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Olympic chief confident for LA Games despite World Cup ‘challenges
Olympic chief Kirsty Coventry said on Wednesday she was confident for the successful hosting of the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles despite what she described...
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/ 5 years agoAustralian Hoy, 62, oldest Olympic medallist since 1968
Australian Andrew Hoy became the oldest medallist at the Olympics since 1968 when he took silver in the equestrian eventing team...
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/ 5 years agoDiscus star Allman gives USA much-needed gold medal
Valarie Allman gave the United States their first track and field gold of the Tokyo Olympics, on the fourth day of...
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/ 5 years agoCuba’s Lopez wins fourth Olympic wrestling gold
Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain Lopez became only the fourth athlete in history to win four Olympic golds in the same event...
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/ 5 years agoHassan wins Olympic 5,000m in first step in treble gold bid
Dutch runner Sifan Hassan took a first, giant step in her bid for an unprecedented Olympic treble when she sprinted to...
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/ 5 years agoDenmark’s Axelsen wins badminton gold to break Asian stranglehold
Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen convincingly won Olympic badminton gold on Monday in Tokyo, becoming the first non-Asian man to claim the singles...
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/ 5 years agoDefending champion Van Niekerk out of Olympic 400m
Wayde van Niekerk’s reign as Olympic 400m champion came to a disappointing end on Monday as the South African world record...
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/ 5 years agoPoland grants humanitarian visa to Belarus Olympic athlete
Poland has granted a humanitarian visa to Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, a Belarusian Olympic athlete who claimed her team tried to force her...
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/ 5 years agoWatch: Italy hails Olympic track and field heroes
Italy saluted its “Gods of Olympus” Monday after sprinter Lamont Marcell Jacobs won a shock victory in the Olympic 100 metres...
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/ 5 years agoAmerican Carey wins women’s gymnastics floor gold at Olympics
American Jade Carey won women’s gymnastics floor gold at the Olympics on Monday in a quick upturn in fortune after disappointing...
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/ 5 years agoCanada shock USA to reach Olympic women’s football final
Jessie Fleming scored a second-half penalty as Canada upset four-time Olympic women’s football champions the United States 1-0 in Kashima on...
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