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Harvard graduate Gabby Thomas sprints to 200-meter gold medal for the United States by a big margin

By HOWARD FENDRICH
Aug 06, 2024 6:04 pm - SAINT-DENIS, France — Before Gabby Thomas set foot on the Stade de France's purple track, surrounded by 80,000 or so screaming spectators, her coach gave her some last-mi...
Sophia Smith's extra-time goal sends USWNT into the Olympic final with a 1-0 win over Germany

By ANNE M. PETERSON
Aug 06, 2024 6:01 pm - LYON, France — Glimpsing a sliver of the net, Sophia Smith's aim was true. Smith's extra-time goal earned the United States a spot in the gold medal match at the Paris O...
Amit Elor, 20, becomes youngest U.S. wrestler to win Olympic gold by claiming women's 68 kg class

By CLIFF BRUNT
Aug 06, 2024 5:58 pm - PARIS — As she processed winning an Olympic gold medal, American wrestler Amit Elor still felt like that little girl just starting out in the sport. Perhaps it's because ...
U.S. women's volleyball team advances to semifinal with straight-set win against Poland

By JANIE McCAULEY
Aug 06, 2024 5:55 pm - PARIS — The reigning Olympic champion U.S. women’s volleyball team posted a straight-set victory against Poland on Tuesday night at the Paris Olympics. The Americans led ...
American Cole Hocker pulls Olympic shocker in men's 1,500, leaving Kerr and Ingebrigtsen behind

By EDDIE PELLS
Aug 06, 2024 5:51 pm - SAINT-DENIS, France — The race was billed as a bar brawl between the two baddest 1,500-meter runners in the world. Nobody figured the little-known American guy would snea...
U.S. rolls into semifinals of Paris Olympic basketball tournament, eases past Brazil 122-87

By TIM REYNOLDS
Aug 06, 2024 5:45 pm - PARIS — All the favored teams in the first three men's basketball quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics had problems. Canada lost to France. Serbia erased a 24-point defici...
U.S. edges Hungary 5-4 in a physical women's water polo quarterfinal at the Paris Olympics

By The Associated Press
Aug 06, 2024 5:38 pm - NANTERRE, France — Ashleigh Johnson made 17 saves and Rachel Fattal snapped a tie in the fourth quarter, helping the U.S. women's water polo team edge Hungary 5-4 in a ph...
Sophia Smith’s extra-time goal sends USWNT into the Olympic final with a 1-0 win over Germany

By ANNE M. PETERSON
Aug 06, 2024 1:55 pm - LYON, France — Sophia Smith scored in extra time and the United States earned a spot in the gold medal match at the Paris Olympics with a 1-0 victory over Germany on Tues...
Russian disinformation slams Paris and amplifies Khelif claims to undermine the Olympics

By DAVID KLEPPER
Aug 06, 2024 11:09 am - WASHINGTON — The actor in the viral music video denouncing the 2024 Olympics looks a lot like French President Emmanuel Macron. The images of rats, trash and the sewage, ...
The final image of Simone Biles at the Olympics was a symbol of joy — and where the sport is going

By WILL GRAVES
Aug 06, 2024 8:20 am - Simone Biles cast a knowing glance across the awards podium toward Jordan Chiles.

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