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WTS is now WTCS, as World Triathlon Series becomes World Triathlon Championship Series. Details aside, it’s still the best-of-the-best going head-to-head to kick off the premier draft-legal racing series in the world. In an Olympic year. Given the past 15 months, a very welcome return, courtesy of the World Triathlon Championship Series Yokohama. That it is Olympic year (fingers crossed) creates particular interest up until 14th June, when the Olympic qualifying period ends. And just to confuse you, the Olympic Qualification Rankings are quite separate from the WTS/WTCS Rankings. That all...

Sri Lankan wrestler Chamara Milinda Perera missed out the opportunity of qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics when he failed to make it to the World Wrestling Qualifying Meet which was held from May 7 to 10 in Sofia, Bulgaria.Chamara was set to compete in the 65kg weight class category and two officials were also expected to take part at this meet. But due to the delay of their Visa’s they couldn’t make this tour.A senior official of the National...

NEW DELHI,  May 6: London Olympics bronze-medallist Saina Nehwal and men’s star Kidambi Srikanth’s last hopes of Olympic qualification hang in balance as the Indian government negotiates for their participation in the Malaysian Open amid a ban on flights from India in that country. Following the postponement of the India Open (May 11-16), Saina and Srikanth’s hopes of qualifying for the Tokyo Games hinge on the (May 25-30) Kuala Lumpur event followed by the Singapore Open (June 1-6). In the wake of an unprecedented COVID-19 surge in India, Malaysia and Singapore have banned flights fro...

Czech national team left frustrated and skeptical after cancellation of 2021 Worlds Sammy Kolowrat and Tereza Vanišová spoke with TIG about how they heard the news, what it means, and what comes next Share this story Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images On April 21, at around 8 p.m. ET, the Czech women’s national team for the 2021 World Championship was announced on Twitter. Five hours later, reports that the tournament was being canceled were confirmed by the IIHF. When the news reached the national team they were preparing to get on a bus and head to Munich the very next day. It was the...

Colombia and USA Dominate Pan American Weightlifting 04/26/21 (ATR) The first Pan American Weightlifting Championship organized in person in more than a year confirms that Colombia and the United States lead the way in the sport on the continent. Maude Charron of Canada (Facebook) Colombia garnered the most gold medals with a total of 22. Fourteen continental records were established, five of them by Colombians. US women also set five in the event held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. While Colombian men won 19 golds, the USA women topped the podium 13 times during the competition orga...