's Olympic 100m final on Sunday, while US medal hope Trayvon Bromell missed the cut. Underlining the wide-open nature of this year's final was the performance of Lamont Marcell Jacobs, who will be the first Italian to race it after he blasted a European record of …

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Tokyo Olympics: India women's hockey team enters quarters for first time in 41 years, PV Sindhu, Amit Panghal suffer defeats
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: India women's hockey team enters quarters for first time in 41 years, PV Sindhu, Amit Panghal suffer defeats

Firstpost  

World No 1 flyweight boxer Amit Panghal and star shutter PV Sindhu were the big names to experience defeats even though the latter is still in the hunt for a medal when she competes in the bronze playoff. Tokyo: The women’s hockey team’s perseverance was rewarded with a first Olympic quarter-final berth in over four decades, while discus thrower Kamalpreet …

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Tokyo Olympics: Swiss Bencic beats Vondrousova to win women's singles gold
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Swiss Bencic beats Vondrousova to win women's singles gold

Hindustan Times  

World number 12 Belinda Bencic dug deep to overpower the Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova 7-5 2-6 6-3 on Saturday and win the Tokyo Games women's singles title, becoming the first Swiss woman to earn an Olympics tennis gold. Bencic is also the first Swiss to win a singles gold since Marc Rosset won the men's Olympic final in 1992, and …

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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sweden's Armand Duplantis eases into pole vault final
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sweden's Armand Duplantis eases into pole vault final

Firstpost  

Duplantis was one of 14 men to go through to Tuesday’s final after clearing 5.75 metres at the Olympic Stadium. World record-holder Armand Duplantis sailed through qualification for the men’s Olympic pole vault on Saturday — a competition missing his arch-rival Sam Kendricks, who tested positive for coronavirus. Two-time world champion Kendricks was withdrawn from the Games after his positive …

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Olympics Latest: US women’s volleyball reaches quarterfinals
3 years, 4 months ago

Olympics Latest: US women’s volleyball reaches quarterfinals

Associated Press  

TOKYO — The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic: ___ The U.S. women’s volleyball team won its third straight match at the Olympics and is assured of a spot in the quarterfinals. Winning an Olympic medal is even harder.” ___ MEDAL ALERT Shori Hamada has …

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Ariarne Titmus joins swimming royalty with 200m-400m Olympic double — and she's not done yet
3 years, 4 months ago

Ariarne Titmus joins swimming royalty with 200m-400m Olympic double — and she's not done yet

ABC  

No wonder we love these Titmus versus Ledecky races. In 1972, Gould held all the freestyle world records: 100 metres, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1,500m, and don't forget the 200m individual medley, winning three gold, one silver and one bronze at the Munich Olympics. Ariarne Titmus has beaten Katie Ledecky in the two finals they've met in at Tokyo. Seeking clarity …

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Tokyo Olympics: There's no reason to be sad or to overreact, says shooting High Performance Manager
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: There's no reason to be sad or to overreact, says shooting High Performance Manager

New Indian Express  

As far as the pistol team is concerned, I'm quite happy with their performance. Saurabh entered the final in the 10m air pistol and that too after topping the qualification round. Manu almost made the final, and was in contention until the last shot. Out of four shooters, one made it to the final and the other two almost made …

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Simone Biles withdraws from all-around final at Tokyo 2020 to focus on mental health
3 years, 4 months ago

Simone Biles withdraws from all-around final at Tokyo 2020 to focus on mental health

CNN  

CNN — Simone Biles has withdrawn from the individual all-around competition to focus on her mental health, USA Gymnastics announced on Wednesday. Her withdrawal comes after the 24-year-old – one of the greatest gymnasts of all time – stepped away from a dramatic team competition on Tuesday, citing mental heath concerns as she attempts to protect “her body and mind.” …

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Shooting in Tokyo Olympics: Angad, Mairaj draw a blank again
3 years, 4 months ago

Shooting in Tokyo Olympics: Angad, Mairaj draw a blank again

The Hindu  

India drew a blank in shooting for the third consecutive day as Angad Vir Singh Bajwa and Mairaj Ahmed Khan failed to advance from the men's individual skeet qualification round at the Asaka Shooting range here on Monday. He clinched his third Olympic gold with a new Games record of 59, while Denmark's Jesper Hansen, who won the 2013 skeet …

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