Forty years ago today, the most politically charged Olympics of modern times began when the distinctive

Canada, West Germany and Japan all joined the boycott.

Muscovites who worked without sparing their efforts for the good of the Moscow Olympics," she said.In modern times

He lowered the world record by an astounding 4.13 seconds.The East German women won all but two of the

swimming gold medals available to them, but this masked a sinister truth which did not come to light

 Reigning Olympic champion and world record holder Ed Moses had not been beaten since 1977 and most

Native American groups have launched a "take back what is stolen" campaign in a bid to recognise the achievements of Jim Thorpe, a double Olympic gold medallist at Stockholm 1912.

Huk.American congresswoman Deb Haaland has also introduced a resolution "to compel the IOC to correct Jim's record

".At the time of Thorpe's victories, the New York Times described him "as the mightiest athlete in a

He broke barriers, winning two gold medals at a time when Native Americans weren't even recognised as

Images"Having read the dossier, it took us only two hours of discussion to look at the matter from all

1950 he was chosen as "athlete of the half century" and in 1951 his story was told in the feature film All

Indian sprint record holder Dutee Chand has placed her car on sale as she attempts to cover the costs

Chand, who lowered her Indian 100 metres record to 11.26sec last year, said she had made the "difficult

decision" to sell her BMW.The sprinter was quoted by Times Now as saying she was unable to support herself

Due to the ongoing pandemic all competitions have been cancelled," Chand said, according to Times Now

I have spent all my money and haven't earned anything in the last few months."

Dutee Chand won Summer Universiade gold last year and earned two Asian Games silver medals in 2018 ©Getty

One of India's greatest athletes has claimed "change is needed" in Indian athletics and cast doubt on the country's ability to earn a medal in the sport at the postponed Olympic Games in Tokyo.

 Her time of 55.42 secs remains a national record.

 During her 24-year career, Usha also earned four gold medals at the Asian Games and 14 titles at

 In an interview with Times of India, Usha said change was needed to improve India's performance

 "Maybe all the facilities provided for athletes are low quality?"

 India's performance at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta - where they won 20 medals in track and

Antonio Krastev, one of weightlifting’s all-time greats who was labelled “the world’s strongest man”

in Mendota Heights in Minnesota, without a seatbelt, and had been drinking.Krastev, a multiple world-record

super-heavyweight competition.Two Bulgarians, Mitko Grubler and Angel Genchev, forfeited their gold medals

He truly loved lifting, but he valued his freedom above all, and, as so many before him had, he came

Antonio was at times a very sarcastic guy, but meant no harm with his sarcasm."

seated in a chair - he would mimic the exercise and say ‘maybe if I do this I’ll break another world record

The best young male weightlifter in Austria will not compete for his homeland again after a serious breakdown in relations with his national federation.

ever.Bulgaria, unlike Austria, has a bad historic doping record.The two are coached by Ewald, a former national record-holder

had switched nationality, he said: "Maybe he didn't like the fact that he had been checked several times

All efforts of our reputable trainers in Austria were unsuccessful."

Some of the travel routes and times were impossible," said Peya of David's whereabouts data."

my 27 international medals?"

Beach volleyball, canoe sprint, sport climbing and table tennis have been added to the Munich 2022 European Championships, organisers have announced.

history through their top teams by securing Europe’s very first Olympic and World Championships gold medals

It is an amazing opportunity that all of our stakeholders can look forward to."

select group of sports, holding their 2022 European Championships in Munich, in a country with a great record

European Championships will provide a great platform for the sport ©Getty Images"In these difficult times

, innovation on social and digital platforms, as well as increasing the spread of countries winning medals

Iranian climber Reza Alipour has revealed he is aiming for the Olympic gold medal at Paris 2024 as he continues to seek qualification for Tokyo 2020.

Asian Cheetah" and is regarded as the "vertical world's fastest man" for holding the men's speed world record

I broke my own record at the 2017 IFSC Climbing World Cup but I have not bettered my own best during

the previous years," Alipour said to the Tehran Times."

quarter-finals stage of the 2019 IFSC World Championships.Reza Alipour has won three World Championships medals

I will keep my own record in Asia and the world and winning gold in all events will be my priority."

