ABBA is playing. Dancing Queen. Around a bend, Mondo, the King, dances wrapped in the Swedish flag. He is 24 years old. He is a pole vaulter. Higher than anyone else. He took the world record with 6.17m four and a half years ago. In Paris, in a Stade de France full of people, 75,000 … Read more
Similar numbers for Spain and Morocco in these Games Both teams are entering their semi-finals with a record of three wins and one loss at these Games. Morocco has scored ten goals and conceded two, while Spain has scored nine goals and conceded three. Morocco began their journey in the tournament by beating Argentina (1-2) … Read more
At the same time that Yaroslava Mahuchikh is flying to gold in Paris, wowing the stadium, Volodymyr Zelensky, her president and the president of all Ukrainians, announces that the F16 fighters promised by Europe have begun to land in kyiv, and both pieces of news will surely make the front pages of his country, broken … Read more
I’m not choosing the best time to say that I don’t like Simone Biles’ gymnastics, but at least no one will accuse me of being an opportunist. I write this while she is proclaimed Olympic champion again, another milestone to add to a dazzling list of achievements. There is no space in this column to … Read more
On the speakers of Terminal 2 of the capital’s airport, the Mexico, Mexico! He said goodbye to around twenty athletes who left yesterday for Olympic territory. The cheering was spontaneous. As soon as Ale Orozco, Osmar Olvera, Gaby Agúndez and the rest of the diving team approached the counter area, the travelers began to applaud … Read more
Against all odds, Spain fell to second place in their group and now their path to medals in Paris will apparently be more complicated. Japan, with whom they already met in the semi-finals of Tokyo 2021, await in the quarter-finals. Santi Denia’s team lost to Egypt in a bad match, played in the heat with … Read more
David Popovici lost everything during 199 metres and won the gold in the last few centimetres of what he defined as a “dogfight”. The crowd gathered in the pavilion let out a unanimous gasp at the sight of the final commotion in the pool. There was something magical in the touch that decided the final … Read more
And do you know Alan Cleland? It is one of the unknowns that has been cleared up in the first days of the Olympic Games. Now the question is: what Mexican does not know Alan Cleland? The Mexican surfer has been supported like no other on the fluctuating social networks. From a character from Rocket … Read more
Romanian athlete Florentina Iusco misses Paris Olympics after doping ban Romanian lengthy jumper Florentina Iusco is not going to compete on the Paris Olympics. The Court docket of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has partially upheld the World Anti-Doping Company’s (WADA) enchantment after Iusco examined constructive for a banned substance. Iusco was discovered to have furosemide, … Read more
Paris kicked off the Olympic competitors with soccer two days earlier than the opening ceremony, however Santi Denia’s workforce was barely capable of activate a glimmer of sunshine. Sufficient, in any case, to see off a spirited Uzbekistan with nice problem in a shaky begin for one of many medal hopefuls in two weeks on … Read more