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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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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
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 30, 2024
Ameena, Kuwait's first sailor, knew that she was going to be a contender for the Olympics only a year after completing her masters in London. Shah, who had kept in contact with Kuwait's Sailing Federation throughout her undergraduate years,…
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July 30, 2024
World Sailing's support program has helped a record number of sailors to reach the Paris Olympics from countries where sailing is underrepresented. Ebru Bolat, a Romanian women's sailing dinghy competitor said: "Our countries do not get much funding for sport in general.
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July 29, 2024
Some Olympic sailors are wearing ice vests in order to combat the scorching temperatures. Some people use "heat protocol" when the temperature is around 30 Celsius during the day, and there are light winds. The ice vest that Sara Tkadlecova…
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July 28, 2024
The world champions Switzerland lost the opportunity to qualify for the semi-finals of the Olympics in the men's pairs by just two-hundredths a second. This was achieved by Ireland on Sunday at the Vaire-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, after a thrillingly close heat.
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July 27, 2024
Fans flocked to the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium in Vaires-sur-Marne on Saturday, still soaked from the rain that had soaked the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympics on Friday. The first heats of the single sculls for men and women were completed under calm, but damp conditions.
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July 11, 2024
Max Maeder, Singapore's gold-medal hopeful, is the poster child of sailing's sea changes since the last Olympics. 'Foiling' classes, such as his Kiteboarding discipline, will make up half the 10 events at the 2024 Olympics, compared to only one event in Tokyo.
