Beijing. China is fighting fire with fire in the face of persistent doping allegations that have dogged its swimmers at the Paris 2024 Olympics. China’s Anti-Doping Agency on Thursday called for more thorough testing of American track and field competitors, citing past doping scandals in a press release. He questioned the way the U.S. Anti-Doping … Read more
Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines. Switzerland’s Morgane Metraux gave up her place to her sister at the last Olympics so she could concentrate on the Tour. On Thursday she had the stage to herself at Le Golf National, which made the wait worth it. Metraux carded a 3 eight times on the front nine — putting her at 8 … Read more
Pagain. Mexican Daniela Gaxiola finished sixth in the women’s keirin of track cycling at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Thursday. Gold went to New Zealand’s Ellese Andrews, the reigning world champion in this discipline. Silver went to Dutchwoman Hetty Van De Wouw and bronze to Britain’s Emma Finucane. Gaxiola made her way through the … Read more
Saint-Denis. Noah Lyles suffered an unexpected defeat in the 200 meters on Thursday, widely outclassed by Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, and ended up leaving in a wheelchair after the final of that sprint at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Shortly afterwards, and wearing a mask while speaking to reporters, the American revealed that he had Covid. … Read more
ParisAmerican Grant Holloway became the new Olympic champion in the 110-meter hurdles on Thursday after winning the final at the Paris 2024 Games, where Spaniard Enrique Llopis finished fourth. Holloway (26 years old), reigning triple world champion in the 110-metre hurdles, won in Paris with a time of 12 seconds and 99 hundredths, ahead of … Read more
Mazatlan, Sinaloa. To celebrate the fight of the young boxer, Marco Alonso Verde Álvarez, “el Green”, the residents of the “La Montuosa” neighborhood will accompany the boxer from a distance in his fight for gold at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. A large screen will be placed between 13 de Abril and Josefa Ortiz de … Read more
Morocco’s star Achraf Hakimi claimed the bronze medal in men’s football at the Olympic Games by beating Egypt’s midfielder Mohamed Elneny 6-0 on Thursday in Nantes. The Atlas Lions have secured their first Olympic medal in football and the African nation’s second in Paris-2024, following the gold medal won by athlete Soufiane El Bakkali in … Read more
Paris. Indonesian prodigy Rizki Juniansyah won the men’s 73kg weightlifting gold at the Paris 2024 Games with an Olympic record, in a disappointing day for Venezuela’s Julio Mayora and Colombia’s Luis Javier Mosquera. The 21-year-old Asian weightlifter climbed to the top of the podium on Thursday in his first Olympic participation by lifting 354 kg, … Read more
Chateauroux. South Korea’s Yang Ji-in won gold in the women’s 25-meter pistol event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Saturday after a tiebreaker duel with France’s Camille Jedrzejewski, who took silver. Yang and Jedrzejewski were tied on 37 points for first place, forcing a playoff, which the Korean won 4-1 in her Olympic debut … Read more
Paris. Dutch rower Karolien Florijn won the Olympic women’s single sculls final on Saturday with a time of 7:17.28. New Zealander Emma Twigg took silver and Lithuanian Viktorija Senkute bronze. In turn, the world champion, the German Oliver Zeidler, was crowned in the postponed men’s event ahead of the Belarusian rower from the Neutral Individual … Read more