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2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES BY THE NUMBERS — WOMEN’S 100 FREESTYLE World Record: 51.71 — Sarah Sjostrom, Sweden (2017) World Junior Record: 52.70 — Penny Oleksiak, Canada (2016) Olympic Record: 51.96 — Emma McKeon, Australia 2020 Olympic Champion: Emma McKeon, Australia — 51.96 In the leadup to the Paris Olympic Games, the women’s 100 freestyle picture got progressively more interesting. As reigning gold medalist and Olympic record holder Emma McKeon failed to qualify for the event individually this year (so did reigning bronze medalist Cate Campbell), this event will be filled with women fighting to earn their first Olympic…
The 2024 Giro d’Italia Women offered excitement from start to finish: The GC was a close fight between Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) and Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) that was only decided on the final day. In addition to that, several riders from all over the world took breakthrough victories, confirming their talent in one of the biggest races on the women’s calendar. Looking back on the Italian stage race, Cyclingnews has picked the following five defining moments of the 2024 Giro d’Italia Women.Longo Borghini waiting in the stage 1 ITT hot seatAt the time, it was simply the rider with the…
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It seems like this is the season for shock managerial departures. Just days after Roberto de Zerbi finalised his departure from Brighton at the end of the season, a bolt from the Blues has arrived. Mauricio Pochettino has left Chelsea with immediate effect and the suddenness of the departure poses more questions than answers. Chelsea had a strong finish to the season and the hope was that they would build on it with their young core and a manager who was getting to grips with it all. However, with the shock announcement, there is a feeling that maybe Pochettino has…
An international season that started on 5 August in Cardiff ended for England on Saturday in Auckland with a feeling of deja vu in the air.Just like in Dunedin a week earlier, England had stayed in the fight admirably in the first half, rallying either side of the break to take control and threaten to pull off a historic win, before frustratingly fading in the final quarter as the All Blacks bench proved decisive.So how should England supporters view the 2-0 series defeat? A tour that showed Steve Borthwick’s side are moving in the right direction? Or a huge missed…
Britain’s Alfie Hewett described it as “the best day” of his life after winning the Wimbledon wheelchair singles to complete a career Grand Slam – and then defending the doubles title.Hewett had fallen to agonising defeats in the past two singles finals at Wimbledon, but this time he dominated Spain’s Martin de la Puente in his 6-2 6-3 win on Court One.About four hours later, Hewett and British partner Gordon Reid were embracing on court three after beating Japan’s Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda 6-4 7-6 (7-2).”Today’s the stuff of dreams really,” Hewett said after his doubles victory. “It’s been…
Former middleweight titlist Daniel Jacobs. Photo credit: Getty Images After 17 years as a pro, Daniel Jacobs has announced his retirement from the ring. The 37-year-old from Brooklyn, N.Y., who had first burst on to the scene as “The Golden Child” before his remarkable comeback from cancer saw him christened as “The Miracle Man,” has hung up his gloves for good in the wake of his ten-round unanimous decision loss to Shane Mosley Jr. on July 6. Jacobs, whose final record is 37-5 (30 knockouts), took to social media to reflect on his journey through the sport. He credited boxing…
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 15, 2024, 07:42 AM ETCloseSenior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of GeorgiaTROON, Scotland — Whichever golfer captures the 152nd Open Championship and lifts the Claret Jug at Royal Troon Golf Club on Sunday will collect a record winner’s purse.The R&A announced on Monday that this year’s Champion Golfer of the Year will receive $3.1 million of a record $17 million purse. That’s a $500,000 increase from last year. The runner-up will take home about $1.76 million, while the third-place finisher gets almost $1.13 million.At Royal Liverpool…
by Zachary Cohen The Hawks, Magic, Jazz and Wizards enter Summer League as appointment television with their depth of prospects. by Wes Goldberg On how Paul George, Klay Thompson, Chris Paul and Dario Saric have found great situations for themselves in free agency. by Jack Tien-Dana The Warriors’ frantic, angsty summer reveals the fragility of genius. If the Warriors once looked smarter than the rest of the league, it was because Curry, Green and Thompson were so great, they provided an answer key to any tests the team faced. by John Wilmes The obvious offseason business is complete, but the…
Paddy Pimblett thinks Bobby Green will never be able to fully recover from his controversial stoppage loss to Jalin Turner in December, and that’s ultimately going to play to his advantage at UFC 304. Green was the victim of a careless late stoppage from referee Kerry Hatley in his UFC on ESPN 52 bout with Turner in which he took multiple unnecessary blows while already unconscious. He bounced back just a few months later at UFC 300, though, defeating Jim Miller by unanimous decision to set up the July 27 showdown with Pimblett at RAC Arena in Manchester, England (ESPN+…