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The Most Fatuous Nobel Peace Prize - WSJ

2023-10-29T15:54:00Z

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   In reviewing “Eurowhiteness” by Hans Kudnani (Bookshelf, Oct. 26), Tunku
 Varadarajan suggests, “Perhaps the most fatuous recent bestowal of the Nobel
 Peace Prize was its award in 2012 to the European Union for the ‘advancement
 of peace and reconciliation’ on the continent.” Even more fatuous was
 President Barack Obama’s 2009 Nobel Peace Prize merely for not being
 President George W. Bush.



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Daily Sabah

Nobel laureate Sancar stresses vital role of
 science in Türkiye's 2nd century | Daily Sabah

2023-10-29T08:20:00Z

https://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/nobel-laureate-sancar-stresses-vital-role-of-science-in-turkiyes-2nd-century/news

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   Nobel laureate and Turkish biologist Aziz Sancar said Türkiye will need
 science in its second century, stressing that, "If we are strong in
 science, we will be strong in everything.”



   Sancar, who made history as the first Turkish scientist to win the Nobel
 Prize in chemistry in 2015, said as he spoke to Anadolu Agency (AA) about the
 100th anniversary of the republic.



   He noted his time in the U.S. state of North Carolina, where he has taught
 for years.



   "My scientific education took place in Türkiye. I learned the
 scientific method in Türkiye. I had exceptional teachers from primary school
 to high school and at the Istanbul Faculty of Medicine. During my years of
 study, the Istanbul Faculty of Medicine was one of the best in Europe.



   "That's why I believe that the Nobel Prize I received was won by
 (Türkiye’s founder Mustafa Kemal) Atatürk and the republic. For this reason,
 the Nobel medal is in Anıtkabir (the mausoleum of Atatürk)," he said.


Sancar emphasized that the Nobel Prize represents not only himself and the Republic of Türkiye, but also Turks across the world.


"Our land is not given to us; we take our land. This happened thanks to Atatürk and his comrades. It happened because of their beliefs and the revolutions they made. If it weren't for him, a scientist from the town of Savur in (southeastern Turkish province of ) Mardin wouldn't have received a Nobel Prize," he said.


"In the first 100 years of the republic, Türkiye has risen to the level of a powerful country. This was achieved through the revolutions and ideas initiated by Atatürk and his comrades.


The Turkish republic has taken significant steps toward providing equal rights for both girls and boys. For example, Türkiye has produced more female physics professors than Germany. Our country has provided educational opportunities for both the poor and the rich more than any other country in the world," he said.


"While all kinds of oppression and injustice are carried out by so-called great powers all over the world, Türkiye has always followed a peaceful path and tried to defend the rights of the oppressed when necessary.


"For Türkiye's second century, we need science the most. We should invest as much in science as we invest in defense. If we are strong in science, we will be strong in everything. This can be seen in the current geopolitical world," he added.


Sancar pointed out that Türkiye has taken important steps in achieving Atatürk's great ideal of Turkish unity.


"Atatürk lit that torch, but he couldn't do anything concrete in the conditions of that time. But he instilled that ideal in the future generations. Now there are significant advances toward achieving Turkish unity. I and my close friends believe in Turkish unity and work towards that goal."


 


 


'Don't waste your time'


Sancar had the following message for young people on the 100th anniversary of the republic:


"My advice to the new generation is to work hard and not waste your time on fleeting arguments. Focus on the profession you have chosen. Don't imitate the West; let them imitate us. We have many virtues to be imitated."


Who is Aziz Sancar?


Born in 1946 in southeastern Mardin province, Sancar was one of eight children in a family with little education. Thanks to his family's emphasis on education, he was able to study in Mardin up to university.


After completing his undergraduate at Istanbul University Medical School, Sancar went to the U.S. for a graduate education and obtained a Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Texas.


He specialized in DNA repair and cell cycle and, in 2015, he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Tomas Lindahl and Paul Modrich for their work on DNA repair.


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Nobel Prize

Fortune

Here’s the climate movement’s biggest mistake since
 the 1970s, according to the climate scientist who won the Nobel Prize
 alongside Al Gore

2023-10-23T16:30:00Z

https://fortune.com/2023/10/23/climate-movement-biggest-mistake-since-1970s-scientist-who-nobel-prize-al-gore-david-schimel/

The world is finally waking up to climate change
 not as a slow increase in temperatures but as a cascading series of
 devastating events, occurring not just with more frequency but also with ever
 more extreme effects. Numerous regions have experienced entirely new types of
 weather. The world is palpably different—and not in a good way.



   Decades of living in denial have left us both unprepared for these
 conditions and facing the far more difficult tasks of adaptation to the new
 climate and decarbonization. Had we started when it first became clear in the
 1970s that climate change was a scientific reality, our work would have
 mostly consisted of mitigation.



