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Can Lyles win the 200m final as he bids to become just the fifth man to take home the triple of 100m, 200m and 4x100m gold at the Olympic Games?
Swimmer Michael Phelps and President George W. Bush on August 10, 2008, at the National Aquatic Center in Beijing.Phelps is the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. [11] [12] Dara Torres is the third-most decorated female American Olympic athlete after Jenny Thompson and Katie Ledecky, celebrated not only for her athletic achievements but also for defying age norms in competitive sports.
In the beginning, before the Olympics became a global event, sweeps were more common amongst fewer competing countries and larger numbers of entries from a single country. After the 1908 Olympics, a sweep became an increasingly treasured status symbol of national dominance in an event. 1964 was the first Olympiad to have no sweeps.
PARIS (Reuters) -American Cole Hocker delivered one of the all-time Olympic shocks when he won the 1,500 metres gold with a stunning finish to blast past British world champion Josh Kerr as ...
On 14 December 2018, Aaj Tak launched India's first Hindi high-definition channel, Aaj Tak HD. [1] Aaj Tak HD broadcasts news and two extra shows like Duniya Aaj Tak aired from 2019 (transl. World up to the minute) covering world news, Business Aaj Tak aired from 2019 (transl. Business up to the minute) covering the financial news of India and the world.
The Olympic schedule for Thursday, Aug. 1, is filled with thrilling events and record-breaking athletes, so be sure to tune in.. Highlights include the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay, where ...
The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; French: Jeux olympiques) [a] [1] are the world's leading international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition ...
No American woman had won an Olympic gold in heptathlon since Jackie Joyner-Kersee, who achieved the feat in 1988 and 1992, to go with a silver she earned in 1984. Joyner-Kersee has been a mentor ...