Georgia's Giga Ochkhikidze wins first gold at Paris Paralympics
Georgia’s para shot putter Giga Ochkhikidze won a gold medal at the ongoing Summer Paralympic Games in Paris. The para athlete recorded a throw of 9.66 metres, setting the world …
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Azerbaijani trampoline gymnasts win medals at international tournament
Athletes from Azerbaijan won medals at the trampoline competitions taking place in Tashkent
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
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
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 …
6th day of XV Summer European Youth Olympic Festival kicks off in Baku
The XV Summer European Youth Olympic Festival is being held in Baku. Gymnasts, judokas, swimmers, athletes and tennis players will be competing for 30 sets of medals on the fifth day of the festival, games will be also held between the …
5th day of XV Summer European Youth Olympic Festival kicks off in Baku
The XV Summer European Youth Olympic Festival is being held in Baku. Gymnasts, judokas, swimmers, cyclists and athletes will be competing for 23 sets of medals on the fifth day of the festival, games will be also held between the …
Ramil Guliyev won 200 meters at European Athletics Championships
World champion Ramil Guliyev won the men’s 200 meters at the European Athletics Championships in Berlin. Turkey’s Guliyev set a championship record of 19.76 seconds in beating Britain’s …
Eighth day of 4th Islamic Solidarity Games kicks off in Baku: wrestling and athletics
The seventh day of the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games has kicked off in Baku. Today, the athletes will compete for 22 medal sets: athletics, diving, table tennis and wrestling competitions will be held. Athletics competitions in …
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 …
Isinbayeva plans to stay in Russia after being elected to the IOC
Today, two-time Olympic champion in pole vault Yelena Isinbayeva said that she is not planning to leave Russia after she became a member of the IOC. According to Isinbayeva, her new position "implies certain …
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?
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?
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
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?
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 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?
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?
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 …
CAS rules in favor of Russian track and field athlete Darya Klishina
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld the appeal of the Russian track and field athlete Darya Klishina against the decision of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to ban her from participating …
