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Faith Kipyegon sees mission on miles fail
22.59 hours: The Kenyan Faith Kipyegon did not succeed in walking the mile as the first woman under 4 minutes. During a specially set up event in Paris, the triple Olympic champion in the more than 1600 meters did not go further than 4.06.42. That is under her world record of 4.07.64, but due to the presence of male tempo makers, that new age does not go into the books.
Kipyegon (31) is a triple Olympic and world champion in the 1500 meters. With sports brand Nike, she set up the Breaking4 event, where she lost sight of the 4-minute limit in the second part of the race.
Volleyball men lose in Nations League of Germany
8.11 pm: The Oranje volleyball players also lost to Germany in the Nations League. The team of national coach Joel Banks won the first set in Belgrade, but had to leave the next three to the Germans: 26-24 22-25 21-25 24-26.
The Orange started the second week of the Nations League on Wednesday with a defeat against Argentina. Earlier this month, during the first week in China, the team only won Turkey. Of the eighteen countries, only Turkey and Serbia did not come to more than one win.
In the fourth set against the Germans, the Netherlands came back from a backlog just like in the first set. At 24-23 the team had a chance to draw the stand in sets, but Germany won the next three points and with that the game. Orange will still play against Cuba on Friday and on Sunday against Iran.
Tennis star Barbora Krejcikova withdraws from Eastbourne
6.43 pm: Barbora Krejcikova, the Wimbledon champion of 2024, withdrew from the Eastbourne tournament with a thigh injury on Thursday.
The Czech tennis star reached the quarterfinals at Devonshire Park after victories over British players Harriet Dart and Jodie Burrage.
Krejcikova has decided to focus on her recovery on the way to Wimbledon. “I think it is better to take a rest on Wimbledon in the coming days, to see what is going on and to solve that,” said Krejcikova on her Instagram account. Wimbledon starts on Monday.
IOC wants to lead discussion about gender criteria
6.03 pm: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will lead the discussions about gender criteria for participating in sport. That is what the new chairman Kirsty Coventry said in Lausanne on Thursday. She made this ruling four years after the administrative body encouraged the sports associations to assess issues themselves independently.
Coventry, who this week after the ceremony in Lausanne as the first woman and first African officially took over the chairmanship from Thomas Bach, said she now wants the IOC to “protect the female category”. She announced the establishment of a working group that will lead these discussions and another to evaluate the election process for future Olympic guest cities.
For a long time, the IOC has been refusing to apply universal rules to the participation of transgender people in the Games and instructed international federations to develop their own guidelines in 2021.
National coach Doudesis selects fifteen water polosters for World Cup
3.40 pm: National coach Evangelos Doudesis has selected the fifteen water polosters with which the team participates in the World Cup in Singapore. Lois den Ouden has lost weight of the provisional selection of sixteen players.
The water polosters will compete against China, Argentina and the United States at the World Cup from 11 to 23 July. The team became world champion in 2023 and in 2024 in its own country European champion. At the Paris Olympic Games last summer, the water polosters conquered bronze.
The Dutch team still plays a four -country tournament in Budapest. After victories in Greece (16-12) and host country Hungary (15-12), the Dutch are still playing against New Zealand on Thursday.
The team joins Singapore in the following composition: sarah Buis (GZC Donk, goalkeeper), Britt van den Dobbelsteen (ZV de Zaan, goalkeeper), Simone van de Kraats (CN Sabadell, Spain), -Marje Keuning (Gzc Donk), Laap, Itali Fleurien Bosveld (Polar Bears), Sabrina van der Sloot (GZC Donk), Nina ten Broek (CN Terrassa, Spanje), Marit van der Weijden (GZC Donk), Kitty Lynn Joustra (Vouliagmeni NC, Griekenland), Vivian Sevenich (GZC Donk), Bente Rogge (ZV De Zaan), Pien Gorter (The Ravine) and Noa de Vries (FTC, Hungary).
From the team that conquered Olympic bronze, Lola Moolhuijzen and keeper Laura Aarts are missing. Moolhuijzen is still recovering from an injury, Aarts was passed.
No public go ahead Eagles in season opener at Fortuna
12.47 pm: Go Ahead Eagles plays the first game of the season at Fortuna Sittard on 8 August without its own supporters. The club from Deventer reports that the punishment is the result of disorderly after fireworks incidents in the match against PSV in the semi-final of the KNVB cup.
Go Ahead Eagles says it does not have evidence to identify people in response to the disorder in the semi -final. As a result, the appeals committee left no other option than imposing a collective punishment. A measure that the club is not in principle, according to Go Ahead.
“As a club, we have done everything we can to identify the people who graduated against PSV fireworks during the game, but unfortunately that did not succeed sufficiently,” says general director Jan Willem van Dop on the club website. “That is very annoying, because this is now also punished by all the benevolent supporters. And that is exactly what we don’t want.”
Basketball players 3×3 after victory over the Czech Republic to the intermediate round World Cup
11.59 am: The Dutch 3×3 basketball players have qualified for the interim round at the World Cup in Mongolia. In Ulaanbaatar, the team beat the Czech Republic in the last group match 21-15 and finished third. Hungary is the opponent in the interim round.
The Dutch team, which was placed second behind China, had already won Chile earlier in the day. The team had started the World Cup with defeats against Japan and the United States.
Against the Czech Republic, Noortje Driessen was good for 9 points. Janis Boonstra and Ilse Kuijt made 5 points and Evelien Lutje Schipholt made 2 points.
Group winner US qualified directly for the quarterfinals. Japan and the Netherlands go to the interim round. The Dutch men had qualified for the interim round on Wednesday.
David Gaudu reverses Tour de France
10.53 am: David Gaudu does not start in the Tour de France. The 28-year-old classification rider has decided with his team Groupama-FDJ to skip the Tour, because his shape is not good enough, he himself reported to the French news agency AFP.
“As far as my current level is concerned, I have been transparent against the team. We therefore decided to skip the Tour this year,” said Gaudu, who finished fourth in the Tour de France in 2022. “It is a big disappointment, especially because the Tour will be in Brittany this year and my loved ones could see me there.”
Gaudu has a difficult season, in which he fell several times. He finished 66th in the Giro d’Italia, in which he sustained injuries to his right hand due to a fall. The Frenchman started the season with a stage victory in the Tour of Oman.
Gaudu participated in the Tour seven times in a row. In addition to fourth place in 2022, he finished ninth in 2023.
Xavi Simons and Lutsharel Geertruida open with RB Leipzig Bundesliga season against Bayern Munich
10.51 am: The new Bundesliga season will start on Friday, August 22 with a match between champion Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig. The German Football Association (DFL) announced this on Thursday.
At RB Leipzig, Orange internationals Xavi Simons and Lutsharel Geertruida are under contract.
The DFL surprised Thursday with the announcement of the opening match. The expectation was that the entire calendar would be announced in one go on Friday.
Basketball players 3×3 books First victory at World Cup
09.26 hours: The Dutch 3×3 basketball players have booked their first victory at the World Championship in Mongolia. In Ulaanbaatar, the team beat Chili 21-13.
The Dutch team, which was placed second behind China, consists of Janis Boonstra, Noortje Driessen, Ilse Kuijt and Evelien Lutje Schipholt. They had started defeats against Japan and the United States. The basketball players have to beat the Czech Republic later on Thursday to reach the interim round.
The Dutch men qualified for the interim round on Wednesday.