Author: Olympic First Correspondent
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Lukas Martens, Olympic Champion, Sets New 400m World Record
Germany’s Lukas Martens set a new world record in the Men’s 400m Freestyle event at the Swim Open Stockholm on Saturday. The Paris 2024 gold medalist clocked a never-done-before 3:39.96, to become the first swimmer to breach the 3:40 for the distance. In the process, he broke German Paul Biedermann’s previous mark from 2009 by…
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Gout Gout, 17, Breaches U-20 Mark In 200m
Teenaged Australian sprinter Gout Gout continued to build his reputation as one of the best young sprinters in the world by breaching the U-20 mark, clocking 19.84 seconds to win the Australian 200m title. He registered the second-best timing in 200m, behind Usain Bolt’s World Record of 19.19 seconds, set at the 2009 World Championships…
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Carlos Alcaraz Wins Maiden Monte Carlo-Masters
Carlos Alcaraz overturned the first game deficit to win the Monte Carlos-Masters 2025 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 over Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti. It is the sixth Masters title for the 21-year-old Spaniard and his most prestigious title since winning the Wimbledon last year. “I’m just really happy to have won Monte Carlo for the first time,” said…
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Cricket At LA 2028: Six Teams To Participate In Main Event
Cricket will have six teams compete in the T20 format in both the men’s and women’s tournaments at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, following the approval of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board on Wednesday, April 9. Each gender has been allocated 90 athlete quotas, allowing participating nations to field squads of 15 players,…
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Losonczi Trumps Over Olympian Novikov For European Wrestling Championships Gold
David LOSONCZI (HUN) had his task cut out at the European Championships. Over the years, his performance at different competitions of two-day formats saw a dip on the second day. So Hungary coach Viktor LORINCZ told him to be focused for six minutes. Losonczi was up against Olympic champion Semen NOVIKOV (BUL) in the 87kg…