Paris Olympics: Matthew Ebden and John Peers win gold, Ariarne Titmus and Kaylee McKeown bag more medals — as it happened
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics: Matthew Ebden and John Peers win gold, Ariarne Titmus and Kaylee McKeown bag more medals — as it happened

ABC  

Saint Lucia sprinter Julien Alfred has won her country's first ever Olympic medal, taking out the women's 100m sprint in a national record time of 10.72. On a rainy night in Paris, Alfred tore out of the blocks and led the field for the next 90 metres, winning the gold convincingly over world number one Sha'Carri Richardson, who finished second at 10.87, and fellow American Melissa Jefferson, who won bronze with 10.92. Alfred, the fastest in qualifying with a time of 10.84, moved to the USA when she was 14 years old to train, and now goes down in history as her country's first ever gold medallist. It's the first time since 1988 that Jamaica has missed the podium in the women's 100m, with Alfred becoming the first non-Jamaican gold medallist since 2004.

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World Athletics: Olympic champions Hassan and Tebogo named ‘Athletes of the Year’
3 months, 2 weeks ago

World Athletics: Olympic champions Hassan and Tebogo named ‘Athletes of the Year’

The Hindu  

Dutch marathon runner Sifan Hassan and Botswanan sprinter Letsile Tebogo, both of whom took gold at the Paris Olympics, were named ‘Athletes of the Year’ by World Athletics in Monaco on Sunday. Swedish pole-vaulter Armand Duplantis won the men’s field category after an unbeaten 2024, winning Olympic gold and setting a new world record of 6.26 metres. Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh …

Paralympic Games end with a Parisian electro-dance party after 2 world records on final day
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Paralympic Games end with a Parisian electro-dance party after 2 world records on final day

Associated Press  

PARIS — The Paralympic Games ended Sunday with two world records and a spectacular light show during a closing ceremony dominated by French electronic music Jean-Michel Jarre got the party underway at the Stade de France, coaxing dance moves from athletes, volunteers and spectators on a day when Morocco’s Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi smashed the world record in the women’s …

Memorable morning for Fin Graham in Paris
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Memorable morning for Fin Graham in Paris

The Independent  

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Botswana’s Tebogo makes a statement 100m win following his breakout performance in Paris
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Botswana’s Tebogo makes a statement 100m win following his breakout performance in Paris

Associated Press  

ROME — 100, 200, 400. The Botswana runner clocked 9.87 seconds — and had time to glance around before easing to the line — to win the 100 meters at Rome’s Diamond League meet on Friday. “Seeing me win Olympic gold, a lot of people probably went and looked where Botswana is on the map.” Americans Christian Coleman and Fred …

Dutchwoman Caroline Groot wins first gold medal of Paris 2024 Paralympics in para track cycling
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Dutchwoman Caroline Groot wins first gold medal of Paris 2024 Paralympics in para track cycling

The Hindu  

Track cyclist Caroline Groot of the Netherlands won the first gold medal of the Paralympic Games on Thursday. Afghan taekwondo Paralympian Zakia Khudadadi won the refugee team ’s first ever medal at a Paralympics when her opponent, Naoual Laarif of Morocco, withdrew ahead of their bronze contest. Ugo Didier delighted local fans by upsetting the race favorites to win the …

Today in Sports - Usain Bolt completes third consecutive sweep of the 100 and 200-meter sprints
7 months ago

Today in Sports - Usain Bolt completes third consecutive sweep of the 100 and 200-meter sprints

Associated Press  

Aug. 18 1923 — Helen Mills, 17, ends Molla Bjurstedt Mallory’s domination of the U.S. 1995 — Thirteen-year-old Dominique Moceanu becomes the youngest to win the National Gymnastics Championships senior women’s all-around title in New Orleans. 2004 — Paul Hamm wins the men’s gymnastics all-around Olympic gold medal by the closest margin ever in the event. 2008 — A day …

Lyles, Hassan bookend fabulous track and field program
7 months, 1 week ago

Lyles, Hassan bookend fabulous track and field program

China Daily  

Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands celebrates after crossing the finish line to win the Paris 2024 Olympics women's marathon gold medal on Sunday. The closest and highest quality men's 100-meter race and a late-night pole vault world record lit up the first week, while Sifan Hassan's final-day marathon win, to cap a barely believable hat-trick of medals, was a fitting …

