Tag: Athletics
Athletics: The blow: Perseus Karlström far from a medal in 20 km: “So damn boring”
– This is sport at its worst, it’s so fucking boring. I had such an incredibly good season and I thought I would manage from illnesses, says Karlström snoring and…
Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson will not compete in the 100m
A tough blow for the Jamaican delegation. Shericka Jackson, bronze medalist at the Tokyo Games in the 100m and twice world vice-champion in the distance, will not be able to…
Athletics: Nigerian Favor Ofili misses the sprint event at the Olympics – after an administrative error
Favor Ofili managed to attend the opening ceremony in Paris and has also showcased the experience on social media. However, the joy from there has now been replaced by rage.…
Injured, French decathlete Kevin Mayer has “given up” on his hopes
Having injured his left hamstring on July 7 and since then embarked on a frantic race to recover in time to participate in the 2024 Olympics, Kévin Mayer is not…
“If I could go to the Olympics, I would like to go to the athletics events”
On the occasion of the Paris 2024 Games, “the world of children“goes into Olympic mode. Charlie Dupiot met with children aged 8 to 13, to gather their impressions of one…
Athletics: Track and field athlete Oskar Edlund was convicted of drug offenses – now he will run in the Olympics
It was in December last year that Edlund was sentenced to a day’s fine for minor drug offenses after a night out in Stockholm where he was caught with cocaine…
2024 Olympics: Noah Lyles, from a difficult childhood to an athletics “showman”
He is one of the announced stars of the Paris Olympic Games, and Noah Lyles intends to take advantage of these Games to fully assume his status as the new…
Athletics: Thobias Montler after the first 8-meter jump of the season: “Incredibly nice”
Injury concerns caused 28-year-old Montler to miss the EC. But last week, the Swedish long jump star received a welcome notice of form. At a competition in Celle Ligure, Italy,…
Ferdinand Omanyala, a Kenyan at full throttle
In a country, Kenya, where long-distance running is a religion, Ferdinand Omanyala is an apostate by choosing sprinting. But he has established himself as the fastest man on the African…
The great promise of Finnish athletics is fighting for the gold medal today | Sports in a nutshell
Enni Virjonen is in the medal fight in the 7th match of the under-18 European Championships. The four-day European Under-18 Athletics Championships started in Slovakia on Thursday. From a Finnish…