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On this day in 2008: Rebecca Adlington wins Olympic gold in Beijing

Adlington snatched 400m gold ahead of American Katie Hoff in a thrilling finger-tip finish.

The Independent UK

On this day in 2008: Nicole Cooke wins Olympic road race gold in Beijing

The Welsh rider became the first British woman to win an Olympic cycling gold.

The Independent UK

Why Tom Pidcock is a mystery before UCI World Championships assault

Pidcock will be a key medal hope for Great Britain this week when he takes to the mountain bike course in Glentress Forest for the short-track and cross-country Olympic races

The Independent UK

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On this day in 2012 – Nicola Adams makes history with Olympics boxing gold

Adams beat China’s Ren Cancan to win flyweight gold.

The Independent UK

One year to go: Will the Paris 2024 Olympics see a return to normalcy?

We haven’t had a “normal” Olympic Games since the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The 2020 Tokyo Summer Games and the 2022 Beijing Winter Games were both affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in significant changes and schedule disruptions.

The Conversation

Child, with twins, comes back to Black Sticks

Black Sticks star Sam Child returns after two years away to help her team's bid for Paris 2024 - as a new mum thankful for the fertility advice of an Olympic dame, she tells Suzanne McFadden

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This whole thing started after Neeraj Chopra’s feat: Kishore Kumar Jena

KOLKATA: Exactly two years ago on August 7, 2021, Neeraj Chopra did what no other Indian had done before. He won an individual athletics Olympic gold in javelin throw in Tokyo with a throw of 87.58m.

The Times of India

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Simone Biles makes stunning gymnastics return after two-year break: ‘It means the world’

Biles won the US Classic in Chicago as she returned to competition for the first time since the Tokyo Olympics

The Independent UK

Power Five Exclusion of Stanford, Cal Is a Bad Sign for Team USA’s Olympic Prospects

The collapse of the Pac-12 and the fallout for two universities that provide a steady stream of U.S. Olympians could have serious ramifications on the biggest stage in sports.

Sports Illustrated

Simone Biles makes stunning gymnastics return after two-year break: ‘It means the world’

Biles won the US Classic in Chicago as she returned to competition for the first time since the Tokyo Olympics

The Independent UK

It means the world – Simone Biles makes stunning return after two-year break

Biles won the US Classic in Chicago as she returned to competition for the first time since the Tokyo Olympics.

The Independent UK

On This Day in 2013: Beth Tweddle retires a year after winning Olympic medal

Tweddle won three world championship gold medals, as well as being a six-time European champion.

The Independent UK

Simone Biles to compete at US Classic after two-year hiatus

NEW DELHI: US gymnast Simone Biles is set to make her return to the competition floor in suburban Chicago this Saturday, marking her comeback after two years since the "twisties" led her to withdraw from the team finals at the Tokyo Olympics.

The Times of India

Charm around PC will be over if drag-flicking is stopped: Rupinder Pal Singh

KOLKATA: For the past one week former India player and Olympic bronze-medallist Rupinder Pal Singh was in Bhubaneswar where he held a drag-flicking camp for the young players of the state from July 28 to August 3 at Kalinga Stadium.

The Times of India

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Simone Biles returns to competition this weekend for the first time since Tokyo

Biles' return is great news for USA Gymnastics, which just announced a new sponsorship deal with Nike. Also returning is Suni Lee, who took home the Olympic all-around gold after Biles dropped out.

The Guardian - US

Simone Biles quietly returns to gymnastics with plenty left to offer

The greatest gymnast of all time returns to competition on Saturday for the first time in 732 days. Reports from a recent national team camp indicate she’s got plenty in the tank

France 24

Seine Olympic swimming test cancelled as heavy rains damage water quality

Heavy rains have set back plans to test Paris' readiness for swimmers to race in the River Seine at next year's Summer Olympics but Games organizers say the waterway will be better prepared in 2024.

Dynamite News

Quarter-final exit for two-time Olympic medalist P.V. Sindhu in Australian Open Badminton

Indian badminton player P.V. Sindhu crashes out in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open Badminton after losing to Chinese-born American badminton player Beiwen Zhang 21-12, 21-17. Read further on Dynamite News :

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The Independent UK

Two years after Tokyo, Simone Biles is coming back from 'the twisties.' Not every gymnast does

Simone Biles' return to compeitive gymnastics has renewed the conversation around “the twisties” that forced her to take herself out of multiple events at the 2020 Olympics

The Times of India

Trials for wrestling World Championships likely after elected body takes charge

NEW DELHI: The ad-hoc committee for wrestling, constituted by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), is considering leaving the responsibility of organising trials for the World Championships to the newly elected office-bearers of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).

The Conversation

Olympic swimming in the Seine highlights efforts to clean up city rivers worldwide

One year out from the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic games, Paris has announced it will reopen the River Seine for swimming competition and then allow public swimming, ending a century-long ban. This ban was in place to stop people immersing themselves in river waters polluted by stormwater, sewage and…

Cycling Weekly

Where to get the best curry or coffee at the World Championships: Katie Archibald's guide to Glasgow

The World and Olympic track star takes you through the best places to ride, eat and visit during your World Championship stay

The Independent UK

On this day in 2012: Sir Chris Hoy wins fifth Olympic gold at London Velodrome

Hoy claimed victory in the men’s team sprint alongside Philip Hindes and Jason Kenny.

The Conversation

Leaving dog and cat poo lying around isn't just gross. It's a problem for native plants and animals, too

Dodging dog poo along the local path has become something of an Olympic sport of late. I thought I’d count path-side dog poo on my bike ride the other day and gave up after counting 30 piles in the first kilometre. It really does feel a bit out of control…

The Conversation

Olympic star Nadia Comăneci was a Romanian 'hero' who defected to escape her government. What do her surveillance files reveal?

“On the night of 27–28 November 1989,” Stejărel Olaru writes, “seven people hurriedly but warily made their way towards the frontier between Romania and Hungary.”

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