It makes the achievement even more impressive than it already was Olympic silver medalist Elinor Barker has revealed that she is expecting her first child and that she was pregnant during the recent Tokyo Olympics. Barker, 27, was part of Great Britain’s women’s team pursuit squad that came second and achieved a silver medal in […]

4 years ago

How does this happen?! Australian cyclist Alex Porter was involved in a bizarre crash on Monday morning as the handlebars on his bicycle fell off mid-race in the Velodrome. Porter flew off his bike and landed on the hard floor, thankfully only sustaining superficial injuries – burn marks to his chin and nose. His Aussie […]

5 years ago

Italy continues to have a stellar competitive summer, as Lamont Marcell Jacobs adds the men’s 100m to the list It must be punishment for all those people still putting pineapple on pizza… Whether it be sports or singing, Italy has absolutely smashed it this summer. In case you didn’t realise, not only have they won […]

5 years ago

Jamaica claimed a 1-2-3 in women’s 100m Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah is a Double Olympic champion, defending the title she won in Rio five years ago with another gold in the women’s 100m final in Tokyo. Thompson-Herah, whose time of 10.61 seconds also clinched a new Olympic record, was also followed by two of her compatriots, […]

5 years ago

The 2020 Olympics have suffered their first major doping case Blessing Okagbare is out of the Tokyo Olympics after failing a drugs test. The Nigerian sprinter, a silver medalist in the long jump at the Beijing Games in 2008, had been tipped as a major contender for 100m gold after winning her heat on Friday. […]

5 years ago

A meme is born For many of the competitors taking their place at the Tokyo Olympics, it’s been a long, long five years. With the Games finally up and running – despite concerns of an eleventh-hour cancellation – few would blame them getting a little emotional if, after all that’s happened, they end up with […]

5 years ago