Olympic Climbing 1924 to 2024
A five-second wonder has helped sport climbing take another huge step in its second appearance at the Olympic Games. Veddriq Leonardo of Indonesia took the men’s competition defeating Wu Peng of China in a time of 4.75 seconds. Sam Watson of the United States spent even […]
Women’s Sporting Pioneer Milliat Remembered At Paris 2024
An actress representing women’s sports activist Alice Milliat has been at many of the events this week. She wore a long dress and held a parasol when she appeared among the spectators. Like them she was able to watch a full […]
The Long Tradition of Swimming in the Seine
Much to the relief of Paris 2024 organisers the triathlon events have been completed here in Paris. The marathon swimming event over a 10 km. course is still to come, with the women’s race on 7 August and the men’s on 8 August. There have been very […]
Why Archery Has Always Been Ahead of the Recurve
In the final event of the archery programme for Paris 2024, South Korea’s Kim Woojin defeated Brady Ellison of the United States to claim the men’s individual title. In doing so he completed a clean sweep of gold in all events open to him. It also meant that […]
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