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What makes an athletics track fast?
BBC via Yahoo Canada Sports· 19 hours agoIt says the Paris track is its fastest yet, 2% faster than Tokyo's in 2020. Beneath the purple lies a rubber track with two layers. The lower level has...
'I'll be ready': U.S. gymnastics alternates prepare to step in during the Olympics
AOL· 7 hours agoA slew of season-ending injuries rocked the nation's best gymnasts at the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials, highlighting the importance of understudies on ...
The science behind the decathlete: How pole vault is setting a new bar for Olympic champion Damian...
Toronto Star· 3 days agoWinning an Olympic gold medal is hard; defending that title is even harder. In a three-part series,...
Meet the summer Olympians from Minnesota who are headed to Paris
MPR News· 5 hours agoAlmost 40 athletes competing in the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games, representing various...
From Kentucky to Paris: More than 30 Olympic Games athletes have ties to Bluegrass State
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo Canada Sports· 5 days agoJasmine Camacho-Quinn, women’s track and field She was a three-time NCAA champion (100-meter hurdles...
Paris Olympics start next week. Here are some UM, South Florida Olympians to Watch
Miami Herald via Yahoo Canada Sports· 5 days agoThe junior from Rome spent her first two years of career at LSU before transferring to UM. At the...
Olympics athletes go extra mile to stay cool in scorching Paris
Daily Sabah· 11 hours agoFourteen walkers succumbed to the conditions and did not finish, and Dunfee passed one wilting rival...
Ten Canadian Olympians to watch in Paris this summer
The Globe and Mail· 3 days agoAt the Tokyo Games, she won gold in the 100-metre butterfly, silver in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay and bronze in the 4x100-metre medley relay. Ms....
Olympics 2024: Swimmer Duncan Scott is quiet man capable of making big noise in Paris
BBC News· 12 hours agoThe Rio Olympics three years previously had yielded a couple of relay silvers. World team medals...
Japan's influence in Pacific comes up against China – DW – 07/22/2024
Deutsche Welle· 1 day agoLeaders from 18 member states and regions of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) recently concluded a...