athletes

Lasitskene And Shubenkov Lead Russian Athletes’ Rebellion

Four Russian athletes, including three-time high-jump world champion Mariya Lasitskene, on Tuesday urged their fellow competitors to challenge their country’s athletics body over its handling of its doping ban.

Lasitskene, alongside 2015 110m hurdles world champion Sergey Shubenkov, pole vault world champion Anzhelika Sidorova and former hammer thrower Sergey Litvinov, is looking to use RUSAF’s long-dormant Athletes Commission to speed up changes within the governing body.

Launching a new Instagram page for the commission, the group urged fellow athletes to “work together” to “change Russian athletics’ current situation”.

Last month the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) decided to ban Russia from …

Taiwan’s Wheelchair Athletes Find Love On The Dance Floor

Taiwanese athletes Vincent Kuo and Ivy Huang each discovered an electric talent for wheelchair dancing on their own — but it was when they were paired up together that the sparks really flew.

Part of the island’s last generation of polio survivors, they have spent years perfecting their dance routines.

Currently ranked world number two, the recently-married couple are in Germany this weekend to compete in the World Para Dance Sport Championship.

“I have always been interested in sports even if I can’t play them because of my disabilities,” Kuo told AFP during a break from practicing Latin dance moves …

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Sirawoo Charges Athletes To See Sports Beyond Recreation

President of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) Honour Sirawoo, has charged athletes and team players in Yobe State to aspire beyond the state in their chosen sports.

He gave the charge in Damaturu, Yobe State capital, shortly after inspecting facilities at the August 27 Stadium, where he addressed athletes preparing for international championship, among others, as part of activities marking his two-day official visit to the state.

Sirawoo, who appreciated the level of engagements of young talents in the sports development architecture of the state, said with determination, their dreams of becoming great players could be achieved.

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