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Nevin Harrison qualifies to defend Olympic canoe title

Nevin Harrison, who in Tokyo became the first US woman to win Olympic canoe or kayak gold, qualified to defend her title in Paris.

Harrison, a 21-year-old Seattle native, won the US Olympic Trials C-1 200m sprint in Sacramento, California, on Friday.

She became the first American to qualify for the Paris Games in any canoe or kayak event. More can join her later this spring.

Harrison won a second world title in 2022 and placed fourth at worlds last August, two months after suffering a back injury that kept him in bed for a week and out of the

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How to watch Day 1 action from Winter Youth Olympic Games competitions live

Gangwon 2024: Key athletes to watch on Day 1

In biathlon, Lola Bugeaud of France stands out as one of the favorites in the women’s 10km individual competition.

The French biathlete claimed a silver medal in the 6km sprint and gold in the 4x6km mixed relay at the 2023 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF).

At the same event, Slovakia’s Michal Adamov was a silver medallist in the men’s competition, and he will be aiming for more success in the Republic of Korea.

Italy arrives with a strong team in luge, where men’s doubles pairs Manuel Weissensteiner/Philipp Brunner and

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Paris 2024 draw results with US, Serbia facing off in group play

Defending Olympic champions USA will face a “strong” Serbia team and debutants South Sudan at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 after the men’s Olympic basketball tournament draw was made at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland, on Tuesday 19 March.

The trio were drawn in Group C, with USA and Serbia clashing in their opening match of the tournament on 28 July.

Eight teams have already made it through to the group stage of the Olympic Games, and they will be joined by the four winners of the FIBA ​​Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (OQT) to be played in

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Olympic medals hid troubles in my personal life

“The back end of 2021, after the Olympics, was really hard. I was celebrating this amazing success but Josh was going through a really hard time. I wanted him to be proud and celebrate with me but he wasn’t able to,” she says.

“Then 2022 got really bad. On the morning of most races, I would just be in my room crying. I would leave my room, put on a smile and go do my job – and I was still racing well – but it took a lot out of me trying to hide all that.”

It was an

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2024 Paris Olympics | Australia’s $60K Olympic Track Bike

As we get closer to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris this summer, we’re getting more glimpses of the equipment the various cycling teams will be using. Most recently, the Australian track cycling team announced that they will be riding the Factor Hanzo track bike, currently available on the British brand’s website for $97,979 (Australian Dollars). That translates to right around $60,000 US dollars.

According to GCN“The bike has already been around for a couple of months, having officially been unveiled in Adelaide in January at the Tour Down Under on the same day that Factor and AusCycling announced

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