Tour de France: Eritrean Girmay wins Stage 3 as Carapaz takes race lead from Pogacar
Eritrean Binian Girmay sprinted to victory in Stage 3 of the Tour de France on Monday as Richard Carapaz took the overall race lead from Tadej Pogacar in Turin.
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Indian Javelin Throwers To Practice For Olympics In Paris Diamond League, Neeraj Chopra Opts Out
Top Indian 3000m steeplechaser Avinash Sable and javelin thrower Kishore Jena will hope to fine tune their Olympics preparations in the Paris leg of the prestigious Diamond League one-day meeting series on Sunday. Reigning Olympic and world champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has opted out of the Paris DL apparently due to an adductor niggle that has been troubling him for the past couple of months. Both Sable and Jena have not been in the best of forms and have not competed in too many events ahead of the Paris Games but they would be looking to get acclimatised to the conditions of the city which will host the Olympics.
Kenya's Faith Kipyegon Improves Her 1500m World Record
Kenya's Faith Kipyegon gave herself a timely Olympic tonic by bettering her own world record in the women's 1500m at the Paris Diamond League meet on Sunday. Led out by two pacemakers, Kipyegon broke to the front and clocked 3min 49.04sec in a superb display of running at Stade Charlety. It improved by 0.07sec her previous best set in Florence in June 2023. Kipyegon, 30, will return to Paris for the Summer Games as one of the hot favourites. She is already a double Olympic 1500m champion, and also has three world titles to her name.
2 Canadian track stars have a big Olympic tuneup on Friday
One of the last important track and field meets before the Olympics takes place Friday in Monaco, where Canadian stars Marco Arop and Christopher Morales Williams are among the big names at this week's Diamond League tour stop. Here's who and what to watch:
Paris Diamond League: Avinash Sable Breaks His Own National Steeplechase Record
Avinash Sable showed that he's peaking at the right time before the Paris Olympics as he broke his own 3000m steeplechase national record while finishing sixth at the prestigious Diamond League meet, clocking 8 minute and 9.91 seconds in Paris on Sunday. The 29-year-old Sable bettered his earlier mark of 8:11.20, which he had clocked in 2022, by around one and a half seconds. Abrham Sime of Ethiopia finished first with a personal time of 8:02.36 after a photo finish with Amos Serem (8:02.36) of Kenya.
What time are The Vaccines playing Glastonbury Woodsies today? Set time, expected set list and clashes
Indie rockers The Vaccines will be playing at Glastonbury Festival this weekend. The group, known for hits including If You Wanna and Post Break-Up Sex, will take to the Woodsies stage on Friday.
Mandiri Jogja Marathon 2024 Digelar Lusa, Bawa Semangat Keberlanjutan
Bank Mandiri kembali menghadirkan Mandiri Jogja Marathon (MJM) 2024. Event lari tahunan ini akan digelar pada 30 Juni 2024, di kawasan Candi Prambanan, Yogyakarta.
She turned pro five months ago. Now Shannon Tan is going to be Singapore's first Olympic golfer
SINGAPORE: Aincredible 2024 promises to get even better for 20-year-old Shannon Tan, after she made the cut for the upcoming Olympics.