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Originally the Chinese athletes had taken the first, second and fourth places in the women’s middle-distance orienteering competition, as well as second place in the men’s, during the race on Sunday, according to a statement by the International Orienteering Federation (IOF). But after a complaint by six European countries, including Russia and France, judges discovered …

A pair of British triathlon athletes were disqualified from the World Triathlon Olympic qualifying event in Tokyo after they crossed the finish line holding hands in a photo finish. Jess Learmonth and Georgia Taylor-Brown were deemed to have broken an obscure rule. An appeal of the ruling was rejected, BBC reported Thursday. SIMONE BILES MAKES HISTORY …

Longtime Call of Duty competitive player Adam ‘KiLLa’ Sloss’ stint at the CWL Finals amateur open bracket came to a premature end on July 19, due to a disqualification.  KiLLa came into CWL Finals knowing that the open bracket tournament was his final chance to try and qualify for next month’s Champs. He was picked …