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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...
For female athletes of color, scrutiny around gender rules and identity is part of a long trend

By NOREEN NASIR
Aug 06, 2024 7:01 am - Overcome with emotion, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif left the ring in tears after a resounding victory this weekend. Khelif has faced days of hateful comments and false acc...
Wheaton native Jaeschke helps U.S. men’s volleyball team advance to semifinals

By Dave Oberhelman
Aug 05, 2024 7:35 pm - A veteran's touch can never be discounted. Olympian Thomas Jaeschke applied it to solid effect on Monday. The 6-foot-6 Wheaton native recorded 5 kills with 3 digs and led...
Sha’Carri Richardson’s comeback halted by Julien Alfred, who brings 1st Olympic medal to St. Lucia

By EDDIE PELLS
Aug 03, 2024 5:40 pm - SAINT-DENIS, France — There were small signs for anyone willing to look at the sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson is, not the person she has become. The wobbly starts. The lit...

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