   Amid the devastation of 2023, which may shatter records not only for the
 hottest summer but also for the hottest year on record, it is hard to imagine
 the casual rejection of well-substantiated warnings. But that’s precisely
 what happened.



   Looking back 50 years, it was challenging to project the rate of increase
 in greenhouse gas concentrations because we could not forecast future
 economic activity better than economists and Wall Street analysts. Correcting
 for the projections of emissions, one can see that the correlation of global mean
 temperature to greenhouse gas concentrations that climate scientists warned
 of was about right.



   Climate models have been quite accurate in projecting the response of
 global mean temperature to changes in greenhouse gases, primarily carbon
 dioxide, but also methane, nitrous oxide, and other gases produced both
 naturally and due to human activities.



   However, despite the rigor and breadth of the science, these dire
 conclusions have been consistently challenged, delaying or forgoing
 opportunities to curtail climate change and adapt to it.



   I have some experience here: I was the convening lead author of the
 scientific community’s climate change report awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize
 alongside Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth. Scientists have consistently
 warned about temperature rise, and humanity has reacted—as Gore noted in An
 Inconvenient Truth—like frogs in a quickly heating pot of water, unmoved as
 the temperature rises toward a boil. As it turns out, that proverb is a myth:
 Frogs are smart enough to jump out of a pot of heating water. I’m not sure
 what that says about humanity.



   The delay, while maddening, has provided us with critical new information
 to plot a path to safety. Damages from climate change, mostly due to
 extremes, are growing far faster than projected. In other words,
 adaptation is going to be more expensive than we thought. At the same
 time—although sophisticated models have in the past projected high costs of
 shifting to new energy sources (i.e., mitigation)—the cost of new clean
 energy is dropping faster than projected.



   In short, damage costs are rising rapidly and green energy costs are
 dropping quickly.



   We still have time—barely. Meeting the twin challenges of decarbonization
 and adaptation, the planet’s warming of 1.5 to 3 degrees above industrial-era
 norms will test our ingenuity and technological creativity.



   One of our signal failures, decades ago, was to accept the false choice
 pitting climate change mitigation against economic growth. We have to reset
 the terms of the debate:



   At Entelligent (a climate data firm I cofounded in hopes we could bend this
 curve), we analyze both physical risks (the damage done when the climate
 warms) and transition risks (the cost and benefit to publicly traded
 companies when they lower dependence on fossil fuels). We can see the trends
 clearly in our statistical analysis: A world invested in a productive climate
 transition will be a wealthier world.



   The idea of climate action leading to a wealthier world is worth
 emphasizing. We can’t force global action, but three critical ideas must move
 to the top of our agenda:



   Despite our harsh reality, there are still opportunities to keep moving in
 the right direction.



   Yes, the impact of climate change on regional weather systems has intensified
 our direct experience, if not universal understanding, of the consequences of
 climate change with its major impact on health, infrastructure, jobs, the
 economy, and day-to-day life.



   By limiting the expensive, GDP-crushing impacts of ever-worsening
 catastrophes and encouraging the wealth creation that climate innovation will
 spur around the world, we can generate economic growth.



   The extremes we are now experiencing appear to have gotten society’s attention.
 While it’s frustrating to not have been heard, given the need to play
 catch-up, we must use this new energy to improve our responses and make more
 sustainable choices.



   David Schimel, a 2007 Nobel Prize laureate alongside Al Gore, is chairman
 and cofounder of climate data analytics company Entelligent. He is also a
 senior research scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he
 leads research focused on carbon-cycle climate interactions.



   The opinions expressed in Fortune.com commentary pieces are solely the
 views of their authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and
 beliefs of Fortune.

Nobel Prize

NPR

Ig Nobel Prize Winner: 'Necrobot' Reanimated Spider
 Corpses : Short Wave

2023-10-18T07:00:00Z

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/18/1198908301/necrobotics-reanimating-spiders-ig-nobel-prize

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   That spider you squished? It could have been used for science!



   At least, that's what Faye Yap and Daniel Preston think. Yap is a
 mechanical engineering PhD student in Preston's lab at Rice University, where
 she co-authored a paper on reanimating spider corpses to create grippers, or
 tiny machines used to pick up and put down delicate objects. Yap and Preston
 dubbed this use of biotic materials for robotic parts "necrobotics"
 – and think this technique could one day become a cheap, green addition to
 the field.



   Credit: Te Faye Yap and coauthors



   It all started when Yap noticed dead spiders curled in the corners of the
 lab one day. Why did they die on their backs with their legs curled in?



