Paris. American Ryan Crouser extended his hegemony in the shot put by winning a third Olympic gold this Saturday at Paris 2024, confirming his absolute dominance in this discipline. The 31-year-old Oregonian, whose start to the season had been marred by injuries, had a best distance of 22.90 metres, his best time of the season, … Read more
Paris. Afghan judoka Mohamed Samin Faizad has tested positive in an anti-doping control at Paris-2024, the International Testing Agency (ITA) announced on Friday, becoming the second positive case of the Olympic Games. Faizad, 21, is part of the six-member Afghan team invited by the IOC to Paris and had been eliminated in the first round … Read more
Paris. A surprise in the women’s sprint event in athletics: Saint Lucian Julien Alfred defeated American favourite Sha’Carri Richardson to become Olympic champion in the 100 metres on Saturday in Paris. Alfred impressed with a time of 10.72, a new record for her country, which had never before won an Olympic medal. Richardson had to … Read more
Paris. Hungary’s Kristof Milak claimed his second Olympic gold medal on Saturday by winning a thrilling men’s 100-metre butterfly final, adding to the silver medal he won in the 200 metres at the Paris 2024 Games. Three years after taking gold in the 200m at Tokyo 2020, the 24-year-old secured victory by touching the wall … Read more
Paris. Canadian Summer McIntosh, a new swimming prodigy at 17, won the 200-meter medley final on Saturday and claimed her third individual gold at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. McIntosh also broke the Olympic record for the event with a time of 2 minutes 06.56 seconds, beating American Kate Douglass (2:06.92) in the final freestyle … Read more
ParisUkraine won its first gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Saturday, thanks to a victory over South Korea in the women’s team fencing sabre final. The Ukrainians rallied from a six-point deficit to defeat the South Koreans 45-42, with 22 points contributed by individual bronze medalist Olga Kharlan. Kharlan came in for … Read more
Paris. With a providential sprint in the final stretch, Femke Bol gave the Netherlands gold in the mixed 4×400-meter relay on Saturday, beating the United States and Great Britain American Kaylyn Brown led the final lap of the Stade de France, but Bol overtook her in the last 30 metres to stop the clock at … Read more
Paris. Norway’s Markus Rooth has won the gold medal in the decathlon at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, with a cumulative total of 8,796 points at the end of the ten stages of this combined event. Rooth secured victory on Saturday at the end of the last race, the 1,500 metres, to finish leading the … Read more
Nantes. Without legendary striker Marta, who is suspended, Brazil produced one of the biggest surprises of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Saturday by eliminating host France after beating them 1-0 in the quarter-finals of the women’s soccer tournament. The ‘Canarinha’ advanced to their sixth Olympic semi-final by taking advantage of a defensive error by … Read more
Teahupo’o, Tahiti. The surfing finals for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games have been postponed until Sunday afternoon in Tahiti due to unfavourable conditions with small waves, making Monday now the likely last day of competition. Throughout the competition, forecasters have been on the lookout for the best waves for the final day of surfing, which … Read more