Sport

67 km of Belgian coastline swum in record time

26 August 2021

Marieke Blomme is never afraid to take on a big challenge, like that of swimming along our coastline.

A Belgian athlete becomes vice champion in the world of the triathlon

26 August 2021

Marten Van Riel, 28, from Antwerp, narrowly missed a place on the podium at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

The famous racing circuit at Spa-Francorchamps celebrates its centenary

24 August 2021

In 1921, two motor sport enthusiasts, Jules de Thier and Henri Langlois Van Ophem, designed the circuit, which was originally just under 15 kilometres long.

Belgians heading to the Tokyo Paralympics

19 August 2021

The Paralympic Games will take place in Tokyo from 24 August to 5 September, and Belgium is sending 32 athletes.

Tokyo Olympic Games: Bronze medal in team jumping

11 August 2021

Belgium had been waiting 45 years for a medal in one of the equestrian disciplines on the Olympic programme.

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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