Paris Olympics: Athletics' golds rock US to medal table top spot
Team US Cole Hocker pulled the upset of the Olympic track meet Tuesday night, outracing favourites Jakob Ingebrigsten and Josh Kerr to the finish line in the 1,500 metres.
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Australia smash team pursuit world record to reach final
SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France : Australia smashed the men's team pursuit world record on Tuesday as they put themselves in the frame for their first Olympic gold in the track discipline since 2004.
American Cole Hocker stuns favorites, wins Olympic gold in 1,500 - ESPN
SAINT-DENIS, France — American Cole Hocker pulled the upset of the Olympic track meet Tuesday night, outracing favorites Jakob Ingebrigsten and Josh Kerr to the finish line in the 1,500 meters.
Netherlands 'bullet train' powers to team sprint gold
SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France :The flying Dutch broke the world record twice in the space of half an hour to easily retain their Olympic title in the men's team sprint at the National Velodrome on Tuesday.
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Record-Breaker Armand Duplantis Soars To Olympic Pole Vault Gold, Keely Hodgkinson Wins 800m
Armand Duplantis soared over his rivals in clinching back-to-back Olympic pole vault crowns on Monday with a new world record as Keely Hodgkinson won Britain's first gold of the Paris Games on the track with a sensational 800m final victory. Swedish star Duplantis cemented his status as the greatest pole vaulter in history with a superb display, blowing the roof off the Stade de France with a world record-breaking final leap of 6.25 metres. The 24-year-old Duplantis, popularly known as "Mondo", is the first man to win consecutive Olympic pole vault golds since the USA's Bob Richards, who achieved the feat with victories in 1952 and 1956.
The Greater Manchester park that’s an ‘excellent family day out’ this summer
Keeping kids busy during the summer holidays can be a tricky task for parents and guardians, but luckily we’ve been blessed with pretty decent weather so far which makes things a little easier. One way to spend a sunny day is with a visit to a local park - and there’s lots to choose from across Greater Manchester.
Sweden Star Armand Duplantis Copies Yusuf Dikec After Paul Vault World Record, Shooter Reacts
Sweden's Armand Duplantis bettered his own world record as he grabbed the Paris Olympics pole vault title in on Monday. In a sensational finish to the fifth day of track and field at the Stade de France, Duplantis sailed over the bar raised to 6.25 meters to make the gold medal his own. The effort received rapturous applause from a 69,000-capacity crowd as the Swedish star bettered the 'world record' by 1cm his own previous best of 6.24m set at the Xiamen Diamond League meet in April. What Duplantis did after clinching the gold, however, went viral on social media.