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Playing to prosper: How sports participation leads to long-term success for girls

The 2024 Paris Olympics mark the first gender-equitable Olympic Games in history, with equal numbers of men and women athletes. Audiences today are being exposed to the phenomenal accomplishments of women athletes more than ever before.

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Psychotropic drugs in the Olympic Games: Doping regulations and athletes’ mental health medications

Elite gymnast Simone Biles made headlines in 2021 when she withdrew from the team finals and the individual all-around finals in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for mental health reasons. Before that, Biles’s confidential medical records from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) database had been leaked by hackers alongside the records…

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It’s official: The Olympic Esports Games will be held in 2025. Here’s everything you need to know

Shot put and pole vault now rub shoulders at the Olympic Games with sport climbing and breaking, introduced at the Tokyo and Paris Games respectively. The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) constant efforts to reconcile Olympic traditions with the recognition of contemporary forms of sport led it to take an even…

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Skateboarding Icon Andy Macdonald Shines At Olympic Games

Skateboarding's Olympic debut featured young champions and a veteran defying age stereotypes.

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China’s Zhou Yaqin’s Viral Reaction To Biting Medals At The Olympic Games Is So Stinkin’ Cute

If there was an Olympic Games event for wholesomeness, Yaqin would have bagged gold.

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Cole Hocker Had Legendary Kick to Win Improbable Gold Medal in 1500-Meter Race

The American middle-distance star pulled off one of the biggest upsets at these Olympic Games in Paris.

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The Paris Olympics of 100 years ago had shocking upsets and famous competitors – including poet Robert Graves

One hundred years ago, Paris held its second Olympic Games. Thanks to the film Chariots of Fire (1981), which dramatised the true story of two determined British sprinters, Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams, as they trained for the competition, Paris 1924 is one of the most famous of the pre-second…

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Five things we learned on Day 10 - vaulting ambition

What better place to set a world record than the final of an Olympic Games? Cue Armand Duplantis.

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Paris Olympics: Set for a win, Nisha Dahiya sustains injury, loses quarter-final

Nisha Dahiya looked set to secure a semifinal berth in the women’s wrestling 68kg division in her debut Olympic Games on Monday. She had scored a come-from-behind victory in her pre-quarterfinal against Ukraine’s Sova Rizhko 6-4 after trailing 1-4 at half time and looked in menacing touch while taking on…

The Times of India

The streets of Paris deliver passion and pain in equal measure - Olympic Games road race gallery

The best images from an enthralling weekend of racing on Paris' cobbled streets as Remco Evenepoel makes history while Kristen Faulkner stars against the odds

Cycling News

Watch: International Boxing Association holds press conference amidst Paris Olympics gender debate

Watch as the International Boxing Association (IBA) holds a press conference in Paris on Monday 5 August as the gender debate continues at the Olympic Games boxing tournament.

The Independent UK

'I Don't Know The Last Time I Felt Like This' - Jon Rahm Reacts After Back Nine Collapse at Olympic Games

Spain's Jon Rahm was heartbroken after losing a four shot lead on the back nine at Le Golf National, with the LIV golfer finishing outside the medal positions

Golf Monthly

As it happened: Faulkner solos to gold as Vos and Kopecky complete podium ahead of Vas in photo finish

The silver and bronze went to Vos and Kopecky as Vas is edged out in three-up sprint

Cycling News

France defends Olympic title in mixed team judo against Japan

French star Teddy Riner Saturday helped his country claim gold in mixed team judo, after he beat Japan's Tatsuru Saito in the final for the second straight Olympic Games. The victory comes on the back of Riner's third individual gold medal in the +100kg division on Friday.

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Aussie Surfer Jack Robinson Forced To Change Surfboard Design Ahead Of Olympic Games Finals

The Olympian was forced to change the design following a complain from Team South Korea.

The Independent UK

In late response, Vatican 'deplores the offense' of Paris Olympics' opening ceremony tableau

The Vatican says it “deplored the offense” caused to Christians by the Olympic Games opening ceremony

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‘I played my cards the best way I know how’ - Ben Healy tries 95-kilometre attack in Olympic Games road race

Irish rider finishes 10th after spending two hours off the front

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Paris Olympics: Remco Evenepoel overcomes puncture and powers to second gold in Paris with convincing men's road race victory

France goes silver and bronze with Madouas and Laporte

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As it happened: Remco Evenepoel takes golden double as he solos to road race win in Paris

France took the other medals with Madouas and Laporte taking silver and bronze on the 272.1km course.

The Guardian - UK

French prosecutors open inquiry into death threats to opening ceremony artistic director

Public prosecutors have opened a formal investigation into death threats and cyber-harassment of Thomas Jolly, the artistic director of the Olympic Games opening ceremony

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Paris 2024 Must Leave A Transformative Public Health Legacy In France And Beyond

After much anticipation, the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are now underway, with the first competitions on 24 July followed two days later by the groundbreaking opening ceremony on the River Seine.

Evening Standard

Olympics 2024 LIVE! Tebogo wins 200m final; Lyles Covid, USA comeback; Johnson-Thompson leads heptathlon

Great Britain up to 51 medals in Paris

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Olympics 2024 shows the untapped potential of female athletes

With each Olympic Games athletes are expected to break new records. Sport science experts have been speculating for years whether we are reaching the limits of human ability. But they may be overlooking the fields where there’s untapped potential: women’s sports.

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Can the Olympics survive the climate crisis?

The 2024 Olympic Games opened on the same week Earth recorded its hottest day ever.

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Paris Triathlon Route Voted Most Scenic In Olympic History

Experience the beauty of Paris through the scenic triathlon route at the Olympic Games, blending athleticism with iconic landmarks.

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