By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Paris closed out two and a half extraordinary weeks of Olympic sports and emotion with a boisterous, star-studded show in France's national stadium on Sunday, handing over hosting duties for the Summer Games to the next city ...
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — Diana Taurasi held up six fingers on the medal stand. No one else measures up: She stands alone in Olympic basketball lore with six gold medals. The 42-year-old American was part of the U.S. women's team that beat France 67-66 on ...
By JENNA FRYER AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — The U.S. women's basketball team held off France on Sunday to win gold in the final event of the Paris Olympics, and that hardware was needed for the Americans to tie China for the most with 40. The U.S. easily won the total medal count ...
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — The U.S. women's basketball team had to overcome its greatest challenge in 32 years before extending the Americans' unprecedented run to eight straight Olympic gold medals. Led by A'ja Wilson, Sunday they came away with another victory ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — Jennifer Valente made a dominant defense of her Olympic omnium title on Sunday, earning her second gold medal of the week and wrapping up the most successful Summer Games for the U.S. cycling team in 40 ...
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Italy beat the defending champion U.S. team Sunday to win gold in women's volleyball at the Paris Olympics. The victory came in straight sets, 25-18, 25-20, 25-17. The Italians ended a dominant tournament having lost just one set. It's ...
By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Romania's Ana Barbosu replaced American Jordan Chiles as the Olympic bronze medalist in gymnastics floor exercise after the International Gymnastics Federation restored Barbosu to third. The International Olympic Committee confirmed the ...
By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer NANTERRE, France (AP) — Adrian Weinberg made 16 saves in regulation and denied Vince Vigvári in the penalty shootout, helping the United States beat Hungary 11-8 on Sunday for the bronze medal in men's water polo at the Paris Olympics. It's the first medal ...
By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Nobody will ever accuse Sifan Hassan of taking the easy route at the Olympics. Heading into the last 150 meters of a 10-day odyssey that covered more than 38 miles (62 kilometers), the Netherlands runner traded elbows with Tigst Assefa of ...
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Ezi Magbegor turned in the most efficient game in Olympic women's basketball history on Sunday, making sure Australia took home the bronze medal. Magbegor scored 30 points and grabbed 13 rebounds while leading the Opals to an 85-81 ...
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Three German swimmers became ill after competing in the open water races at the Paris Olympics, though it was not immediately clear if the long-polluted Seine River was responsible for their sickness. The swimmers were not identified in a ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — Stephen Curry had only five 3-pointers in his first four games of the Paris Olympics combined. The shot just wasn't falling. And then came the medal round. The all-time 3-point king in NBA history found his stroke in the nick of time ...
By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — American gymnast Jordan Chiles must return the bronze medal she won in the Paris Olympics floor exercise after sport's highest court voided an on-floor appeal by Chiles' coach that vaulted Chiles to third, the International Olympic Committee ...
By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — First they put the bar up higher. Then they lowered it. Wherever they put the bar, American Shelby McEwen and world indoor champion Hamish Kerr of New Zealand couldn't clear it. The two high jumpers, who could have decided to ...
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — A runaway win in one relay and another that was oh-so-close. A long-awaited celebration for France and a high jump competition that felt like it would never end. What tied it all together on a frantic final day of Olympic ...
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Jump-setting Swedes David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig aren't the types to take their time. The beach volleyball pioneers were the No. 1 team in the world by 22, an age when many of their competitors hadn't even switched from the indoor game to ...
By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — The International Gymnastics Federation restored Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu to third in the Paris Olympicswomen's floor exercise final Saturday, potentially forcing American gymnast Jordan Chiles to return the bronze she won in the ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — Stephen Curry was thinking about this two years ago, after winning his fourth NBA title with the Golden State Warriors. The only thing left for him to win was Olympic gold. And in the ultimate moment, he made sure that medal would be ...
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Uzbekistan's beloved head boxing coach was revived from apparent cardiac arrest Thursday by two members of Britain's training staff after celebrating his team's first gold medal of the Paris Olympics, his fighters confirmed Saturday ...
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Rai Benjamin held off Letsile Tebogo on the anchor leg to give the United States a gold medal and an Olympic-record time in the men's 4x400-meter relay at the Paris Games on Saturday night. "I calculated that run very well ...
PARIS (AP) — Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia has won his third consecutive Olympic title in the heaviest weightlifting division, taking gold in the men's +102 kilograms on Saturday. Talakhadze won gold in the men's +102 kilograms after winning at +109 kilograms in Tokyo three years ago and +105 ...
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — With Russia out of the way, China is the new force in Olympic artistic swimming. Twins Wang Liuyi and Wang Qianyi gave their country another gold in the sport formerly known as synchro, winning the duet competition at the Paris Olympics on Saturday night. The ...
By NOREEN NASIR Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Canadian b-boy Phil Wizard (Philip Kim) took gold in the first Olympic men's breaking tournament Saturday. "I never thought I'd be here in my life," the 27-year-old said, wiping away tears. He spent the last few sleepless nights "tossing and ...
