Hungary have topped the medal table at the 2019 International Canoe Federation Junior and Under-23 Canoe Sprint World Championships after winning five gold medals on the final day in Pitesti.
Sophia Jensen has won her second gold medal of the 2019 International Canoe Federation Junior and Under-23 Sprint World Championships in Pitesti in Romania, and her fifth in the competition.
Australia's Thomas Green showed why he has reached a senior K1 1000 metres World Cup final as he won gold in the under-23 event at the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Junior and Under-23 Sprint World Championships.
The gold medal favourites began their campaigns strongly at the 2019 International Canoe Federation (ICF) Junior and Under-23 Sprint World Championships as competition got underway with the heats in Pitesti in Romania.
The Olympics – whether in Tokyo 2020 or further afield – will be in the minds of the world's best young sprint canoeists in Romania this week.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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Political neutrality in sport remains a conundrum, with conflicting messages often stemming from the sports world and the Olympic Movement. Nancy Gillen reports on the subject after attending the Peace and Sport Forum last week.
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