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A complete list of Paris Olympics medal winners
4 months, 3 weeks ago

A complete list of Paris Olympics medal winners

Associated Press  

PARIS — The 2024 Olympics are done. Sunday, Aug. 11 ATHLETICS WOMEN’S MARATHON Gold: Netherlands Silver: Ethiopia Bronze: Kenya BASKETBALL WOMEN’S Gold: United States Silver: France Bronze: Australia CYCLING TRACK MEN’S KEIRIN Gold: Netherlands Silver: Australia Bronze: Australia Silver: Germany Bronze: Britain WOMEN’S OMNIUM Gold: United States Silver: Poland Bronze: New Zealand HANDBALL MEN’S Gold: Denmark Silver: Germany Bronze: Spain …

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Vollering battles to maiden Tour de France Femmes title
1 year, 4 months ago

Vollering battles to maiden Tour de France Femmes title

The Hindu  

Demi Vollering overcame various obstacles en route to claiming her maiden Tour de France Femmes title with a dominant showing in the final time trial, a 22.6km loop beginning and ending in Pau, on Sunday. 🥹💛Et juste comme ça, vous êtes la lauréate du Tour de France Femmes.#TDFF2023#WatchTheFemmes@[email protected]/CA5zA0P7lA — Le Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift July 30, 2023 “I …

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Olympic, world champion crashes at road cycling championship
2 years, 3 months ago

Olympic, world champion crashes at road cycling championship

The Hindu  

Dutch cycling star Annemiek van Vleuten crashed heavily at the start of her ride in the mixed team relay at the world road cycling championships on Wednesday. Van Vleuten was second in the Dutch women’s pace line, only a few meters after setting off from the start ramp, when she lost control and hit the ground heavily. It was unclear …

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Annemiek van Vleuten picks up another victory in Vuelta
2 years, 3 months ago

Annemiek van Vleuten picks up another victory in Vuelta

NL Times  

Annemiek van Vleuten has won the challenge at La Vuelta, the five-day stage race that gets held in the last week of the round of Spain for men, after she had already won the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France. In the final ranking, van Vleuten had a lead of 1 minute and 44 seconds over the Italian Elisa …

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Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleugen decisively wins Tour de France Femmes
2 years, 4 months ago

Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleugen decisively wins Tour de France Femmes

NL Times  

Annemiek van Vleuten convincingly won the Tour de France Femmes. After her victory on Saturday, the 39-year-old Dutch cyclist was also the strongest in the final stage on Sunday, which went from Lure to La Super Plance des Belles Filles. Van Vleuten soloed in the Vosges to win the seventh stage, took over the yellow jersey from Marianne Vos, and …

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Van Vleuten wins women’s Tour de France for 1st time
2 years, 4 months ago

Van Vleuten wins women’s Tour de France for 1st time

Associated Press  

PLANCHE DES BELLES FILLES, France — Veteran rider Annemiek van Vleuten won the women’s Tour de France for the first time on Sunday after clinching the eighth and final stage in style. The 39-year-old Van Vleuten won the stage by 30 seconds from Dutch countrywoman Demi Vollering, who also finished the race second overall. On Saturday’s penultimate stage, Van Vleuten …

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Van Vleuten gets revenge for Dutch, wins Olympic time trial
3 years, 4 months ago

Van Vleuten gets revenge for Dutch, wins Olympic time trial

Associated Press  

OYAMA, Japan — Annemiek van Vleuten experienced a wide range of emotions after her silver medal in the Olympic road race. “If I went home with a silver medal in the road race, I still would have been a happy person,” van Vleuten said after singing along with the Dutch national anthem on the podium. Van Vleuten, the world time …

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Six medals in three hours; NL's most successful Olympic day since 1928
3 years, 4 months ago

Six medals in three hours; NL's most successful Olympic day since 1928

NL Times  

With the TeamNL cyclists and rowers winning six medals in just over three hours in Tokyo on Wednesday, the Netherlands is having its most successful Olympic day in 93 years, NU.nl reports. The record for TeamNL's most successful Olympic day ever dates from 11 August 1928, at the Games in Amsterdam. On that day, Dutch Olympians took a total of …

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Ariarne Titmus: Gold medal-winning athletes swerve social media to avoid ‘external pressure’
3 years, 4 months ago

Ariarne Titmus: Gold medal-winning athletes swerve social media to avoid ‘external pressure’

CNN  

CNN — After Simone Biles’ withdrawal from both the women’s team gymnastics final and the individual all-around competition to focus on her mental health, other Olympic athletes have said they’ve come off social media platforms to protect their own mental well-being. Biles – one of the greatest gymnasts of all time – stepped away from a dramatic team competition on …

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Tokyo Olympics women's road cycling race final: Confused Dutch Van Vleuten later realises she finished second
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics women's road cycling race final: Confused Dutch Van Vleuten later realises she finished second

The Hindu  

When Annemiek Van Vleuten crossed the line with her arms in the air at the Fuji International Speedway, the Dutchwoman thought she had won the women's Olympic road cycling race on Sunday. Only a few moments later, however, an emotional Van Vleuten realised she had finished second behind Austrian Anna Kiesenhofer by a healthy margin of one minute and 15 …

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Austrian Kiesenhofer pulls off women’s road race Games upset
3 years, 4 months ago

Austrian Kiesenhofer pulls off women’s road race Games upset

Associated Press  

OYAMA, Japan — Anna Kiesenhofer finally figured out a way to beat the powerhouse Dutch in the women’s Olympic road race. So when Annemiek van Vleuten escaped in the final kilometers and crossed the finish line alone, she threw her arms into the air thinking she had won a third straight gold medal for the Netherlands. “Even when I crossed …

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Tokyo Olympics: Anna Kiesenhofer pulls off a shock to win gold in women's road race
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Anna Kiesenhofer pulls off a shock to win gold in women's road race

Daily Mail  

The giveaway was the finish. Austria's Anna Kiesenhofer pulled off a massive shock to win gold in the women's road race Kiesenhofer was unfancied on the day but lead the pack for much of the race to take gold The Cambridge maths graduate, an academic at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, had just delivered the perfect, calculated lesson in …

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Annemiek van Vleuten crossed the line and thought she’d won cycling gold. She hadn’t
3 years, 5 months ago

Annemiek van Vleuten crossed the line and thought she’d won cycling gold. She hadn’t

CNN  

CNN — Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten threw her arms up in the air, her face a picture of ecstasy and joy. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images Cyclists race without earpieces at the Olympics and that played a part in Van Vleuten’s confusion, according to the 38-year-old Dutch woman. It’s also a silver medal with a shine on it, because I felt …

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