Paris Olympics 2024 cycling review: Dutch master Harrie grabs the spotlight and paints the velodrome orange
7 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics 2024 cycling review: Dutch master Harrie grabs the spotlight and paints the velodrome orange

The Hindu  

When Britain opened seven compelling days of racing at the National Velodrome by winning the women’s team sprint in a world record time it seemed the country’s domination of Olympic track cycling would extend through the Paris Games. The United States finally got its hands on the women’s team pursuit title that had proved so elusive -- beating nemesis Britain …

Paris Games 2024: List of countries to have won their first-ever Olympics medal in French capital
7 months, 1 week ago

Paris Games 2024: List of countries to have won their first-ever Olympics medal in French capital

India TV News  

Paris Olympic Games saw several stories being unfolded at the biggest sporting spectacle. While several nations like the USA and China continued to stamp their authority in the medals table, some countries opened their medal account for the first time ever in Paris. Saint Lucia: Saint Lucia opened its medal account at the Olympics with sprinter Julien Alfred winning a …

USA medal tally at the Paris Olympics: Gold wins with few bumps in the road
7 months, 1 week ago

USA medal tally at the Paris Olympics: Gold wins with few bumps in the road

Hindustan Times  

With the Paris Olympics coming to an end, the next thing to look forward to is which country took more of the medals home. This year, Team USA brought in 40 gold medals at a tie with China followed by 44 silver medals which were more than any other participating country and won 42 bronze medals. The women’s US soccer …

Best of the 2024 Paris Olympics: Our staff picks for the Games’ superlative moments
7 months, 1 week ago

Best of the 2024 Paris Olympics: Our staff picks for the Games’ superlative moments

New York Times  

After nearly three weeks and more than 1,000 medals, the Paris Olympics have awarded their final gold. Also receiving votes: China’s diving team — won all eight Olympic diving gold medals Léon Marchand — the French swimmer won four golds and one bronze USA Basketball — extended its gold medal streak to five and eight Katie Ledecky — the American …

Olympics marathon results and times: Sifan Hassan beats Tigst Assefa in dramatic women’s race
7 months, 1 week ago

Olympics marathon results and times: Sifan Hassan beats Tigst Assefa in dramatic women’s race

The Independent  

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‘Just a 100m sprint’: Sifan Hassan completes unlikely Olympic treble after winning women’s marathon
7 months, 1 week ago

‘Just a 100m sprint’: Sifan Hassan completes unlikely Olympic treble after winning women’s marathon

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Paris Olympics Memorable Moments: Simone Biles was the star but the spotlight reached many faces
7 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics Memorable Moments: Simone Biles was the star but the spotlight reached many faces

Associated Press  

PARIS — Simone Biles stole the show at the Paris Olympics with a captivating comeback that had everyone watching everything she did both in and out of the gymnasium. The United States won the medal count — 126 in total and the women’s basketball team closed the Games by winning gold to tie China with an Olympic-best 40. The women’s …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Meet Leon Marchand, the most decorated male Olympian at the Summer Games
7 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Meet Leon Marchand, the most decorated male Olympian at the Summer Games

The Hindu  

Swimming events at the Paris 2024 Olympics brought along with it the arrival of “Marchand-mania” Since the beginning of the Games, home favourite Leon Marchand stunned crowds with his performances, where he won five medals, gold in all four of his individual events, and a bronze medal in the men’s 4x100m medley relay. Men’s 200m breaststroke and butterfly FILE PHOTO: …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Gulyas takes women’s gold for Hungary in modern pentathlon
7 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Gulyas takes women’s gold for Hungary in modern pentathlon

The Hindu  

Hungary’s Michelle Gulyas showed the steady eye and hand of a sharpshooter to win the women’s Modern Pentathlon gold medal with a world record points haul at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. Gulyas finished with 1,461 points, nine more than Clouvel, whose time in hitting all the laser targets during four shooting stops in the 3,000 metre run was by …

Today at the Olympics: Sunday’s schedule and highlights including Emma Finucane and Closing Ceremony
7 months, 1 week ago

Today at the Olympics: Sunday’s schedule and highlights including Emma Finucane and Closing Ceremony

