A Nigerian official forgot to tell two wheelchair athletes they needed to arrive 15 minutes early. They were inconsolable after being robbed of a ‘once in a lifetime’ shot at gold.
There were cheers in Nauru and Australia as Charisma Amoe-Tarrant celebrated a podium finish.
Kyle Bruce thought he had won gold until he was denied by a controversial judges’ ruling.
Australia is sending its largest overseas Commonwealth team ever to Birmingham,with more than 400 athletes set to compete across 20 sports.
Despite her name,Lady Cindy Rella is tough. She brought home eight gold medals from the Kettlebell Lifting World Championships,breaking two world records on the way.
While you’re unlikely to get ripped by adding weights to your workouts,you may do wonders for your bones and weight management.
Boxing and weightlifting have been struggling with the weight of corruption,governance,finance and judging scandals and have been warned to reform or miss out on the Games.
The controversial International Weightlifting Federation has been warned – change your ways or risk Olympic expulsion. This weekend in Doha the IWF must make a fundamental decision.
With the world still in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of its Delta variant,in some respects these Olympics came at exactly the right time,albeit a year later than scheduled.
On average,trans women will be taller,bigger and stronger than cisgender (or typical) women even after gender-affirming hormone therapy. But advantages are allowed in sport. Overwhelming advantages are not.
Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has thanked the IOC for the inclusive policies that will allow her to be the first openly transgender athlete to compete at the Games.