Category: Athletic
Washington (AFP) – Kate Douglass clocked an American record of 2min 19.30sec to win the women’s 200m breaststroke on Saturday as the Pro Swim series meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee, concluded. Douglass, who won 200m medley gold at last year’s World Championships…
Kaunas (Lithuania) (AFP) – Loena Hendrickx, looking to make up for the heartbreak of 2023, eased into the lead after Thursday’s short program at the European Figure Skating Championships. The Belgian was the favourite for gold 12 months ago but was…
Six sailors set out on the 40,000km around-the-world Ultim Challenge from France on Sunday, hoping to complete one of the sport’s “biggest challenges” inside 50 days. Under bright winter sunshine in the Brittany port of Brest, the first such race on super-powerful…
Nairobi (AFP) – Ugandan athlete Benjamin Kiplagat has been found dead in Kenya, police said Sunday, with local media reporting he had been stabbed to death. The Kenyan-born Kiplagat, 34, had represented Uganda internationally in the 3,000m steeplechase, including at several…
Paris (AFP) – American sprinter Noah Lyles and Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon were named the men’s and women’s track athletes of the year by World Athletics on Monday. Lyles was recognised for the three gold medals he won at the world championships…
Olympic chiefs on Friday gave the green light to the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes at next year’s Paris Games as neutrals, outside of team events and as long as they did not actively support the war on Ukraine.…
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – The UN General Assembly called Tuesday for the observance of a traditional “Olympic Truce” during the next year’s Paris summer games, as Russia again condemned what it called “political interference” in sport The resolution, adopted…
Montreal (AFP) – Two-time reigning world champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan won Friday’s women’s short program at Skate Canada, the second event of the ISU Grand Prix season. The 23-year-old from Kobe scored 75.13 points from the judges panel to seize…
Mumbai (AFP) – Michelle Yeoh said she had wanted to be an Olympian before becoming a movie star, after she was voted onto the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday. The first Asian woman to win an Academy Award — when she…
Mumbai (AFP) – The International Olympic Committee on Thursday suspended Russia’s national Olympic body with “immediate effect” for violating the territorial integrity of Ukraine’s membership. “The Russian Olympic Committee is no longer entitled to operate as a National Olympic Committee, as…