The Independent  

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U.S. women’s basketball edges upset-minded France for 8th straight Olympic gold
7 months, 1 week ago

U.S. women’s basketball edges upset-minded France for 8th straight Olympic gold

LA Times  

U.S. women’s basketball players celebrate their 67-66 victory over France for the gold medal at the Paris Olympic Games on Sunday. The United States survived a scare from France to win an unprecedented eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal Sunday with a 67-66 victory at Bercy Arena. Despite basketball’s steady globalization, the United States asserted its continued dominance as the U.S. …

Sifan Hassan creates history in groundbreaking women's marathon at Paris 2024 Olympic Games
7 months, 1 week ago

Sifan Hassan creates history in groundbreaking women's marathon at Paris 2024 Olympic Games

ABC  

When Sifan Hassan claimed her second bronze medal on the track at these Paris 2024 Olympic Games, she was already looking forward. Hell for most, heaven for one, as Hassan created history on a historic day for women's running. With the women's race closing out the athletics program for the first time, Dutch runner Hassan became the first woman in …

Sifan Hassan puts on a fight to win marathon gold at Paris Olympics 2024
7 months, 1 week ago

Sifan Hassan puts on a fight to win marathon gold at Paris Olympics 2024

Al Jazeera  

Once an Ethiopian asylum seeker, the Dutch distance running great won her third medal of the Paris Olympics in a thrilling finish to the women’s marathon. Sifan Hassan completed her mission impossible with a gruelling women’s marathon win on the sun-baked streets of Paris on the last day of the Olympics, giving the games a dramatic ending of her own. …

Women experienced the best of the Olympics — and the worst — in Paris
7 months, 1 week ago

Women experienced the best of the Olympics — and the worst — in Paris

LA Times  

After punching her way to a gold medal, winning bout after bout, the Algerian boxer felt like she had to keep fighting. The last two weeks in Paris — a setting for the classic novel “A Tale of Two Cities” — have been the best of times and the worst of times for female athletes. International Olympic Committee official Marie …

U.S. women's basketball team wins eighth straight Olympic gold medal : NPR
7 months, 1 week ago

U.S. women's basketball team wins eighth straight Olympic gold medal : NPR

NPR  

U.S. women's basketball team defeats France to win eighth straight Olympic gold medal toggle caption Gregory Shamus/Getty Images NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Led by A'Ja Wilson, who scored 21 points, the U.S. women’s team beat France on Sunday, 67-66, becoming the first basketball team in Olympic history to win eight consecutive gold medals. Sponsor Message …

Samba-Mayela treats fans to France’s 1st medal on the track at these Olympics, Russell wins hurdles
7 months, 1 week ago

Samba-Mayela treats fans to France’s 1st medal on the track at these Olympics, Russell wins hurdles

Associated Press  

SAINT-DENIS, France — The crowd packed the stadium session after session, day after day, and roared for medal winners from everywhere else. “Just a lot of amazing emotions.” Samba-Mayela became the first French woman to win an Olympic medal in track since 2004. “I could hear them all screaming my name and ‘Allez Les Bleus.’ It was amazing,” Samba-Mayela said. …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Japan’s Kitaguchi wins women’s javelin throw event
7 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Japan’s Kitaguchi wins women’s javelin throw event

The Hindu  

Haruka Kitaguchi crushed the women’s javelin on Saturday, taking the top of the podium with her first throw of 65.80 metres to give Japan its first gold medal in the event. South Africa’s Jo-Ane van Dyk and Czechia’s Nikola Ogrodnikova gave a series of valiant efforts but never came close as they took silver and bronze, respectively, with their best …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Wanyonyi extends Kenya’s 800 metres domination
7 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Wanyonyi extends Kenya’s 800 metres domination

The Hindu  

Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi held off one of the strongest fields in history to win the Olympic gold medal in the men’s 800 metres on Saturday, securing his country’s fifth consecutive Olympic title in the event. The world silver medallist narrowly missed the world record of 1:40.91 set by Kenya’s David Rudisha at the 2012 London Olympics, in laying down the …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon wins third straight 1,500m Olympic gold
7 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon wins third straight 1,500m Olympic gold

