Other Sports
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Amit Elor, 20, becomes youngest U.S. wrestler to win Olympic gold by claiming women's 68 kg class
Aug 06, 2024 5:58 pm - PARIS — As she processed winning an Olympic gold medal, American wrestler Amit Elor still felt like that little girl just starting out in the sport. Perhaps it's because ...
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U.S. women's volleyball team advances to semifinal with straight-set win against Poland
Aug 06, 2024 5:54 pm - PARIS — The reigning Olympic champion U.S. women’s volleyball team posted a straight-set victory against Poland on Tuesday night at the Paris Olympics. The Americans led ...
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American Cole Hocker pulls Olympic shocker in men's 1,500, leaving Kerr and Ingebrigtsen behind
Aug 06, 2024 5:51 pm - SAINT-DENIS, France — The race was billed as a bar brawl between the two baddest 1,500-meter runners in the world. Nobody figured the little-known American guy would snea...
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U.S. rolls into semifinals of Paris Olympic basketball tournament, eases past Brazil 122-87
Aug 06, 2024 5:45 pm - PARIS — All the favored teams in the first three men's basketball quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics had problems. Canada lost to France. Serbia erased a 24-point defici...
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U.S. edges Hungary 5-4 in a physical women's water polo quarterfinal at the Paris Olympics
Aug 06, 2024 5:38 pm - NANTERRE, France — Ashleigh Johnson made 17 saves and Rachel Fattal snapped a tie in the fourth quarter, helping the U.S. women's water polo team edge Hungary 5-4 in a ph...
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For female athletes of color, scrutiny around gender rules and identity is part of a long trend
Aug 06, 2024 7:01 am - Overcome with emotion, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif left the ring in tears after a resounding victory this weekend. Khelif has faced days of hateful comments and false acc...
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Wheaton native Jaeschke helps U.S. men’s volleyball team advance to semifinalsAug 05, 2024 7:35 pm - A veteran's touch can never be discounted. Olympian Thomas Jaeschke applied it to solid effect on Monday. The 6-foot-6 Wheaton native recorded 5 kills with 3 digs and led...
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Sha’Carri Richardson’s comeback halted by Julien Alfred, who brings 1st Olympic medal to St. LuciaAug 03, 2024 5:40 pm - SAINT-DENIS, France — There were small signs for anyone willing to look at the sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson is, not the person she has become. The wobbly starts. The lit...
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Katie Ledecky swims into history with 800 freestyle victory at the Paris OlympicsAug 03, 2024 5:35 pm - NANTERRE, France — Every year on Aug. 3, Katie Ledecky is reminded of her first Olympic gold medal. She was just 15 years old, a reserved high schooler who had surprising...
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American rower Meghan Musnicki heartbroken’ after ending the Olympics without a medal in ParisAug 03, 2024 1:41 pm - VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France — It was a "soul crushing" end to the Paris Olympics for 41-year-old Meghan Musnicki, the oldest American woman to ever row at the Summer Games. ...