Tag: JO 2024
Letsile Tebogo, Botswana’s sprint diamond on track for gold in Paris
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, the first African sprinter in history to win a medal in the 100 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, is also the African record holder in…
French Federation takes legal action following accusations of violence against Wilfried Happio
The French Athletics Federation (FFA) has taken legal action following accusations of domestic violence against Olympic athlete Wilfried Happio, reported in a testimony by the newspaper Le Monde, it announced…
Olympic gold, a colossal challenge for Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic has won everything in his immense career, except the gold medal at the Olympic Games. At 37, the Serb will try one last time to get this title…
The Seine once again “swimmable” after 100 years of ban, a future legacy of the Olympic Games
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, the head of Paris 2024, Tony Estanguet, and the prefect of Île-de-France, Marc Guillaume, took a dip in the Seine on Wednesday, July 17.…
Tunisian wrestler Hassene Fkiri moves to Australia
Just after the Sydney Olympics in 2000, at least 35 athletes sought asylum. Among them was Tunisian wrestler Hassene Fkiri, who later joined the Australian national team. Forty-four years after…
Sport: parity is not equality
We are 10 days away from the Paris Olympics. And for the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, there will be as many female competitors as male…
Hungarian gymnast Ágnes Keleti
Gymnast Ágnes Keleti was one of about 40 Hungarian athletes who defected from the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Unlike most of her compatriots, she stayed in Australia, spending a few months…
a second lap in the capital before the Olympics
The torch arrived in the capital yesterday, on the French national holiday, July 14. It paraded on the Champs-Élysées, among other places. And today, the flame continues its journey with…
Olympic deserters: Iraqi weightlifter Raed Ahmed
We continue our series on athletes who took advantage of the Olympics to ditch their home countries with Raed Ahmed. This Iraqi was the flag bearer for his delegation at…
Ten things to know about the Olympics
Paris will host the Olympic Games from July 26 to August 11. This is an opportunity to look back at the history of this competition with some key moments. 2…