   The question led her down a classic spiral of scientific curiosity.



   "We did a really quick search online and we found that spiders do not
 have antagonistic muscle pairs," she said. "Instead they rely on
 flexor muscles to curl their legs inward toward their body and hydraulic
 pressure to extend their legs outward."



   Since Preston's lab focuses on soft robotics, they saw the spider biology
 as inspiration for a pneumatic gripper, or claw-like device. But instead of a
 classic metal claw, they used something much spookier: a spider corpse.
 



   When spiders die, their muscles tense up.



   "So when the spider is alive, it can actively control the valves in
 each leg too, so that it can have this walking motion. But when it dies, it
 loses the control over these valves," Yap explains.



   Yap wondered if she could re-impose control over the spider legs using
 compressed air.



   It turns out, spiders are incredibly good at delicately gripping fragile
 objects. Researchers at Rice University explain that this has to do with
 their lack of antagonistic muscle pairs.



   The injected air pressurizes the dead spider's hemolymph (a rough analog of
 blood) that hasn't yet dried up in the corpse. The hemolymph adds pressure to
 the joints, creating a claw-like grabbing motion.



   And Yap says the experiment worked!



   The "necrobots," as Yap and Preston call them, could pick up
 fragile materials like wires and even other spiders up to 130% more massive
 than the reanimated spider grippers.



   Preston says this was the first time a full animal was used as a robot.
 



   "We've seen researchers use, for example, feathers from a bird for
 robotics applications," he says. "Other than that, we're not aware
 of people using biotic materials."



   But beyond the novelty, Yap and Preston say the spiders are plentiful,
 convenient for researchers.



   "Spiders, in this case, serve as a really good source material because
 nature does all the work for us," Preston says. "We don't have to
 build this pneumatically actuated gripper from scratch. We just use nature in
 this sense to harvest the spider and use it for the gripper."



   Spider corpses are also biodegradable, which Preston argues makes them
 better for the environment than other robot parts – which often result in
 e-waste.



   Yap and Preston are already seeing other researchers – and non-researchers
 – trying out the technique.



   "Someone reached out from Australia and said, 'We did this together!'
 It was a father and son duo. And they said, you know, we did this in our
 backyard and it actually worked on the first try," Preston says.
 "So it's not just scientists, it seems."



   So maybe the next time you see a spider curled up in the corner, consider
 channeling that panic into science.



   Questions about the science happening around you? Email shortwave@npr.org —
 we'd love to hear about it!



   Listen to Short Wave on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.



   This episode was produced by Rachel Carlson. It was edited by Rebecca
 Ramirez. Anil Oza checked the facts. The audio engineer was Patrick Murray.
 



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Nobel Prize

Al Jazeera English

Who are the 2023 Nobel Prize winners so far?

2023-10-06T07:00:00Z

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/6/who-are-the-2023-nobel-prize-winners-so-far

This year’s laureates have opened doors for disease
 control, technological advancements and subversive literature.



   This week marks the announcement of Nobel Prizes for 2023. The six prizes
 recognise individuals and groups for their contributions to particular
 fields.



   Here is some information about this year’s winners and why they won:






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   The US-based duo won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday
 for research that led directly to the first mRNA vaccines to fight
 COVID-19.



   The Hungarian-born Kariko and American Weissman conducted research at the
 University of Pennsylvania on modifying mRNA. They started looking into this
 in the late 1990s and published a key finding in 2005. According to the
 awarding body, the Karolinska Institute, this research enabled the
 development of COVID-19 vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna.



   The trio won the prize in physics on Tuesday for conducting experiments
 that produced pulses of light so short that they were measured in
 attoseconds, or one-billionth of one-billionth of a second. Their research
 can help provide images from inside atoms and molecules.



   The breakthrough allows, for example, for blood samples to be examined with
 light flashes to detect any changes, opening the possibility of early
 detection of diseases such as lung cancer.



   L’Huillier is only the fifth woman to win a Nobel in physics.



   The trio won the award in chemistry on Wednesday for the discovery and
 synthesis of quantum dots. Quantum dots are particles that are so small that
 their properties are determined by quantum phenomena.



   Researchers believe that this technology can pave the way for the
 development of flexible electronics, tiny sensors, thinner solar cells and
 encrypted quantum communication.



   In a very unusual turn of events, Swedish media reported the names of the
 winners before the prize was announced.



   The prize in literature was awarded to the Norwegian author and dramatist
 John Fosse on Thursday.



   Fosse was recognised by the Swedish Academy “for his innovative plays and
 prose which give voice to the unsayable”.



   Fosse, 64, has written about 40 plays as well as novels, short stories,
 children’s books, poetry and essays. His work has been translated into about
 50 languages.



