PARIS — Beverly McDonald had long since given up hope of ever receiving her Olympic bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics, had long since come to terms with the reality that Marion Jones, who…
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SAINT-DENIS, France — Rai Benjamin and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone exchanged an embrace in the mixed zone Friday night. The two have something new in common. They are both Olympic champions. A day after McLaughlin-Levrone dazzled in…
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PARIS – When American climber Brooke Raboutou and Slovenia’s Janja Garnbret made their climbing debut at the Paris Games, the roar from the crowd was deafening. Raboutou smiled toward Garnbret and said, “second Olympics, baby.” …
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Written opposition to the proposed settlement of the proposed multi-billion-dollar settlement of three athlete-compensation antitrust cases against the NCAA and the Power Five conferences that is pending with a federal judge in California grew on Friday.…
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PARIS — Helen Maroulis thought about leaving her shoes on the mat Friday, but she never got the sign she was waiting for that her wrestling career is definitely over. “Yesterday I was like, ‘I’m…
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PARIS — The Olympics changed breaking. There’s no other way to describe it. And maybe not for the better, according to the United States’ Sunny “B-Girl Sunny” Choi. “Breaking for the Olympics has changed…
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PARIS — The summer of Spain continues. At the expense of France’s heart. Less than a month after its senior team won the European championship, and 10 days after its Under-19 team did the same,…
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PARIS — The game was a rout, seemingly over not long after it began. The final score was the United States 85, Australia 64, but the margin seemed bigger. The U.S. women’s basketball team, the…
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PARIS — Spencer Lee bowed his head to accept his silver medal, but the last place he wanted to be Friday was on the medal stand with something other than gold around his neck. ‘First…
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It was a wild day for Team USA on the track at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Friday’s session ended with redemption for Rai Benjamin, who won the gold medal in the men’s 400-meter hurdles after…