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Sebastian Coe hints strongly at IOC presidency bid to succeed Thomas Bach

Sebastian Coe has given his clearest signal yet that he plans to run for the job as IOC president when Thomas Bach leaves the post next year

The Guardian - UK

Sebastian Coe explains stance over running for IOC president

Thomas Bach, the current IOC president, is stepping down in 2025

The Independent UK

Dominic Lobalu: The refugee team athlete running for Olympic glory

The elite runner, originally from South Sudan, has overcome years of adversity to become a decorated sportsman. Ahead of a new documentary ‘To Chase a Dream’, he talks to Ben Bloom about representing stateless migrants and going for the top prize

The Independent UK

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We ranked all 34 Olympic sports by sustainability – here’s the leaderboard

Ahead of the 2024 games in Paris, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) asked all Olympic sports to prepare sustainability strategies. Sustainability, it said, was central to the Olympic movement. But some sports didn’t respond at all, and there is a wide gap between the best and worst performers.

The Conversation

What next for Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone after stunning 400m hurdles world record at Paris Olympics?

Push to break 50-second barrier or move to flat 400m among options

Evening Standard

Sex eligibility rules for female athletes are complex and legally difficult. Here's how they work

Women’s boxing at the Paris Olympics has highlighted the complexity of drafting and enforcing sex eligibility rules for women's sports and how athletes like Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan are left vulnerable in the fallout

The Independent UK

Noah Lyles proves the perfect star for the perfect stage: this is his Games

American sprinter has been talking about this for so long, sketching out his legend in plain sight. It took 30 paces to make it real

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Stunning Multi-Frame Overlay Captures Epic 100m Final

This photo tells thousands upon thousands of words.

Sports Illustrated

Femke Bol stuns with bolt from blue on Olympic night short of star power

Dutch hurdler helps mixed relay team win dramatic gold but lack of big names felt as sport strives for recognition

The Guardian - UK

World Athletics To Award Prize Money To Olympic Gold Medalists

World Athletics to award prize money to Olympic gold medalists at Paris 2024 Games, marking a significant shift in rewarding athletes.

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Josh Kerr and Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s epic Olympic rivalry explained: ‘I would have beaten him blindfolded’

Defending Olympic champion Ingebrigtsen fired a shot at ‘the Brit who never competes’ ahead of the ‘race for the ages’ on Tuesday night

The Independent UK

What is a Decathlon? Every Sport in the Event

It's hard enough to qualify for the Olympic Games in one event. How about qualifying for 10? That's essentially what Decathlon athletes are tasked with doing,

Sports Illustrated

Sebastian Coe lauds Neeraj Chopra for putting India on Olympics map

PARIS: World Athletics (WA) president Sebastian Coe on Thursday lauded World and Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra for putting India in the elite company of 100 nations who have won a gold in athletics at the Olympic Games.

The Times of India

Josh Kerr remains on Olympics mission and oblivious to Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s taunts

World 1500m champion Josh Kerr insists his rivalry with Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen is the last thing on his mind as he looks to back up that…

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The Independent UK

Josh Kerr remains on mission and oblivious to Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s taunts

World Athletics president Lord Coe predicts a ‘race for the ages’ if they meet in the 1500 metres final in Paris.

The Independent UK

Lord Coe defends awarding of prize money in athletics at Paris Olympics

The World Athletics president also admitted climate change could force some endurance events to be moved.

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How Much Do Olympic Athletes Get Paid? Spoiler Alert: It’s Not A Lot

From Olympic medal bonuses to sponsorship deals and which Olympians are Australia's highest paid athletes, we're breaking it all down.

The Independent UK

Josh Kerr: Team GB’s 1,500m star looking to take down Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen

The world champion’s rivalry with Norwegian star Ingebrigtsen is set to be one of the defining storylines of the Games

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The Independent UK

Are there any transgender athletes competing at the 2024 Olympics?

Transgender athletes face heavier restrictions in a number of sports than during Tokyo 2020

The Independent UK

Olympics 2024: DSD rules explained

The International Olympic Committee has introduced stricter restrictions on transgender athletes and those with DSD

The Independent UK

Olympics 2024: How much money do athletes win for gold, silver and bronze?

Some athletes will be in line for monetary rewards at Paris 2024

Fortune

Olympic track and field winners will win more than eternal glory for the first time with $50,000 prize money: 'They deserve some skin in the game'

World Athletics's Sebastian Coe explained that the reward could ease the financial burden on families that support athletes in their foundational years.

The Times of India

Paris Olympics: Has Abha Khatua missed selection due to hormone regulations?

BENGALURU: Did women's shot-put national record holder Abha Khatua miss out on a place in the Paris Olympics for having failed to meet World Athletics' Differences of Sex Development (DSD) regulations?

The Conversation

Are running shoes getting too good? Why ‘technological doping’ is a growing concern for professional sports

Every four years, the best athletes from around the globe converge to battle it out for top honours at the Olympic Games. Athletes go through the rigours of qualification, competing through injury and travel fatigue, with a wide variety of weather conditions, in order to secure their spot on the…

The Conversation

Olympics: Senegal won silver in 1988 – why it’s never managed to repeat this feat

Since Senegal first competed in the Olympic Games in 1964, its success has been marked by a single medal, a feat achieved in 1988 by El Hadji Amadou Dia Bâ at the Seoul games. His remarkable performance in the 400m hurdles secured him a silver medal.

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