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July 27, 2024
After a wet, rainy start to the Paris Olympics, the sun will finally shine brightly. The City of Light can celebrate by grabbing 13 gold medals. Archers, mountain bikes, slalom kayakers and skateboarders will all be among the new Olympic champions.
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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 28, 2024
Liu Zhiyu, a Chinese double sculler, made it to the semi-finals in the men's Olympic Double Sculls Sunday. He took the last opportunity available during the repechage for him to earn another medal. The bronze medalist from Tokyo and his new…
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July 27, 2024
On Saturday, French canoeists Nicolas Gestin (left) and Camille Prigent (right) gave rain-soaked fans a lot to cheer about. They performed some blistering slaloms at the Olympic Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium. Gestin won the heats for men's single slalom while Prigent…
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July 27, 2024
The men's and woman's lightweight double-sculls event will begin on Sunday, marking the beginning of a new era. Weight classes are scheduled to disappear from Olympic rowing after the Paris Games. The discipline was introduced in 1996 and has…
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July 27, 2024
The skiffs, with their giant spinnakers and black sails towering over other boats as they speed along at full throttle, are the big beasts of Olympic sailing. The 49er men's boat and the smaller 49erFX sail used by women are both flighty crafts…
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July 27, 2024
Paris 2024 organizers are confident that the triathlon event will be held as planned on Tuesday, despite recent rains which could lead to Sunday's session being cancelled because of concerns about the water quality in Seine. It is possible to…
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July 27, 2024
The rowers of the Paris Games will have to deal with the elements, from the relentless rain to the blistering heat to win Olympic gold. The athletes fought on, despite the rain. It started as a misty drizzle and then became a downpour. After finishing third in the women's single sculls…
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July 27, 2024
Aleksandra 'Ola' Melzacka, a Polish sailor and Sandra Jankowiak, her crew member, have had to weather both physical and psychological storms in order to chart their course towards the Olympics. After a series of intense training sessions in the Mediterranean Sea…
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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 26, 2024
The Olympic Games will begin in earnest Saturday, after a spectacular opening ceremony that was both dazzling and rain-swept. After a turbulent Friday that began with an attack by saboteurs on France's high speed train network in the early morning hours…
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July 26, 2024
Bart Lambriex did not wait for the Olympics to end before proposing to his longtime girlfriend Odile van Anholt. He asked her to marry him less that a month earlier. Van Aanholt, after training on her 49erFX, told how Lambriex, 25, had a ring…
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July 26, 2024
Canoeists from Hungary have been winning Olympic medals for years and will be starting their quest to win more this Saturday. Hungarians sent an impressive 16-member team, including Olympic sprinter Tamara Csipes twice and gold medalist Balint Kopasz from Tokyo.
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July 26, 2024
Mark Robinson, the leader of Britain's sailing squad, said that new events will be introduced in 2024 and present a new challenge to defend their Olympic crown. The British team has won more medals than any other nation since 1900, when sailing made its debut at the Olympic Games.
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July 25, 2024
Luca Chiumento, an Italian rower, is currently in Paris preparing to compete in the quadruple sculls event at the Olympic Games. His father, who arrived by bike from Italy on Thursday and raised money for charity, has also been training. After 12 days…
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July 25, 2024
The water quality has been cleared for sailing off Marseille, Olympic organizers announced, despite the French city's officials banning swimming on beaches earlier this week due to heavy rains. A Games spokesperson confirmed on Thursday that…
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July 25, 2024
The U.N. Refugee Agency in Yemen reported on Thursday that a boat carrying at least 45 refugees capsized on the coast of Yemen’s Taiz Wednesday night. There are only four survivors. The agency said that the boat capsized due to strong winds and overloading.
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July 23, 2024
Ukraine has launched a new stamp to show its support for its Olympic athletes. It sent the smallest national team ever to the Paris Games, despite the ongoing war with Russia. The number of Ukrainian athletes competing at the Olympic Games is the lowest in history.
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July 23, 2024
The River Seine is a key element in the Paris 2024 Olympics. A boat parade will take place there, as well as two events: the triathlon swimming leg and the marathon swimming. The pollution levels of the Seine has raised concerns about athletes' health. Where are we now?
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July 13, 2024
The Great Britain SailGP Team of Hannah Mills and Ben Ainslie won the Impact League season four for its sustainable efforts. Denmark, last year's champions, came in second and Switzerland third. The Impact League, which measures how SailGP teams are reducing their carbon footprints…