Eighty-five years ago today there took place one of the great feats in athletics, and sporting, history as Jesse Owens broke five world records and equalled a sixth in the space of 45 minutes.

This extraordinary performance occurred when the then 21-year-old Owens, who would win four gold medals

He equalled the world record of 9.4 seconds.Owens could not afford to lose concentration, as he had only

He won both in world record times of 20.3sec – beating the old mark of 20.6 - and 22.6sec respectively

I can't tell you how many times I've seen my grandad win the 100m dash!" Rankin said.

He was definitely just grandad, but all of his grandchildren – and I am the youngest – knew that at one

Ilya Ilyin, the most controversial and arguably the most popular weightlifter of the 21st century, is retiring from the sport.

during quarantine, and the allocation of only one men’s place to Kazakhstan because of its past doping record

it was restricted to only two quota places at Tokyo 2020, one male and one female.The multiple world record

one doping violation - and he returned to the platform with high hopes of qualifying for Tokyo.Four times

a world champion, Ilya Ilyin was stripped of two Olympic gold medals ©Getty ImagesIlyin’s comments today

had been hoping for one last major effort at the Asian Championships in April - but that event, like all

Olympic, world and Pan American champions have paid tribute to those emergency workers who are helping to curb the spread of COVID-19 during the ongoing pandemic.

Venezuelan BMX freestyle rider Daniel Dhers.Sharing a message between the athletes they said, "Many times

athletes are used to receiving applause, to climb the podium and win medals, to be interviewed for our

Thanks to all the health and medical workers around the world."

The video ends with all the athletes showing their medals and saying "this medal is for you".Neven Ilic

In just a few days after reaching out to them, these athletes did not hesitate to record and send us

Wheelchair athlete David Weir is set to complete his own marathon for charity in the absence of the London Marathon, which has been postponed until October due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

athlete is one of the country's most successful Paralympians with six golds, two silvers and two bronze medals

his name and has competed in every London Marathon since making his debut in 2000 and has won it a record

this post on InstagramExcited to join the #twopointsixchallenge with @londonmarathon please help save all

I know the guys in my academy are missing not being at the club two or three times a week."

A lot of kids with disability suffer with depression and feel left out all the time."

Nostalgia is very much in vogue at the moment as much by necessity as desire.

 Just as well, as he collected the first of his two 1500m gold medals in that Chariots of Ire duel

7 Montreal 1976Because of events in Munich security was intense, and a times stifling.

was partially uplifted by the human dolphin Mark Spitz, ironically an American Jew, who struck gold a record

seven times; the wrecking-ball punching of Cuban heavyweight Teofilo Stevenson, who I dubbed ‘Castro

’s ‘right hand man’; and went on to win two more gold medals, plus the coquettishness of cute gymnast

Hayley Wickenheiser, whom many regard as the greatest-ever female ice hockey player, retired as an athlete in 2017 to pursue a medical career. But Canada’s four-time Olympic champion is still leading from the front - in sport and in life.

"So I was on the frontline with hospitals all across Toronto as a medical trainee.

think a democratically elected institution like the IOC should be censoring its members, especially in times

So this means that all we can do is work hard to prepare for the Games."

and International Ice Hockey Federation Women's World Championship and has won more medals than any

2006 Winter Olympics, and no female ice hockey player has appeared at more Winter Olympics than her record

Anybody who follows the world of weightlifting closely must be in need of an uplift, judging by recent headlines on insidethegames and elsewhere.

his remarkable record of making every single lift a good one in Olympic qualifying, 27 from 27.And then

after leaving the juniors, the outstanding Cikamatana, now Australian, tried to set a senior world record

go down in Olympic history as the first woman ever to make a lift, the first woman to compete five times

“There have been times, because of all the challenges she has faced, when my heart has gone out to her

Golden Girl Dika Toua who has won three gold medals for Team #PNG #Van2017 #PacificMiniGames #weightlifting