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Olga Fikotova Connolly, Olympian in a Cold War Romance, Dies at 91
New York Times· 2 hours agoLove had breached the iron curtain. Olga Fikotova Connolly, who won a gold medal in track and field for Czechoslovakia in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, watched Harold Connolly ...
Olympic refugee athlete Lohalith suspended in the team's 3rd doping case ahead of Paris Games
KSL Salt Lake City· 2 days agoThe doping case of Anjelina Nadai Lohalith was announced two days before the IOC confirms its selection of refugee athletes for the Paris Olympics that open in July. Track ...
Special Olympics Washington in need of volunteers for Kirkland event
KCPQ via Yahoo Sports· 1 day agoOn Saturday, May 4, athletes from across the region will be participating in Special Olympics Washington's 2024 NW Region Athletics (track & field) Competition ...
Olympic refugee athlete Lohalith suspended in the team's 3rd doping case ahead of Paris Games
U-T San Diego· 1 day agoA third runner on the Refugee Olympic Team has been suspended for a positive doping test, with the announcement coming two days before the IOC confirms its selection of athletes ...
This week in Olympic sports history: April 29 - May 5, Olympic Rugby XV competition at Paris 1924
Olympics.com· 3 days agoOlympics.com takes a look at the week in Olympic sports history, April 29 - May 5: Rugby XV's Last Stand
Should Olympic athletes get paid?
The Week· 2 days agoNow, with all eyes on Paris ahead of the upcoming 2024 summer Olympics, this year's games will experiment with a similarly historic change. In a...
World Athletics Relays Bahamas 24: Preview, schedule, track stars to watch and how to follow the...
Olympics.com· 2 days agoWorld and Olympic champions Noah Lyles, Femke Bol, Steven Gardiner, Marcell Jacobs, and Shaunae...
Should Olympic athletes get paid?
The Week via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoAnson's sentiment was shared by Union Cycliste Internationale president David Lappartient, who called the unilateral announcement "not the Olympic...
NZ great Adams hopes other sports follow athletics' prize money plan
Reuters· 6 days agoWorld Athletics' decision to reward Olympic champions with cash prizes is a sign of progress and can...
Team GB at Paris Olympics: Who are the British athletes to watch at the 2024 Games?
The Telegraph via Yahoo Sports· 1 day agoPurdue bettered the Olympic qualifying standard with a time of 2-22.17 at the 2023 Berlin Marathon,...