Tag: USA
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Court Of Gold ‘Olympic Basketball Documentary’: Release Date, Which OTT Platform To Watch?
Basketball fans will get their due as they are set to be entertained by the latest documentary: Court of Gold. The six-part docuseries, produced by the Olympic Channel, Higher Ground Productions and Words + Pictures, follows the journey of the top basketball teams, the United States of America, France, Serbia, and Canada in their Paris 2024…
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USA Declare ‘War On Women’s Sport Over’; Banning Transgender Athletes From Female Sports
United States President Donald Trump declared the ‘war on women’s sports over’ by signing an executive order to prevent transgender athletes from competing in the female categories. The order provides guidance, regulations and legal interpretations, enlisting the Department of Education to investigate high schools thought to be non-compliant. Trump’s party said that the move restores fairness…
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Wade Langston, A Spectator, Killed By Errant Hammer Thrown At Colorado Youth Athletics Meet
Wade Langston, a 57-year-old spectator, was killed by an errant hammer — a ball on a chain which athletes throw after spinning in a circle to gain momentum — thrown at a youth track and field meet in Colorado. The hammer cleared the barrier and struck him while he was watching the high school competition…
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Billy Mills, Tokyo 1964 Gold Medalist, Donates USA Tracksuit To Museum of World Athletics
Nobody saw him coming. Not Ron Clarke, certainly. Not Emil Zatopek, even, states a World Athletics media release. Billy Mills did not just confound two of the all-time kings of distance running as he shot from obscurity with his high-speed, high-stepping, home-straight gallop into Olympic immortality in Tokyo’s National Stadium in 1964. The unheralded Native…
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Where To Watch Team USA Winter Olympic Sports In 2025?
As the excitement of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games winds down, it’s time for Team USA’s winter sports athletes to begin their trek towards qualifying for the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. Although winter athletes typically spend most of their seasons in European countries, over 10 different winter sports are scheduled to make…
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Astrid Oeyre Slind Takes Tour de Ski 2024/25 Lead After ‘Perfect’ Team Work
Astrid Oeyre Slind made it two triumphs in two days as she won the Women’s 15km Pursuit Classic in Toblach, Italy on Wednesday, much thanks to a successful collaboration with runner-up Therese Johaug (NOR). Slind had ended 2024 by winning New Year’s Eve’s 20km Interval Start Free, getting help from Moa Ilar (SWE) and Katherine…