Dara Ó Briain goes green in Paris but the Seine is still polluted
A digital composite shows multiple stages of the men's 100m final at the Olympic Games in Paris, where Noah Lyle took gold. Photograph: Hector Vivas/Getty Imagesis looking to cash in on his profile by getting his own brand of sneakers, á la Michael Jordan and other basketball players who made fortunes from such footwear branding.
And World Athletics president Seb Coe, the two-time Olympic champion, asserted Lyle’s emergence as the face of athletics was to be welcomed: “He is recognising that he is beginning to transcend the sport, which is really what we want them all to do.” Claire Michel was hospitalised for four days after competing in the women’s triathlon last week and newspaper De Standaard reported the team’s decision not to participate was due to her suffering from E.coli infection.
World Athletics enforced a ban on Russian athletes following the invasion of Ukraine, hence the likes of high jumper Mariya Lasitskene – gold medallist in Tokyo – are among those left far removed from events in Paris.
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