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Soccer Writer PARIS (AP) — At just the right moment, Mallory Swanson yelled at teammate Sophia Smith not to go near the ball as it came through. Swanson knew Smith was offside. But Swanson wasn't. "I was like, `Don't touch it! Leave it, leave it leave it!'" ...
PARIS (AP) — China won the women's team event in table tennis at the Paris Games on Saturday for the country's 300th gold medal in Olympic history. China beat Japan 3-0 in the final for its fifth consecutive gold in the women's team event, a feat that the men had also achieved on ...
PARIS (AP) — Records are being broken daily at the 2024 Olympics, which run from July 27-Aug. 11, as athletes and teams win medals across 32 sports. See which countries lead the medal count, the medal winners and the highlights. Below is a selected list of world and Olympic records set at the ...
By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer VERSAILLES, France (AP) — Ahmed Elgendy of Egypt became the first athlete from Africa to win the Olympic gold medal in modern pentathlon at the Paris Games on Saturday. Elgendy had dealt with shoulder injuries since he won the silver medal in Tokyo ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — Iúri Leitão felt sluggish after racing four times in a single day on his way to the silver medal in the Olympic omnium, and the Portuguese cyclist made that uncomfortable fact known to teammate Rui Oliveira early in ...
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Jakob Ingebrigtsen won gold in the men's 5,000 meters at the Paris Olympics on Saturday by going to the front midway through the last lap and pulling away down the stretch, making up for his surprising fourth-place finish ...
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — One gold short of the Olympic medal collection, one win away from the LPGA Hall of Fame, Lydia Ko pondered what it would be like to knock out both at the same time and said when she arrived, "It would be a hell of a way to do it." What the 27-year-old ...
By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Swim stars will be prominent among the flag-bearers when Olympic athletes bid farewell to the Paris Games in a closing ceremony at France's national stadium on Sunday night. Léon Marchand has been one of the biggest stars in Paris with ...
By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer NANTERRE, France (AP) — When it got close in the fourth quarter, Bea Ortiz and Maica García Godoy delivered. This time, it was a golden finish for Spain. Ortiz scored four goals and Spain won its first Olympic gold medal in women's water polo on Saturday, ...
PARIS (AP) — China pulled off a stunner in rhythmic gymnastics Saturday, becoming the first non-European country to win Olympic gold in the group event by finishing just ahead of Israel and Italy. The five-woman Chinese team of Ding Xinyi, Guo Qiqi, Hao Ting, Huang Zhangjiayang and Wang ...
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — France defended its Olympic gold medal in men's volleyball on Saturday, and oh how special to do so right at home with a raucous, standing-room-only crowd offering assists every step of the way. South Paris Arena instantly became party ...
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Janja Garnbret and Brooke Raboutou cried together in joy as they hugged after the boulder and lead sport climbing final at the Paris Games on Saturday. Garnbret had just enhanced her status as one of the biggest stars in the ...
By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Nikola Jokic had the fifth triple-double in Olympics history and Serbia beat Germany 93-83 to win the Olympic men's basketball bronze medal. Jokic finished with 19 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists to help Serbia claim its first medal since ...
By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer NANTERRE, France (AP) — Sabrina van der Sloot scored with .7 seconds remaining, and the Netherlands beat the United States 11-10 for the bronze medal in women's water polo at the Paris Olympics on Saturday. The Netherlands got the ball back following a U.S. ...
By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Ethiopian runner Tamirat Tola won the men's marathon at the Paris Olympics on Saturday to end Kenya's dominance of the race. Tola finished in an Olympic record time of 2 hours, 6 minutes and 26 seconds, with Belgium's Bashir Abdi finishing ...
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — France is set for a big basketball weekend to cap the Paris Olympics, with both the men's and women's teams playing for gold medals. And they're playing the Americans. It's not surprising the men's team made it to the title game. They ...
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — It was a dramatic Friday night for the United States in track and field at the Paris Olympics, and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won gold after facing scrutiny over misconceptions about her sex. Sha'Carri Richardson got her first gold medal ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer COLOMBES, France (AP) — Oranje is gold again in women's field hockey after the Netherlands pulled off a first-of-its-kind Olympic sweep. The Netherlands defended its title from Tokyo, rallying from an early deficit to beat China 2-1 in a shootout in the ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO and JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writers PARIS (AP) — Olivia Reeves tried treating the Olympics like just another competition. It didn't work. It didn't matter, either. Nerves or no nerves, Reeves won the United States' first Olympic gold medal in weightlifting in 24 ...
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — CJ Nickolas waited 20 years for this moment. So on the eve of his taekwondo competition at the Paris Olympics, after slumbering for two weeks on a cardboard bed at the athletes village, the Californian made sure he would sleep like a ...
By NOREEN NASIR Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Japan's b-girl Ami won gold at the Olympics' first breaking event by spinning, flipping and toprocking past a field of 16 dancers Friday in a high-energy competition that may not return for future Games. Ami, legally named Ami Yuasa, won all ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — Harrie Lavreysen was walking through the purple-carpeted infield of the velodrome after defending his Olympic title in the men's sprint competition Friday night when he came upon Dutch teammates Maike van der Duin and ...
