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Fencing mom Arianna Errigo and high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi named Italy's Olympic flagbearers
ROME (AP) — A fencing mother of twins and a high-jumping symbol of Italy's success at the Tokyo Olympics will be the country's flagbearers at the Paris Games opening ceremony. Arianna Errigo and Gianmarco Tamberi were selected on Monday by the Italian Olympic Committee for the...
Ethiopian distance runner and Olympic finalist Zerfe Wondemagegn banned 5 years for doping
MONACO (AP) — A runner from Ethiopia who reached the 3,000-meter steeplechase final at the Tokyo Olympics, and narrowly missed the world championship podium last year, has been banned for five years after testing positive for two banned substances. Zerfe Wondemagegn admitted...
Olympic champion Jepchirchir wins women's race at London Marathon in record time
LONDON (AP) — Peres Jepchirchir was more focused on securing a chance to defend her Olympic gold than on setting a world record for a women-only marathon. She ended up doing both after pulling away late to win the London Marathon women’s race on Sunday. ...
Mutiso Munyao gives Kenya another London Marathon win after tribute to Kiptum
LONDON (AP) — Alexander Mutiso Munyao delivered another win for Kenya on a day the London Marathon remembered last year's champion Kelvin Kiptum. A race that started with a period of applause for Kiptum, who was killed in a car crash in Kenya in February, ended with his countryman...
Duplantis sets pole vault world record in opening Diamond League meet in China
XIAMEN, China (AP) — Armand Duplantis added a centimeter to his own pole vault world record after clearing 6.24 meters at the season-opening Diamond League meet on Saturday. Sweden's Duplantis said before the meet he never puts limits on himself and was always capable of a record....
Olympic sports bodies criticize track and field's move to pay $50,000 for Paris gold medalists
GENEVA (AP) — Olympic sports bodies criticized World Athletics on Friday for promising to pay $50,000 for each track and field gold medal won at the Paris Olympics. Last week's move by the track body and its president Sebastian Coe broke with tradition because the International...
Former world champion runner Jeruto faces doping case hearing in June ahead of Paris Olympics
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Former steeplechase world champion Norah Jeruto faces a doping case hearing in June, five weeks before the Paris Olympics open. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Wednesday it will hear an appeal by World Athletics on June 17 against a ruling last...
Boston Marathon winners hope victories will earn them spot in Paris Olympics
AP Sports Writer (AP) — There are two main things to look for when picking an Olympic marathon team: speed and success. Sisay Lemma has both. The 2024 Boston Marathon champion says he expects to be on the roster for the Paris Games when Ethiopian officials make their...
Olympic gold is great, but athletes say some cash to go with it is even better
NEW YORK (AP) — They compete for a trophy, a ring, the chance to be called a champion and, sometimes, a place in history. Most of the world's best athletes in all sorts of sports compete for cold, hard cash, too. After more than 100 years of striving to earn Olympic gold — but...
Hellen Obiri claims back-to-back Boston Marathon titles, leading Kenyan podium sweep
BOSTON (AP) — Kenya’s Hellen Obiri broke away from a large pack late to become the first woman to repeat as Boston Marathon champion since 2005, crossing the finish line in 2 hour, 22 minutes and 37 seconds on Monday. The 34-year-old Obiri split from more than a dozen runners in...
