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Paris 2024 Olympic marathon route: Runners to take in spree of historic sights
The route for the Paris 2024 marathon has been unveiled, with runners set to take in a spree of historic sites in the French capital. Starting at Hotel de Ville, the 42.195km route will travel past the Louvre, out to Versailles and back via the Eiffel Towel. It will also take in well-known sites like
October 6, 2022
An Olympic Athlete Froze His Penis During a Cross-Country Skiing Race
Anadolu AgencyGetty Images An Olympic cross-country skier sustained a nasty injury while competing in the men's freestyle mass race at the Winter Games in Beijing on Sunday. Due to concerns regarding the risk of frostbite, event organizers delayed the race, and reduced the skiing distance by 40 percent, cutting it from 50 km to 30…
February 21, 2022
Olympic Hockey Results 2022: Men’s, Women’s Wednesday Scores, Highlights
ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty ImagesFinland hockey had a monumental Wednesday at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.The women's team beat Switzerland 4-0 in the bronze-medal game. This marks the second consecutive third-place finish at the Olympics for the Finnish women's squad. Earlier in the day, the men's team clinched a berth in the semifinal with a…
February 16, 2022
Winter Olympic Sites Are Melting Away because of Climate Crisis
As greenhouse gas emissions rise, more venues will face conditions that professional athletes consider unfair or unsafeCompetitors from the first Winter Olympics are towed by a horse-drawn carriage through deep snow to the starting point of the bobsleigh event at the Piste de Bobsleigh des Pellerins in Chamonix, France, on February 2, 1924. The track was constructed…
February 16, 2022
Was Olympic champ wrongly awarded gold?
Australia is looking for answers after a complete decimation at the Winter Olympics that shows how unforgiving the Games are.A flurry of gold medals have been run and won on day four of the Winter Olympics in China.The big moment for Australia came in the men’s singles figure skating with Brendan Kerry moving through to…
February 8, 2022
Olympic Opening Ceremonies 2022: Best Social Highlights and Reaction
AP Photo/David J. PhillipThe 2022 Winter Olympics are officially underway.Opening ceremonies kicked off the festivities Friday in Beijing, with the Chinese capital becoming the first to ever host both a Summer and Winter Games. Beijing previously hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics. While the action in some events had already gotten underway earlier this week, the ceremony…
February 4, 2022
A human-rights group has called on the International Olympic Committee to explain what steps it has taken to ensure that official apparel for next month’s Beijing Winter Games were made without forced labor, saying previous, private attempts to engage the organization weren’t taken seriously. The group, the Coalition to End Forced Labor in the Uyghur…
Tokyo Olympic stars Rupinder Pal Singh, Birendra Lakra announce retirement
New Delhi: Drag-flicker Rupinder Pal Singh, who played a starring role in the Indian hockey team's historic bronze-winning Tokyo Olympics campaign, on Thursday announced his international retirement with immediate effect "to make way for youngsters". The 30-year-old, regarded as one of the best drag-flickers of the country, represented India in 223 matches. Nicknamed 'Bob', Rupinder…
September 30, 2021
Olympic Gold Medalist Klete Keller Pleads Guilty in Capitol Hill Riot Case
Selena Gomez Calls Out Social Media CEOs After U.S. Capitol RiotUPDATE: Close to nine months after participating in the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riots, Olympic swimmer Klete Keller has pleaded guilty to one felony count of obstructing an official proceeding. NBC News reports Keller appeared in federal court in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, Sept. 29. In return…
September 29, 2021
2016 Olympic Boxing Investigation Reveals 7-10 Suspicious Matches, Bout Manipulation
Photo By Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty ImagesInvestigators flagged seven to 10 boxing matches at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro that may have been subject to bout manipulation, according to the Guardian's Sean Ingle."It is understood that one of those fights involves the Irish boxer Michael Conlan, who lost on a hugely controversial split…
September 29, 2021