PARIS (AP) — When attendees entered the Grand Palais Monday for early afternoon Paris Olympics fencing bouts, they couldn’t help but stop and look around before going to their seats. They gazed up at the sweeping glass roof, some placed their hands to their mouths in awe of its beauty, then marveled at the mint […]
Every few years when the Olympics would roll around, the unmistakable pangs Jen Castellano knew were coming but was powerless to stop would hit. Of chalk on her hands. The beam underneath her feet. The sounds and smell of a packed gym. The intoxicating mix of frustration, determination and joy while trying to master a
VERSAILLES, France (AP) — The Palace of Versailles offers equestrian sports one of the most attractive venues of the Paris Olympics. On Sunday, riders and horses got a memorable gallop around the sumptuous-looking gardens where the team and individual eventing competition was taking place. Under a bright sun, about 40,000 fans enjoyed the spectacular setting
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NANTERRE, France (AP) — Leon Marchand carried the comparisons to Michael Phelps and the hopes of a nation on his broad shoulders. The 22-year-old Frenchman handled it all with ease, setting himself up to be one of the biggest stars of the Paris Olympics. With a flag-waving crowd cheering his every stroke, Marchand delivered a
VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — Boxer Cindy Ngamba of the Refugee Olympic Team won her opening bout at the Paris Games, stunning former world champion Tammara Thibeault of Canada on Wednesday. Ngamba is one victory away from clinching the Refugee Team’s first Olympic medal. She fights France’s Davina Michel on Sunday in the women’s 75-kilogram quarterfinals.
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PARIS (AP) — Coco Gauff lost in women’s doubles at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, a day after her tearful exit in singles. Gauff and her U.S. teammate, Jessica Pegula, were the top-seeded women’s pair but were eliminated in the second round by the Czech duo Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova 2-6, 6-4, 10-5 in
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SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Perhaps one way to measure when golf has truly arrived as an Olympic sport is when players stopped getting asked how a gold medal would stack up against winning a major. No one is entirely sure, including the one player at Le Golf National who would know. “That’s a great question
PARIS (AP) — Chad archer Israel Madaye nearly missed the scoring rings completely on an errant shot, but he hit a bullseye with South Korea’s passionate fans. Madaye, a flag bearer for his central African nation, scored just one point of a possible 10 with one of his arrows and produced just 66 points in
PARIS (AP) — Micha Hancock has replaced injured setter Lauren Carlini on the U.S. women’s volleyball team roster at the 2024 Olympics. Hancock had been the official alternate, a new position for the Paris Games. Information about Carlini’s injury was not immediately available on Wednesday. She is allowed to return later in the tournament. Hancock
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