Tag: JO 2024
Tatjana Smith, after a fourth Olympic medal, retirement?
Three days after her victory in the 100m breaststroke, Tatjana Smith went for silver in these 2024 Olympic Games. On Thursday, August 1, the swimmer failed to retain her Olympic…
2024 Olympics: Basketball rounds to be held in Lille, over a million visitors expected
For the basketball group stages at the Olympics, head to Lille, in the north of France. The French team, both women’s and men’s, won their first matches in a packed…
Sports that don’t get the spotlight: why do some disciplines attract less media attention?
Do you know the 10m air pistol shooting event? The skiff event in rowing? Or the park event in BMX? One Night at the Games looks at these events that…
2024 Olympics: results and analysis from Thursday, August 1
Live from Club France, International Games Radio deciphers and comments on the daily news of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. With Sarah Daninthe, Saliou Diouf and our special correspondents. Table…
Simon Biles wins second gold medal for his Olympic haul
American superstar Simone Biles won the artistic gymnastics individual all-around competition on Thursday night, claiming her second gold medal of the Paris 2024 Games and the sixth Olympic gold of…
Félix Lebrun extends the “Lebrun-mania” and reaches the last four in table tennis
Frenchman Félix Lebrun defeated Taiwanese Lin Yun-ju (11-7, 7-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-6), ranked 8th in the world and an Olympic medallist, to qualify for the semi-finals of table…
“Marchand mania” takes over the Olympic Games after swimmer Léon Marchand’s triumph
In just a few days, he has become the darling of the French. It was a double victory for swimmer Léon Marchand on Wednesday evening, July 31, in just two…
2024 Olympics: Léon Marchand “a cut above everyone else” according to Roxana Maracineanu
Roxana Maracineanu, Secretary General of Miprof (the inter-ministerial mission in charge of combating violence against women and human trafficking), was first a world swimming champion and silver medallist at the…
Palestinian sportswomen in France to break their daily routine and call for not forgetting their land
Around twenty young Palestinian sportswomen are in France for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. A project led by an association which aims to break a daily life marked by war…
Congolese swimmer Freddy Mayala, an elimination, a record, and a date for 2028
For the first time in his career, Freddy Mayala took part in the Olympic Games in Paris. Although he beat his personal best in the 50m freestyle on Thursday, August…