Sport

Athletics – Belgian Athlete Breaks European 2,000-Metre Record

28 January 2026

What Pieter Sisk accomplished by setting the fastest European indoor time in history over 2,000 metres, is nothing short of extraordinary.

Belgian Kim Meylemans takes skeleton world title

28 January 2026

Belgian athlete Kim Meylemans has become the world champion in the winter sport known as skeleton.

Two Belgians ranked in the Top 5 at the Figure Skating European Championships

22 January 2026

At the Figure Skating European Championships, Loena Hendrickx won a silver medal, while another Belgian figure skater, Nina Pinzarrone, finished at the fourth place.

Sailing: A new record for distance covered in 24 hours

13 January 2026

In the Class40 category, the Belgium Ocean Racing – Curium crew covered 459.78 nautical miles in 24 hours during a stage of the Globe 40.

Belgian ultra athlete breaks free-throw world record

07 January 2026

Mathieu Bonne, an extraordinary Belgian athlete who already has numerous world records to his name, has recently added one to his growing list of achievements, that is for the most free-throws in 24 h

In Belgium, sporting passion is black-yellow-red

Who could forget the performances of our champions? Eddy Merckx, nicknamed The Cannibal with his extraordinary record, Stefan Everts and his ten motocross world championship titles and Jacky Ickx, six-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. These are just some of our sporting legends like Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin, former tennis number ones with no less than 11 Grand Slam titles between them.

Nafissatou Thiam

Today, those who make us dream include Nafissatou Thiam on the athletics track and Remco Evenepoel in cycling, not forgetting our formidable Red Devils and their international stars such as Kevin De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku or Thibaut Courtois.

Red Devils

Alongside the achievements of our sporting ambassadors above, Belgium can also pride itself on organising major sporting events. The Spa-Francorchamps Grand Prix in Formula 1, the great cycling classics such as the Tour of Flanders and Liège-Bastogne-Liège and the Memorial Van Damme in athletics, are all examples of unmissable annual meetings…

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