Category: Paris Olympics and Paralympics
Despite Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo spoiling American Noah Lyles’ last race, the United States dominated Thursday’s athletics events, with Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s record-breaking 400m hurdles performance and Grant Williams securing his elusive gold medal in the 110m hurdles event. Gold medallist Botswana’s…
Paris (AFP) – Armand Duplantis says the defence of his Olympic pole vault crown in world-record style came as no surprise as he had visualised it a “million times” when practising as a child in his own backyard. Sweden’s Armand Duplantis…
Tahitian Kauli Vaast dominated to claim gold for France in the men’s surfing event at Teahupo’o on Monday, leaving Australia’s Jack Robinson with silver. Caroline Marks of the United States added Olympic gold to her 2023 world title with a…
Paris (AFP) – World Cup champions Germany reached the Olympic men’s basketball semi-finals for the first time Tuesday, coming from behind to beat Greece 76-63 and dumping two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo out of the Games. Germany’s Franz Wagner drives for…
Paris (AFP) – Narrowly missing her chance to get a record-setting tally of five gold medals in one Games, star US gymnast Simone Biles on Monday capped her glittering campaign with a floor exercise silver. After falling from the beam in…
Paris (AFP) – The United States set a new world record time as they powered to Olympic gold in the women’s 4x100m medley relay on Sunday with Australia taking silver and China bronze. The US women’s quartet rounded out the swimming…
Paris (AFP) – Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider on Sunday became the first Russians to win a medal at the Paris Olympics when they took silver in the women’s tennis doubles. Podium: Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider (L) with gold medallists…
Sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke will represent Ireland at the Paris Olympics in the 400m athletics events from August 5. The national athletics record holder has suffered a torrent of racial abuse online. But this has not discouraged her from aiming to…
Paris (AFP) – Kaylia Nemour claimed an historic gold for Algeria on Sunday after a stunning performance on uneven bars two years after being denied a place on the team of her native France on medical grounds. Kaylia Nemour won uneven…
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic scored his first Olympic gold on Sunday after beating Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in a stunning men’s tennis singles final. Djokovic, who claims a men’s-record 24 Grand Slam titles, previously won a bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics…