athletics

Putin congratulates Lasitskene on Olympic victory

Putin congratulates Lasitskene on Olympic victory

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Russian athlete Maria Lasitskene on her gold medal in the high jump at the Tokyo Olympics. The telegram of the head of state was published on the Kremlin …

Jumper Lasitskene wins 20th gold medal for Russian team

Jumper Lasitskene wins 20th gold medal for Russian team

Three-time world champion in high jump Maria Lasitskene won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. For athletes from Russia, this is the 20th highest award at the 2020 Games. The Russian jumper took first place thanks to a successful …

Almost 200 athletes offered grants from Athlete Welfare Fund

Almost 200 athletes offered grants from Athlete Welfare Fund

World Athletics and the International Athletics Foundation (IAF) announced that 193 athletes from 58 member federations will be offered one-time grants of $3000 through an Athlete Welfare Fund announced in April to help support professional …

WADA forwards list of suspected Russian athletes to IAAF

WADA forwards list of suspected Russian athletes to IAAF

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has been forwarded 200 names of the Russian athletes, suspected of doping, by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) independent commission led by Canadian sports law professor …

Day 15 of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Day 15 of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Today is the fifteenth day of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Athletes will compete for 30 medal sets: boxing, wrestling, taekwondo, basketball, water polo, volleyball, badminton, handball, mountain biking, athletics, diving, triathlon, …

 Day 14 of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Day 14 of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Today is the fourteenth day of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Athletes will compete for 22 medal sets: boxing, wrestling, taekwondo, athletics, water polo, badminton, BMX, equestrian, synchronized swimming, modern pentathlon, football, …

 Day 13 of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Day 13 of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Today is the thirteenth day of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Athletes will compete for 11 medal sets: boxing, badminton, women's wrestling, canoe/kayak slalom, athletics, sailing, beach volleyball, diving, triathlon, taekwondo and …

Daria Klishina to continue training in US

Daria Klishina to continue training in US

Long jumper Daria Klishina, the only Russian track-and-field athlete admitted to Rio Olympics, said she would continue to train in the United States after the Games. “I will continue to train in the United States …

Day 12 of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Day 12 of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Today is the twelfth day of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Athletes will compete for 16 medal sets: boxing, athletics, badminton, equestrian, sailing, table tennis, wrestling, taekwondo, women's water polo and men's …

Russian Belyavsky takes Olympic bronze in parallel bars

Russian Belyavsky takes Olympic bronze in parallel bars

Russian gymnast David Belyavsky took bronze in men’s parallel bars in Rio scoring 15,783 points in the final. Ukrainian Oleg Verniaiev won the gold medal (16,041) and Danell Leyva (15,900) took silver, TASS …

Eleventh day of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Eleventh day of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Today is the eleventh day of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Athletes will compete for 25 medal sets: boxing, cycling, rowing and canoeing, athletics, open water swimming, diving, gymnastics, sailing, synchronized swimming, table tennis, …

Tenth day of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Tenth day of Olympic Games: what to expect?

Today is the tenth day of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Athletes will compete for 17 medal sets in following competitions: cycling, athletics, marathon swimming, equestrian, gymnastics, sailing, weightlifting and wrestling. Volleyball and …