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — American sprinter Rai Benjamin convincingly beat world-record-holder Karsten Warholm and Brazil's Alison dos Santos in the 400-meter hurdles final at the Paris Olympics on Friday. Benjamin clocked 46.46 seconds to win gold, finishing several strides ahead of ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer COLOMBES, France (AP) — The Netherlands defended its title in Olympic women's field hockey, rallying from an early deficit to beat China 2-1 in a shootout in the final at the Paris Games on Friday night. The victory followed the Dutch men's team taking ...
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Ma Long became the Chinese athlete with the most gold medals in the history of the Olympics when he helped China win the men's table tennis team final at the Paris Games on Friday. China defeated Sweden for its fifth straight Olympic victory ...
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Sha'Carri Richardson made her first Olympic gold-medal moment memorable — giving the sprinters behind her the side-eye, then stomping her foot to the track on her final step across the finish line. Afterward, she moved aside ...
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — As of this moment, Matt Anderson is planning to make another go at an Olympic gold medal in men's volleyball four years from now. At age 41. If his body holds up. If his young family is all in on the idea. Four-time U.S. Olympians ...
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Soccer Writer PARIS (AP) — Just when it appeared the U.S. had conceded its dominance with an early exit from Women's World Cup, the Americans have roared back under new coach Emma Hayes with an undefeated run in the Paris Olympics. There's one more hurdle: The ...
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — Breanna Stewart scored 16 points and the U.S. women advanced to their eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal game with a 85-64 victory over Australia on Friday. The Americans, who extended their Olympic winning streak to 60 consecutive ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Karlos Nasar of Bulgaria won weightlifting gold at the Olympics and broke two world records on Friday, just over a year after a hotel sink fell on him and severed his left Achilles tendon. Nasar was showering the night before an awards ...
VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France (AP) — Germany held on to beat Spain 25-24 and reach the men's handball final at the Paris Olympics on Friday. They were tied at 12-12 at the end of the first half, and with one minute left the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Germany led 2020 bronze medalist Spain by ...
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — China is 7 for 7 in diving golds at the Paris Olympics. Just one to go for an unprecedented sweep of all eight golds in the Games. Any pressure? That was the question for Chen Yiwen, who won the women's 3-meter springboard on ...
PARIS (AP) — Darja Varfolomeev left her native Russia for Germany five years ago in search of Olympic glory. She found it in Paris. The 17-year-old won gold in the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around competition on Friday. Varfolomeev posted the highest score in all four events — ...
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Nikola Dedovic scored four times and Serbia beat the U.S. 10-6 on Friday in the semifinals of the men's water polo tournament at the Paris Olympics, ending the Americans' surprising run. Serbia is trying to become the third men's team to win three consecutive Olympic ...
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Soccer Writer Ann-Katrin Berger saved a last-minute penalty and Germany won the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics with a 1-0 victory on Friday over Women's World Cup winner Spain. Berger dove to stop Alexia Putellas' penalty attempt in the ninth minute of stoppage ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — It's a game the French wanted. It's a game the Americans probably expected. It's a game the world most certainly will be watching. The U.S. vs. France. In Paris. For basketball gold. "Incredible," U.S. forward Kevin Durant said of the ...
By NOREEN NASIR Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The journey of Olympic breaking was a long one that began with a vision — one that early pioneers of the art form in the 1970s in the Bronx hardly dreamed of. The 33 breakers representing 15 countries and the Refugee Olympic Team will make ...
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Raven Saunders has a chance to add another hue — either gold, silver or bronze — to their already colorful repertoire. The standout shot putter, who qualified for the Olympic finals wearing what they call their "Hulk" regalia ...
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — American teenage sprinter Quincy Wilson's first run at the Olympics on Friday was a learning lesson. The 16-year-old, who became the youngest American male to compete in track at the Olympics, left the U.S. in a distant seventh ...
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — There were plenty of concerns about swimming in the long-polluted Seine River. When the final gold medal was handed out Friday, everyone seemed thrilled to have taken a nearly two-hour dip in the the iconic waterway. Kristóf Rasovszky ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — Down by 11 in the fourth quarter, against what looked like overwhelming odds, the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team got a spark. Six points in two seconds. Kevin Durant and Devin Booker provided that wild sequence to start the ...
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone set another world record. Grant Holloway won that elusive gold. Jasmine Moore made a little jumping history. And Tara Davis-Woodhall got to wear that cowboy hat. It was Olympic medal-mania at the Stade de ...
By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Hasanboy Dusmatov held up two fingers and let out a triumphant scream after his hand was lifted in victory on Thursday evening in Olympic boxing. The Uzbek fighter was an Olympic champion for the second time after winning a tough, ...
