Paris 2024: Rhasidat Adeleke hangs on to claim 400m final berth
Rhasidat Adeleke is through to the women's 400m final after finishing second, so securing an automatic place in Friday's medal race.
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Warholm, home favourite Ducos into 400 hurdles final
PARIS : Norway's defending champion Karsten Warholm cruised into the Olympic 400 metres hurdles final on Wednesday, where he is guaranteed a cauldron of noise after French favourite Clement Ducos also went through.
Cross country skiing-Norwegian Olympic champion Johaug returns to skiing
Norwegian Therese Johaug, a four-time Olympic champion in cross-country skiing, announced on Wednesday that she will return to competitive skiing.
Handball-France double gold hopes dashed by Germany, Spain also reach semi-finals
LILLE - France agonisingly lost their men's handball quarter-final 34-33 against Germany on Wednesday, ending the Olympic hosts' dream of another handball double gold and marring the end of left back Nikola Karabatic's career as he retires from the sport.
Sailing-Bouwmeester gold brings Olympic record for Dutch dinghy sailor
MARSEILLE, France :Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands claimed the gold medal in the women's dinghy and with it the accolade of being the most successful Olympic sailor ever, with Denmark's Anne-Marie Rindom taking silver after both completed Wednesday's medal race.
American Cole Hocker rallies late, stuns favourites to win men's 1,500m gold medal
American Cole Hocker delivered one of the all-time Olympic shocks when he won the 1,500-metres gold with a stunning finish to blast past British world champion Josh Kerr as defending champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen faded to fourth on Tuesday.
Ingebrigtsen avoids the mayhem to make 5,000m final
PARIS : A little over 14 hours after being run out of the medals in the 1,500 metres final, Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen was back on the Olympic track on Wednesday in the heats of the 5,000m, where he looked strong as the fastest qualifier.
Tough Challenge Awaits Neeraj Chopra In His Bid For Another Piece Of History
His stunning monster throw of 89.34m in the qualification round made quite a statement but a tough challenge awaits defending champion Neeraj Chopra as he seeks another piece of history in the Paris Olympics men's javelin throw final round on Thursday. Just like he did at the same stage in the Tokyo Olympics three years back, Chopra needed just a few seconds to top the qualification round with his opening throw but the similarity ends there. This time, the quality of the field is better than Tokyo with nine throwers crossing the automatic final round qualification mark of 84m in Paris as against six in Tokyo.