   The Iranian rights activist won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. She was
 chosen from 351 nominees.



   Mohammadi, who has been has served multiple prison sentences for the past
 two decades, is best known for her fight for freedom and against oppression
 of Iranian women.



   “Woman, life, freedom,” said Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian
 Nobel Committee. She recited the slogan that is now associated with the
 women’s movement in Iran as she announced Mohammadi as the winner.



   One Nobel remains. The prize for economics will be announced on
 Monday.



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Nobel Prize

BBC.com

Nobel economics prize awarded to Claudia Goldin for
 work on women's pay

2023-10-09T07:00:00Z

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67045408

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   This year's Nobel economics prize has been awarded to Claudia Goldin, an
 American economic historian, for her work on women's employment and
 pay.



   Prof Goldin's research uncovered key drivers behind the gender pay gap, the
 Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.



   She is only the third woman to receive the prize, and the first to not
 share the award with male colleagues.



   The 77-year-old academic currently teaches labour market history at Harvard
 University in the US.



   She had "advanced our understanding of women's labour market
 outcomes", the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said, pointing to her
 work examining 200 years of data on the US workforce, showing how and why
 gender differences in earnings and employment rates changed over time.



   "This year's Laureate in the Economic Sciences, Claudia Goldin,
 provided the first comprehensive account of women's earnings and labour
 market participation through the centuries," the prize-giving body said
 in a statement.



   "Her research reveals the causes of change, as well as the main
 sources of the remaining gender gap."



   Her research found that married women started to work less after the
 arrival of industrialisation in the 1800s, but their employment picked up
 again in the 1900s as the service economy grew.



   Higher educational levels for women and the contraceptive pill accelerated
 change, but the gender pay gap remained.



   While historically that earnings difference between men and women could be
 blamed on educational choices made at a young age and career choices, Prof
 Goldin found that the current earnings gap was now largely due to the impact
 of having children.



   "Claudia Goldin's discoveries have vast societal implications,"
 said Randi Hjalmarsson, a member of the committee awarding the prize.



   "She has shown us that the nature of this problem or the source of
 this underlying gender gap changes throughout history and with the course of development,"
 she said.



   Describing her as "a detective", Prof Hjalmarsson said her work
 had provided a foundation for policymakers in this area around the
 world.



   Globally, about 50% of women participate in the labour market compared to
 80% of men, but women earn less and are less likely to reach the top of the
 career ladder, the prize committee noted.



   Prof Goldin was the first woman to receive tenure in Harvard's economics
 department in 1989. Economics still had an image problem with women, she told
 the BBC in 2018.



   "Even before students enter university they believe economics is a
 field more oriented to finance and management and women are less interested
 in those than are men," she said. If we explained economics was about
 "inequality, health, household behaviour, society, then there'd be a
 much greater balance," she said.



   The economics prize is different to the original prizes in physics,
 chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace, which were
 established by Alfred Nobel and first awarded in 1901.



   The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences was established in 1968
 and funded by Sweden's central bank.



   Elinor Ostrom was the first woman to win the economics prize in 2009, which
 she was awarded jointly with Oliver E Williamson for research on economic
 governance.



   In 2019 Esther Duflo shared the award with her husband Abhijit Banerjee,
 and Michael Kremer, for work that focused on poor communities in India and
 Kenya.



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Olympic Games 2024

Front Office Sports

French Riots Stoke Concerns With 2024 Paris
 Olympics Looming

2023-10-30T17:30:03Z

https://frontofficesports.com/french-riots-stoke-concerns-with-2024-paris-olympics-looming/

The cancellation of a Ligue 1 soccer match in
 France due to rioting fans is the latest black eye for the country less than
 a year before the Paris Olympics begin next summer.



   On Sunday, the bus of visiting squad Lyon was attacked by Marseille fans,
 who threw rocks and beer bottles at the vehicle. Lyon coach Fabio Grosso was
 injured in the altercation, and the game was called off. Seven suspects were
 arrested.



   Marseille, which is about 500 miles south of Paris, will host Olympic
 sailing events in 2024, as well as some soccer matches.



   Earlier this year, riots in Paris saw protestors storm the Paris organizing
 committee’s offices and cause fires at an Olympic swimming center.



   Beyond potential unrest from local fans next summer, the Paris Games are
 also dealing with an escalating budget that has reached at least $4.5 billion
 — despite organizers insisting the financial strains are under
 control.



   The extravagant opening ceremony planned to run along the River Seine will
 attract hundreds of thousands of fans — some paying as much as
 $2,900 each for waterside views of the parade. The Games are also rerouting
 the Tour de France, which won’t conclude in the country’s capital for the
 first time in over 100 years.

