Ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics, David Lappartient has been appointed as the new French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) President with a huge margin of about 80 percent of the votes. Lappartient, a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), is set to guide the CNOSF through the final phase of preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games and is expected to...
Male athletes have been granted permission to compete in the artistic swimming events for the first time ever at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to a statement released by World Athletics on Thursday. This follows the International Olympic Committee's decision to approve the request made by the world swimming body to include men's participation in the event at the Games. Artistic swimming, formerly known...
Kenyan middle-distance runner Pamela Jelimo has been awarded her bronze medal, ten years after competing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The 2008 Olympic gold medallist was upgraded from fourth to third place in 2017 after Russia's Mariya Savinova was disqualified due to a doping violation in 2015 that led to the annulment of all her results between July 2010 and August 2013. At 18 years...
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