Tag: Paris 2024
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Fred Kerley, Paris 2024 Bronze Medalist, Tasered And Arrested After Miami Police Confrontation
United States Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley, Paris 2024 bronze medalist, was tasered and arrested following a confrontation with Miami Beach Police. The double Olympic medalist was charged with battery, resisting a police officer and breach of the peace following the Thursday evening incident. The incident broke out after Kerley approached the officers with an aggressive…
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Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski Delayed Cancer Treatment For Wimbledon And Paris 2024 Glory
Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski endured a tough 2024 on her way to Wimbledon and Paris 2024 glory. “How can something so small cause such a big problem? This is the question I asked myself when I was diagnosed with breast cancer back in mid-April,” the 32-year-old doubles specialist wrote on Instagram. “I know this will come…
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Sumit Nagal Considers Australian Open As Launchpad To Olympic Dreams
A professional path in sports always seemed likely for Sumit Nagal. Growing up in India, he embraced every opportunity for physical activity. “When I was a kid, I would play a lot on the streets like I would be out and out (the) whole day,” the 27-year-old said on Australian Open’s episode of The Sit-Down…
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Carolina Marin, Olympic Gold Medalist, Was On Brink Of Retirement After Paris 2024
Rio 2016 gold medalist Carolina Marin overcame her biggest setback at Paris 2024. The Spanish women’s singles star sustained a knee injury to her right leg during the second game against China’s He Bing Jiao at the Summer Games in August. It was the third anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury of her career; meaning that…
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India Men’s Hockey Team Following Belgium’s 10-Year Cycle: Harmanpreet Singh
India men’s hockey team remain bereft of an Olympic gold medal since Moscow 1980. In their approach to an elusive gold, the Harmanpreet Singh-led side that won a consecutive bronze medal at Paris 2024, has adopted a process similar to the Tokyo 2020 gold medalist Belgium. “In the last 8-10 years, Belgium have had a…