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'Man from Mars' Nasar wins Olympic weightlifting gold with new world record

Bulgarian Karlos Nasar became the lightest man to lift 400 kilogrammes in competition as he shattered the men's 89kg weightlifting world record at the Olympics on Friday.
9 August 2024, 17:47 PM

Germany's Friedrich sets world record in 200m flying lap

France, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Germany's Lea Friedrich set a world record in the 200 metres flying lap during qualification for the Olympic women's cycling sprint race at the National Velodrome on Friday.
9 August 2024, 15:27 PM

'The Balaton Shark' Rasovsky wins men's 10k marathon swimming

Rasovszky timed 1hr 50min 52.7sec to finish 2.1sec ahead of Germany's Oliver Klemet in the race on the River Seine.
9 August 2024, 08:55 AM

Botswana declares half-day holiday to mark first Olympic gold

Tebogo triumphed over U.S. sprinters Kenny Bednarek and Noah Lyles to claim Africa's first 200m title and become the fifth-fastest man in history over the distance.
9 August 2024, 08:25 AM

'I've dreamed of this moment my entire life'

Davis-Woodhall, who was sixth at the Tokyo Olympics, tasted global victory for the first time when she won the world indoor title in March.
9 August 2024, 06:30 AM

Andrade inspires hundreds of girls in Brazil to join gymnastics classes

Andrade clinched the last gymnastics gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Monday, and captivated the minds and hearts of football-obsessed Brazil.
9 August 2024, 06:00 AM

Lyles says he believes his Olympics are over after Covid positive

Lyles finished in third place in the 200m on Thursday, dashing his hopes of a sprint double.
9 August 2024, 04:49 AM

Ngamba loses but Refugee Team celebrate first medal

There are 37 athletes competing for the team in Paris from more than a dozen countries.
9 August 2024, 03:31 AM

McLaughlin-Levrone smashes world record to retain 400m hurdles crown

It was the sixth time McLaughlin-Levrone had broken the world record, lowering her previous mark of 50.65 set at the U.S. trials in June.
8 August 2024, 20:56 PM

US Olympic sprint star Lyles tests positive for Covid

Lyles, who had been bidding to complete a 100m-200m double in Paris, was taken off the track in a wheelchair following the race, won by Botswana's Letsile Tebogo.
8 August 2024, 20:49 PM

Holloway finally adds elusive Games gold

The 26-year-old, who had claimed virtually every other title in an utterly dominant half decade including three world championship gold medals, clocked 12.99 seconds.
8 August 2024, 20:38 PM

Netherlands beat Germany to win men's hockey gold

A tense game ended all square at 1-1, with fourth-quarter goals in quick succession from Dutch captain Thierry Brinkman and Germany's Thies Prinz.
8 August 2024, 20:25 PM

Nadeem wins Olympic men's javelin gold in historic first for Pakistan

Nadeem threw an Olympic record of 92.97 metres for victory, India's defending champion Neeraj Chopra taking silver with 89.45. Grenada's Anderson Peters claimed bronze with 88.54m.
8 August 2024, 20:10 PM

North Korea Olympians not given Samsung phones: IOC

North Korean Olympians have not received Samsung smartphones, unlike athletes from other countries, the IOC told AFP on Thursday, hours after Seoul suggested that providing them the phones could violate UN sanctions against the nuclear-armed North.
8 August 2024, 15:01 PM

Van Rouwendaal dedicates Olympic gold to pet dog Rio

Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands made a late surge to win gold in the women's 10k marathon swimming at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
8 August 2024, 13:43 PM

Mexico's Vazquez blames crowd noise for failed dive

Mexico's Aranza Vazquez lodged a complaint about the crowd noise after one of her dives in the 3-metre springboard semi-final was ruled as "failed" by the judges, earning her zero points and leaving too big a gap to qualify for the final.
8 August 2024, 13:11 PM

Brazil's Lula exempts Paris medallists from tax on prizes

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has issued an executive measure exempting Olympic and Paralympic medallists from income tax on their prize money, according to a statement published in the official gazette on Thursday.
8 August 2024, 12:58 PM

Dutchwoman Sharon wins Olympic gold in 10k marathon swimming

Sharon van Rouwendaal from the Netherlands made a late surge to win gold in the women's 10k marathon swimming at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
8 August 2024, 08:05 AM

Indian wrestler Phogat retires after Olympic disqualification

India's heartbroken Vinesh Phogat on Thursday announced her retirement from wrestling, a day after being disqualified from the women's 50kg competition at the Paris Olympics for being overweight for the final.
8 August 2024, 05:38 AM

After months of grumbling, Parisians join the Olympics party

After all the doubts, the grumbling and the gloom, Paris has finally embraced the Olympics, with some of its famously cynical residents even returning early from holidays to take part in the fun.
8 August 2024, 05:30 AM