48.34 anchor from Sharlene Mawdsley to qualify the 🇮🇪Irish women's 4x400m for the world championships #WorldRelays

“Je ne suis pas capable de faire 1% de ce qu’il fait” Gilbert Dujardin-Delacour est le seul à sauter dans la catégorie des plus de 85 ans aux championnats de France. Pour l’émission Sport, etc, Mattéo Rolet s’est rendu à l’un de ses entraînements.

L'ENTRÉE SUR LE TERRAIN D'HOLLIE DAVIDSON 🤩 Première femme à arbitrer un match du TOP 14, elle officie la rencontre entre Clermont et Lyon 🙌 #ASMLOU

We lost a legend this week. Olympic Gold medalist Ron Delany passed away at 91. The summer before the 1956 Olympics, Delany ran a 4:20 mile at a meet in Dublin. Then, he got spiked badly in Paris and could barely race the rest of the season. The press said he was burnt out. The Olympic Council only confirmed his selection at the last possible moment. As he was struggling with his form, John Landy pulled him aside. He told him he looked strained, that his shoulders were too tense and he needed to relax. Landy was the Olympic favorite, the 2nd man under 4. The man he'd have to beat in Melbourne gave him the technical cue that would help unlock the run of his life. Arriving at the Melbourne Olympics as an afterthought, he meets the British trio of 1500m stars in the village. They want to do a friendly breakdown of the field. Who's going to do well? Delany: "I'm going to win." They looked at him like he was out of his mind. Why was he so sure? In his last training session before Melbourne, coach Brutus Hamilton pulled a piece of twine out of his pocket. Strung it across the track and had Delany run through it, arms spread wide, like a finish line celebration. Then he said: "Now, son, we have practised everything." They'd rehearsed winning, including winning. In an era where there were no sports psychologist, Delany had a pre-race protocol. Two hours out, he'd deliberately turn on the nerves. He'd let the anxiety build, get the adrenaline flowing. Then an hour before, he flipped the switch. Become what he called "the cold, calculated, tactician." It was a threat-to-challenge conversion decades before we had a name for it. On December 1st, 1956, there were 120,000 people at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with a field that was one of the best in history. At the bell, Delany was tenth. Six meters off the lead. Then he started to move. He passed Landy with 180 to go. And closed his final 200 in 25.6, to break the Olympic record by four seconds. "There is no pain...Into the home stretch and I feel the strength, as if running on air... legs flowing so easily, breathing so consistent and effortless, my mind so relaxed and concentrated." After he crossed the line, Delany dropped to his knees in prayer. Landy, the favorite who'd helped fix his form months earlier and just lost, "was the first over me — which is a great tribute to the closeness of sportsmanship. He thought I'd collapsed, sees my face, and sees I'm not even winded." After the race, Delany sent a telegram to his first coach, Jack Sweeney, back in Dublin. Three words: "We did it Jack." He was 21, 10,000 miles from home, had just won the Olympic gold medal. And his first instinct was to credit the man who taught him to race. RIP Ronnie.

You got to give lots of credit to Eileen Gu for responding brilliantly back to the reporter with great confidence. She looked him in the eye said that was a "ridiculous perspective" without any hesitation or fear. 😁

Para las interesadas, Gabriella Papadakis y Madison Hubbell (medallistas olímpicas en danza sobre hielo) llevaron a cabo este proyecto para promover la visibilidad e inclusión de parejas del mismo sexo en el patinaje artístico competitivo internacional 🤍

Hollie Davidson is set to become the first woman every to referee a #TOP14 match 🙋‍♀️ the French league regularly brings in foreign referees 🌍 the match she will take charge of is not yet confirmed but it is expected to be after the Six Nations

Rhino watch on the River Dodder in Dublin. Status: Defiant 🦏 #flooding

GRMA to all our loyal supporters for making the journey to London today to support us. 💚🤍🧡

it is literally insane that the whole world is now obsessed with "the boy aquarium" and meanwhile we're all just sleeping on women's hockey when they're out there pulling moves like this

And I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And its rider's name was Death.

Après Tarrit qui rend hommage à Zizou on a Hastoy qui rend hommage à Cantonna. Un week-end comme on les aiment

History in the making 🙌 From the BKT URC to the Haka, Hollie is blazing a trail for the next generation of officials 😎✨ #BKTURC #URC | #QuilterNS #WALvNZL

❤️ San Mamés was buzzing yesterday thanks to an exciting match between @EFF_FVF and @Palestine_fa 5⃣1⃣,3⃣9⃣6⃣ spectators attended the international match to call for the official recognition of the Basque national team as well as for peace in Gaza and the recognition of Palestine as an independent state. ✊ Two causes, two teams and two nations united.

Notice how Basque players walked out with children by their side, while the Palestinians carried white roses, remembering the children stolen from them.

The Ireland Men's U20s team to face South Africa in Cork on Friday night! 🟢 Tickets are available via Ticketmaster, while the match will be live streamed on IrishRugby

Gregory went from the saddest cat in the shelter, to spacecat superstar, to helping other animals in need, all thanks to you. I almost can’t believe it, but today I was able to donate $10k to his former animal shelter. Remember: even if you’re small, your impact can be large.

Historic news! MacKenzie Scott’s $38M gift is an extraordinary investment in Spelman’s mission and future — enhancing the student experience, modernizing technology, and expanding financial opportunity for our scholars. Together, we’re shaping change-making global leaders. #Spelman #HBCU #StudentSuccess #EquityinEducation #ThrivingTogether

Billionaire MacKenzie Scott donated another $4.2B, months after giving away $1.7B HBCUs she gave to: $40M to Morgan St $15M to Clark Atlanta $20M to Delaware St. $15M to Elizabeth City $50M to Prairie View $30M to Virginia St $5M to Dillard and more medium.com/@mackenzie_scott/…