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Olympics

India vs Vietnam football, AFC women's Olympics
 qualifiers, result and scores

2023-10-29T11:59:00Z

https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-afc-olympics-qualifiers-women-football-india-vs-vietnam-result-scores

The Indian women’s football team lost the match by
 a 3-1 scoreline. India will play Uzbekistan in their next match on
 Wednesday.



   The Indian football team  lost 3-1 to
 Vietnam in its second Group C match of the AFC Women's Olympic
 Qualifiers  second round at the
 Lokomotiv Stadium in Tashkent on Sunday.



   Huynh Nhu (4’), Tran Linh (22’) and Pham Hai Yen (73’) scored for Vietnam
 while Sandhiya Ranganathan (80’) scored the solitary goal for
 India.



   The loss essentially ends the Indian women’s football team’s chances of
 qualifying for the third and final round of the Paris 2024 Olympic qualifiers
 scheduled in February as only the top teams from the three groups (A–C),
 along with the best runners-up, will make the cut.



   India, who lost to Japan 7-0 in their opening match, currently sit at the
 bottom of Group C with no points from two matches. The other three teams in
 the group - Uzbekistan, Japan and Vietnam - each have three points
 already.



   Vietnam, 34th in the latest FIFA women’s football rankings, got off the
 blocks quickly following the start of the match and took the lead inside the
 first five minutes after Nguyen Dung raced own the right wing and put in a
 cross for Huynh Nhu, who headed in past Indian goalkeeper Elangbam
 Panthoi.



   World No. 61 India struggled to match up to the pace and intensity of the
 Vietnamese players, who created havoc in the Indian half. Huynh Nhu, in fact,
 could’ve completed her hat-trick in the first 15 minutes.



   The Vietnamese striker had Panthoi beat with another header but the post
 came to India’s rescue and seconds later Panthoi had to be in full stretch to
 deny Nhu’s driven free-kick for distance.



   Vietnam, however, continued probing and finally found a second goal through
 Tran Linh, who dove in to meet Nguyen Thuy’s cross. India’s only meaningful
 chance of the half came in the 36th minute after Anju Tamang brought down
 Ritu Rani’s cross near the opposition goal but the danger was cleared before
 the Indian forward could make something out of it.



   In the second-half, India head coach Thomas Dennerby made a couple of
 substitutes to curb Vietnam’s dominance. Sangita Basfore and Astam Oraon came
 in for Bala Devi and Ashalata Devi, respectively.



   The changes, however, did little to increase India’s offensive prowess as
 Vietnam continued to attack in waves and pegged the Indian players back in
 their own half.



   India fell 3-0 behind around the 75-minute mark with Pham Hai Yen beating Panthoi
 with a header, again. With 10 minutes of regulation time to play, however,
 India pulled one back with Sandhiya Ranganathan registering India’s first
 goal of the tournament.



   The Indian women's football team will play Uzbekistan next on Wednesday at
 the Milliy Stadium.



   The first round of the AFC Women's Olympic qualifying tournament was played
 in April. India beat the Kyrgyz Republic 5-0 and 4-0 in the two-legged
 playoff in Bishkek to qualify for the second round.



   While the Indian men’s football team has made four appearances at the
 Olympic Games, the Indian women’s football team is yet to make its debut at
 the quadrennial event.

Olympic Games 2024

Olympics

Ethiopia's athletics legend Kenenisa Bekele: “I
 haven't reached my peak yet in marathon”

2023-10-28T08:44:00Z

https://olympics.com/en/news/kenenisa-bekele-marathon-paris-2024-exclusive

The Ethiopian Olympic champion reveals his
 motivation for participating in the 2023 Valencia Marathon, his aspirations
 to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympic Marathon, and much more.



   It’s not easy being Kenenisa Bekele.



   For nearly 25 years, his name has been synonymous with running.



   A long journey of pushing himself and setting ambitious yet achievable
 goals.



   The five-time Olympic medallist was the ultimate competitor, practically
 unbeatable across various surfaces, earning 19 global titles on both the
 track and in cross-country events.



   A decade into his marathon career, he continues to contend with significant
 expectations every time he steps up to the starting line, despite not quite
 being able to replicate his track and cross-country success on the
 roads.



   “I never achieved my maximum effort in the marathon. I've been struggling
 for a long time with injury,” he shares in an exclusive interview with
 Olympics.com.



   “I train hard, but I have never finished all my trainings in a good way
 because of injury.”



   The Ethiopian believes that he could have secured another victory in a
 World Marathon Major, in addition to his two wins in Berlin. He believes he
 could have also broken a world record, becoming the holder for the 5000m,
 10,000m, and marathon simultaneously, solidifying his iconic status.



