PARIS – On a flawlessly sunny Sunday morning at the base of the Eiffel Tower, a convicted child rapist played and lost an Olympic beach volleyball match. Such a beautiful setting for such an ugly…
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PARIS − The rivalry that has defined the last decade of men’s tennis will add one more chapter, Olympic style. After coming through a tight three-setter over Hungary’s Márton Fucsovics on Sunday, Rafael Nadal will…
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ELANCOURT, France − Not even a broken rear wheel could stop Haley Batten in the women’s mountain biking competition at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, earning the silver medal with a time of 1:28:59 despite…
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WASHINGTON — Lee Kiefer made her Olympic fencing debut about two months after graduating from high school, as a wide-eyed 18-year-old with no expectations and no worries − ‘a baby,’ she said, at least by…
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PARIS — Relax, everybody. Simone Biles appears to be OK. Biles powered through the rest of Olympic gymnastics qualifying on Sunday after tweaking her calf during warmups on floor exercise. Cecile Landi, who is one…
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All cap. And a very little Speedo. The 2024 Paris Olympics are underway, and as is the case with the Olympic Games, sometimes those who aren’t athletes take center stage. Enter ‘Bob the Cap Catcher.’…
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VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France — Evy Leibfarth made a few ‘mistakes’ in her kayak slalom semifinal race Sunday at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, but in failing to make the finals in her first event at the Paris Olympics,…
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PARIS — Here’s a little window into why Danielle Collins has quickly become one of the more popular players in women’s tennis and why so many are disappointed that the 30-year old University of Virginia…
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A future Olympic gold medalist was once the slowest kid in the pool. “I hated swimming,” Allison Schmitt tells USA TODAY Sports. Schmitt wasn’t even 10, and she was ready to quit. Why she didn’t,…
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PARIS — Because it’s her sixth Olympics, Diana Taurasi has a lot of wisdom to share about, well, everything. Her teammates are eager to listen, too. And yet it’s a couple other Olympic veterans, Breanna…