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Two Rio Olympic weightlifters await verdicts after failed drug tests

  • Weightlifting

The weightlifting world has been weighed down once again by fresh potential doping scandals involving two weightlifters who participated in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) signing an agreement with USA Weightlifting and the United

States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) in 2018 which sought to provide anti-doping education worldwide.In


Diana Taurasi chases sixth Olympic gold in Paris

  • Paris 2024

The American basketball player has been participating in Olympic Games for 20 years. Tokyo 2020 looked like the 'last dance'. In the Japanese event she said goodbye with a joke saying she would return in Paris. In the end, she will be in her sixth Games and seeks to extend her gold medal haul.

consecutive gold medal in women's tournament.She has also won four World Championship medals with the United

States national team, three gold and one bronze.

Fernandez has two silver medals and one bronze.The United States are the favourites in this sport, in

this competition has allowed many players to play part of the year in Europe and another part in the United

States.


Australian Swimming team set to challenge American supremacy

  • Swimming

Rohan Taylor, the Australian swimming coach, admits to “enormously respecting” the powerful United States

“It will be a great task to overthrow the United States,” commented coach Taylor.

Kyle Chalmers, as well as their phenomenal relay teams.In short, the rivalry between Australia and the United

States promises much.


French troops ready for unprecedented Olympic Games Ceremony

  • Paris 2024

With the Paris 2024 Olympic Games kicking off late next week, French security has been heavily deployed around the city as thousands of athletes and millions of spectators are expected to flood Paris.  

ceremony will take place on the back of the failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump while the United

States presidential candidate spoke at a major public event.


Paris lockdown begins ahead of Opening Ceremony

  • Paris 2024

French security forces began locking down central Paris on Thursday in preparation for the complex Olympics opening ceremony next week on the River Seine.

The major countries are going to arrive on the first day, so Great Britain, the United States, New Zealand


Ready to receive the athletes, the Olympic Village opens its doors

  • Paris 2024

The first of the major scenes of Paris 2024 has begun. This morning, the Olympic Village opened, just eight days before the inauguration of the Olympic Games, to welcome the first athletes who have started to settle into the complex.

and Australia were the first to arrive this morning.According to Goubert, other nations such as the United

States, Brazil, and Switzerland will arrive today to begin their logistics and preparations.

Nevertheless, some delegations such as the United States have ordered their own air conditioning units.After


Hijab ban at Paris 2024 deemed ‘racist gender discrimination’

  • Paris 2024

Amnesty International has called out the International Olympic Committee this week publishing a new report detailing the ‘devastating impact’ that hijab bans are having on Muslim women and girls at all levels of French sport.

volleyball.Activists have consistently slammed the French hijab ban calling it discriminatory while in late 2023, the United

their jurisdiction stating that “freedom of religion is interpreted in many different ways by different states


Paris 2024: 36 Woodward athletes heading to the Olympics

  • Paris 2024

The action sports company proves to be the best training ground for Olympic hopefuls ahead of the international stage that kicks off on 26 July in the French capital.

On their "Our Story" page on their website, Woodward states that their main goal is to inspire the next

include Jagger Eaton, a bronze medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Games, and Perris Benegas.Jagger Eaton of the United

States reacts competes during the Skateboarding Men's Street Final on day four of the Olympic Qualifier


US anti-doping laws may jeopardise organisation of LA28 and SLC-UT 2034

  • Olympics

The change in US legislation in 2020 could pose significant challenges to the organisation of the Los Angeles 2028 and Salt Lake-Utah 2034 Olympic Games, as it is not in line with WADA and could violate key principles.

States, have their own doping rules (and for some sports, such as basketball, where the NBA has different

It even allows the United States to extradite athletes or anyone else who violates the Rodchenkov Act

Last Friday, they expressed concern about sending officials to the United States for fear of being arrested.In

I suspect that if or when there is a hearing on this, they will declare the United States non-compliant

GETTY IMAGESIf the Canadian's warning comes true, the United States could lose the LA28 Games and possibly


Unified super bantamweight: Inoue to defend belts against Doheny

  • Boxing

Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue, the undisputed super bantamweight champion (WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO), will defend all his belts against Irish boxer Doheny, who has 26 wins and four losses, in Tokyo next September.

remarkable, especially now that Saudi Arabia is taking over the boxing industry, with the permission of the United

States.

The United States will always be the Mecca of boxing. Nevertheless, he never fails.



Kyung Hee University dominates Poomsae Division at Daegu 2024

  • Taekwondo

Kyung Hee University’s Poomsae team achieved an impressive gold medal sweep at the 2024 World University Taekwondo Festival, held at Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea from 5 to 9 July, the MasTKD reports.

;Over 700 athletes from 56 countries competed in the festival’s inaugural tournament, including the United

States, Japan, Mexico, Pakistan, and Norway, participated in both sparring and Poomsae events.


World Aquatics takes tougher Olympic testing stance on China

  • Swimming

After publishing a report clearing the World Anti-Doping Agency of any wrongdoing in the handling of 23 positive tests from Chinese swimmers in 2021, the international federation warned that it would double-down efforts to prevent possible cheaters from the Asian country to win medals in Paris 2024.

Uproar ensued, with a war of words between WADA and other anti-doping bodies, mainly the United States


Over 2,000 foreign police officers in Paris to help with Olympic security

  • Paris 2024

More than 40 countries have provided reinforcements to the French police for the Olympic event, which, according to the Paris Tourist Office, is expected to attract around 15 million visitors between the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

with nearly 200 personnel from two dozen countries.Due to proximity and established ties, European states

Spain, France's neighboring country, is the top contributor with over 360 personnel; the United Kingdom


From Kevin Durant to Team Azerbaijan: records awaiting in Paris

  • Home

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.

States team on 10 August to become the undisputed king.Nikola Karabatic plans his retirement in style

States 3x3 basketball team.Kelsey Plum will try to extend her feat.

The duo already helped the United States team secure the top spot in Tokyo 2020, the edition that first

States women's team has the chance to make history on the last day of competition.

The current record is tied with the United States men's basketball team, which won seven golds from 1936