No more dirty diesel for Paris Olympic sites

No more dirty diesel for Paris Olympic sites

French sports venues preparing for this year's Paris Olympics are set to ditch their diesel generators in favour of power grid connections as part of efforts to cut the carbon emissions linked to the Games, Agence France-Presse reported Tuesday.







Refugee Olympian Lohalith suspended for suspected doping

Refugee Olympian Lohalith suspended for suspected doping

The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said Tuesday that Olympic refugee team runner Anjelina Nadai Lohalith has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for Trimetazidine, Agence France-Presse reports. The banned substance, usually used to prevent and treat the symptoms of angina, is the same that put 23 Chinese swimmers in the spotlight recently.



France refuses Russian volunteers Olympic accreditation

France refuses Russian volunteers Olympic accreditation

France has rejected the accreditation applications of more than 20 Russian citizens who wanted to go to Paris as volunteers during the upcoming Summer Olympics, one of the Russian accreditation applicants told TASS after receiving a written rejection from the Paris 2024 Organising Committee.