SwimSwam will likely be offering a weekly rundown of the highest tales in Olympic sports activities (outdoors of swimming) within the lead-up to the 2024 Video games in Paris.
Staff USA Bringing 592 Athletes To Paris, Largest Delegation
America Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has introduced a 592-member roster of athletes that may compete on the 2024 Olympic Video games, making Staff USA the largest squad in Paris.
The U.S. group, which incorporates over 250 returning Olympians and 122 Olympic medalists, is made up of 278 males and 314 ladies. It’s the third-largest U.S. Olympic group ever, trailing Atlanta 1996 (646) and Tokyo 2021 (621). American athletes certified in all however one sport: Staff Handball.
The house nation of France may have the second-largest group on the Video games with 571 introduced athletes, whereas Australia is sending 460.
IOC OKs 16 Russian, 16 Belarusian Neutrals For Paris
The Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) has formally invited and confirmed 32 particular person impartial athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete on the Paris Video games.
There will likely be 16 Russians and 16 Belarusians competing throughout 12 sports activities on the Olympics. The IOC prolonged 53 complete invitations (30 Russians and 23 Belarusian), however a number of athletes declined to take part.
Tennis may have seven Russians competing—essentially the most unbiased neutrals of any sport—whereas swimming may have one Russian and three Belarusians.
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200-Meter World Champion Shericka Jackson Has Harm Scare In Hungary
Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson pulled up in ache whereas racing the ladies’s 200 meters on the Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix on Tuesday.
Jackson, the 2023 world champion and proprietor of the #2 time ever within the occasion, was main the race late earlier than abruptly shutting issues down earlier than the end, strolling off the observe in discomfort.
Though there was initially concern that Jackson might need a critical damage that will affect her standing on the Olympics, her physiotherapist mentioned it was only a “cramp within the hamstring” and all must be OK.
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Taliban Received’t Acknowledge Girls On Aghan Olympic Staff
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities gained’t acknowledge the ladies who’ve certified to characterize the nation on the upcoming Paris Video games.
The IOC invited Afghani six athletes to the Olympics, three males and three ladies, however a spokesman of the Taliban authorities’s sports activities director refused to acknowledge the feminine athletes.
“Solely three athletes are representing Afghanistan,” mentioned Atal Mashwani, referring to the male opponents.
“At the moment, in Afghanistan ladies’ sports activities have been stopped. When ladies’ sport isn’t practiced, how can they go on the nationwide group?” he informed AFP.
The IOC mentioned it has not consulted Taliban officers and famous they had been solely involved with Afghanistan’s Nationwide Olympic Committee relating to which athletes will likely be in attendance on the Video games.
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