Tag: Olympic
After Olympic successes, the Netherlands also takes gold at the World Gliding Championships
“Aerial gliding demands a lot from the pilots. It’s all about complete control of the aircraft,” says coach Sape Miedema. The pilots have to deal with speeds of almost 300…
A wonderful thriller decided the last gold medal in Paris – the USA basketball legend wrote a dizzying Olympic history | Sports in a nutshell
The US women’s national basketball team continued its incredible gold streak when it defeated France in the final in Paris. In the end, the extremely tight match was decided by…
Basketball: Tears flowed as Brittney Griner became Olympic champion after prison: “Means a lot”
Griner, 33, spent 293 days in Russian custody for possession of cannabis oil, sentenced to nine years, and was freed after a prisoner exchange in December 2022 that culminated in…
Los Angeles 2028 Olympics: date, additional sports… What do we know about the next Olympic Games?
The next Olympic Games will be held far from France, in the United States, in Los Angeles. The Paris 2024 Olympics have barely ended and it is time to look…
Coach Rasmus Jonsson from Jämjö on the Olympic gold: “Plays almost flawlessly”
After the Olympic final where Sweden won against Germany in beach volleyball, David Åhman and Jonatan Hellvig have gone down in history as the first Swedes to not only win…
Olympic Games: Bol flag bearer at closing ceremony
The Dutch women’s hockey team also won the third duel at the Olympic Games. The Dutch team, with Luna Fokke from Kampong in Utrecht and Renée van Laarhoven, Lisa Post,…
The classic hit kicked off the emotional celebration – Italy grabbed the surprising Olympic gold with complete sovereignty | Sport
Italy, who entered the women’s volleyball final as the underdog, finally celebrated the Olympic gold. The USA was second and the volleyball bronze went to Brazil. Italy went into the…
Handball: Denmark took Olympic gold in handball – now Mikkel Hansen retires
In April, Mikkel Hansen announced that he was putting his shoes on the shelf after the Olympics. The 36-year-old had then led the Danish national team to an Olympic gold,…
The ping pong men are celebrated after the Olympic feat
Swedish shooting star Truls Möregårdh shocked the entire table tennis world when he sensationally knocked out the Chinese world number one Wang Chuqin in the Olympic round of 16 in…
2024 Olympic Games: the Alain Mimoun military camp, the other Olympic village
For the Olympic and Paralympic Games, 20,000 soldiers are mobilized. These soldiers in fatigues from the Sentinelle force patrol all over Paris, to support the police and to prevent any…