Shoko Miyata is a major doubt for the Olympics after allegations of smoking; Miyata is set to be sent home, having allegedly broken the Japanese Gymnastics Association’s code of conduct; Paris 2024 begins next Friday, with artistic gymnastics to start next Saturday Last Updated: 18/07/24 11:12pm Shoko Miyata is a major doubt for the Olympics … Read more
American runner Kate Grace has kept her Paris Olympics dream alive despite a nasty fall during her heat at the track and field trials on Monday morning (AEST). Grace produced a miraculous finish in her 800m semi-final to qualify automatically for the final. Grace was trailing in third place in the closing stages but surged … Read more
Adam Peaty would join US great Michael Phelps as the only male swimmers to win gold in the same event at three Olympic Games if he were to triumph in the 100m breaststroke in Paris this summer; the 29-year-old took a break from competition last year for mental health reasons Last Updated: 12/06/24 11:58pm Adam … Read more
A Spanish athlete has learnt the hard way that a race is not over until it’s over. Coming into the home straight of the 20km race walk at the European Championships in Rome on Saturday (AEST), Laura García-Caro thought she had sealed third spot on the podium. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Spanish race walker loses … Read more
With the Paris 2024 Olympic Games now 50 days from beginning, Sky Sports News’ Geraint Hughes discusses five issues to ponder… Opening Ceremony doubts As it stands the Opening Ceremony of Paris 2024 on Friday July 26 will take place on the River Seine, but a number of concerns remain around the security of both … Read more
Australian Olympian Jana Pittman has admitted it hurts her that she never reached her full potential on the athletics track. Pittman won gold for Australia at two world championships and two Commonwealth Games, but was denied an Olympic medal, largely due to untimely injuries. She made her Olympic debut at Sydney 2000 as a 17-year-old … Read more
The husband of four-time Olympic runner Lisa Weightman has created an ugly scene online in the wake of selection drama for the Australian women’s marathon team. Weightman appears set to miss one of the three available spots, despite having recorded the third-fastest time in the qualification period. Australia is blessed with its deepest ever field … Read more
Sky Sports spoke to Team GB marathon runner and former doctor Phil Sesemann, who has been on a remarkable journey to achieve his Olympic dream. By Sam Boggon Last Updated: 20/05/24 11:31am When Phil Sesemann outsprinted Sir Mo Farah at the London Marathon in 2023, the junior doctor who combined his love for running with … Read more
Australia’s much-loved marathon-man Liam Adams is not giving up hope of heading to this year’s Olympic Games after recently learning — in crushing circumstances — that he had missed the cut. Adams, the popular ‘sparky’ marathon runner who finished an impressive 24th in the last Olympics in Tokyo, had thought that he had made the … Read more
Tom Daley will partner Noah Williams in the 10m Synchro pairs in Paris as he attempts to defend the gold medal he won at Tokyo with then partner Matty Lee; it will be Daley’s fifth Olympic Games, 16 years on from his first appearance at Beijing 2008 as a 14-year-old Last Updated: 06/05/24 11:54pm Tom … Read more
