[ad_1] The épée fencer: Alexandra Ndolo, KenyaAlexandra Ndolo celebrates competing for Germany at the World Fencing Championships in Leipzig in 2017. Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesOne of Alexandra Ndolo’s greatest career achievements so far is winning a silver medal for Germany at the world fencing championships in Cairo in 2022. But when the daughter of a Polish mother and Kenyan father looked up and saw the Kenyan flag hanging from the roof
[ad_1] It certainly did pay off. Sills came seventh in the World Championships in 2020 and went on to qualify for Great Britain.He was able to secure lottery funding in 2021, allowing him to move out of the van and take advantage of British Sailing's coaching and support network. But even then it still took time for Sills to truly believe he could achieve his Olympic dream."I didn't believe I
[ad_1] Tokyo doubles gold medalist Andrey Rublev and fellow tennis players Daria Kasatkina and Anna Kalinskaya are among 12 Russians and Belarusians who have turned down invitations to compete as neutral athletes at the Paris Olympics.The International Olympic Committee (IOC) published an updated list of neutral athletes on Monday, with 2021 US Open tennis champion Daniil Medvedev and world No. 22 Ekaterina Alexandrova among the 31 who had accepted.Athletes from
[ad_1] Jun 30, 2024, 08:06 PM ETSurfing is as much a sport as it is a lifestyle enjoyed by wave chasers and ocean lovers around the globe.The activity made its way from Hawaii to the mainland in California in the early 20th century. Bands such as the Beach Boys brought surfing to the mainstream in the 1960s.After making its Olympic debut at the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo, the sport
[ad_1] Jun 30, 2024, 07:05 PM ETThe four players remaining in the NHL from the sexual assault case that rocked Canadian hockey and led to multiple investigations of the nation's gold medal-winning 2018 world junior team were not offered contracts by their respective teams on Sunday, a major development in the story from a hockey perspective.Charges were filed in February in London, Ontario, against five players, all of whom took
[ad_1] Brazil forward Bia Zaneratto said in an Instagram post on Sunday that she has a stress fracture in her foot that will prevent her from competing in the Paris Olympics, which begin later this month."Bia," as she is commonly known, left Friday's Kansas City Current game at halftime. She has struggled with a foot injury throughout the NWSL season that caused her to miss four of the Current's 15
[ad_1] Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff WriterJul 1, 2024, 12:28 PM ETClosePreviously covered Florida State for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph Northwestern University graduateAfter turning heads at the recent U.S. Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon, 16-year-old Quincy Wilson will have the opportunity to do the very same in Paris later this summer.Wilson's coach, Joe Lee, confirmed reports to ESPN on Monday that the young star had been added
[ad_1] TURIN, Italy -- Eritrean rider Biniam Girmay sprinted to victory in the third stage of the Tour de France on Monday while Mark Cavendish's pursuit of a record-breaking 35th stage win was postponed.Cavendish, 39, has been tied with Eddy Merckx on 34 wins for three years and put off retirement to try again this year to break the record. But Cavendish appeared to get slowed by a crash in
[ad_1] Jun 30, 2024, 07:04 PM ETMEMPHIS, Tenn. -- New Grizzlies center Zach Edey announced his decision Sunday to pull his name from consideration to play for Canada in the 2024 Paris Olympics to focus on his NBA career.Memphis used the ninth overall selection on the former Purdue center, who became the first player in more than 40 years to win The Associated Press' men's college basketball player of the
[ad_1] Jun 30, 2024, 08:56 PM ETNo matter how impressive an accomplishment may be, someone will eventually surpass it. After all, records were made to be broken.Some records stand for a few years. Others stand for decades. Many records will fall at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. But there are a handful of Olympic records that are so incredibly eye-popping that the likelihood of them ever being broken seems as
