EVENT NEWS
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August 8, 2024
U.S. Track and Field Stars Reap Rewards (and Cash) in Paris
Team USA has been cashing in at the first Olympics with a new financial incentive for track and field athletes—and they may not be done yet. In Paris, governing body World Athletics is handing out a total of $2.4 million to winners of the 48 track and field events. That’s $50,000 per...
August 8, 2024
The Process of Anti-Doping Protocols
Tomas Rodriguez Hernandez’s ongoing doping saga has ignited discussion amongst athletes — from age-groupers to professionals alike — about penalties, prior bad acts by athletes, and the merits of Rodriguez Hernandez’s public statement, where he blamed his positive test for clomifene on food contamination. Rodriguez Hernandez has opted for a...
August 7, 2024
Amid concerns about dirty water and strong current, marathon swimmers dive into the Seine River
A bridge lined with ornate statues overlooks an Olympic open water course like no other. The Eiffel Tower, gold-domed Invalides and other Paris landmarks provide a stunning backdrop. Yet there was no getting around concerns about the safety of swimming in the long-polluted Seine River, not to mention contending with...
August 6, 2024
Paris 2024 cancels marathon swim test run over Seine water quality concerns
A test run meant to allow Olympic athletes to familiarize themselves with the marathon swimming course in the Seine River was cancelled Tuesday over concerns about water quality in the Paris waterway. World Aquatics made the decision to cancel the exercise at an early morning meeting, spokesperson Torin Koos said. Fluctuating bacteria...
August 5, 2024
Kristen Faulkner Wins Gold in Major Cycling Upset, Making History as First American to Medal in 40 Years
Kristen Faulkner has made history after winning gold at the 2024 Olympic Games! The racing cyclist, 31, earned her first gold medal at the women’s road race on Sunday, Aug. 4 — becoming the first American to secure a medal in the event in 40 years. People
August 1, 2024
Olympic Games Triathlon: River Seine water quality test results REVEALED after races went ahead at Paris 2024
Recent heavy rains in the French capital gave organisers a massive headache with levels continuing to prove unsafe for swimming, and early on Tuesday things came properly to head when the men’s individual race was postponed to Wednesday. There were genuine fears that the individual races may have to be downgraded...
July 31, 2024
Paris Olympics: Swimmers return to the Seine for the first time in a century
After six years, $1.5 billion, innumerable tests, cascades of protests, political grandstanding, countless prayers and hopes, multiple delays, and a thunderstorm just hours before the start … swimmers are finally in the Seine once again. The competitors in the women’s triathlon at the 2024 Olympics went into the water at...
July 30, 2024
Men’s triathlon race postponed to Wednesday due to Seine pollution levels
Organisers will decide on Wednesday at 4am (0200 GMT) if Paris Olympics' triathlon competitions can go ahead later in the day after the men's event was postponed on Tuesday due to pollution levels in the Seine. France has invested heavily to make the Seine swimmable as a key legacy of...
July 27, 2024
American cyclist Taylor Knibb falls off her bike FOUR times and her mechanic also takes a tumble as wet weather causes CHAOS in Paris Olympics time trials
A flurry of cyclists have fallen off their bikes on the first morning of the Paris Olympics as participants struggled to cope with the wet conditions. US athlete Taylor Knibb skidded off four times during the women's road cycling time trials as the rain cascaded down in the French capital. And she...
July 23, 2024
US rapper Snoop Dogg to carry torch ahead of Paris opening ceremony
American rapper Snoop Dogg will be among the torchbearers carrying the Olympic flame in the final stretch before the opening ceremony of the Paris Games on Friday. Snoop Dogg, 52, will carry the torch through the streets of Saint-Denis, the underprivileged northern Paris suburb that is home to the Stade...