Olympic gold medalist retires months before 2024 Paris Games
SYDNEY – Australian gold medalist Mack Houghton, who had a bitter rivalry with China's Sun Yang, announced his retirement from international swimming on Sunday. Horton, 27, won gold in the 400m freestyle at the 2016 Rio Olympics, but with six months to go before the Paris Games, she says she no longer has the motivation […]
Russian Olympic fencers who fled Russia over war seeking US citizenship
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Olympic Sprinter Oscar Pistorius Freed After Serving Nearly 9 Years in Prison for Killing Girlfriend
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Olympic sprinter Oscar PistoriusThe double amputee, who became a global star competing at the sport's highest levels while running with carbon fiber blades, is serving a nearly nine-year sentence for the murder of his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp. He was released from prison on Friday after serving his sentence. Pistorius, […]
2 men arrested in connection with Ugandan Olympic runner’s killing in Kenya
Two men have been arrested in connection with the murder of Ugandan Olympic athlete Benjamin Kiplagat, who was stabbed to death in a car in Kenya on New Year's Eve. Police said the suspects were in possession of the knife believed to have been used in the murder, and the motive appears to be robbery. […]