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US figure skater whose parents were killed in plane crash heads to Olympics
5+ hour, 19+ min ago (286+ words) US Figure skater Maxim Naumov, whose parents were killed in a commercial plane crash in Washington DC last year, has made the US figure skating team heading to the Milan Olympics next month. Naumov's dream to make the US Olympic…...
Rhys McClenaghan: Olympic champion 'all in' for 2026 after 'year of physical pain'
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1105+ words) McClenaghan has not competed since winning Olympic gold in Paris last year because of a shoulder injury While 2024 was the year in which Rhys McClenaghan achieved all of his dreams, 2025 served as a reminder of how injuries can threaten to…...
Rhys McClenaghan: Olympic champion 'all in' for 2026 after 'year of physical pain"
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1105+ words) McClenaghan has not competed since winning Olympic gold in Paris last year because of a shoulder injury While 2024 was the year in which Rhys McClenaghan achieved all of his dreams, 2025 served as a reminder of how injuries can threaten to…...
Gymnastics coach from Maidstone returns to work after paralysis
3+ week, 1+ day ago (369+ words) A 21-year-old former gymnast who became paralysed from the neck down after an accident has resumed his career as a coach. Ollie Pearce, from Maidstone, Kent, is coaching at Pegasus Gymnastics Club three days a week, a year-and-a-half after sustaining…...
Stockton gymnastic studio revamp to benefit more students
4+ week, 22+ hour ago (334+ words) Owners of a gymnastics academy say they can now welcome hundreds more students thanks to a "45,000 refurbishment of its training facility. GymMad Gymnastics Academy in Stockton, received a grant from Enovert Community Trust (ECT), provided through the Landfill Communities Fund,…...
BBC Audio | More Than The Score | Olivia Reeves: the Olympic weightlifting champion making her sport more accessible
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (518+ words) Olivia Reeves is the Olympic weightlifting champion doing the heavy lifting to make her sport more accessible. She became the first American woman in twenty-four years to win an Olympic Gold medal in ... More Than The Score Olivia Reeves: the…...
BBC Audio | Woman's Hour | Jacinda Ardern, Women leaving teaching, Abuse in sport
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (342+ words) UK Sport has signed a contract worth more than "300,000 to allow thousands of athlete's access to an app which detects and hides abusive posts sent by other users on social media. BBC Sport ... Jacinda Ardern, Women leaving teaching, Abuse in…...
Winter Olympics: Lara Gut-Behrami to miss Milano Cortina 2026 with knee injury
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (286+ words) Lara Gut-Behrami won super-G gold and giant slalom bronze at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing Defending super-G champion Lara Gut-Behrami will miss the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy after suffering a season-ending knee injury. Swiss Ski said the 34-year-old will have…...
Gymnast Lucie Colebeck breaks world record for backflips
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (285+ words) A former British gymnast has set a new world record for backflipping. Lucie Colebeck, from Binfield in Berkshire, completed 17 standing backwards somersaults in 30 seconds on the roof of the O2 arena in London. She comfortably beat the previous record for women,…...
Ukrainian freediving champion sets new world record
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (28+ words) Kateryna Sadurska has set a new world record in the Constant Weight No Fins discipline with a dive to 86 metres. Ukrainian freediving champion sets new world record...