Olympic triathlon held up by shocking false start with a BOAT in the way of athletes ready to jump into the water when the gun went to start in Tokyo – with the BBC commentator branding the scene ‘insane’ By Richard Martin For Mailonline and Reuters Published: 18:46 EDT, 25 July 2021 | Updated: 19:20 … Read more
Japanese sports fans are defying government calls to watch Tokyo 2020 Games at home by lining the streets to cheer on the athletes and posing with Olympic symbols. Hundreds of cycling enthusiasts came out to watch the Men’s and Women’s Road Race event around the Japanese capital – creating the first crowd atmosphere of the … Read more
British Olympic Association chairman Sir Hugh Robertson calls on Government to decide if athletes can be fast-tracked into Covid vaccines before Tokyo Games BOA hopeful that athletes will be vaccinated before pre-Games training camps Pfizer have offered fast-track vaccinations for Olympic and Paralympic athletes Government cautious about giving preferential treatment to fit, young athletes … Read more
British Olympic Association chairman Sir Hugh Robertson calls on Government to decide if athletes can be fast-tracked into Covid vaccines before Tokyo Games BOA hopeful that athletes will be vaccinated before pre-Games training camps Pfizer have offered fast-track vaccinations for Olympic and Paralympic athletes Government cautious about giving preferential treatment to fit, young athletes … Read more
Gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi is facing fresh claims that he physically abused and psychologically tortured young female athletes going back to the 1960s. Karolyi, who coached in his native Romanian before defecting to the US in 1981 where he took charge of the American national team, and wife Martha are alleged to have beaten, starved, … Read more
Gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi is facing fresh claims that he physically abused and psychologically tortured young female athletes going back to the 1960s. Karolyi, who coached in his native Romanian before defecting to the US in 1981 where he took charge of the American national team, and wife Martha are alleged to have beaten, starved, … Read more
Want to run faster? Change your SHOES! Launch of Nike’s Vaporfly 4% trainers featuring thicker, lighter foam and rigid plate along the midsole in 2017 boosted elite athletes’ performance by up to 1.7%, study finds Nike introduced the Vaporfly with its ‘advanced shoe technology’ back in 2017 The trainers’ midsole has thicker, lighter foam and a … Read more
How a harmless newspaper article about Australia’s most powerful WAGs ‘sparked a feud’ among the wives and girlfriends of the national cricket team By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:18 GMT, 18 January 2021 | Updated: 01:25 GMT, 18 January 2021 Tensions are reportedly simmering among the Australian cricket WAG community. According to New Idea, … Read more
IOC member Dick Pound says athletes should be priorities for Covid vaccine to ensure delayed Tokyo 2020 can go ahead… just weeks after Olympics chief Thomas Bach insisted they wouldn’t be able to jump the queue! IOC member Dick Pound says Olympic athletes should get a Covid vaccine soon Tokyo 2020 was delayed last summer … Read more
Professional runners with the ability to run a marathon in under two hours take in oxygen twice as fast as a regular person of the same age, a new study revealed. University of Exeter researchers analysed the rate of oxygen uptake among elite athletes as part of the sub-two-minute marathon Breaking2 project run by Nike. … Read more