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PARIS OLYMPICS: What you should know now

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 10, 2024

Ethiopian Tamirat Tola, who won the men's race in a time Olympic record, crossed the finish line before Les Invalides. Eight finals of track and field will be held on Saturday. Imane Khelif, the first woman from Algeria to win a gold boxing medal in the late hours of Friday night…

Olympics-Sailing-Austria's Bontus 'stoked' to land men's kite gold

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 9, 2024

Valentin Bontus won the men's gold in kiteboarding on Friday. This was Austria's second sailing win. Toni Vodisek from Slovenia took silver, and Max Maeder of Singapore, bronze. Bontus, a 23-year-old, celebrated his victory with a huge leap in the air on his foilingboard while pumping his hand.

PARIS OLYMPICS: What you should know now

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 9, 2024

On Friday, the United States won the qualifiers for the women's 4x400 metre relay. The men's marathon swimming took place in the Seine River, and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif was preparing to compete for gold that evening. There are 35 gold medals to be won on Friday…

Olympics-Canoeing-Germany's Schopf upgrades to gold in perfect Paris race

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 9, 2024

Jacob Schopf, a German who missed out on the gold medal in Tokyo by just a fraction of second, finally won the double 500m men's race on Friday with Max Lemke. The two were recently paired up and proved to be a perfect match. Their strong strokes…

Olympics-Sailing-Slovenian kiteboarder penalised before Friday's final

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 9, 2024

Toni Vodisek, a Slovenian kiteboarder, was penalised for failing to inspect his kit before going out onto the water. This means that if Toni wins the next race in the Olympic final then it won't count. The winner will be the person who finishes second.

Olympic kiteboarder from Slovenia penalized before the final on Friday

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 9, 2024

Toni Vodisek, a Slovenian kiteboarder, was penalized on Friday after failing to inspect his kit before going out on the water. This means that if Toni wins the next race in the Olympic final then it won't count. Instead the winner will be the person who finishes second.

PARIS OLYMPICS: What you should know now

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 8, 2024

Letsile Tebogo, the first African man to win a men's title in athletics, delivered another thrilling evening. Botswana won its first Olympic gold on Thursday, when the country's first African athlete, Kenny Bednarek, beat Noah Lyles and the Americans Kenny Bednarek.

PARIS OLYMPICS: what you should know now

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 8, 2024

Noah Lyles will be looking to make history on Thursday by becoming the first American to win the Olympic Sprint Double in 40 years. Throughout the day there will be more than 30 medals available, in sports such as athletics, boxing taekwondo wrestling, and sailing.

British Airways will stop flights to Beijing on October 26

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 8, 2024

British Airways announced on Thursday that it would stop flights from October 26 to November 2025. It did not elaborate on why. IAG-owned carrier will continue to fly daily between Shanghai and Hong Kong. The Russian airspace is now off limits to European and British airlines…

Olympics-Canoeing-Carrington leads New Zealand four to kayak gold

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 8, 2024

Lisa Carrington, from New Zealand, led the women's four-person kayak crew to victory at the Vaires sur Marne Nautical stadium on Thursday. She now has six Olympic golds to her name and one bronze. Germany was second, and Hungary came third, but the Kiwis were the winners…

PARIS OLYMPICS: what you should know now

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 8, 2024

Noah Lyles will be looking to make history on Thursday by becoming the first American to win the Olympic Sprint Double in 40 years. After water quality tests showed that the Seine met standards, the women's marathon 10km swimming race went on as scheduled.

PARIS OLYMPICS: what you should know now

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 8, 2024

On Thursday, the United States will attempt to be the first American to win both the Olympic sprint and the Olympic marathon double in over 40 years. The women's marathon 10km swimming race started early in the morning after the water quality tests on the Seine met the thresholds.

PARIS OLYMPICS: what you should know now

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 8, 2024

On Thursday, the Olympic 10km Marathon Swimming event for women began on time after tests of water quality in Seine River met standards. There will be more than 30 medals on offer in the athletics, sailing, boxing, taekwondo and wrestling finals.

If kiteboarder wins gold, a million dollar prize awaits.

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 7, 2024

Max Maeder, a Singaporean kiteboarder, could win more than Olympic Gold this week. He may also be able to claim a payout of one million Singapore dollars ($753,579). The Major Games Award Programme of Singapore (MAP) provides cash rewards to medal-winning athletes at Olympic…

PARIS OLYMPICS: what you should know now

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 7, 2024

In a thrilling afternoon, the Velodrome saw Australia and the United States win gold in both the women's and men's team-pursuit events. The evening session on the track is underway. Men's 400m was the highlight of the event. The men’s team pursuit…

PARIS OLYMPICS: what you should know now

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 7, 2024

On Wednesday, 23 gold medals will be awarded at the Olympics, with the majority of them in the athletics, but also the sailing, artistic Swimming, Boxing, Skateboarding, Speed Climbing and other sports. Anne-Marie Rindom of Denmark won silver…

Olympics-Canoeing-Smiling Soltani proud to represent refugees and realise Olympic dream

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 7, 2024

Saman Soltani, a refugee from Iran, may have finished last in the final sprint canoe race of the Paris Games. But the smile on her face was still a thousand watts despite the fact that her Olympics ended at the quarterfinal stage. She said that…

PARIS OLYMPICS: what you should know now

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 7, 2024

On Wednesday, Olympic medals were awarded in a variety of sports, including sailing, artistic swim, speed climbing, skateboarding, boxing and other sports. After being cancelled Tuesday because of concerns about water pollution, the familiarisation…

Olympics-Canoeing-"GOAT in the boat" Carrington wins again as canoe sprint kicks off

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 6, 2024

PARIS, August 6-8 - New Zealand’s five-time Olympic champion Lisa Carrington won the first race but Denmark's Emma Jorgensen (world champion) and Frederikke Mathiesen (world champion) were eliminated as the canoe sprint races got underway at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium Tuesday.

What's going on on the 10th day of Paris Games?

Posted to Maritime Reporter on August 5, 2024

Swimming, tennis, archery and fencing, as well as road cycling, are all coming to an end on a packed Sunday in Paris. On Monday, a number of sports, such as synchronised swim, track cycling and climbing, will begin. The final Olympic medals in the sports of artistic gymnastics (artistic gymnastics)…

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