   While he acknowledges that he's faced some challenges in the marathon, he
 remains committed, working diligently to reach the 'Bekele level'.



   “My mind tells me that I can still do better in the marathon… I have so
 many goals. The Olympics is in front of us…maybe [Paris] will be my last
 Olympics.”



   His Olympic dream hinges on his performance at the upcoming race in
 Valencia on Sunday, 3 December.



   Kenenisa Bekele destroyed his opponents with his trademark finishing kick
 on track.



   Kenenisa Bekele’s success on track serves as a source of inspiration for
 many runners, including himself.



   During his prime, he would dominate his opponents with his trademark
 finishing kick, memorable performances that earned him the distinction of
 being the first athlete to hold the titles of Olympic, World, and World Cross
 Country Champion.



   For Bekele, running was not only a means to secure a better life but also a
 form of personal expression. Even though he seldom interacted with the media,
 he preferred to communicate in his native Amharic.



   He diligently worked on improving his proficiency in the English language,
 driven by his aspiration to be the best in all aspects of his career. This
 determined mindset played a crucial role in propelling the five-time Olympic
 medallist to legendary status in long-distance running, culminating in
 Olympic victories in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, along with five world
 outdoor titles.



   When he switched to the marathon after contending with a persistent knee
 injury in his final track years, Bekele's relentless pursuit of greatness
 remained unwavering.



   His debut marathon time of 2:05:04 in Paris in 2014, which currently places
 him towards the bottom of the list of the 100 fastest marathoners, was
 quicker than marathon greats such Haile Gebrselassie, Paul Tergat and **the
 late Samuel Wanjiru **did on their first attempt.



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   But what followed was a season clouded by a myriad of injuries that has
 characterised most of his marathon career. There was the old Achilles pain, a
 back issue, calf, hips, hamstring.



   “The injuries have moved from one place of the body to another. It has been
 a disaster,” he admitted.



   His body took in a lot. It was amazing how much his mental side was able to
 take in while coping with the injuries.



   Bekele always bounced back, making it to the start lines of several top
 races, including finishing in third place behind Eliud Kipchoge at the 2016
 London Marathon.



   That season was possibly one of the few good periods he trained and ran
 nearly pain-free, and and he was understandably bitter about not being
 selected for the Ethiopian marathon team for Rio 2016.



   A month after the Games, he won the 2016 Berlin Marathon but fell short in
 his attempt at the world record.



   Another watershed moment in his career was in the German capital in 2019
 when he painfully missed the world record by just two seconds. What followed
 were long, gruelling training sessions and runs in pursuit of his mythical
 past.



   “I've been struggling with injury…,”the 11-time World Cross Country
 champion tells Olympics.com as he continues his preparations for his first
 run in nine months in Spain.



   “Marathon training is really difficult… Every day you train, go for long
 runs…very hard challenging training and not to no to finish in a good way is
 hard.”



   Bekele’s personal best of 2:01:41 from Berlin 2019 still stands as the
 third-fastest time ever recorded, trailing behind the Kenyan pair of Kiptum,
 the new world record holder, and Kipchoge.



   This achievement continues to inspire, countering a prevailing sentiment in
 the running world that his moments of brilliance have dimmed.



   “Of course, this keeps me going,” the 41-year-old agrees. “My mind also
 tells me that I can still do better in the marathon.”



   “I know my potential,” he continues, addressing the persistent question of
 why he continues to persevere, even in the face of recurring injuries, as
 exemplified by his most recent race at the London Marathon in April.



   He’s fired up and eager to maintain that momentum when he makes his debut
 at the 2023 Valencia Marathon.



   “I know that the course is very fast. And [on the entry list] there are
 many strong competitors from different countries, so the expectations are
 very high among the fans and also from people who follow the sport. For me,
 it's not going to be an easy challenge after injury.



   “But of course, I want to be a strong competitor. I'm not going just for
 participation. I will use my maximum effort to do anything possible. At this
 time, it's a really difficult to talk about [running] my personal best,
 that’s a big challenge, but I will try my best."



   Since his first Olympics in Athens, where he secured the 10,000m gold and a
 silver in the 5000m, Bekele has consistently been in contention for various
 achievements, a mindset that continues to drive his motivation.



   “I have so many goals still,” he says.



   “I want to try the [Masters] world record in the future. At this moment,
 the Olympics also in front of us. I really want to participate in the
 marathon at the Olympics.



   “I'll try my best, but it’s not going to be easy.



   “[Qualifying for the] Olympics in Ethiopia is a big challenge. There are
 many athletes, who qualify for the Olympics. They are fast and strong,
 because we have many athletes at the same level who qualify for
 selection.”



