Injured Olympic swimming champion Peaty out of World Championships
Triple Olympic swimming champion Adam Peaty has been ruled out of the upcoming World Championships in Budapest with a foot injury, he said Wednesday.
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‘Devastated’ Adam Peaty ruled out of world championships due to broken foot
Adam Peaty admitted he was “devastated” at having to withdraw from the upcoming World Aquatics Championships in Budapest after breaking a bone in his foot earlier this week.
'Devastated' Adam Peaty to miss FINA World Swimming Championships in Budapest after a training accident in Tenerife
Adam Peaty is out of the FINA World Swimming Championships in Hungary next month after breaking a bone in his right foot in an accident in the gym during a training camp in Tenerife. The British swimmer, who won Olympic 100m breaststroke gold at Tokyo 2020 and Rio 2016, has been ruled out for up to six weeks, meaning he will miss the competition which gets underway on June 18.
Brazil's Debinha picks up second straight Challenge Cup MVP honors
Brazilian Debinha collected her second straight National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) Challenge Cup MVP honors on Tuesday, after leading the North Carolina Courage to their first title in the standalone tournament.
Giro d'Italia loses Miguel Angel Lopez as Mount Etna looms
Giro d'Italia lost one of its top contenders on Tuesday as Colombian climber Miguel Angel Lopez of Astana pulled up with the peloton headed towards a Mount Etna summit finish on stage 4. Lopez finished third on both the Vuelta a Espana and the Giro in 2018 and has stage wins on all three grand tours, and the 28-year-old's loss somewhat isolates team leader Vincenzo Nibali.
Ocon tried to defy team orders in Miami Grand Prix
Told by Alpine to “slow down” to build a gap to help his penalised team-mate, Esteban Ocon told the team that he “can’t do it” as he didn’t want to risk losing positions himself.
Giro d'Italia 2022 Stage 4 LIVE - Mathieu van Der Poel faces pink jersey challenge as Mount Etna awaits
Day 5 context Ad/> The race is back in Italy after an eventful three opening days in Hungary. Giro d'ItaliaHow many stages can Cavendish win at the Giro?15 HOURS AGO Mathieu van der Poel starred on debut, taking Stage 1 and the maglia rosa — holding onto the jersey on day 2 after finishing second behind Simon Yates who staked his claim with a lighting quick victory.
Giro d'Italia 2022: How long can Mathieu van der Poel keep it up? Why Mark Cavendish has to go to Tour
An enforced break to get the riders and race infrastructure all the way from Hungary to Sicily – a mere 2,000 kilometres by car – gives the cycling media a moment to pause and reflect on the events of the opening three days of the 105th edition of the Giro d’Italia. If the race has largely kept to script, it has also thrown up no shortage of talking points. Here are 10 of them dissected by Felix Lowe before the race resumes with its first summit finish on Tuesday.