Sheinbaum congratulates judoka Prisca Awiti

Sheinbaum congratulates judoka Prisca Awiti

Mexico City. Virtual president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum congratulated Mexican judoka Prisca Awiti, who won a silver medal this morning at the Paris 2024 games. “Congratulations, I think it’s the first in Judo history,” said the Morena member on Tuesday. She considered that with this result “most likely what will happen with this medal, which puts the … Read more

Alejandra Orozco and Gabriela Agúndez, without a medal in Paris

Alejandra Orozco and Gabriela Agúndez, without a medal in Paris

The ornamental jumpers failed in their second chance to climb onto the podium in Paris. The national flag bearers Alejandra Orozco and Gabriela Agúndez placed fifth in the synchronized platform event after completing the five rounds with a score of 297.66. The duo, who won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Games, missed their fourth … Read more

CAS rejects Canada’s appeal against sanctions following drone spying

CAS rejects Canada’s appeal against sanctions following drone spying

ParisThe Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Wednesday dismissed Canada’s appeal against the deduction of points from its women’s soccer team at the Paris Olympics over the drone scandal. FIFA deducted six points from defending champions Canada and banned coach Bev Priestman, assistant Jasmine Mander and analyst Joseph Lombardi from any football-related activities for … Read more

Frenchwoman Beaugrand, gold in women’s triathlon and British Yee in men’s

Frenchwoman Beaugrand, gold in women’s triathlon and British Yee in men’s

Paris. Frenchwoman Cassandre Beaugrand won the women’s triathlon at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday after swimming in a river Seine that was questioned until the last minute due to water quality. This was not the only obstacle for the competitors. They also had to navigate a slippery pavement due to the rain at dawn, … Read more

Adriana Ruano gives Guatemala its first Olympic gold in history

Adriana Ruano gives Guatemala its first Olympic gold in history

Chateauroux. Guatemala won its first Olympic gold medal in history thanks to Adriana Ruano’s victory in the trap event of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, this Wednesday in Châteauroux (central France). A serious spinal injury ended Ruano’s dream of becoming an Olympic gymnast in 2011. Thirteen years later, she competed as a shooter and won … Read more

Israel to increase protection of its athletes at Olympic Games

Israel to increase protection of its athletes at Olympic Games

Paris. Israeli intelligence services will step up protection for the country’s athletes taking part in the 2024 Paris Olympics following attacks on leaders of the Hezbollah and Hamas movements, the Ynet news portal reported on Wednesday. “The General Security Service has strengthened the security of the Israeli delegation to the Paris Olympics, and an additional … Read more

Daniil Medvedev and Angelique Kerber are eliminated from Olympic tennis

Daniil Medvedev and Angelique Kerber are eliminated from Olympic tennis

Paris. Russian Daniil Medvedev proved on Wednesday that clay is not his best surface and fell in straight sets to Canadian Felix Auger-Alliassime in the third round of the individual tennis tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Medvedev, the fourth seed, lost the first set 6-3 and although he did more to secure victory … Read more

Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka wins gold in all-around gymnastics competition

Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka wins gold in all-around gymnastics competition

Paris. Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka surprised everyone on Wednesday by winning gold in the all-around gymnastics competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, dethroning his compatriot Daiki Hashimoto, the reigning world champion and winner of Tokyo 2020, who finished sixth after a final that fell short of expectations. In a thrilling final-minute finish at Paris’s Bercy … Read more

Nadal and Alcaraz fall in doubles in Olympic tennis quarterfinals

Nadal and Alcaraz fall in doubles in Olympic tennis quarterfinals

Paris. Trailing 5-3 and a set behind, Rafael Nadal fired a serve ace on the red clay of Roland Garros — perhaps for the last time — to keep Spain alive in the Olympic doubles tournament. If only by one more game. That’s all they needed. One more game. Yet another game to allow nostalgia … Read more

Australian canoeist Jessica Fox wins second gold in Paris 2024

Australian canoeist Jessica Fox wins second gold in Paris 2024

Vaires-sur-Marne. Australian canoe slalom star Jessica Fox claimed her second gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Wednesday, pulverising her rivals in the single canoe (C1) event, three days after winning the gold medal in the single kayak (K1). Despite a two-second penalty for touching gate 19, the Australian finished her descent in … Read more