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Wrestling: Higuchi and Sakurai on top, Yazdani and Dake defeated

By Rafael Khalatyan

Rio 2016 runner-up Rey Higuchi (Japan) returned to the podium after an 8-year absence with a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Magomed Ramazanov (Bulgaria) stunned Rio 2016 champion Hasan Yazdanichariati. Tsugumi Sakurai (Japan) claimed hher predicted gold medal, while Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Kyle Dake again failed to qualify for the Olympic final.

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When British skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the Olympic gold medal in ice dance at Sarajevo 1984 with 12 perfect 6.0s from every judge, for their interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, an important member of their team was singer-actor Michael Crawford. Crawford, who had played Frank Spencer in British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and the title role in the musical The Phantom of the Opera, had become a mentor to the pair in 1981 and went on to help them create their Olympic routine. Crawford said he “taught them how to act". He was present with their trainer Betty Callaway at the ringside at Sarajevo as they created one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history.

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Pierre de Coubertin once said cricket has "practically no appeal for those who are not British". While he expressed doubts about the Olympic viability of cricket, lacrosse and baseball, Philip Barker wonders how the man who helped revive the modern Games would have reacted to new sports at Los Angeles 2028.