Jamaican track and field star and double 200m world champion Shericka Jackson has announced that she will not compete in the women's 100m at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The decision is based on her desire to concentrate solely on the double hectometre.

Kevin Mayer, the current decathlon world record holder, has questioned his participation in these Olympic Games. The athlete revealed on Tuesday that he currently only has a 10% chance of competing at the Stade de France due to a significant hamstring injury he suffered on 7 July.

stated, highlighting the severity of his partial hamstring tear.His statement came as a blow to the athletics

GETTY IMAGESAs the event approaches, the athletics world watches with bated breath, hoping for a last-minute

The Algerian middle-distance runner Djamel Sedjati arrives at the Games with two clear objectives for the 800-metre event: to win a medal for his country, which did not reach the podium in Tokyo 2020, and to break David Rudisha's world record. The athlete will make his debut in Paris on 7 August.

where he won gold in the 1500 metres, and in Rio 2016, where he earned two silver medals, Algerian athletics

Merah, who won gold in Sydney 2000.Sedjati poses after the men's 800 meters final during the 2022 World Athletics

" said the athlete.Algeria, which made its Olympic debut in 1964, has won a total of nine medals in athletics

Sedjati is confident of revitalising this Olympic legacy and reaching new heights in international athletics

the 100-metre race at the ongoing Olympics in Paris because of administrative mistakes made by the Athletics

events.The talented athlete was one of 10 Nigerian athletes deemed ineligible for Tokyo 2020 by the Athletics

The Dominican sprinter Marileidy Paulino arrives at the Olympic Games as one of the leading contenders for the gold medal in the 400 metres. The 27-year-old athlete, who has already proven her worth with a notable career, also dreams of breaking the world record.

This achievement made her the first Dominican woman to secure a medal in athletics for her country.Her

the 2023 World Championships held in Budapest.Paulino compete in the final of the Budapest 2023 World Athletics

is regarded as the best in the world, as she currently ranks first in the women’s 400m on the World Athletics

next ones, or at the World Championships, perhaps one day I can try," concluded Paulino, who began her athletics

Noah Lyles is set to exorcise his Tokyo demons as he heads into the Paris Olympics, aiming to fill the gap left by Usain Bolt. The 27-year-old made a significant stride toward this goal with a treble gold performance (100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay) at last year’s World Championships in Budapest. 

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe dubbed him an "absolute rock star," a fitting accolade for Lyles

The International Olympic Committee elected former Moroccan athlete Nawal El Moutawakel and Argentine Gerardo Werthein as its new vice-presidents at the 142nd Session held in Paris before the 2024 Games, supposedly the last for the German president.

significant, including serving on various Olympic committees and promoting women's participation in athletics

bin Duaij Al Khalifa, expressed in an official press release his confidence in the Bahrain Paralympic Athletics

We are proud of the participation of the Bahrain Paralympic Athletics Team in this important tournament

 In preparation for the Paralympics, the Athletics team —including Ruba Al-Omari and Hussein Mohammed

Men's Rugby Sevens is the first team sport to be decided in Paris 2024. And the result was what the tournament organisers had hoped for. France beat Fiji, who had won gold at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, in the final.

Once Rugby is over, the Stade de France will be free to host the Games' king of sports, Athletics.

Tens of thousands of people were barred from the Paris 2024 opening ceremony after capacity was reduced in recent months. Under intense and constant rain, residents and tourists tried in vain to get through security checks in a strangely empty and orderly Paris, due to the extreme militarisation of its streets and skies.

Most missed judo giant Teddy Riner and three-time Olympic athletics champion Marie-José Perec, who officially

They were dismissed for non-compliance with anti-doping rules, but eventually the CAS, the body that deals with the disputes surrounding the participation in Paris 2024, has allowed them to compete.

decision by the Athletic Integrity Unit, which rejected the attempt to support them by the Brazilian Athletics

The Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony takes place this evening with a spectacular show expected along the River Seine in the French capital. Watch as 10,500 athletes, who have earned their place in sporting glory, parade past and the Olympic flame lights the cauldron in the Tuileries Garden.

Maude Charron, weightlifting (Tokyo gold medalist in the 64-kilogram category) and Andre de Grasse, athletics

I am incredibly honored. 🥹🇺🇸— Coco Gauff (@CocoGauff) July 24, 2024Greece: Antigoni Ntrismpioti, athletics

(two-time NBA MVP, 2021 NBA champion with the Milwaukee Bucks).Puerto Rico: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, athletics

(Tokyo gold medalist in the 100-meter hurdles) and Sebastian Rivera, wrestling.Qatar: Shahd Ashraf, athletics

(women’s 100 meters) and Mutaz Barshim, athletics (Tokyo co-gold medalist in the high jump with Gianmarco

The British athlete is learning fast. Last spring, she broke the world under-18 world record in the women's 800m. As a developing athlete, she has plenty to look up to. One of them is Tom Daley, the British flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony, alongside with Helen Glover.

Daryll Neita and Dina Asher-Smith will both participate in the women’s 100m and 200m, and are all but certain to take part in the 4x100m relay for Great Britain.

Asher-Smith 🇬🇧 storm to a Championship Record of 22.18s (-0.7) to win the women's 200m at the British Athletics

Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan will be hoping their performance in Paris will make up for their disappointing results in Tokyo 2020. But early predictions suggest the five nations could struggle to make an impact on the 2024 medals table.

such as weightlifting and martial arts at the expense of more mainstream sports such as swimming and athletics