Noah Lyles on Sunday broke a 20-year drought for Team USA in the men’s 100-meter final, breaking Jamaica’s historical stranglehold on the event and bringing home the gold. But it wasn’t without the race of…
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United States sprinter Noah Lyles solidified his stance as the fastest man in the world on Sunday, narrowly outrunning the field for the 100-meter sprint at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Lyles, who became the first…
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PARIS – He has won longer matches, but none he had to wait this long to achieve. He’s improbably won more tournaments, but none that seemed this improbable. And he’s collected bigger pieces of metal,…
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SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — That stoic, subdued, unflappable Scottie Scheffler is more emotional than you’d think. Did you know he cried when he won the Masters, too? Took a “bathroom break” in Augusta to get a…
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Every four years we witness Olympic athletes stretching the bounds of human ability, but these feats are not achieved overnight. Standing on the podium requires years of training, specialized skills, excellent coaching, significant resources, and…
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PARIS — Suni Lee won the all-around gold in Tokyo, the biggest prize there is in gymnastics and, if we’re being honest, one of the most coveted titles at the Olympics. The medals she’s won…
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PARIS − The Belgian triathlon team pulled out of Monday’s planned mixed relay event in the Seine river because one of its athletes, Claire Michel, got sick, according to the country’s national Olympic committee. The…
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Kristen Faulkner ended a 40-year drought for the U.S. in the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday. The 31-year-old became the first U.S. woman to win gold in the road race since Connie Carpenter did so…
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Team USA women’s basketball was intent on keeping the good times rolling at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday as the team concluded group-stage play undefeated with a win over Germany. The clash determined the winner…
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PARIS — This isn’t a game of inches. In archery, a gold medal can get decided by millimeters. Five of them, actually. That distance – five millimeters – was all that separated the first gold…