The Hindu  

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon won her third straight Olympic 1,500 metres gold on Saturday, surging ahead of the pack to finish more than a second ahead of the field. Kipyegon cemented her status as one of the all-time great middle-distance runners, becoming the first athlete to claim three successive Olympic 1,500m titles. Her winning time of three minutes 51.29 seconds broke …

Paris 2024 Olympics: United States’ Masai Russell wins women’s 100m hurdles
7 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: United States’ Masai Russell wins women’s 100m hurdles

The Hindu  

American Masai Russell produced a stunning run to win the Olympic 100 metres hurdles title in a blanket finish on Saturday, edging out home hope Cyrena Samba-Mayela and Tokyo champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn. Russell clocked 12.33 seconds as French President Emmanuel Macron watched Samba-Mayela deliver France’s first track medal of the Paris Games with silver and Puerto Rico’s Camacho-Quinn took bronze. …

Paris Olympics 2024: Norway crushes France’s dream to take gold in women’s handball final
7 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Norway crushes France’s dream to take gold in women’s handball final

The Hindu  

Norway overcame a hostile home crowd to beat France 29-21 in the women’s handball final to win Olympic gold at the Pierre Mauroy stadium on Saturday. The final was fast-paced from the start, with nearly a goal per minute as the Nordics ended the first half up 15-13, with Norwegian centre-backs Stine Bredal Oftedal and Henny Reistad contributing four points …

Paris 2024: New Zealand’s Ko wins gold, becomes most decorated golfer in Olympics
7 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024: New Zealand’s Ko wins gold, becomes most decorated golfer in Olympics

The Hindu  

New Zealander Lydia Ko completed the set of Olympic golf medals on Saturday after battling to a two-shot victory at Le Golf National during a tense final round to seal gold. Ko was the only player in the last three groups to not collapse out of contention, carding a one-under-par 71 to edge German Esther Henseleit into second, with China’s …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Vincent wins gold for Canada in women’s canoe single 200m final
7 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Vincent wins gold for Canada in women’s canoe single 200m final

The Hindu  

The final race of the Olympic canoe sprint regatta ended with one of the tightest finishes of the Games, with Canada’s Katie Vincent declared the winner of the women’s canoe single 200m sprint after a long wait to see who would be crowned champion. “I was just excited, I knew that I had a good race, so I was just …

Top Events of the Day: Paris Olympics schedule today; PM Modi to visit Wayanad; Aurobindo Pharma Q1 results today; more
7 months, 1 week ago

Top Events of the Day: Paris Olympics schedule today; PM Modi to visit Wayanad; Aurobindo Pharma Q1 results today; more

Live Mint  

Top Events of the Day: August 10 is marked by significant events, including severe flooding in New York and Pennsylvania due to the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby, a reflective statement from Sajeeb Wazed on former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's departure, and a victorious moment for Indian wrestler Aman Sehrawat at the Paris Olympics. India at Paris Olympics 2024: …

What to watch at Olympics today: Women’s soccer, men’s hoops — and 37 other gold medal events
7 months, 1 week ago

What to watch at Olympics today: Women’s soccer, men’s hoops — and 37 other gold medal events

New York Times  

The penultimate day of the Paris Olympics provides a plethora of options. ET, 5 p.m. in Paris TV: NBC, Telemundo and Peacock What to watch: For the first time since 2012, the U.S. women’s national team is back in the Olympic gold-medal match. Mallory Swanson, Sophia Smith & Trinity Rodman from @teamusa @USWNT have announced they have a name for …

Team USA’s Masai Russell wins gold in women’s 100m hurdles photo finish at Paris Olympics
7 months, 1 week ago

Team USA’s Masai Russell wins gold in women’s 100m hurdles photo finish at Paris Olympics

New York Times  

SAINT-DENIS, France — Masai Russell couldn’t stay asleep. So in Saturday’s women’s 100-meter hurdles final, she had one thought after she surged through the final 10 meters and leaned across the line for another thrilling photo finish at Stade de France. Because when the results came in, after an eternity of seconds, the board did indeed reveal Russell’s name first, …

U.S. women coast to victory in 4×400 relay, wrapping up dominant Olympic track and field performance
7 months, 1 week ago

U.S. women coast to victory in 4×400 relay, wrapping up dominant Olympic track and field performance

