2023-05-12 05:18:19 MONACO – A Botswana athlete facing a three-year doping ban is set to sell his Olympic medal. Nigel Ames, who won silver in the men’s 800m at the 2012 London Olympics, sold his medal to help his family’s financial difficulties. Botswana’s first Olympic medalist, the Ames Athletics Integrity Unit, was caught up in … Read more
4-man bobsleigh, 1st and 2nd rounds (2h30). Titled in the two-man bobsleigh (with Margis Thorsten; ahead of two other German bobsleighs), Germany’s Francesco Friedrich, 2018 Olympic champion, triple four-man world champion who only missed three World Cup races will make a new times, figure of favorite. Germany won 7 gold medals out of the 8 … Read more
It was the feeling of this Olympic day, Clement Noel won the title of Olympic champion slalom ahead of Austrian Johannes Strolz, 2nd, and Norwegian Sebastian Foss-Solebagg, 3rd, this Wednesday in Yanqing. Sixth after the first run, Noël signed the best time of the second run, and by far (49”79). At the gates of the … Read more
Freestyle skiing, women’s slopestyle skiing final (2h30). 9e in the slopestyle qualifications dominated by Kelly Sildaru in front of the Norwegian Johanne Killi and the American Eileen Gu, Tess Ledeux (Big Air silver medalist) will try to distinguish herself (the counters are reset to zero in the final). The men’s preliminary round (5h30), without the … Read more
Bobsleigh, women’s monobob (2h30). Margot Boch (22) will open a new chapter in the French winter by becoming the first woman registered in bobsleigh at the Olympic Games. She will set off in the new monobob event, before taking part in the 2-man bobsleigh with Carla Sénéchal (Friday 18 and Saturday 19). Freestyle skiing, women’s … Read more
The Sports Court (CAS) announced on Saturday in Beijing that it had received appeals from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) about the positive control of Russian skater Kamila Valieva. In a statement, the CAS, which received calls from the IOC and WADA on Friday night in Beijing, said it … Read more
Iranian skier Hossein Saveh Shemshaki, 36, was suspended on Wednesday night for the duration of the Beijing Olympics due to a doping test carried out on Monday, the International Control Agency (ITA) announced. Tested out of competition, this specialist in technical events has tested positive for an anabolic steroid, and is banned “to compete, train, … Read more