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News Articles: Sports

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of the U.S. competes in a women's 400-meter hurdles heat at the Paris Olympics on Sunday in Saint-Denis, France.

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What to look forward to in the final leg of the Paris Olympics

There's still a week's worth of medals to be handed out, as competitions ramp up in track and field, soccer and boxing. The excitement has yet to begin in breaking, Taekwondo and weightlifting.

August 05, 2024
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American Simone Biles celebrates at the end of her floor exercise individual event final on Monday at the Paris Olympics. Biles finished in second to win a silver medal and her fourth overall medal of the Games. Her teammate, Jordan Chiles, took the bronze.

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Gymnast Simone Biles wins silver to wrap what might be her final Olympic Games

Biles won silver in the floor exercise final, her fourth of the Paris Olympics. She missed out on the podium in the balance beam after slipping from the beam in her only major mistake of the Games.

August 05, 2024
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  • Becky Sullivan
Germany's Laura Lindemann, left, celebrates after winning the gold medal next to silver medalist Great Britain's Beth Potter, center, and bronze medalist Taylor Knibb, of the U.S., right, at end of the mixed relay triathlon on Monday in Paris.

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The U.S. wins silver in Olympic triathlon mixed relay after contesting close result

After the photo finish, Great Britain was initially awarded the silver. A review overturned that result, showing that the U.S. squeaked by to place second.

August 05, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
American sprinter Noah Lyles celebrates after winning the gold medal in in the men's 100-meters final at the Paris Olympics on Sunday in Saint-Denis, France.

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In a photo finish, American Noah Lyles wins 100-meter final to claim Olympic gold

Lyles, the favorite to win, ran the fastest time in the fastest race at Stade de France stadium on Sunday night. He's the first American to win the race since Justin Gatlin in 2004.

August 05, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Athletes swim in the Seine river for the triathlon event at the Olympic Games in Paris on Wednesday, July 31.

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Belgian Olympic team bows out of triathlon as teammate falls ill after swim in the Seine

All triathletes have been barred from practice swim in Paris river Sunday after poor water quality test results.

August 04, 2024
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  • Luke Garrett
Gold Medalists (from left to right) Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske of Team United States celebrate on the podium during the medal ceremony after the Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay Final on Sunday at the Paris Olympics.

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U.S. women's relay swim team wins Olympic gold, smashes world record

In the final Olympic pool swimming race in Paris, U.S. women dominated a relay medley, winning an 8th gold medal for American swimmers and shattering a world record.

August 04, 2024
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  • Brian Mann
The USA's Bobby Finke won the 1,500-meter freestyle final at the Paris Olympics Sunday night, shattering a world record in the endurance race that had stood since 2012.

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Olympic triumph: U.S. swimmer Bobby Finke wins gold, sets world record in 1,500 free

Bobby Finke came to Paris the reigning Olympic champion in the 1,500 meter freestyle swim. He defended his title with a gold medal win and shattered the world record.

August 04, 2024
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  • Brian Mann
Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts to beating Spain's Carlos Alcaraz to win gold after their men's singles final tennis match at the Roland-Garros Stadium Sunday during the Paris Olympics. It was Djokovic's first-ever gold medal.

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At 37 and already a tennis superstar, Novak Djokovic wins first Olympic gold medal

Djokovic is the all-time leader for most Grand Slam men's singles titles and one of only three men to hold all four Grand Slam championships simultaneously. But an Olympic gold had escaped him.

August 04, 2024
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  • Russell Lewis
Algeria's Kaylia Nemour won gold in the women's gymnastics uneven bars final Sunday at the Paris Olympics. It was the first ever gymnastics medal for an African country at an Olympics. China's Qiu Qiyuan took silver and USA's Suni Lee won bronze.

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Algeria's Kaylia Nemour wins gold in Olympic uneven bars final. Suni Lee takes bronze

Lee, 21, was diagnosed with two kidney conditions last year that threatened to end her gymnastics career. Instead, she returned to the Olympic Games and won three medals.

August 04, 2024
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  • Becky Sullivan
Dan O'Brien, a former American decathlete, bears the brigadier ahead of the High Jump portion of the Decathlon at Stade de France on Friday. He's about to command the attention of the stadium's raucous crowd as part of a new, very French Olympic custom.

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What’s that thumping sound in Paris? A dramatic new pre-game Olympics custom

In the moments before many Paris Olympic events get underway, someone comes out and taps a staff. The ritual, inspired by a French theatrical tradition, made its Olympics debut last week.

August 04, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
American Vincent Hancock competes in the Shooting Skeet Men's Final Saturday at Chateauroux Shooting Center in Chateauroux, France.

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Team USA's Vincent Hancock makes history with his 4th Olympic gold in skeet

Only seven athletes ever have won gold in the same event in four different Olympics. On Sunday, the 35-year-old Army veteran joined the exclusive club with his win in the shotgun discipline skeet.

August 04, 2024
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  • Becky Sullivan
Ryan Crouser, of the United States, competes in the men's shot put final at the Paris Olympics. He won his third gold in a row on Saturday.

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In a league of his own, shot-putter Ryan Crouser wins U.S. 3rd Olympic gold in a row

The world record holder out-threw his opponents under a steady rain at Stade de France, becoming the first-ever shot-putter to win three Olympic gold medals.

August 03, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Katie Ledecky has done it again, winning a second gold medal at the Paris Olympics, her ninth career gold. She is the most decorated U.S. woman Olympian in history and has carried the U.S. swim team in these Summer Games.

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Katie Ledecky wins 800m, her 9th Olympic gold, as U.S. swimmers bounce back in Paris

Katie Ledecky has come through again winning her second gold medal in Paris in the women's 800-meter freestyle. The U.S. also won gold and a new world record in a relay race, edging out China.

August 03, 2024
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  • Brian Mann
Julien Alfred, of Saint Lucia, celebrates after winning the women's 100-meters final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Julien Alfred stuns Sha'Carri Richardson in 100m to win St. Lucia's 1st Olympic gold

Since its Olympic debut in 1996, St. Lucia has never won a medal of any kind. Sha'Carri Richardson, who had entered the Paris Games as the 100-meter favorite, finished in second to win silver.

August 03, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Simone Biles performs her signature 'Yurchenko double pike' to win gold in the gymnastics women's vault final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Saturday at Bercy Arena.

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Simone Biles wins her 3rd gold of the 2024 Olympics with the vault named after her

The Yurchenko double pike, the most difficult vault in women's gymnastics, was named after Biles when she first landed it in international competition in 2023. Now, it has won her an Olympic gold.

August 03, 2024
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