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Paris 2024: Qatar aiming to surpass its three Tokyo 2020 medals

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The 14 athletes who make up Qatar's Olympic Sports Delegation are finalising their preparations in Paris. The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) is working to provide them with the resources they need. Logistics are also speeding up as the athletes' imminent arrival at the Olympic Village approaches.

Saif Mohammed and Shahad Mohammed in track and field, Saeed Abu Sharab and Rashid Saleh AlAthba in shooting


Torch Relay Stage 59: Lighting up the roads of the Aisne

  • Paris 2024

After two days of celebrations in Paris, the Olympic Torch Relay set off for the Aisne. From Château-Thierry to Saint-Quentin, more than 110 torchbearers took turns carrying the Torch, highlighting the region's remarkable and well-preserved heritage and nature.

The Armenian shooter Elmira Karapetyan, world champion in pistol shooting in Brazil in 2023, carried


From Kevin Durant to Team Azerbaijan: records awaiting in Paris

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Great Olympic feats could be surpassed at the Paris Games. The arrival of such a significant event always fuels expectations around records, and this time, both individually and as teams, the chances of breaking records and rewriting the medal and merit tables are far from slim.

GETTY IMAGES.The Chateauroux Shooting Centre will take centre stage on 27 July.

Nino Salukvadze, the Georgian athlete competing in pistol shooting, will have the opportunity to extend


Harry Hall’s dramatic win secures first PGA Tour title

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England's Harry Hall secured his first US PGA Tour victory with a dramatic birdie chip-in on the third hole of a five-man sudden-death playoff at the ISCO Championship in Nicholasville, Kentucky, on Sunday.

and secure a spot in the playoff.NeSmith and Blair set the 22-under par target early in the day, each shooting



China unveils staggering delegation numbers for Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

As the Paris Olympics approach, the Chinese Olympic Committee has assembled a 716-member delegation, urging them to compete with pride and integrity to enhance the country's international image.

Relying on its strengths in table tennis, badminton, gymnastics, shooting, weightlifting, and diving,


Torch Relay Stage 57: Paris lights up for a special Bastille Day

  • Paris 2024

The Olympic Torch finally arrived in Paris for two days of celebrations and the spirit of the Games took over the capital, giving the Parisians a taste of the festivities to come starting next week. The Torch's route lit up the historic and emblematic sites of the French capital.

Para athletes such as Tanguy de la Forest (para-shooting), Frédéric Pasquier (wheelchair handball) and


Chile bets on women's shooting and canoeing

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delegation of at least 48 athletes competing in 22 disciplines, with all eyes on Francisca Crovetto in shooting

gold medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago and is ranked 16th in the world in women's trap shooting


Record-breaker Michael Johnson leads New Zealand's 6th Paralympic delegation

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He will lead the three-man shooting team selected to represent New Zealand at the Paralympic Games, which

2024 by winning a silver medal in the R4 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 event at the New Delhi 2024 World Shooting

Rifle Prone SH1 event.Michael Johnson of New Zealand competes in the Mixed R4-10m Air Rifle Standing Shooting

Neelam O'Neill, who will have the honour of being the first woman to represent New Zealand in Para shooting

Neelam O'Neill is the first woman to represent New Zealand in Para shooting in 40 years.

: "I am overwhelmed to be the first woman in 40 years to make a New Zealand Paralympic team in Para shooting


592 members for Team USA in Paris 2024

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The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee has named the 592-member Team USA 2024 for the upcoming Olympic Games, with the Opening Ceremony scheduled for Friday 26 July in Paris. To date, 138 Para athletes have qualified for the Paralympics, which begin on 28 August.

include Brady Ellison (archery), Gerek Meinhardt (fencing), Stu McNay (sailing) and Vincent Hancock (shooting


Pan American training camp to prepare for Paris

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Several Olympic, World and Pan-American medallists from the American continent are rigorously preparing for Paris 2024 and will gather in Mulhouse (Alsace, France) from Sunday.

boxing, artistic gymnastics, judo, weightlifting, wrestling, swimming, rowing, taekwondo, archery, shooting


Paris 2024: Only 16 Russian athletes to participate in Olympics

  • Paris 2024

A total of just 16 Russians and 17 Belarusians have accepted invitations to compete under a neutral flag at the Paris Olympics, according to the latest count on Tuesday.

cycling, one from each country in trampolining and taekwondo, two Belarusians each in weightlifting, shooting


Over 400 athletes with disabilities heading to the Hartford Nationals

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In Hoover, Alabama, between 12 and 18 July, the Harford Nationals celebration returns once again to make the United States the epicentre of inclusive sport. It is the largest national championship for athletes with physical, visual, and intellectual disabilities.

to participate in a week filled with competitions such as archery, parapowerlifting, paratriathlon, shooting


14 athletes to represent the UAE at Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

The National Olympic Committee of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced the details of the UAE's participation in the 33rd Summer Olympic Games to be held in Paris, France, from 26 July to 11 August 2024.

in the UAE's history, when Sheikh Ahmed bin Hasher Al Maktoum won the gold medal in the double trap shooting


Australia Boomers to take 8 NBA stars to Paris 2024

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The Australian squad, bronze medalists at the last Tokyo 2020 Games and recent champions of FIBA Asia 2022, is highlighting their strong form in basketball with a roster featuring 70% of its 12-man team with NBA experience.

convinced the coaching staff during recent friendlies, at the expense of 27-year-old Portland Trail Blazers shooting