of the czech republic. in the men s draw germany s alexander zverev moved into the quarterfinals after beating daniil medvedev in windy conditions, earning his first win over a top ten player this year. zverev will next meet adrian mannarino for a place in the semifinals. russian and belarusian track and field athletes are unlikely to be able to compete at the 2024 olympics, says world athletics president lord coe. world athletics has banned competitors from the two countries from its events, including under a neutralflag, because of russia s invasion of ukraine. the international olympics committee has said athletes should be able to compete as neutrals. coe made the comments, after being re elected for a third and final term. our position is very clear. the council has made that position clear, the new council not going to speak for them in advance but i would be very surprised if there was any shift in that position. and i think that we have certainty, and we ve done it for the
well, coe was speaking ahead of the start of the world athletics championships, which starts on saturday in budapest. karsten warholm will be one of the main names to watch out. the two time world aoo metres hurdles champion enters the event as the big favourite. warholm also won olympic gold last year in a world record time of 45.94 seconds. 10,000 metres commonwealth games champion eilish mccolgan won t be at the event though. she s had to pull out because of a knee injury. better news for britain s beth potter as she out sprinted home favourite cassandre beaugrand to secure victory in the paris 2024 triathlon test event. it was potter s first ever win in an olympic distance race. you can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app or from our website, but from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.
competitors from the two countries from its events, including under a neutralflag, because of russia s invasion of ukraine. the international olympics committee has said athletes should be able to compete as neutrals. coe made the comments, after being re elected for a third and final term. our position is very clear. the council has made that position clear, the new council not going to speak for them in advance but i would be very surprised if there was any shift in that position. and i think that we have certainty, and we ve done it for the reasons of integrity of competition. well, coe was speaking ahead of the start of the world athletics championships, which starts on saturday in budapest. karsten warholm will be one of the main names to watch out. the two time world aoo metres hurdles champion enters the event as the big favourite.
grow more and more. to tennis, and at the cincinnati open, world number one iga swiatek had to battle back from a set down to defeat china s zheng qinwen and book a place in the quarterfinals. the pole who only lost a single game in the previous round victory started in a predominantly white outfit that saw her beaten 6 3 in the opener. she changed into a black outfit after this and proceeded to take the next two sets 6 1, 6 1, setting up a last eight match up with world number 10 marketa vondrosouva of the czech republic. in the men s draw germany s alexander zverev moved into the quarterfinals after beating daniil medvedev in windy conditions, earning his first win over a top ten player this year. zverev will next meet adrian mannarino for a place in the semifinals. russian and belarusian track and field athletes are unlikely to be able to compete at the 2024 olympics, says world athletics president lord coe. world athletics has banned