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August 2, 2024
When Sarah Steyaert, a French woman skiff sailor and Charline Pichon returned to shore after winning Olympic Bronze on Friday their partners proposed. Steyaert & Picon were both "oui", as their partners said, while they shared an emotional moment with their families at a nearby bar.
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August 2, 2024
Imogen Grant, Emily Craig and the British pair in lightweight sculls were able to wash away the agony they felt after missing the podium in Tokyo by a hundredth of a sec on Friday when they took home the gold in dominant style. It was a sweet victory…
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August 2, 2024
Ireland's Paul O'Donovan won the lightweight men's sculls for the second time in a single Games, thrilling the thousands of supporters in green who came to watch him create Olympic history for his country. O'Donovan, who won silver with his brother Gary in Rio in 2016…
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August 2, 2024
The Olympics begin on Friday with the start of athletics. Home crowd favorite Leon Marchand will be aiming for his fourth gold at the Paris Games, and French judo legend Teddy Riner is chasing a fourth Olympic medal. Olympic champions in the…
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August 2, 2024
Valent Sinkovic, 36, celebrated his birthday by winning another gold in the men's pairs. Paul O'Donovan & Fintan Mccarthy of Ireland also won a convincing victory at the Paris Games as they closed out the era of lightweight sculls. Sinkovic…
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August 1, 2024
These are the most popular stories from the Financial Times. These stories have not been verified and we cannot vouch their accuracy. After a lengthy investigation into accusations of corruption by UK listed commodity trader Glencore in Africa…
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August 1, 2024
The women's final of windsurfing and the men's final were held on Thursday. Emma Wilson from Britain and Grae Moriss, an Australian, both secured Olympic medals. However the sailing medal race was postponed because two attempts to decide the men's skiff were abandoned.
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August 1, 2024
Giovanni De Gennaro’s gold medal win in the single kayak slalom finale on Thursday brought an end to three years of suffering for the Italian. He had finished 15th at Tokyo, a performance that fueled his success in Paris. De Gennaro, who was the last racer on the course…
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August 1, 2024
A company announcement said that the board of Fincantieri, Italy's state-owned shipbuilder, selected Biagio Mzzotta as its chairman. He is currently head of Italy's state audits, which reports to Italy’s Economy Ministry. Mazzotta replaces Claudio Graziano who passed away in June.
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August 1, 2024
Pietro Labriola, the chief executive of Telecom Italia (TIM), expressed his confidence in the sale of Sparkle, the company that owns the submarine cables unit and TIM’s remaining interest in INWIT, the telecom towers firm. TIM wants to earn around one billion euro ($1.1 billion)…
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August 1, 2024
New Zealand, Romania and Netherlands won all the gold medals as the Olympic double sculls & fours competitions attained their climax in Paris on Thursday morning, after a thrilling race at Vaires-sur-Marnes Nautical Stadium. The Kiwi team of Brooke Francis…
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August 1, 2024
Vilma Böbeck, a Swedish skiff sailer who has a longstanding tradition of matching the color of her nails with the kite sail's colour will hope that this ritual will bring the team Olympic Gold on Thursday. Bobeck, the Swedish woman's skiff's skipper…
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August 1, 2024
ArcelorMittal South Africa announced on Thursday that it hopes for a reduction in interest rates during the second part of the year, after its losses increased due to weakened demand. The company lost 1.11 billion Rand ($60 million), compared…
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August 1, 2024
New Zealanders Jo Aleh, left, and Molly Meech were about to celebrate their final sail when an official informed them that they were in the medal race for the women's sailing skiff. Meech, 31 said, "We thought it would be our last sailing in the 49er FX.
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July 31, 2024
On Thursday, all eyes will be on the Bercy Arena in Paris where American Simone Biles will try to add more medals to her already impressive collection. The athletics program begins with men's and woman's race walking and golf. In France there will be 18 medals to be won…
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July 31, 2024
Max Maeder, from Singapore, describes "flying", or 'driving' a race car and playing chess at speeds up to 80 km/h in the Olympic sailing event's latest competition. Formula Kite's world champion, aged 17, hopes to be "among those who are more…
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July 31, 2024
Olympians jumped into the River Seine after an early morning notice told teams the murky water was safe to continue with the triathlon. This spared France from the embarrassment that a Paris 2024 central promise would be swept away. It was promised…
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July 31, 2024
The first women's marathon windsurfing race was called off on Wednesday after the wind weakened during an exhausting hour of sailing for Olympic sailors near Marseille. The race began with a spectacular start where the powerboat sped across in front to signify the beginning.
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July 31, 2024
The Netherlands' Ymkje Claevering and Veronique meester sped into the final of the Olympic women's pair rowing event at Vaire-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium with the best time on Wednesday, as the hot weather from Tuesday gave way to cloudy skies.
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July 30, 2024
Leading sports ecologists believe that the climate crisis is forcing organisers to face uncomfortable truths. As temperatures rise, golf courses slide into the ocean, alpine resorts are flooded, and football fields have been flooded. Wildfire smoke chokes athletes.
