Tunisian Olympic Sailor Eya Guezguez, 17, Dies in Training Accident
Tunisian Olympic sailor Eya Guezguez died at the age of 17 after a training accident at sea on April 10. The Tunisian Olympic Committee said in a statement on its … Read more
Summer Olympic Sports
World Athletics Investigates Two Belarusian Coaches Who Tried to Send Athlete Home During Tokyo Olympics
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the World Athletics agreed to investigate two Belarusian coaches accused of trying to force an athlete to fly home from the Tokyo Olympics after … Read more
First COVID-19 Case Detected in Paralympic Village
A COVID-19 case was detected in the Paralympic Village days before the Games open, organizers said on Thursday, August 19, as Japan combats a surge in infections. According to the … Read more
British Olympic Silver Medalist Chijindu Ujah Suspended for Suspected Doping Violation
The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has provisionally suspended British 4×100-meter relay silver medalist Chijindu Ujah for a suspected anti-doping violation at the Tokyo Olympics. The AIU said that the doping … Read more
South Australian Olympians Face ‘Cruel’ 28-Day Quarantine
South Australian athletes returning from the Tokyo Olympics face an unexpected 28-day quarantine described as “cruel” by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) on Aug. 11. The South Australian government has … Read more
Triple Jump Athlete Hugues Fabrice Zango Wins Burkina Faso’s First-Ever Olympic Medal
Hugues Fabrice Zango won Burkina Faso’s first-ever Olympic medal after claiming bronze in the men’s triple jump final on Aug. 5 in Tokyo. Zango claimed the third spot on the … Read more
Peruth Chemutai Becomes Uganda’s First Female Olympic Medalist
Peruth Chemutai has become the first Ugandan woman to win an Olympic medal in any sport after winning gold in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase on Aug. 4. Chemutai, 22, finished … Read more
Georgian Olympic Weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze Breaks Three World Records
Georgian weightlifter Lasha Talakhadze broke three world records after winning gold in the +109-kilogram weightlifting final at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 4. Talakhadze set the first world record in … Read more
Tamyra Mensah-Stock Becomes First Black Woman to Win Olympic Wrestling Gold for the U.S.
Tamyra Mensah-Stock made history on Aug. 3 after becoming the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold for the United States in freestyle wrestling. Mensah-Stock won the women’s 68-kilogram … Read more
Belarus Sprinter Leaves Tokyo, Flies to Austria
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, a Belarusian sprinter, traveled from Tokyo to Vienna on Wednesday under Poland’s diplomatic protection, less than 72 hours after defying her team’s orders to return home. The 24-year-old … Read more