Olympics
Avinash Sable Qualifies for Olympics Breaking Own National Record in 3000m Steeplechase at Worlds
Doha: India’s Avinash Sable qualified for Tokyo Olympics in men’s 3000m steeplechase event by shattering his own national record for the second time in three days but finished 13th in the final of the World Championships here. In the men’s 20km race walk event, national record holder K T Irfan finished a disappointing 27th in …
Noah Lyles, after hardest moments, wins world 200m on triple gold medal day for U.S. – OlympicTalk
Noah Lyles made it look so easy the last two seasons, his victories so predictable that pre-race fodder focused not on his competition, but on his socks, his hair and which dance he would perform in celebration afterward. When Lyles spoke after winning the world 200m title in his global championships debut on Tuesday night, …
Team GB developing technology to help athletes and coaches adapt to Japan in build-up to Tokyo 2020
Team GB are helping to develop ground-breaking new immersive technology to adapt athletes and coaches to Japan before they even arrive for next summer’s Olympics Games. With the first athletes who will represent Great Britain next year formally confirmed on Tuesday, the planners at Team GB have also been working on a range of initiatives …
World No. 3 400m runner forced to 200m at worlds due to testosterone rule – OlympicTalk
The time has finally come for Noah Lyles to seize his gold medal. The American is the overwhelming favorite in the world championships 200m final on Tuesday (NBCSN, 3:40 p.m. ET) after posting the fastest time in Monday’s semifinals. “Trying to make a point,” Lyles told Lewis Johnson on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA after clocking …
2019 World Track and Field Championships results – OlympicTalk
Immediately after Christian Coleman sped through the finish line with the fastest 100m of his life, in the biggest race of his life, he let out a roar of at least three seconds. He slapped his chest, again and again, as is required of sprint kings. He came to a stop and yelled at the cameras, …
J’den Cox repeats as world wrestling champion; Kyle Snyder stunned – OlympicTalk
If he wasn’t crowned already, it’s clear U.S. wrestling has a new king. On a day when Rio Olympic champion Kyle Snyder was upset and London Olympic champ Jordan Burroughs rallied for another bronze medal, J’den Cox repeated as world champion in Kazakhstan. Cox, the Rio Olympic 86kg bronze medalist, completed a perfect run through the 92kg division …
Jacarra Winchester, after foe bites her, wins first wrestling world title – OlympicTalk
Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, the most decorated Olympic figure skaters in history, announced their retirement late Tuesday. They’re done competing in ice dance, and their upcoming Canadian tour will be their last together. “After 22 years, it feels like the right time to step away from the sport,” Virtue said in a video. “This …
Skateboarder Sky Brown, 11, takes bronze at worlds with eye on Olympics | Sport
Sky Brown, the 11-year-old British skateboarding prodigy who is on track to become the youngest female to compete at the Summer Olympics in 50 years, won bronze at the world championships in Brazil on Saturday. Japan’s Misugu Okamoto, who is 13, took first at the skateboarding park world championships in Sao Paolo with a score …
U.S. opens FIBA World Cup with win over Czech Republic – OlympicTalk
NEW YORK — Coco Gauff‘s first U.S. Open in the main draw proved arguably as memorable as her Wimbledon run last month. It ended Saturday, when defending champion Naomi Osaka served her out 6-3, 6-0 in the third round. Then Osaka, 21, approached Gauff, 15, and urged the youngest woman in the tournament to share the …
Marina Arzamasova, world 800m champion, provisionally suspended – OlympicTalk
Aliya Mustafina will not be on the Russian roster for next month’s world gymnastics championships, the nation’s gymnastics federation confirmed Tuesday. Mustafina previously said she’s unlikely to compete because she skipped a domestic Russian qualifying meet, according to Olympic Channel. “I can’t qualify for the world championships,” Mustafina, a seven-time Olympic medalist, said, according to the …
