Articles filed under Track and Field
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Paris Olympics Memorable Moments: Simone Biles was the star but the spotlight reached many facesAug 11, 2024 12:02 pm - 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. All ...
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U.S. Track has dramatic night in 4x100 relay, Khelif gets her goldAug 09, 2024 6:03 pm - 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...
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Sha’Carri Richardson chases down two competitors in rain to end her first Olympics with a relay goldAug 09, 2024 3:29 pm - SAINT-DENIS, France — Sha'Carri Richardson has navigated plenty of roadblocks in her pursuit of Olympic glory. Some self-imposed. Some not. Considering all the American s...
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Raven Saunders, the masked shot putter who won silver in Tokyo, qualifies for finalAug 08, 2024 4:35 pm - SAINT-DENIS, France — Who was that masked person? It was Raven Saunders, of course — the theatrical American shot put standout who uses the pronouns they and them and bri...
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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone breaks her own world record, wins Olympic gold again in 400-meter hurdlesAug 08, 2024 4:29 pm - SAINT-DENIS, France — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone insists and insists that her biggest competition in any race are those 10 hurdles that circle the track. These days, those...
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COVID-stricken Noah Lyles finishes 3rd in 200 meters won by Botswana’s Letsile TebogoAug 08, 2024 3:51 pm - SAINT-DENIS, France — Noah Lyles lost the Olympic 200 meters Thursday, falling to Botswana's Letsile Tebogo, then being tended to by medics who carted him off the track i...
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Lyles, suffering from COVID, finishes 3rd in Olympic upset at 200 meters won by Botswana's TebogoAug 08, 2024 2:29 pm - SAINT-DENIS, France — Noah Lyles lost the Olympic 200 meters Thursday, falling to Botswana's Letsile Tebogo, then being tended to by medics who carted him off the track i...
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Harvard graduate Gabby Thomas sprints to 200-meter gold medal for the United States by a big marginAug 06, 2024 6:04 pm - SAINT-DENIS, France — Before Gabby Thomas set foot on the Stade de France's purple track, surrounded by 80,000 or so screaming spectators, her coach gave her some last-mi...
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American Cole Hocker pulls Olympic shocker in men's 1,500, leaving Kerr and Ingebrigtsen behindAug 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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Armand “Mondo” Duplantis breaks pole vault world record in gold-medal performance at OlympicsAug 06, 2024 6:53 am - SAINT-DENIS, France — The pole vaulter they call “Mondo” really can put on a show. With the rest of the action at the Olympic track wrapped up for the evening and the cro...