Hungary get first men’s épée team gold in 52 years

Hungary ended a 52-year gold medal drought in Olympic men’s épée team event fencing with a dramatic 26-25 overtime triumph over Tokyo 2020 champions Japan on Friday at the Paris Games. Gergely Siklosi got the deciding point against Koki Kano who had ti…

Uganda’s Cheptegei wins Olympic 10,000m gold

Uganda’s world record holder Joshua Cheptegei beat the Ethiopian rivals to add a first Olympic 10,000 metres gold medal to his three world titles over the distance. Cheptegei won from the front in an Olympic record 26 minutes 43.14 seconds, after getti…

Daudet leads men’s BMX racing podium sweep for France

Top favourite Joris Daudet delighted a home crowd as he led a BMX racing podium sweep for France in the men’s event at the Paris Games on Friday. Daudet emerged victorious in 31.422 seconds, defeating team-mates Sylvain André and Romain Mahieu respecti…

First gold for the neutral athletes at Paris Games

Trampoline gymnast Ivan Litvinovich has become the first Paris Olympics gold medallist from the 31 Russian and Belarusian athletes allowed to compete as Authorized Neutral Athletes (AIN). Belarusian Litvinovich got back-to-back gold ahead of Chinese at…