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Noah Lyles will be looking to become first American to win Olympic sprint double in 40 years at the Games. More than 30 medals will be awarded throughout the day in athletics as well as sailing, boxing taekwondo wrestling and track cycling.
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New Zealand’s women’s four-kayak crew won the gold in the 500m race at the Paris Games, three years after they missed the podium in Tokyo. Lisa Carrington, her team and the Germans were pushed hard over the final 100m. They had to dig in to finish the race in 1:32.20 seconds…
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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.
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August 8, 2024
The International Olympic Committee announced on Thursday that Allyson, who is the most decorated American track and field Olympian, as well as Jessica Fox from Australia, who won two gold canoe medals at the Paris Games was among the four new members elected.
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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…
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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…
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August 8, 2024
Many people expected the end of the Danish paddler Rene Holten Poulsen when he lost funding two years ago from the Danish Canoe Federation. He fought on instead, using his retirement funds and fundraising to make sure his kayaking swansong was at the Paris Olympics.
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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.
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August 8, 2024
Simon Rowell, a British meteorologist perched high above the Bay of Marseille in an area where he can see the Olympic Games from a vantage point, has been trying to provide Britain's sailors with an advantage for much of the Olympic Games. Rowell…
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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.
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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.
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August 8, 2024
These are the most popular stories from the New York Times' business pages. These stories have not been verified and we cannot vouch their accuracy. Warner Bros. Discovery, parent company to CNN, HBO, and TNT said Wednesday it would write down its TV network value by $9.1 Billion…
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August 7, 2024
With only four days remaining at the Paris Games, more than 30 gold medals are up for grabs. Athletics, sailing, boxing, taekwondo and wrestling will all be finalized. The Seine River is contaminated with water, and the marathon swimming event will take place amid this concern.
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August 7, 2024
What is the first rule to winning an Olympic sailing medal for men? It is considered unlucky to shave while competing. All three men, Pavlos Kotides from Cyprus, Stefano Peschiera of Peru, and Matt Wearn from Australia, wore beards when they hung their gold…
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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…
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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…
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August 7, 2024
On Wednesday, 23 medals will be awarded in the Olympic games, including athletics, swimming, speed-climbing, skating, boxing and artistic swimming. Dutchman Harrie lavreysen broke the world record for men's flying 200 metre laps as he led the qualifying timesheets in sprint track cycling.
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August 7, 2024
It was a homecoming of sorts for the French sisters who, in Australia's colours, returned to Europe and won a stunning sweep of women's canoe-slalom medals at the Paris Olympics. Jessica Fox is a veteran Olympian who said that the whole experience was pure joy…
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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…
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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…
