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Dutchwoman Charlotte Kool of Team DSM–Firmenich PostNL continued her perfect start to the Tour de France Femmes as she won the second stage, a 69.7km ride from Dordrecht to Rotterdam to maintain her hold on the yellow jersey.
Indian doubles badminton specialist Ashwini Ponnappa on Tuesday said she received little to no individual financial assistance from the sports ministry in the build up to Paris Olympics and even her request for a coach was turned down ahead of the just-concluded Games. The Sports Authority of India (SAI) had come out with a document, detailing the financial support provided to the Paris-bound Indian athletes. It mentions that Ashwini was provided Rs 4,50,000 under TOPS and Rs 1,48,04,080 under Annual calendar for Training and Competition (ACTC), which included the procurement of Game Ready recovery equipment, international competitions and sparring partner in the Tokyo cycle.
A huge plan to build almost 200 homes in Castleton has been given the final sign off by town hall bosses.
Dutch rider Charlotte Kool of Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL clinched the opening stage of Tour de France Femmes, a 123-km ride from Rotterdam to The Hague in the Netherlands, to take the first yellow jersey of this year's edition. Uno-X Mobility's Anniina Ahtosalo finished second ahead of Elisa Balsamo of Lidl-Trek, while Marianne Vos took the green jersey after winning the intermediate sprint at Groeneweg. "It's unbelievable, it's a dream coming true. It was not an easy season, but this is where it is all about," Kool said. "It was really hectic, but I like it.
SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France : When Britain opened seven compelling days of racing at the National Velodrome by winning the women's team sprint in a world record time it seemed the country's domination of Olympic track cycling would extend through the Paris Games.
SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France : The final day of track racing at the Olympic velodrome summed up the frustration of Britain's lowest gold-medal tally on the boards since the 2000 Games in Sydney.
SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France : Standing in the middle of a sweltering Olympic velodrome with his golden bounty hanging around his neck was perhaps the only time the Netherlands' track cycling powerhouse Harrie Lavreysen looked troubled throughout the week.
At the start of the 2024 Paris Games, the United States had won 2,655 medals in the history of the Summer Olympics, with 1,070 of those being gold.