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone insists and insists that her biggest competition in any race are those 10 hurdles that circle the track. These days, those are no problem. The real thing she's running against is the ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — Benjamin Thomas knew exactly where he was in the middle of the finale of the multidiscipline omnium — on his back, watching everyone else go by him on the track. Yet with unflappable calm, even amid the tumult of ...
By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer NANTERRE, France (AP) — The U.S. women's water polo team was eliminated by Australia in the semifinals of the Paris Olympics on Thursday night, ending its run for a fourth consecutive gold medal. Australia went 6 for 6 in a penalty shootout and goalkeeper ...
By NOREEN NASIR Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The b-girls and b-boys are ready for their spotlight. On Friday, the breakers, or breakdancers, begin syncing their moves to the DJ's breakbeat in front of the biggest audience breaking has ever known. Earlier this week, the ...
By EDDIE PELLS and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Noah Lyles lost the Olympic 200 meters Thursday, falling to Botswana's Letsile Tebogo, then being tended to by medics who carted him off the track in a wheelchair. Later, wearing a mask as he spoke with reporters, ...
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Three U.S. wrestlers – Spencer Lee, Aaron Brooks and Helen Maroulis — will challenge for Olympic freestyle medals after earning their spots on Thursday. All three will compete in medal matches on Friday. Lee will go for gold. He ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer COLOMBES, France (AP) — A sprinkler inexplicably went off and delayed play for a couple of minutes. A dramatic shootout victory set off a wild celebration that was interrupted briefly when a scuffle almost broke out. The men's Olympic field hockey final ...
By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — With blue, white and red flags waving in the stands and cheers blaring around them, France's players took in the moment. Matthew Strazel erupted in dance. Evan Fournier ripped his jersey off and skipped around. Later, the team gathered in ...
NANTES, France (AP) — Soufiane Rahimi scored two goals and Morocco won the bronze medal with a 6-0 rout of Egypt on Thursday for the team's first-ever podium finish at the Olympics. Abde Ezzalzouli, Bilal El Khannouss, Akram Nakach and Achraf Hakimi also scored for Morocco, which went into ...
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Chinese diver Wang Zongyuan was reduced to tears on the pool deck, disappointed with a second straight Olympic silver medal after going unbeaten in the 3-meter springboard over the last three years. Wang hadn't lost a major ...
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Germany beat defending Olympic champion Norway in the semifinals of the men's beach volleyball tournament at the Paris Games on Thursday, clinching at least a silver medal. The Canadian women are also headed to the finals after beating ...
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Karch Kiraly made one request when the decisive fifth set began: Win or lose, make sure to enjoy the moment. The coach asked the American women to take in the atmosphere, one of the best for women's volleyball, with mighty Brazil on the ...
By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO Associated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Ellie Aldridge of Britain won gold after two close finals races in women's kitesurfing, the new, fastest sport at the Summer Olympics. "I hope it brightens everybody's spirits a bit after the week we had," Aldridge ...
By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer NANTERRE, France (AP) — Judith Forca scored five times in regulation and made her attempt in the penalty shootout, helping Spain beat the Netherlands 19-18 on Thursday in the women's water polo semifinals at the Paris Olympics. Bea Ortiz, Elena Ruiz, Paula ...
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — The U.S. and Australia are set for the next chapter in their international women's basketball rivalry at the Olympics. The teams will play in Friday's semifinals for a spot in Sunday's gold medal game. France will face Belgium in the ...
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Quincy Wilson is in line to race for the Americans in the men's 4x400 meter relay on Friday, which would make the 16-year-old the youngest male to compete for the U.S. track team. Wilson posted on his Instagram page a picture of himself with the reminder to "tune ...
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Sam Watson leaves the Paris Games with another world record in speed sport climbing but without the Olympic gold medal. The American broke the speed world record on Thursday for the second time at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but the ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — The scars from the career-threatening injury to her thigh were covered by the blue warmup she wore onto the medal stand inside the Olympic velodrome, though the bandage covering the three stitches on Chloe Dygert's ...
By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO Associated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Lara Vadlau and Lukas Maehr of Austria won gold Thursday in a very tight medal race in the mixed-gender dinghy, a new Olympic sailing category. Keiju Okada and Miho Yoshioka of Japan won silver and Anton Dahlberg and Lovisa ...
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — As Sharon van Rouwendaal approached the finish of an Olympic open water race like no other, she was hardly concerned about the safety of swimming in the Seine River. Heck, she'd already taken a few gulps of water — the same water that ...
By EDDIE PELLS and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Who was that masked person? It was Raven Saunders, of course — the theatrical American shot put standout who uses the pronouns they and them and brings their own distinctive style to every meet they ...
By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Nina Kennedy bounced off the pole vault mats and punched the air once, twice, three times. She ran over to the Olympic crowd and took another three swings at the air. Aussies in the stands flew the flag, shook green-and-gold banners and held up ...
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — The U.S. made a change in its starting lineup, inserting Jackie Young for Diana Taurasi, to try to get off to a better start. It paid immediate dividends as the Americans started strong and beat Nigeria 88-74 on Wednesday night in the ...
