Portugal's Olympic champion Pichardo out of worlds with back injury
BUDAPEST : Portugal's Olympic triple jump champion Pedro Pichardo will not defend his world title in Hungary because of lower back pain.
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Playing at home, Canadian rugby 7s teams look to punch ticket to Paris
The margin of error is slim for Canada's men's and women's rugby sevens teams at the Olympic qualifier in Langford, B.C., but the players are hoping home-field advantage will be their ace in the hole.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe Says Return Of Russian Athletes 'Unlikely' Before Paris Olympics
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Thursday it was "unlikely" that track and field athletes from Russia and Belarus would be welcomed back to competition before next year's Paris Olympics. All Russian and Belarusian athletes have been banned from competition "for the foreseeable future" since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. That includes the option of competing as a neutral. "I don't have a crystal ball, I follow world events in the same way that you all do," Coe told journalists after his re-election as head of track and field's world governing body.
War in Ukraine raises questions about Russian doping ahead of 2024 Paris Olympics
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Triathlon-Briton Potter claims Paris 2024 test event win
British triathlete Beth Potter outgunned home hopeful Cassandre Beaugrand in a final sprint to win the Paris 2024 triathlon women's test race on Thursday and seal her first victory in an Olympic-distance event.
World's top female triathletes swim in Paris' Seine River ahead of next year's Paris Olympics
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World Athletics President Sebastian Coe Says Return Of Russian Athletes 'Unlikely' Before Paris Olympics
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Thursday it was "unlikely" that track and field athletes from Russia and Belarus would be welcomed back to competition before next year's Paris Olympics. All Russian and Belarusian athletes have been banned from competition "for the foreseeable future" since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. That includes the option of competing as a neutral. "I don't have a crystal ball, I follow world events in the same way that you all do," Coe told journalists after his re-election as head of track and field's world governing body.
Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan disqualified after refusing to shake her opponent's hand
Ukraine's government signaled it will no longer bar its athletes from competing against Russians who are taking part in sporting events as “neutral athletes," a significant easing of its boycott policy a year before the Paris Olympics.