Tag: Olympics
In the spotlight: the Paris Olympics on the horizon
So far so close… Two years from the opening of the 2024 games, the obstacle course has begun, title Le Figaro. Just 24 months from their opening, the Olympics stand…
Special Olympics Sarnia’s soccer team hits the pitch after long layoff
CORUNNA – The Sarnia Storm, Special Olympics Sarnia’s soccer team, was able to practice a handful of times last fall amid the pandemic. “But that was about it,” said Tana…
The crane operator, lift for the Olympics
Beware of vertigo! The French-speaking public media, of which RFI is a member, take you to the heights: on a wind turbine, in the mountains, on the roofs… We rise…
Athletes get ‘back into the groove’ at Special Olympics event
About 150 Special Olympics athletes gathered at Kiwanis Field on Saturday to put their skills to the test. “They’re getting back into the groove,” Jim Kruis, community co-ordinator of Special…
the “little Olympics” of French volleyball player Luka Basic
With an Olympic champion title in Tokyo, France shone last summer in volleyball. This time, it’s team A’ that sticks to it and dreams of also winning gold in Oran,…
Closing the combined from the Olympics would cram Annamaija Oina’s dream – the future of the sport will be decided next week
The combined may be dropped from the 2030 Winter Olympics sport selection. Petter Kukkonen believes that in addition to the issue of equality, money is behind the questioning of the…
The blackest moment in Antti Vikström’s career hits the Olympics – a rare misfortune gave an archer an important lesson
At the Olympics, two of Vikström’s bow guns broke their lower blades. After the Tokyo Games, the equipment manufacturer changed from American to Korean. Tokyo Olympics, July 28, 2021. Archery…
16 years old and climbing champion: this is how Sabina climbs to the Olympics
She trains six days a week, three hours a day. It’s eating, sleeping and climbing for Sabina. She wouldn’t have it any other way, ever since she first set her…
“I still want to represent Kenya at the Olympics someday”
Hannan Shah first touched the ice with skates at the age of 14. Figure skating jumps and pirouettes felt too scary, but hockey took the young woman with her. NAIROBI.…
Senni Salminen was relieved when she said she had betrayed her head at the Tokyo Olympics – “I hope I am a mentally better athlete than a year ago”
Qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics took a tough line. The Finnish record woman is looking forward to the summer of two value competitions. Last summer, a three-jump spot with his…