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The governing boy for world swimming, FINA, has voted to restrict transgender swimmers from participating in women’s competitions. FINA voted 71.5% in favor to restrict swimmers who have transitioned after the age of 12 from participating in women’s competitions. The vote came amidst the increasing controversy surrounding transgender athletes partaking in women’s sports as some say that due to an “advantage” that they have over biological women. The controversy surrounding transgender athletes was brought to the forefront due to the success of University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, who...
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The Stade de France in central Paris was the site of chaos before the UEFA Champions League final on Saturday evening. The match which featured English club Liverpool FC and Spanish club Real Madrid had to be delayed by over half an hour as security struggled to contain the crowd and control the fans climbing over fences and barricades. Police were called in and tear gas, as well as pepper spray, were deployed onto the crowd. Leadership groups involved with Liverpool fans’ have complained about the poor organization and heavy policing that led to many children and elderly people being sprayed ...
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After attending a rally hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin, two-time Russian Olympic gold medal swimmer Evgeny Rylov saw his sponsorship deal with Speedo ixnayed. The 25-year-old won gold in the 100- and 200-meter backstroke at last year’s Tokyo Games, and he was one of the eight Russian athletes who appeared on stage at a Moscow rally last week; the rally was to celebrate the eighth year of Russia’s dubious annexation of Crimea. “Following his attendance at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow at the weekend, Speedo can confirm that it has terminated the sponsorship of Evgeny Rylov with imm...
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On the heels of the Ukrainian invasion, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) urged “with a heavy heart” sports bodies Monday to exclude the country’s athletes and officials from international events. The IOC said the move is necessary to “protect the integrity of global sports competitions and for the safety of all the participants.” The decision paved the way for FIFA to exclude Russia from a March 24 World Cup qualifying playoff match; Poland has refused to play the tilt against Russia. The urge also applied to athletes and officials from Belarus, which has abetted Russia’s invasion by ...
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Canada defeated Team USA to win women’s ice hockey gold Thursday at the Beijing Olympics, while Marie-Philip Poulin had two goals and an assist and goalie Ann-Renee Desbiens made 38 saves in the 3-2. Hilary Knight and Amanda Kessel scored for the U.S. This was the sixth meeting between the two countries for Olympic women’s ice hockey gold since the event was added in 1998. The Americans won twice (1998, 2018) while Canada has won gold five times (four against the U.S. and once vs. Sweden in 2006; U.S. took bronze). Canada finished the tourney with an Olympic-record 57 goals; the Canadians prev...
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It’s not uncommon for an Olympic athlete to be in pain during the games. It is uncommon, though, for the provided food to be the root cause of that pain. Well, that’s exactly the situation in which Russian biathlete Valeria Vasnetsova finds herself. Quarantined at the 2022 Games at a hotel in Beijing, Vasnetsova says the food she’s been given during her quarantine has been so bad that she’s in physical pain and cries daily. The photo accompanying her Instagram story seems to back up her claims—a plate of plain pasta, some meat, a few potatoes, and a sauce. It doesn’t exactly make your mouth wa...
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Nathan Chen shattered the world record during his short program at the Beijing Olympics—scoring 113.97 Tuesday to beat the previous mark of his nemesis Yuzuru Hanyu and put himself in a position to win his elusive gold medal. The 22-year-old Chen avenged his poor performance from the last Olympics and opened with a perfect quad flip, made short work of a tricky triple axel, and then landed his quad flip-triple toe loop combo in an awe-inspiring performance. Chen’s total was nearly six points ahead of second-place Yuma Kagiyama and nearly 20 ahead of two-time Olympic champion Hanyu. “I was just...
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The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are underway. In case you missed any of Day 2’s action, below is a comprehensive roundup of the second day’s events. – The second day of the Winter Olympics brought Team USA its first two medals of the Games (slopestyle snowboarding; moguls). – The U.S. women’s hockey team made short work of Switzerland with an 8-0 shellacking, giving the Americans two straight games without allowing a goal. – Jakara Anthony won Australia’s first Winter Olympics gold since 2010. American Jaelin Kauf and the ROC’s Anastasia Smirnova take silver and bronze, respectively. – Julia...
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Chock up another medal for the U.S. “Yes!” Madison Chock said as Karen Chen landed a jump. Chock and Evan Bates were in the mixed zone after a media session Monday, watching as Chen took the ice. The pair embraced in a hug after Chen landed another, as the silver medal was theirs. The final day of the team figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics saw the three put on the best performance in the short history of the event—the U.S. won bronze in 2014 and 2018. “We’ve been lucky enough to sit in the box at every one of those events,” Bates said. “And this year, knowing that we’d get...
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Mikaela Shiffrin’s quest for history “was finished basically before it even started.” Headed down “The Ice River” just after 9:30 a.m. on Monday trying to become the first U.S. skier ever to win three Olympic gold medals, Shiffrin—11 seconds into her 2022 Games debut—slipped. She says her skis gave way, and “well, the day was finished basically before it even started.” Shiffrin won the giant slalom at the 2018 Olympics and has raced it dozens of times since, but Monday was her first time not finishing the course. “Um… I… it’s hard to know exactly,” she said of what happened. “We can go to a lo...
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