Alcaraz eyes Olympic tattoo if he wins gold medal
PARIS : Carlos Alcaraz is envisaging an Olympic tattoo if he wins the gold medal in Paris, extending the Spaniard's tradition of marking his skin with his major victories.
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Taiwan Boxer Lin Yu-ting In Olympics Gender Row Reaches Quarter-Finals
One of the boxers at the centre of a widening gender scandal at the Paris Olympics won her opening bout on Friday to reach the quarter-finals. Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting beat Sitora Turdibekova from Uzbekistan on a unanimous points decision in the women's 57kg class. Lin, 28, is at the centre of a storm over the eligibility of women boxers, along with Imane Khelif, after the Algerian beat her Italian opponent Angela Carini in just 46 seconds on Thursday. Both Khelif and Lin were disqualified from the 2023 world championships in New Delhi run by the International Boxing Association (IBA) after failing to meet "eligibility criteria".
There is ‘something about Skibbereen’, says coach as club rowers retain gold
There is “something about Skibbereen”, one of the rowing club’s coaches declared as Team Ireland’s Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy won gold.
Boxing: Taiwan's Lin beats Uzbek Turdibekova amid fierce gender row
PARIS: Taiwan's double world champion Lin Yu-ting, one of two boxers at the heart of a gender row, won her featherweight round of 16 bout against Uzbekistan's Sidora Turdibekova on points by unanimous decision at the Paris Olympics on Friday (Aug 2).
Rowing: Irish eyes smile in Paris as O'Donovan does it again
PARIS: Ireland's Paul O'Donovan stormed to victory for the second Games in a row in the men's lightweight sculls, delighting the thousands of green-clad supporters who had come to see him make Olympic history for the country.
"She Has Lost Nine Times": Ex-Boxing World Champion Defends Imane Khelif
Irish ex-world champion Amy Broadhurst, who beat the Algerian boxer at the heart of an Olympics gender row, has defended her on social media and urged people to "stop the bullying." Broadhurst defeated Imane Khelif at the boxing World Championships in 2022, a year before the Algerian was disqualified by the International Boxing Federation after failing gender "eligibility criteria". "Personally I don't think she (Khelif) has done anything to 'cheat'," Broadhurst wrote on X. "I think it's the way she was born and that's out of her control."
"Want To Have Fun": Carlos Alcaraz Aims Gold Ahead Of Olympics 2024 Tennis Final
Carlos Alcaraz progressed to the Olympic Games final on Friday as rival Novak Djokovic faced a desperate fitness battle to salvage his latest and probably final chance to end his gold medal jinx. French Open and Wimbledon champion Alcaraz became the youngest man to reach the men's final since tennis returned to the Games in 1988 when he thrashed Felix Auger-Aliassime. The 21-year-old swept to a 6-1, 6-1 victory in just 75 minutes and will meet Djokovic in Sunday's final if the top-seeded Serb overcomes a knee injury as well as Italy's Lorenzo Musetti in the second semi-final.
Hungary officials pan boxer Imane Khelif's Olympic participation - ESPN
VILLEPINTE, France — The Hungarian Boxing Association says it is sending letters of protest to both the IOC and Hungary's Olympic committee over Anna Luca Hamori's quarterfinal matchup with Imane Khelif of Algeria in women's boxing at the Paris Olympics.