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Jul302021 by adminNo Comments

Lilly King, Ryan Murphy snag silver medals in Tokyo Olympics swimming events

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July 29 (UPI) -- U.S. swimmers took home a pair of silver medals and a bronze in four finals races at the Tokyo Aquatic Center in Japan on Thursday. Team USA swimmers Lilly King and Annie Lazor took home silver and bronze respectively in the women's 200-meter breaststroke on Thursday night as Tatjana Schoemaker won the event with a world record time of 2 minutes and 18.95 seconds. King turned in a strong start, leading for much of the race but faltered in the final stretch as she was overtaken by Schoemaker. Conversely, Lazor was in the middle of the pack for much of the race before pushing her way onto the medal stand, edging out 16-year-old Evegina Chikunova. The two Americans embraced a tearful Schoemaker at the conclusion of the race as they celebrated their medal finishes...

Dec312020 by adminNo Comments

Elon Musk’s SpaceX crewed launches led space events in 2020

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ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Launching people into orbit from U.S. soil again during two SpaceX launches topped the year's accomplishments in spaceflight. With that and other achievements, it was a strong year for Elon Musk's company. The launch of the Dragon Endeavour at the end of May with two astronauts on board, followed by the Crew 1 mission's successful flight starting Nov. 15, stood out as historic achievements to spaceflight experts. Advertisement "In the end, it's about the commercialization of spaceflight and what a tremendous success that has been," said retired astronaut Mike Massimo, now a professor teaching spaceflight topics at Columbia University in New York. "Commercialization has unleashed private companies -- entrepreneurs -- to operate a little different than the go...

Mar142020 by adminNo Comments

Coronavirus wipes out most of world’s major sports events on an unprecedented day

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The coronavirus pandemic wiped out most of the world's major sporting events in an unprecedented 24 hours.As Friday began, the Premier League was one of the last football competitions standing - albeit with fans awaiting the outcome of an emergency meeting.During the wait, at 10:20 GMT, England's men's cricket Test tour or Sri Lanka was cancelled. Then at about 11:00 GMT the Premier League and EFL announced: no football until April. In fact, there will be no elite football in the whole of Britain for the next three weeks at least - with BBC Sport's Dan Roan reporting that a Premier League and EFL re-start on 3-4 April is privately deemed "almost impossible".The only Six Nations fixture still ...

Mar102020 by adminNo Comments

Italy suspends all sporting events until April 3 due to coronavirus

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March 9 (UPI) -- All sporting events in Italy have been suspended until next month because of the coronavirus outbreak, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte confirmed Monday. Conte said the suspension, which is part of a countrywide lockdown due to the disease, will go into effect Tuesday. "We're having an important growth in infection... and of deaths," Conte said in his address. "We all must give something up for the good of Italy. We have to do it now, and we'll only be able if we all collaborate and adapt to these more stringent measures. "This is why I decided to adopt even more strong and severe measures to contain the advance... and protect the health of all citizens." Earlier Monday, the Italian Olympic Committee, which oversees all sports in the country, said in a statement th...

Feb52020 by adminNo Comments

Coronavirus: Chinese Grand Prix in doubt as Shanghai suspends sports events

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Sports authorities in Shanghai have recommended the suspension of all sporting events in the city as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.The move casts further doubt on the Chinese Grand Prix, scheduled to be held in Shanghai on 19 April.Its viability will be discussed by Formula 1 bosses on Wednesday. The Shanghai Sports General Association instructed sports bodies to suspend events until the threat from the virus is over.They were told to "formulate a plan for epidemic prevention to avoid internal infections" and to "implement a daily hygiene management system and strengthen health education to urge employees to protect themselves".F1 was not immediately available for comment but, within t...