Russian athlete Tatyana Tomashova banned for 10 years
Russia's Tatyana Tomashova has been banned from athletics for 10 years and stripped of the silver medal she won in the women's 1,500m in the 2012 Olympics.
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Nigeria, again, returns from Peru without a medal
Following on the heels of the country’s failure to win any medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Team Nigeria, at the weekend, once again, exited the World U-20 Athletics Championships held in Peru without winning a single medal.
Paris 2024: Streimikyte breaks European record with fourth-place finish in 1500m final
Greta Streimikyte broke her own European record as she finished fourth in the women's T13 1500m Paralympic final at Stade de France.
Sarah Healy impresses in Rome, Ireland book World U20 final spot
UCD AC's Sarah Healy produced a strong run to finish eighth in the women’s 1500m at the latest Diamond League meeting in Rome.
Foreign Office expands UK 'do not travel' list - full list of 31 countries
The countries on the UK's 'no travel' list have been revealed - with 29 put on red alert by the Foreign Office.
Olympic champion Tola to tackle New York marathon title defence
NEW YORK : Ethiopian Tamirat Tola will defend his title at the New York City Marathon weeks after picking up gold in Paris, hoping to become only the second athlete to win the Olympic title and the five-borough major in the same year.
Watch: Bhutanese Runner Finishes Marathon 1.5 Hours After Winner, Gets Loudest Cheer
Kinzang Lhamo, a marathon-runner from Bhutan, received the loudest cheers from the Paris crowd as she crossed the line in the women's marathon event at the Paris Olympics 2024. But she wasn't the winner. Nor the runner-up. Not even the bronze medalist. In fact, the 26-year-old Lhamo finished last. Not just by a small margin either; Lhamo finished nearly an hour and a half after marathon winner Sifan Hassan had crossed the line. Netherlands' Sifan Hassan had smashed the Olympic women's marathon record with a time of 2 hours 22 minutes 55 seconds. But that wasn't enough to get the biggest applause of the day.
Sifan Hassan Wins Marathon As Olympic Endurance Gamble Pays Off
Sifan Hassan's endurance gamble at the Paris Games finally paid off after she sprinted away for Olympic marathon gold in the French capital on Sunday. The Ethiopian-born Dutch athlete came into the marathon on the back of two bronze medals won in the 5,000m and 10,000m in an astonishing bid for podium placings in three events. And Hassan did not disappoint, holding off Ethiopian Tigst Assefa for victory in an Olympic record of 2hr 22min 55sec. It mirrored Hassan's efforts in the Covid-hit Tokyo Games three years ago when she also won three medals: two golds (5,000m, 10,000m) and a bronze (1500m).