Athletics coach Henk Botha has expressed his excitement over Namibia’s Olympic Games silver medallist, Christine Mboma, returning to the athletics track in April next year. Earlier this year, Mboma was banned from competing in athletics events by World Athletics due to high testosterone levels. The sport’s governing body announced that female athletes with differences in...
December 28, 2024
Tag: sprint
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Philipsen denies Cavendish Tour stage record in dramatic sprint
Jasper Philipsen won his third stage of the Tour de France in Bordeaux on Friday, overtaking a bitterly disappointed Mark Cavendish in a last-gasp effort after a see-saw struggle to the line. The 38-year-old Cavendish appeared to be about to bag a record-breaking 35th career stage win on the Tour de France when he took...
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Jasper Philipsen avoids disaster in sprint for Tour de France third stage win
Belgian sprint ace Jasper Philipsen demonstrated his speed skills by winning the third stage of the Tour de France on Monday. Philipsen had attracted ridicule last year for celebrating what he believed to be a stage win when in fact Wout van Aert had already crossed the line on a solo escape. A Netflix series...
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Verstappen leads Perez home in Red Bull 1-2 in Spielberg sprint
Max Verstappen led team-mate Sergio Perez home with a dominant display as Red Bull stormed to a comfortable one-two in Saturday’s wet-dry sprint race at the Austrian Grand Prix. The defending double world champion and series leader added eight points to move into a 70–point lead in the drivers’ title race as he won by...
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Roglic seals Giro as sprint king Cavendish claims ‘bucket list’ win
Primoz Roglic won the Giro d’Italia after crossing with the peloton on Sunday’s final procession stage in Rome, which was claimed by Mark Cavendish in his final ever appearance at the Italian Grand Tour. Jumbo Visma rider Roglic, 33, has added another Grand Tour to his long list of honours which includes a treble of...