Simone Biles has withdrew from Sunday’s vault and uneven bars gymnastics finals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The four-time Olympic champion, 24, withdrew from Tuesday’s women’s team final as well as Thursday’s individual all-around final saying she had to focus on …
Read More »World Records – What Exactly does Athletes Do To Keep Breaking Them?
More 30 world records were broken during the London 2012 Summer Olympics. They fell in swimming, cycling, running, weightlifting and a number of other sports. But how do athletes continue to succeed, jump for a long time, run or swim faster. In as much as scientists say that athletes have …
Read More »Reduced drug testing during coronavirus pandemic say athletes
The reduction of drug testing during the coronavirus pandemic has been a “let-down”, “frustrating” and “disheartening”, according to several athletes. In March, both UK Anti-doping (Ukad) and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) publicly announced a reduction in their testing programmes. “It put a question mark on clean sport in …
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