New York Times  

SAINT-DENIS, France — With about 200 meters left in the women’s 4×400 relay race, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Gabby Thomas started walking on the track. “Once I saw Gabby back on the track, I knew we were gonna be OK.” Thomas indeed stayed on her feet, padded the lead McLaughlin-Levrone built and the U.S. was off to its eighth consecutive gold …

U.S. Track has dramatic night in 4x100 relay, Khelif gets her gold
7 months, 1 week ago

U.S. Track has dramatic night in 4x100 relay, Khelif gets her gold

Associated Press  

PARIS — It was a dramatic Friday night for the United States in track and field at the Paris Olympics, and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won gold after facing scrutiny over misconceptions about her sex. Sha’Carri Richardson got her first gold medal while a U.S. men’s relay team fumbled away another chance to be champions. U.S. women’s basketball team moves …

Paris 2024 Olympics: American Benjamin wins men’s 400 metres hurdles gold
7 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: American Benjamin wins men’s 400 metres hurdles gold

The Hindu  

Rai Benjamin finally got the better of great rival Karsten Warholm to win the Olympic 400 metres hurdles title on Friday, continuing the United States’ athletics gold rush and foiling the Norwegian’s bid to be the second man to retain the title. Benjamin, second behind Warholm in the Tokyo final and with two silvers and a bronze in world championships, …

Julien Alfred: the making of the world’s fastest woman
7 months, 1 week ago

Julien Alfred: the making of the world’s fastest woman

The Hindu  

Last Saturday in Paris, Julien Alfred woke up early to jot her thoughts down in her journal. “I wrote down, ‘Julien Alfred: Olympic champion,’” she said. Alfred recovered sufficiently to win the 200m silver three days after her history-making run, doubling her Olympic medal collection and proving again that she is among the world’s best. “It’s a difficult adjustment that …

U.S. Women Win 4X100m Relay At Paris Olympics
7 months, 1 week ago

U.S. Women Win 4X100m Relay At Paris Olympics

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The U.S. women’s 4x100-meter relay survived another shaky handoff to win the gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Friday, powered by a devastating anchor leg by Sha’Carri Richardson. A delayed handoff between Twanisha Terry and Gabby Thomas threatened to squash the Americans’ championship hopes ― but Richardson made up the deficit, and then some. The U.S. …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Japanese wrestling juggernaut Fujinami ambles to freestyle gold
7 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Japanese wrestling juggernaut Fujinami ambles to freestyle gold

The Hindu  

Japanese wrestling juggernaut Akari Fujinami extended her outrageous winning streak to claim the women’s 53kg freestyle gold of the Paris Olympics at the Champ-de-Mars Arena on Thursday. The 20-year-old arrived in Paris with a 130-0 record and capped her campaign with ridiculous ease winning the gold medal contest against Ecuador’s Lucia Yepez Guzman by technical superiority. I want to enjoy …

Paris Olympics: Sprinting giant Jamaica shockingly fail to reach 4x100m relay final for first time in two decades
7 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics: Sprinting giant Jamaica shockingly fail to reach 4x100m relay final for first time in two decades

Hindustan Times  

For the first time in two decades, Jamaica's 4x100-meter relay team failed to qualify for the Olympic final, a significant moment in the nation's history hailed for its sprinting dominance. Ackeem Blake, of Jamaica, reacts after qualifying in a men's 100 meters round 1 heat at the 2024 Summer Olympics The team, consisting of Ackeem Blake, Jelani Walker, Jehlani Gordon, …

How the Paris Olympics spun ratings gold for NBC and Peacock
7 months, 1 week ago

How the Paris Olympics spun ratings gold for NBC and Peacock

LA Times  

The Paris Olympics have brought some joie de vivre to NBCUniversal. Olympics content streamed on NBC’s Peacock platform surpassed 19.1 billion minutes viewed, more than the 16.8 billion minutes watched on the service for all previous Olympics, winter and summer, combined. Team USA’s Jade Carey, from left, Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee, and Simone Biles celebrate after winning gold during the …

Australia's Jessica Hull qualifies for the Paris Olympics 1,500m final as Peter Bol misses out in the 800m
7 months, 1 week ago

Australia's Jessica Hull qualifies for the Paris Olympics 1,500m final as Peter Bol misses out in the 800m

