‘I have not been disqualified for cheating, but for being a person, for helping someone’ A Paralympian was disqualified because of an error just two metres from the finish line, denying her a bronze medal. Spanish marathon runner Elena Congost, who was born with degenerative vision impairment, finished third in the women’s T12 marathon event […]

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The para-athlete had been due to compete today. An investigation is underway in France after a paralympian was reported missing on the eve of the opening ceremony of this year’s games. The athlete is a member of the Rwanda team and was scheduled to compete in the sitting volleyball opening round match this morning against […]

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The Corkman won his seventh World Rowing Championship medal yesterday. Paul O’Donovan is now being discussed as Ireland’s greatest sportsperson ever after winning a seventh World Championship medal just two weeks after winning gold at the Paris Olympics. The 30-year-old, who graduated from University College Cork with a degree in Medicine last year, was hoisted […]

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The closing ceremony is in five hours time The Eiffel Tower was evacuated hours before the Olympic closing ceremony after a man was seen climbing up the Parisian landmark. The shirtless man was spotted scaling the 330m tower on Sunday afternoon prompting an evacuation of the area. Footage of the incident began circulating on social […]

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They have backed their fighter with a strongly-worded statement. The Algerian Olympic Committee have released an emphatic statement in defence of boxer Imane Khelif. Khelif’s qualification for the Olympics has been criticised by many on social media, after a DNA test conducted last year at the Women’s World Championships revealed that she had the XY […]

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