Olympics
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After winning Olympic thriller by a whisker, Noah Lyles looks for an encore in his favorite event
Aug 05, 2024 4:46 pm - SAINT-DENIS, France — All the overhead shots and race replays tell the same story. Noah Lyles only led one time during his Olympic 100-meter sprint for the ages: at the f...
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We came for a mic drop. Simone Biles gave us a fitting final bow.
Aug 05, 2024 3:13 pm - PARIS — In perhaps the final memory of Simone Biles on an Olympic podium, she bowed. Her motivation was not to acknowledge an adoring crowd, though she forever will be ad...
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Simone Biles finishes off her return to the Olympics with a silver on floor exerciseAug 05, 2024 9:33 am - PARIS — American gymnast Simone Biles didn't get the golden send off she sought. Biles earned silver in the floor exercise finals on Monday — her fourth medal in Paris an...
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Olympics security means minorities and others flagged as potential terror threats can’t move freely
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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. ...
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Simone Biles doesn’t rule out the 2028 Olympics after winning the gold in vault. ‘Never say never’Aug 03, 2024 1:33 pm - PARIS — Simone Biles is getting kind of old for this. Just maybe not too old to keep going. Maybe. Minutes after the American gymnastics star won the seventh Olympic gold...
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Trinity Rodman’s ‘bit of magic’ sends U.S. into Olympic soccer semifinals in 1-0 win over JapanAug 03, 2024 1:27 pm - PARIS — Mallory Swanson says Trinity Rodman gave the United States a bit of magic when the team needed it most. Rodman scored in extra time and the United States advanced...
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U.S. rolls into Olympic quarterfinals as No. 1 seed, top Puerto Rico 104-83 in group finaleAug 03, 2024 1:19 pm - VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France — Halfway to its goal of gold, the U.S. has the No. 1 seed going into the medal round at the Paris Olympics. And now the real games start. Antho...