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On April 17, 2024, exactly 100 days ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, Nielsen’s Gracenote released its latest Virtual Medal Table (VMT) forecast for the 2024 Games. Considering available results data from key global and continental competitions since the 2021 Summer Games, Gracenote has projected gold, silver and bronze medal counts for participating countries […]
GFA President Kurt Okraku (middle) Head coach of Ghana’s National Under 20 Men’s Football Team (the Black Satellites), Desmond Ofei says Ghana’s gold medal win at the African Games is sure to get the team more support and exposure. He said this in his interview after guiding the Black Satellites to beat Uganda 1-0 and […]
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Associated PressNov 2, 2023, 12:20 AM ET3 Minute Read SANTIAGO, Chile — Two-time Olympic medalist Kyle Snyder led the United States wrestling team to four Pan American gold medals on Wednesday, the first day of the event in Santiago. The 27-year-old, one of the top athletes competing in Chile, easily won all his bouts to […]
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Kaliya Lincoln was once a 12-year-old girl being coached by her hero Gabby Douglas, the first black gymnast to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. Fast forward five years and the teenager from Frisco, Texas, is the gold medalist on the floor exercise at the Pan American Games in […]
The end section of a balance beam is pictured. The 2022 incident was widely viewed on social media and condemned by many, including U.S. gymnast Simone Biles. Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Getty Images The end section of a balance beam is pictured. The 2022 incident was widely viewed on social media and condemned […]
The incident has drawn widespread criticism, including some from Simone Biles. September 27, 2023, 3:58 AM ET • 3 min read LONDON — Ireland’s gymnastics federation has issued an apology after footage emerged of a young Black gymnast being passed over for a medal at a presentation ceremony. The viral video, which has re-emerged on […]
Footage showed the official appearing to snub the girl, the only Black gymnast in a medal lineup. Ireland’s gymnastics federation has apologised for the allegedly racist treatment of a young Black gymnast who was skipped by an official handing out medals to a row of girls last year. Footage posted on social media last week […]
Team USA gymnast was among many who condemned the actions of the official Gymnastics Ireland is embroiled in a racism row after a shocking video showed a young black competitor being skipped over during a medal ceremony as her white peers were each given an award. Olympic champion Simone Biles
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. presents the Medal of Honor to former U.S. Army Capt. Larry L. Taylor during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C., Sept. 5, 2023. Taylor was awarded the Medal of Honor for his acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving then- […]