Tag: Paris 2024
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TV Ratings Soaring For Paris 2024 Olympic Games | France 24 English
TV coverage of the Games has led to a huge ratings boost in a number of markets, while the Olympic Broadcasting Services is producing a record amount of content. Even the French – stereotypically known for their so called “insouciance” – are getting in on the action. Story by Carys Garland.
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Michael Phelps Disappointed In US Men’s Olympic Swimming Results | USA Today
The 28-time Olympic medalist said he was impressed by Bobby Finke’s swim, but that overall there was room for improvement
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Bobby Finke Speaks After World-Record Shattering Gold Medal Swim | 9NEWS
Bobby Finke was the last hope for the U.S. men’s swim team to earn an individual Olympic gold medal. On swimming’s final night, he delivered in a big way. Finke earned the Olympic gold in the men’s 1500-meter freestyle and set a new world record on Sunday. He was under world-record pace the entire race…
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Paris’ Worst Fears As Olympic Athlete Hospitalised After Swimming In The River Seine | news.com.au
Paris organisers’ worst fears have materialised as multiple athletes have fallen seriously ill after competing in the triathlon events held in the Seine River.
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Hong Kong’s Haughey Returns With Pair Of Olympic Swimming Medals | South China Morning Post
Hong Kong swimmer Siobhan Haughey made her triumphant return home from the Paris Games on August 6, 2024. The city’s most decorated Olympian recently won bronze in the 100m and 200m women’s freestyle, three years after she nabbed two silver medals in the same events at the Tokyo Games. Haughey also earned Hong Kong’s first…
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“There Is Absolutely Nothing.” – Gasol On Chinese Swimmers Taking More Doping Tests Than Others | CGTN Sports Scene
“To me obviously, it’s unfortunate that one of the ways to kind of validate, the decisions, was to test the Chinese swimmers double, or triple than the rest of the athletes.” “We’ve seen the number of tests that the Chinese swimmers have been exposed to just to make sure and provide, I guess, peace of…
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Sun Yang Wiped From Olympics History As Bobby Finke Breaks Swimming World Record | news.com.au
At the Paris 2024 Olympics, American swimmer Bobby Finke knocked Sun Yang out of the history books in an epic finish, after smashing his 1500m freestyle event record by 35 hundredths of a second. In the space of a decade, Sun won three Olympic gold medals and became an eleven-time world champion, not to mention…
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Artistic Swimmer Dani Ramirez Set For Olympic Success | KCAL News
The US is back in the artistic swimming competition this week at the Olympics, thanks in large part to UCLA’s Daniella Ramirez who will anchor a team that expects success
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Summer McIntosh Wins 4 Of Canada’s 8 Swimming Medals | CBC News
CBC’s Heather Hiscox talks to Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh about her becoming the first Canadian to win 3 gold medals at a single Olympic Games.