ABC  

Jessica Hull has declared she can win Olympic gold in the women's 1,500 metres "mega-final" in Paris. That's no longer a problem, as evidenced by Hull's blistering run of 3:50.83 at last month's Paris Diamond League meet which lifted her to fifth spot on the all-time list. The women's line-up of Ella Connolly, Bree Masters, Kirstie Edwards and Torrie Lewis …

American wrestlers Spencer Lee, Aaron Brooks and Helen Maroulis to compete in Olympic medal matches
7 months, 1 week ago

American wrestlers Spencer Lee, Aaron Brooks and Helen Maroulis to compete in Olympic medal matches

Associated Press  

PARIS — Three U.S. wrestlers – Spencer Lee, Aaron Brooks and Helen Maroulis — will challenge for Olympic freestyle medals after earning their spots on Thursday. Brooks, the four-time national champion at Penn State who defeated Tokyo gold medalist David Taylor at the Olympic trials, opened Thursday by knocking off No. He then beat Japan’s Hayato Ishiguro 11-1 and led …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Fast-finishing Hall takes 400m gold for US
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Fast-finishing Hall takes 400m gold for US

The Hindu  

Quincy Hall produced an incredible late surge to overhaul Briton Matthew Hudson-Smith and take a first Olympic 400 metres gold for the United States since 2008 in another scintillating race on Wednesday. Hudson-Smith seemed on course to win his country’s first gold over the distance since “Chariots of Fire” Eric Liddell in the Paris Games 100 years ago, but he …

America’s Gabby Thomas powers to Olympic 200m gold
7 months, 2 weeks ago

America’s Gabby Thomas powers to Olympic 200m gold

The Hindu  

America’s Gabby Thomas stormed to a brilliant victory in the women’s Olympic 200m in Paris on Tuesday to clinch the first major title of her career. Thomas clocked 21.83sec to win ahead of St. Lucia's newly-minted Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred, who timed 22.08sec. Thomas, 27, a bronze medallist at the Tokyo Games three years ago, is the first American …

Paris 2024: Marit Bouwmeester wins women’s dinghy gold, Matt Wearn is Olympic champion again
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024: Marit Bouwmeester wins women’s dinghy gold, Matt Wearn is Olympic champion again

The Hindu  

Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands won the gold medal in the women’s dinghy at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, marking the fourth straight Games in which she has reached the podium. She didn’t rule out a fifth Olympics, but said her priority for now would be her daughter: “I just want to go home and be there for little Jessie …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Perez pulls away to give Spain gold in race walk relay
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Perez pulls away to give Spain gold in race walk relay

The Hindu  

Spain’s two-times world champions Alvaro Martin and Maria Perez took the gold medal in the mixed marathon race walk relay by nearly a minute at the Paris Games on Wednesday as the event made its Olympic debut. Follow the Olympics live here: Paris 2024 Olympic Games real-time updates Brian Pintado and Glenda Morejon of Ecuador took silver in 2:51.22, while …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Hudson-Smith, Hall win fast and furious 400m semifinals
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Hudson-Smith, Hall win fast and furious 400m semifinals

The Hindu  

Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith and American Quincy Hall won their Olympic 400 metres semifinal heats on Tuesday but Grenada’s Kirani James sent a warning shot that the final will not be a walk in the park for the two favourites. The gold is widely expected to go to Hudson-Smith or Hall, but triple Olympic medallist James showed his mettle with a …

Paris Olympics Day 11: Gabby Thomas leads Americans to 2 golds — 5 overall — at track and field
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics Day 11: Gabby Thomas leads Americans to 2 golds — 5 overall — at track and field

Associated Press  

PARIS — The United States had a big night in track and field at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, winning two gold medals and five overall. Gabby Thomas blazed her way to an easy win in the 200 meters — and beat 100-meter winner Julien Alfred, who earned silver and now owns the only two medals in her country’s history. …

Gabby Thomas Wins 200-Meter Gold At The Paris Olympics
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Gabby Thomas Wins 200-Meter Gold At The Paris Olympics

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Gabby Thomas won the 200 meters at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, erasing any doubts about the outcome early. Thomas was expected to be tested early by Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred, but Thomas hit the straightaway in command. Thomas’s time was 21.82 seconds, followed by Alfred and fellow American Brittany Brown. It didn’t take a Harvard grad, …

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