Europe News
Ukrainian Paralympians recall hellish training ahead of games
Russia destroyed or damaged around 500 Ukrainian Paralympic sports facilities, forcing Ukrainian athletes to prepare for the Paris games in precarious conditions. Yet the team could end up doing better than in Tokyo 2020. Euronews asked some of the athletes how they made it possible.
Sport
Euroviews. Fencing at the Olympics was transparent and triumphant
The inexorable desire to subordinate sports to politics is disappointing. People should compete only in sports and do it fairly — and fencing attacks should only occur in a fair bout on the fencing field, FIE Interim President Emmanuel Katsiadakis writes.
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France
Have the Olympics alienated the general public from breakdancing?
"There were significant organisational and governance shortcomings that could have been easily reconciled but, unfortunately, negatively impacted breaking’s first touching point to a new global audience," said breakdancing authorities.
Lifestyle
For next Olympics? These are the UK’s weirdest sporting events
We're currently being treated to all the sporting goodness with the Paris Olympics. But across the pond, the UK has a spectacular range of baffling sports events, from throwing Wellington boots to chasing cheese. Maybe some deserving a future inclusion for the Olympic Games?
