NANTERRE, France (AP) — Daniel Wiffen won Ireland’s first Olympic gold medal in the pool in 28 years. That was thrilling enough as he wiped away tears standing on the podium, the Irish flag draped over his shoulders. Perhaps just as importantly, the 23-year-old Irishman is sure to pick up some new followers on his […]
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — In any language, expletives are sometimes present on the basketball court. After scoring his sixth consecutive point in overtime of France’s dramatic 94-90 win over Japan at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, French star Victor Wembanyama couldn’t help letting one go. “Let’s (expletive) go!” he shouted as he turned to run
NANTERRE, France (AP) — For Nic Fink, this was a long time coming. Which only made it sweeter. The 31-year-old swimmer, who splits time at the pool with a full-time engineering job, claimed the first Olympic medal of his late-blooming career Sunday night. Fink tied for the silver medal in the 100-meter breaststroke with British
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PARIS (AP) — Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez has revealed that she fought at the Paris Olympics while seven months pregnant. Hafez posted on Instagram that she was “carrying a little Olympian one” hours after she had reached the round of 16 in women’s saber Monday. The 26-year-old fencer from Cairo upset Elizabeth Tartakovsky of the
PARIS (AP) — The International Judo Federation will conduct an investigation after Messaoud Dris of Algeria missed weight at the Paris Games on the day before he was scheduled to face Tohar Butbul of Israel. The bout was scheduled to be the first in the men’s 73-kilogram division Monday, but given its political implications, many
PARIS (AP) — Before they stood with their arms wrapped around each other in a brotherhood forever etched into U.S. Olympic lore, Brody Malone, Frederick Richard, Asher Hong, Paul Juda and Stephen Nedoroscik were collegians. Yes, the dreams the members of the U.S. men’s gymnastics team had fostered since childhood began in small gyms scattered
PARIS (AP) — Three-time gold medalists Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings have moved on, and so have April Ross and Alix Klineman, the women who restored the United States to the top of Olympic beach volleyball podium in Tokyo. In their place is a new contingent trying to bring the prize home from the
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — The U.S. women’s water polo team was handed a rare loss at the Paris Olympics on Monday, falling 13-11 to Bea Ortiz and Spain in a rematch of the final at the Tokyo Games. The U.S. is going for its fourth consecutive gold medal. No team — men or women —
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American gymnast Shilese Jones is aiming for the 2028 Olympics after a left knee injury ended her shot at reaching Paris. The 22-year-old Jones announced on social media late Monday that she tore the ACL and meniscus in the knee while warming up on vault on the first night of the U.S. Olympic trials last