‘It’s a very strange feeling’: can the man who won Olympic gold bring glory to the Paris Games? | Paris Olympic Games 2024
IIt must be a pretty strange feeling. You’re in charge of the biggest event your country has ever hosted. You’ve been working on this event for almost 10 years, basically sacrificing everything else in your life, and now it’s just one week away. “It’s a very strange feeling,” said Tony Estanguet, president of the 2024 […]
Olympic dreams stir bad memories of Moscow boycott in 1980
Former President Jimmy Carter turned Bob Giordano’s Olympic dream into a nightmare. President Carter’s decision to boycott the Moscow Summer Olympics following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 has frustrated former elite U.S. weightlifters who were set to compete in their first Olympics but were outraged at home. “It’s the biggest disappointment of my […]
Japanese gymnastics star Shoko Miyata’s Olympic dreams crushed over smoking violation
Japanese gymnast Shoko Miyata’s Olympic dreams came to a shocking end on Thursday when she was sent home from a training camp in Monaco for allegedly violating the team’s smoking ban. According to the BBC, Miyata, captain of Japan’s gymnastics team, has been expelled from the team following an investigation. Smoking is against the rules […]
Adidas names Bella Hadid the face of Munich 1972 Olympic sneaker relaunch
Adidas has drawn outrage for re-releasing a retro sneaker from the 1972 Olympics and using anti-Israel supermodel Bella Hadid to market it, the same year that 11 Israeli athletes and coaches were killed by Palestinian terrorists at the Munich Olympics. Hadid, Half Palestinian Her paternal grandmother and sister Gigi have faced criticism for their support […]
Caitlin Clark expects break to be ‘really weird’ after Olympic snub
Downtime is something Caitlin Clark is new to. The Indiana Fever star rookie told reporters on Wednesday that she will have to adjust to the time off as the WNBA goes on a month-long break before this weekend’s All-Star game and the 2024 Olympics in Paris, which starts next week (the U.S. team will compete […]
Olympic champion Nastia Liukin dishes on surprising revelation from AncestryDNA test
As a teenager, Nastia Liukin was part of the U.S. women’s gymnastics team and won the gold medal in the individual all-around event at the 2008 Olympics. She won silver medals in the team, uneven bars and balance beam events, and a bronze medal in the floor exercise. In 2005, she won gold medals in […]
‘I just love proving people wrong’: Georgie Brayshaw, the rower who came out of a coma | Paris Olympic Games 2024
“G“Georgina? Hello? Georgina?” George Brayshaw parks his car on the side of a road somewhere in Switzerland, I think in Bern, and presses it against the back window to get better reception. “How’s Switzerland…” the phone hangs up. “…What? It’s hung up…” And then it hangs up again. “How’s Switzerland…” a truck passes by. “…it’s […]
Caitlin Clark sets WNBA record with 19 assists in final game before extended All-Star, Olympic break
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Paris mayor swims in Seine River to prove it’s clean ahead of Olympic Games
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the long-polluted Seine on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to show the river is clean enough to host Olympic swimming events. Since 2015, $1.5 billion has been spent to clean up the Seine, building a huge underground reservoir in central Paris, upgrading sewer infrastructure, and upgrading wastewater treatment plants. The […]
Stephen A. Smith claims victory after Jaylen Brown’s controversial Olympic snub
Stephen A. Smith joined the chat. The ESPN personality weighed in on the furor surrounding Brown’s cryptic social media posts after guard Derrick White, a teammate of Celtics star Jaylen Brown, was selected for the 2024 USA Men’s Basketball National Team to compete in the Paris Olympics, which begin July 26. “Can you believe this […]