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Ugandan Olympian set on fire in apparent gender-based attack

Ugandan distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei is in intensive care in Kenya after her boyfriend doused her in petrol and set her on fire. She reportedly sustained 80% burns in the attack. Our…

2 weeks ago

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From fleeing Iran to Olympian hopeful on refugee team

Dorsa Yavarivafa and her mother left Tehran in 2018 out of fear and a love of badminton. Now in England, Yavarivafa will compete as part of the International Olympic Committee's refugee team,…

4 months ago

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Unlikely Olympian ‘Eric the Eel’ reflects on his fame 20 years on

Twenty years ago, Eric 'the Eel' Moussambani became a global star after swimming a 100-metre freestyle alone in the Olympic pool in Sydney so slowly that it appeared he might sink. Moussambani…

4 years ago

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Nigeria’s Paralympic gold medalist Ndidi Nwosu dies at 40

Olympic and Commonwealth Games champion, Ndidi Nwosu, has passed away owing to complications from a spinal cord injury she sustained at the last Commonwealth Games in Australia.⁣…

4 years ago

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Phelps happy to be retiring

U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian ever, says he is happy to be retiring.…

8 years ago

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Ugandan Olympian set on fire in apparent gender-based attack

From fleeing Iran to Olympian hopeful on refugee team

Unlikely Olympian ‘Eric the Eel’ reflects on his fame 20 years on

Nigeria’s Paralympic gold medalist Ndidi Nwosu dies at 40

Phelps happy to be retiring

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