World champion pole vaulter Shawnacy Barber dies at 29 from 'medical complications'
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Who Was Shawn Barber? Meet Canadian Olympic Pole Vaulter Who Died At 29
Former world pole vault champion Shawn Barber of Canada has died at age 29 at his home in Texas, his agent announced on Thursday. Barber won the 2015 world title at Beijing by clearing 5.90 meters and captured his other major international crown on home-nation soil in Toronto at the 2015 Pan American Games. Paul Doyle, Barber's agent, announced his passing on an Instagram posting. No cause of death was revealed.
Australian Open order of play on Saturday
MELBOURNE : Order of play on the main courts on the seventh day of the Australian Open on Saturday (prefix number denotes seeding):
Junior WRC champion Creighton to race in WRC2
Reigning FIA Junior World Rally Champion William Creighton will take a significant step in his motorsport career, by tackling the FIA World Rally Championship WRC2 series in 2024 behind the wheel of an M-Sport Ford Fiesta Rally2.
Anna Blinkova Makes History As Carlos Alcaraz And Iga Swiatek Power On At Australian Open
Unseeded Russian Anna Blinkova shocked last year's runner-up Elena Rybakina at the Australian Open on Thursday, winning the longest tie-break in Grand Slam history as world number one Iga Swiatek came back from the brink. On a day of striking second-round upsets, women's fifth seed Jessica Pegula also crashed out, along with men's eighth seed Holger Rune. But the biggest drama was saved until late into the cool, breezy night in Melbourne, when Blinkova converted her 10th match point to beat third-ranked Rybakina 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (22/20).
'At the airport already': Swiatek stages epic comeback to survive Australian Open scare
Several top seeds were pushed to the brink on day five at the Australian Open as top-ranked woman Iga Switaek admitted she was "at the airport already", while on the men's side, Alexander Zverev and Casper Ruud were taken to five sets in their second-round matches.
Swiatek, Zverev into third round after Australian Open scares
MELBOURNE : World number one Iga Swiatek and men's sixth seed Alexander Zverev both fought their way back from the brink of defeat to reach the third round of the Australian Open on Thursday, a day of close shaves for top seeds at Melbourne Park.
Australian Open 2024: 5th Seed Jessica Pegula Crashes Out In 2nd Round, Loses To France's Clara Burel
USA's Jessica Pegula suffered an embarrassing second-round defeat in the Australian Open 2024 to crash out of the season's first Grand Slam on Thursday. She suffered a straight-sets defeat to France's Clara Burel. The 22-year-old Frenchwoman achieves her biggest victory when she takes out world No. 5 Pegula and advances to the third round of the Australian Open for the first time in her career.