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Adrian Weinberg made two blocks in a penalty shootout to help the United States beat Australia 11-10 on Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the men's water polo tournament at the Paris Olympics. Hannes Daube and Alex Bowen each scored two goals in regulation as the U.S. ...
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Don't look now, but Jamaica, that Caribbean island known for producing elite sprinters such as Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, is now a field-event power. Roje Stona's gold in the discus throw Wednesday gave Jamaica its ...
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Oleksandr Khyzhniak was one minute away from winning an Olympic gold medal three years ago when he was rocked by one miraculous punch. Khyzhniak went down, the fight was stopped and the most fearsome boxer in Tokyo had to settle for ...
By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Miles Partain and Andy Benesh couldn't stop the slide so the United States is leaving beach volleyball at the Paris Olympics without a medal for the first time. The 21-14, 21-16 loss to the Qatari team of Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan ...
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — The most unusual day of Sarah Hildebrandt's wrestling career ended with her earning an Olympic gold medal. The American won the 50-kilogram women's category on Wednesday, defeating Yusneylis Guzman Lopez of Cuba 3-0 in the championship match ...
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Jade Melbourne scored 14 of her 18 points by halftime and Australia advanced to the Paris Olympics semifinals in women's basketball by routing Serbia 85-67 on Wednesday. The Opals had to win their group-play finale to reach the ...
By JENNA FRYER AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Quincy Hall became the latest American to electrify Olympic track and field with an out-of-nowhere comeback Wednesday night at the Paris Olympics. Hall sprinted from far behind in the 400 meters to reel in three runners and capture the gold ...
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Quincy Hall became the latest American to electrify Olympic track and field with an out-of-nowhere comeback, sprinting from far behind in the 400 meters Wednesday night to reel in three runners and capture another gold medal ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Hampton Morris does not have a driver's license. He does have an Olympic bronze medal. The 20-year-old who trains in his garage at home in Marietta, Georgia, on Wednesday became the first U.S. men's weightlifter to take home a medal of any ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — The American women's pursuit team had twice before raced for the Olympic gold medal, and it had been on the podium all three times the event had been on the program for the Summer Games. Successful, to be sure, but ...
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — China took gold in the artistic swimming team event Wednesday night at the Paris Olympics, with the United States getting silver and Spain taking bronze. China dominated in the absence of Russia, which had won every gold medal in ...
By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO Associated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Marit Bouwmeester of the Netherlands won the gold medal in the women's dinghy at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, and Australia's Matt Wearn made it back-to-back Olympic titles on the men's side. Denmark's Anne-Marie ...
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Winning back-to-back Olympic golds was almost overwhelming for Keegan Palmer, with legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk praising his work and Snoop Dogg in the bowl at the Paris Games watching. "Wild, crazy feeling dude!" Palmer said Wednesday ...
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — It didn't matter to 51-year-old Andy Macdonald that he was among the lower-ranked finishers in the men's park skateboarding competition at the Paris Olympics. He still considers himself a winner "People are like: 'Are you going for the ...
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Pawel Zatorski couldn't feel a couple of fingers on his left hand. They were still numb more than an hour after the veteran libero went down for several minutes in the middle of third set of Poland's remarkable comeback against the ...
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Jade Melbourne scored 14 of her 18 points by halftime and Australia advanced to the Paris Olympics semifinals in women's basketball by routing Serbia 85-67 on Wednesday. The Opals had to win their group-play finale to reach the ...
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — For all the countless times Celine Boutier has played Le Golf National, what carried her to a 7-under 65 and a three-shot lead Wednesday in the Olympics were the two days when she didn't even have her ...
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — A pair of 22-year-old Swedes has risen to the top of the beach volleyball world with an innovative technique that could prove to be as revolutionary as the forward pass in football or high jumping's Fosbury Flop. The "Swedish Jump-Set," as it ...
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — China moved a step closer to its sixth straight gold medal in diving, claiming the top two spots in the semifinals of the men's 3-meter springboard semifinals Wednesday. Wang Zongyuan led with 537.85 points over six dives, followed by defending Olympic champion Xie ...
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Moments before match point of the Olympic quarterfinals, Jordyn Poulter punched herself in the outer thigh. It wasn't a motivational tactic — she's plenty good at getting herself fired up. No, the American setter was making sure blood ...
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Two world records, one Olympic gold medal. Aleksandra Miroslaw of Poland capped her dominant performance at the Paris Games by winning the gold in women's speed climbing on Wednesday. It was her first Olympic medal after just ...
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — India women's wrestler Vinesh Phogat has been disqualified from the 50-kilogram Olympic wrestling final after failing to make weight Wednesday, creating a ripple effect on the medal matches and resulting in some forced adjustments by ...
By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Nikola Jokic was headed to the locker room in Bercy Arena after having just helped his team complete the largest comeback in Olympic basketball history in its quarterfinal win over Australia. He looked up and saw a throng of reporters ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — Sam Welsford had just dismounted from his space-age bike, the one that costs about as much as a Range Rover, and looked at the record time his teammates from Australia had just set in the men's pursuit at the Paris ...
By VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press TEAHUPO'O, Tahiti (AP) — With all eyes on the ocean during the final day of the Paris Olympics surfing competition in Tahiti on Monday afternoon, a surprise guest made an appearance: a whale. A safe distance from athletes Tatiana Weston-Webb from ...
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Kellie Harrington is an unusual boxing champion. She is passionate only about the amateur version of her pro-dominated sport, and she has long claimed to have no ambitions of being paid to fight. Minutes after she stepped onto the podium at ...
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Brazil will meet the United States in the final of the Olympic women's soccer tournament after beating world champion Spain 4-2 on Tuesday. Gabi Portilho, Adriana and Kerolin struck in a thrilling semifinal at Stade de Marseille after an own-goal from Irene Paredes ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — 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 deficit to beat Australia. Germany had to shake off a double-digit deficit before ...
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — 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 she's not so far removed from that point. Elor, just 20 years old, defeated ...
By JENNA FRYER AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — The United States had a big night in track and field at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, winning two gold medals and five overall. Gabby Thomas blazed her way to an easy win in the 200 meters — and beat 100-meter winner Julien Alfred, who ...
NANTERRE, France (AP) — 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 physical quarterfinal at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday night. U.S. captain Maggie Steffens scored two goals and played ...
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Gabby Thomas sped to the victory in the women's 200 meters at the 2024 Olympics on Tuesday night, finishing in 21.83 seconds to add a gold to the bronze she took home in the event from Tokyo three years ago. The 27-year-old Harvard graduate, who has a Masters in ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — Harrie Lavreysen figured that on a searing fast track in the velodrome outside of Paris, and going against the erstwhile sprinting kings from Britain, that his trio from the Netherlands would have to set a world record ...
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Mijain Lopez has gone out on top. The 41-year-old Cuban defeated Yasmani Acosta Fernandez of Chile 6-0 in the 130-kilogram final at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday to win his fifth consecutive gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling. He's the first ...
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Soccer Writer LYON, France (AP) — 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 Olympics with a 1-0 semifinal victory over Germany on Tuesday. The Americans, ...
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — China and the United States were the leaders Tuesday after the team free routine in artistic swimming at the Paris Olympics. Longtime powerhouse Russia is not competing in Paris after the invasion of Ukraine, leaving the competition more open than usual. China had ...
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of the U.S. and Femke Bol of the Netherlands will go head-to-head at the 2024 Olympics in just the third matchup between this generation's two top female hurdlers. Their showdown in the 400-meter hurdles final ...
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — 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 throughout while taking the first two sets, 25-22 and 25-14. They fell behind ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — Evan Fournier was wide open at the top of the key late in the fourth quarter, a shot that would have clinched a trip to the semifinals of the Paris Olympics for France. The ball felt good leaving his hand, and he was a bit surprised when ...
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Australia's Arisa Trew scored a 93.18 on her final run to win gold in women's park skateboarding Tuesday at the Paris Olympics. The 14-year-old Trew was in third place before she executed a superb third run, highlighted by a 540 — a ...
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — The short turnaround in Olympic golf put Stephanie Meadow and Leona Maguire of Ireland on the same stage as the men at Le Golf National. The size of the crowd was amazing, the noise so chilling that Meadows said it ...
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Quan Hongchan of China not only won her second gold medal in diving at the Paris Olympics, she did it Tuesday with a perfect score of 10 on her first of five dives. The dive was a forward 3 1/2 somersaults, hardly making a ...
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Spain and the Netherlands advanced to the semifinals of the women's water polo tournament at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday. Spain rolled over Canada for an 18-8 victory, and the Netherlands beat Italy 11-8 in the second quarterfinal. The European powers will face off ...
By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and Serbia surged back to beat Australia 95-90 in overtime Tuesday to reach the Olympic basketball semifinals. Bogdan Bogdanovic added 17 for points for Serbia, which rallied from a 24-point ...
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer LE BOURGET, France (AP) — There were mixed feelings for American Sam Watson after he broke his own world record for speed sport climbing at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday. He accomplished the feat in an elimination heat against American teammate Zach ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer PARIS (AP) — There will be no repeat medal for Patty Mills at the Paris Olympics. There was, however, another chapter to his legacy in the international game. Maybe the last chapter. Australia and "FIBA Patty" — that's what people call him when he ...
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Vinesh Phogat of India stunned four-time world champion Yui Susaki of Japan with a late takedown to claim a 3-2 decision in their opening match at 50 kilograms at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday. Susaki, the seemingly unbeatable top seed in ...
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — After making it to the Paris Olympics, 100-meter hurdler Masai Russell treated herself to a new black Mercedes. Imagine the reward should the American star bring home gold. Imagine the social media content, too. When she's not ...
By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer VERSAILLES, France (AP) — Christian Kukuk had a faultless round to win the individual jumping title at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday and increase Germany's equestrian medal haul. It was the first Olympic medal of the 34-year-old Kukuk's career. He was ...
