Tag: Olympic
New Olympic gold for Sjöström: “It feels surreal”
The margin of victory for silver medalist Meg Harris, Australia, was 26 hundredths. Zhang Yufei, China, took bronze. Sjöström was the favorite before Sunday’s final and many thought she would…
Djokovic finally wins Olympic gold and becomes a legend
The match between the big names lived up to expectations on Sunday, August 4, on the clay courts of Roland-Garros. Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz delivered a huge showdown in…
Boxing: Svetlana Kamenova Staneva’s controversial gesture and actions after the loss to Lin Yu-Ting in the Olympic boxing: “XY chromosomes are nothing to me”
Lin Yu-Ting has been on the receiving end of a lot of hate this past week, as she was one of two boxers banned from competing at the World Boxing…
The Japanese were outraged – the judging of the Olympic judo and the behavior of the French was too much | Sport
Paris Olympics on channels 26.7.–11.8. Go to the competition website here. You can find the entire program of the games here. Japanese judo fans have been shocked by the judo…
Handball: Nightmare opposition for Sweden in the Olympic handball – against Denmark
The nightmare opposition is clear after Spain beat Croatia 32-31 in Sweden’s Group A late on Sunday evening in Paris. Sweden faced Japan in the morning and won 40–27. Olympics…
Bol didn’t sleep after Olympic gold: ‘It doesn’t matter that I’m tired’
A tired Femke Bol didn’t know what hit her when she walked into the Stade de France on Saturday morning for the series of the 400 meter hurdles. Almost 80,000…
Athletics: Noah Lyles won Olympic gold in the 100 meters – by five thousandths of a margin
The American Noah Lyles has been one of the world’s best sprinters in recent years, with, among other things, double Olympic gold in both 100 and 200 meters. But his…
Comment: This Olympic victory in a brutal sport says a depressing lot about Norwegian sports | Sport
When young Nordics are successful in global sports, one wonders how children get exercise differently in Norway than in Finland, writes Pekka Holopainen. Pekka Holopainen sports reporter 21:00•Updated 21:03 Paris…
Tennis: Novak Djokovic won the Olympic tennis final against Carlos Alcaraz
Novak Djokovic is perhaps the greatest tennis player of all time. The 37-year-old Serbian has won the most Grand Slam titles of any player (24), and has also been world…
Olympic Opening Ceremony: Producers file complaint over death threats
The organizers of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games filed a complaint on Saturday, August 3, for death threats. An investigation has been opened. More than a…