   The Ethiopian Athletics Federation is anticipated to announce its
 provisional marathon teams for Paris 2024 based on athletes' performances by
 the end of the year, which explains Bekele's decision to participate in the
 race in the Spanish city..



   The track star is making a comeback to the roads at a time when runners are
 edging ever closer to achieving what was once deemed impossible in marathon
 running.



   Bekele believes it's now only a matter of time before the sub-two-hour
 barrier is shattered in an official marathon race.



   “I didn’t think someone will be running 2:00 hours, or 2:0 something this
 soon… It surprised everyone,” Bekele says of the new mark, which only
 Kipchoge had beaten in 2019 in a time trial in Vienna.



   “No one expected Kelvin Kiptum, a newcomer, to run 2:00 in his third
 marathon… nobody expected it. But after running like that, maybe he himself
 can run under two hours next time, or maybe somebody else will come and surprise
 us.”



   Bekele expects the marathon finishing times to get even quicker, not only
 because of the improved shoe technology, but with the influx of younger
 athletes stepping up to the marathon.



   “Marathon really training is very difficult. Every day you train long runs
 in the hard training, so when you are 24 years and when you are 40 years,
 it's not the same. Recovery wise, the body will not recover easily. When I
 was 24 years old, I didn’t feel any tiredness and my body after one or two
 hours felt fresh. Now I need more recovery time.”



   Nevertheless, Bekele remains steadfast; he has unfinished business.



   He recently inked a new deal with the Chinese brand Anta, parting ways with
 his longtime partner Nike, as well as the NN Running team, the management
 group he had been associated with alongside Kipchoge.



   “Anta are not only sponsoring me as an individual, but they also want to
 sport my sport centre and the younger generations that use this track
 daily.”



   Running has not been the sole focus of his life; he's one of the East
 African athletes who have adeptly balanced their sports careers with business
 pursuits.



   He is the owner of a hotel and track in Suluta, located just 10km from the
 capital Addis Ababa. This facility currently accommodates approximately 200
 athletes daily for training.



   “I always remember my past, how challenging it was to find some sports
 track for training. For athletes who train for track races, track is very
 important for them. Anta came to visit my camp, and they saw athletes running
 on the track despite part of the running track being damaged. And they were
 willing to help in that too.”

Olympic Games 2024

Olympics

Asian Shooting Championships 2023: Manu Bhaker
 secures Paris 2024 Olympic quota for India

2023-10-28T08:43:00Z

https://olympics.com/en/news/asian-shooting-championships-2023-india-olympic-quota-manu-bhaker-25m-pistol

Manu Bhaker finished fifth in the women's 25m
 pistol while Divyansh Singh Panwar and Ramita won a silver medal in the mixed
 10m air rifle team event at Changwon.



   Manu Bhaker finished fifth in the women’s 25m pistol event at the Asian
 Shooting Championships 2023 in Changwon, the Republic of Korea on Saturday
 and in the process, secured a Paris 2024 Olympic quota for India.



   Tokyo Olympian Manu Bhaker topped qualification with a score of 591 to
 qualify for the final but could only manage 24 in the medal round to finish
 behind the People’s Republic of China’s Liu Rui (37), Iran’s Rostamiyan
 Haniyeh (36) and China’s Zhao Nan (32) and Feng Sixuan (27).



   The Asian Shooting Championships 2023 is a qualifying event for the Paris
 2024 Olympics. A total of 24 Olympic quotas are on offer with the top two
 finishers (one per country) in each of the 12 Olympic shooting events
 securing a spot for their national teams.



   Though Manu Bhaker finished outside the top two, she obtained the quota as
 a country can only win a maximum of two Paris 2024 quotas in any particular
 shooting event at Paris 2024.



   Since China had already secured one in the women’s 25m pistol event through
 Chen Yan at the Shooting World Championships 2022 in Cairo, Saturday’s gold
 medallist Liu Rui filled up China’s allotment by securing the second. This
 ruled out both Zhao Nan and Feng Sixuan from securing a quota place for next
 year’s Summer Games.



   Iran's Rostamiyan Haniyeh had already secured a Paris 2024 quota from last
 year’s Cairo World Championships, which meant the second quota place on offer
 at Changwon automatically passed on to Manu Bhaker despite her finishing
 fifth.



   This was India’s 11th quota in shooting for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Five
 of these - Manu Bhaker, Mehuli Ghosh, Sift Kaur Samra, Rajeshwari Kumari and
 Tilottama Sen - have come through women. Tilottama Sen had obtained a quota
 after winning the silver medal in the women’s 10m air rifle event in Changwon
 on Friday.



   Arjun Babuta (men’s 10m air rifle) and Sarabjot Singh (men’s 10m air
 pistol) have also secured Paris 2024 quotas from the Changwon meet.