By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Franz Wagner scored 18 points and Germany overcame a sluggish start to beat Greece 76-63 on Tuesday and advance to the Olympics semifinals for the first time. Dennis Schroder added 13 points and eight assists for the reigning World Cup ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek athlete at the Paris Games has tested positive in a doping test and has been asked to leave the athletes' village, Greece's Olympic committee said in a statement Monday. The Hellenic Olympic Committee said it was informed of the positive result by Greece's ...
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — As Helen Maroulis' career winds down, she has a perfect opportunity to strengthen her case for being the best women's wrestler in U.S. history. Maroulis was the first American woman to win a gold medal back in 2016, when she upset three-time ...
By VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press TEAHUPO'O, Tahiti (AP) — French Polynesian Kauli Vaast won the gold medal in men's surfing while Caroline Marks from the United States won the women's surfing gold medal on Monday at the Paris Olympics in Tahiti. Cheers and tears erupted from boats ...
By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer LYON, France (AP) — Thierry Henry stood with his arms outstretched, facing the jubilant crowd and soaking up the atmosphere. The final of the men's soccer tournament at the Paris Olympics was in sight after France had been pushed to the limit by Egypt in ...
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Worthy de Jong made the switch to 3x3 basketball after a long career in 5x5 play because he'd lost his joy for the game. Now he's an Olympic gold medalist. De Jong's 2-pointer in overtime lifted the Netherlands to an 18-17 win over France ...
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Juanlu Sanchez came off the bench to fire Spain to a record-equaling fifth Olympic men's soccer final on Monday. Sanchez struck in the 85th minute at Stade de Marseille to seal a 2-1 win over Morocco and set up a final against France at the Paris Games. "The moment ...
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain Lopez has earned a shot at a record fifth Olympic gold medal in wrestling. Just two weeks shy of his 42nd birthday, Lopez beat Azerbaijan's Sabah Saleh Shariati 4-1 on Monday and advanced to the final in the ...
By JENNA FRYER AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles wrapped up her final day of the Paris Olympic s with more hardware for the greatest gymnast of her generation. The woman who didn't think she'd even be here a couple years ago will leave Paris — and perhaps her final Olympics ...
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Sonja Greinacher hit a tiebreaking 2-pointer with 30 seconds left, and Germany beat Spain 17-16 for the gold medal in women's 3x3 at the Paris Olympics on Monday night. Juana Camilion powered a 3-1 run to put Spain up 15-13 with two ...
NANTERRE, France (AP) — The U.S. men's water polo team has been overshadowed by the country's dominant women's program for more than a decade. The men are looking to make their own noise at the Paris Olympics. Hannes Daube and Max Irving each scored three times to lead the United States to ...
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — With longtime powerhouse Russia not competing at the Olympics after the invasion of Ukraine, artistic swimming opened Monday at the Paris Games with a rare dose of unpredictability. China led after the team technical routine with 313.5538 points, followed by Spain ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — The British trio of Katy Marchant, Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane shattered the world record in the women's team sprint while beating New Zealand in a head-to-head showdown for the gold medal Monday night to open ...
PARIS (AP) — Records are being broken daily at the 2024 Olympics, which run from July 27-Aug. 11, as athletes and teams win medals across 32 sports. See which countries lead the medal count, the medal winners and the highlights in today's schedule. Below is a list of all the world and Olympic ...
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — The International Boxing Association raised new questions while struggling to answer others Monday at a shambolic news conference about the opaque eligibility tests that led the Olympics-banned governing body to abruptly suspend Imane Khelif ...
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer NANTERRE, France (AP) — No one can match America's depth at the pool. That said, claiming the top step on the Olympic medal podium is no longer a given for U.S. swimmers. Nine days of thrilling competition at La Defense Arena wrapped up Sunday night ...
PARIS (AP) — Viktor Axelsen is once again Olympic badminton champion. The 30-year-old from Denmark defended his men's singles title Monday by beating Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand for the gold medal. Axelsen defeated Vitidsarn 21-11, 21-11 in the final in just 52 minutes. Axelsen ...
By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — An unusually quiet arena may have played a factor in a shaky balance beam final for Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee and a handful of other event finalists Monday. Biles, Lee, Brazil's Julia Soares and Romania's Sabrina Maneca-Voinea all fell during ...
CHATEAUROUX, France (AP) — After four Olympic gold medals, Vincent Hancock has had to settle for a silver. Italy edged the United States 45-44 on Monday in the final of the first Olympic mixed team skeet competition, the first time U.S. shooter Hancock has won a medal of any color other than ...
By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — The "Redemption Tour" did not end with a golden encore for Simone Biles. By the time she entered Bercy Arena for the beam and floor exercise finals on Monday, she was drained. Mentally. Physically. All of it. It's what this event does. ...
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Soccer Writer LYON, France (AP) — New U.S. coach Emma Hayes hasn't always made the predictable choice during her short tenure with the team, but she's been amazingly consistent with one thing during the Paris Olympics. Her lineup. Hayes has used essentially the ...
