The following world records have been ratified...
World record
Women's 50km race walk: 4:05:56, Ines Henriques (POR), London 13 Aug 17
Previous: 4:08:26, Ines Henriques (POR), Porto de Mos, 15 Jan 17
World U20 record
Men's pole vault: 5.90m, Armand Duplantis (SWE), Austin 1 Apr 17
Previous: 5.80m, Maxim Tarasov (URS), Bryansk 14 Jul 89; Raphael Holzdeppe (GER), Biberbach 28 Jun 08
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Runners of the suspected final of the Beijing Half Marathon were sanctioned
The Chinese He Jie, who won the race, and the Africans Dejene Hailu Bikila, Robert Keter and Willy Mnangat, who would have let him win, must return the medals and prizes obtained in the competition.
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If not the Seine River, where? : the alternatives for the opening ceremony that Macron revealed
For the first time, the President of France mentioned the other plans that the organization has for Paris 2024 in the event that, finally, the parade of delegations across the Seine River cannot take place on July 26. “We prepared them in parallel,” he said.
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Shock in the world of gymnastics due to the death of María Herranz
The athlete, who represented Spain in the last World Trampoline Gymnastics Championships held in Birmingham, lost her life “suddenly”.
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The United States confirmed a basketball team that matches the 1992 Dream Team
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Handball drew the groups for Paris 2024: France will seek to defend its crowns
In both men and women, two groups of six were formed and the first four in each zone will go to the quarterfinals. The local teams will try to retain titles won in Tokyo.
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