   As National Olympic Committees have the exclusive authority for the
 representation of their respective countries at the Olympic Games, athletes'
 participation at the Paris Games depends on their NOC selecting them to
 represent their delegation at Paris 2024.



   Esha Singh, meanwhile, finished 17th in the women’s 25m pistol qualifying
 round with 579 while Rhythm Sangwan shot 576 to come in 23rd.



   Though both shooters failed to make the finals, they, along with Manu
 Bhaker, won India the silver medal in the women’s 25m pistol team event with
 a total score of 1746. China took gold with 1760.



   Meanwhile, India’s Divyansh Singh Panwar and Ramita claimed the silver medal
 in the 10m air rifle mixed team event. The duo topped qualifying with 631.1
 to make the gold medal match, where they lost 16-12 to the Chinese team of
 Han Jiayu and Yu Haonan.



   Tilottama Sen and Arjun Babuta finished fifth in the qualification round
 with a score of 630.3.

Olympic Games 2024

Olympics

Asian Shooting Championships 2023: Anish Bhanwala
 obtains Paris 2024 Olympic quota for India

2023-10-30T09:01:00Z

https://olympics.com/en/news/asian-shooting-championships-2023-india-olympic-quota-anish-bhanwala-25m-pistol

Anish Bhanwala won the bronze medal in the men's
 25m rapid fire pistol event. This was India’s 12th Olympic quota in
 shooting.



   Indian shooter Anish Bhanwala won the bronze medal in the men’s 25m rapid
 fire pistol event at the Asian Shooting Championships 2023 in Changwon, the
 Republic of Korea on Monday.



   En route, the 21-year-old Indian shooter also secured India’s 12th Paris
 2024 Olympic quota in shooting and the first in the men’s 25m pistol
 event.



   Anish Bhanwala, the 2018 Commonwealth Games champion, scored 28/35 in the
 final before losing a shoot-off to Japan’s Dai Yoshioka, who went on to win
 the silver medal with a score of 33/40. South Korea’s Lee Gunhyeok shot 34/40
 and bagged the gold medal.



   The Asian Shooting Championships 2023 is a qualifying event for the Paris
 2024 Olympics. A total of 24 Olympic quotas are on offer with the top two
 finishers (one per country) in each of the 12 Olympic shooting events
 securing a spot for their national teams.



   Dai Yoshioka and Lee Gunhyeok had secured Olympic quotas for their national
 teams in prior events. Additionally, three out of the six finalists were from
 the People's Republic of China, who have already reached the maximum quota
 limit of two in the 25m rapid fire pistol. Consequently, Anish Bhanwala's
 spot in the final assured him an Olympic quota.



   As National Olympic Committees have the exclusive authority for the
 representation of their respective countries at the Olympic Games, athletes'
 participation at the Paris Games depends on their NOC selecting them to
 represent their delegation at Paris 2024.



   In the qualification round, Anish Bhanwala finished third with a score of
 588 and made the cut for the final. Bhavesh Shekhawat, competing for ranking
 points only (RPO), shot 584 for sixth place. Vijayveer Sidhu was 10th with
 581 and was followed by Gurpreet Singh (577) and Adarsh Singh (570) in the
 15th and 25th positions, respectively.



   The combined total of 1739 by Anish Bhanwala, Vijayveer Sidhu and Adarsh
 Singh also helped India win the bronze medal in the men’s 25m pistol team
 event behind China (1758) and South Korea (1748).



   Meanwhile, India could not add to their Olympic quotas in the trap
 events.



   Zoravar Singh Sandhu made the six-shooter men’s trap final after finishing
 second in the qualifying event with 119. However, the 46-year-old Indian
 veteran was the first to get eliminated in the final.



   Lakshay was 12th in qualifying with a score of 113 and was followed by
 Prithviraj Tondaiman (111) and Kynan Chenai (111) at 16th and 17th,
 respectively. Bhowneesh Mendiratta, who secured India an Olympic quota in the
 men’s trap last year, was 22nd with 110 points. Lakshay and Bhowneesh
 Mendiratta were competing for RPO.



   The combined score of 341 by Zoravar Singh Sandhu, Prithviraj Tondaiman and
 Kynan Chenai helped India claim the silver medal in the team event. Qatar
 (344) and Iran (340) took home the gold and bronze,
 respectively.



   In the women’s trap, Rajeshwari Kumari, who obtained an Olympic quota at
 the world championships, and Shagun Chowdhary, both playing as RPO shooters,
 shot 108 and 107 to finish seventh and eighth, respectively. Preeti Rajak was
 the next best at 10th with 103. Manisha Keer (98) and Sabeera Haris (94) were
 17th and 21st, respectively.