Tag: Paris 2024 Olympics

I saw athlete on fire running towards me after attack, neighbour tells BBC

Warning: This article contains details some readers may find disturbing "I was…

Celestine Karoney Celestine Karoney

‘What an able body can do, I can do’ – Nigeria’s powerlifting power

The 39-year-old wheelchair user is part of Nigeria’s hugely successful para-powerlifting squad…

Isaiah Akinremi Isaiah Akinremi

Paris 2024: How Nigeria’s Mariam Eniola Bolaji makes her mark

When Mariam Eniola Bolaji defeated Oksana Kozyna to clinch bronze in the…

Gareth Walker Gareth Walker

Algeria’s Nemour makes history with uneven bars gold

Algeria's Kaylia Nemour stormed to gold in the women's uneven bars final…

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How war has hurt Ethiopia’s Olympic hopes

Redae Gebreyesus could have been representing Ethiopia at the Paris Olympics, but…

Girmay Gebru Girmay Gebru

‘I’m just one of a billion’: refugee Cindy Ngamba’s remarkable road to Olympics

It’s the stink of the gym Cindy Ngamba remembers best. Sweat, leather…

Andy Bull Andy Bull

What it’s like to be your country’s only Olympian

As the only athlete sent by his country to the Olympics in…

James FitzGerald James FitzGerald