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — The slam dunk contest was a spectacle. Facing Kobe Bryant was something he will never forget. Now Chase Budinger has some Olympic memories to go along with those NBA career highlights. "Playing in the Olympics, playing in this venue, will ...
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer PARIS (AP) — Snoop Dogg steps out of a sleek black SUV, his entourage in tow, as a Parisian crowd erupts into chants of "Snoop, Snoop, Snoop!" outside the NBC set. Decked out in a custom-made, Noah Lyles-themed USA sweatsuit, the ...
By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Victor Wembanyama is finally about to get a taste of the Olympic spotlight — in the host city. For the first week of the Paris Games, the basketball tournament was played in a secluded setting, away from the pomp and circumstance — and ...
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Zou Jingyuan lived up to his nickname and Shinnosuke Oka capped off his dream Olympic debut with another gold medal. The King of Parallel Bars was close to perfection Monday to defend his Olympic title on the apparatus on the final day ...
By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — American gymnastics star Simone Biles is on the floor at Bercy Arena for the final day of competition. Biles is in both the balance beam and floor exercise finals, where she will try to add to the three golds ( team, all-around and vault ) ...
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Maybe it was the time Jakob Ingebrigtsen started playing to the crowd before he crossed the finish line, and beat Josh Kerr anyway. Or maybe it when Kerr beat Ingebrigtsen three nights later with a gold medal on the line, then Ingebrigtsen blamed the loss on being ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — Forty years after winning gold in Los Angeles, Connie Carpenter-Phinney watched in nervous anticipation — praying, pleading, holding her breath in hope — that Kristen Faulkner could hold on in the road race at the ...
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Scottie Scheffler was in awe at the size of the gallery when he hit the first of his 265 shots in Olympic golf, and he was in tears when he stood at the top podium with the gold medal as the American flag was raised ...
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Noah Lyles won the Olympic 100 meters by .005 seconds Sunday, waiting some 30 seconds after the finish of one of the closest sprints in history to find out he'd beaten Kishane Thompson of Jamaica. The word "Photo" popped up on ...
By JENNA FRYER AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — The American men are finally matching the women at the Paris Olympics, where the female athletes went into the halfway mark with a 9-0 lead in individual gold medals for the United States. The men wearing red, white and blue found a groove ...
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Americans Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes advanced to the beach volleyball quarterfinals on Sunday night despite losing a set for the first time at the Paris Olympics. The U.S. women won 21-18, 17-21, 15-12. They will play Switzerland's Tanja ...
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — The U.S. men's team was eliminated from the 3x3 competition on Sunday at the Paris Olympics after finishing 2-5 in pool play while playing its last five games without star Jimmer Fredette. "We fought hard, I think we just ran out of gas ...
By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Japan won its second fencing gold medal of the Paris Olympics by beating Italy 45-36 in the last bout of the Games in the men's team foil final Sunday. Japan's alternate, Yudai Nagano, came in for the eighth leg and gave Japan a ...
By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO Associated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) — The sky in front of the Marseille marina filled with kites Sunday afternoon. Kitesurfing — the fastest sport at the Paris Games — had arrived at the Olympics. "It's a fresh gust of emotions, of feelings, of thoughts," ...
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer NANTERRE, France (AP) — The final night of swimming at the Paris Olympic stirred a wide range of emotions for an American team that no longer rules the world. A world record from Bobby Finke. Elation. A historic loss that reignited gripes about ...
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer NANTERRE, France (AP) — Olympic swimmers spoke out about the Chinese doping scandal that has hung over these Paris Olympics as the events finished Sunday night. China won the men's 4x100-meter medley relay in 3 minutes, 27.46 seconds, with two of the ...
By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer LYON, France (AP) — Moroccan soccer is having a moment. Surprise semifinalists at the World Cup two years ago, the men's team has emulated that achievement at the Paris Olympics. Morocco routed the United States 4-0 in the quarterfinals and plays Spain on ...
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Jon Rahm had an Olympic gold medal practically around his neck Sunday, playing his best golf since he won the Masters a year ago and looking like a lock to finish his tough year in the biggest events with a ...
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France (AP) — Jackie Young scored 19 points and the U.S. showed off its incredible depth Sunday night, beating Germany 87-68 in the Americans' final game of pool play. A'ja Wilson added 14 points, and Breanna Stewart had 13. With ...
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — Two-time gold medal-winning boxer Arlen López of Cuba was eliminated by Oleksandr Khyzhniak of Ukraine on Sunday night in the 80-kilogram semifinals at the Paris Olympics. López fell short in his bid to join Hungary's Laszlo ...
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer NANTERRE, France (AP) — Sarah Sjöström of Sweden claimed her second gold medal of the Paris Olympics, furiously dashing from one end of the pool to the other to easily claim the 50-meter freestyle title on the final night of swimming Sunday. The ...
By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Kristen Faulkner timed her attack to perfection to win the women's road race at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, becoming the first American rider in 40 years to win a medal in the event. The 158-kilometer (98-mile) route started and finished ...
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — For all of his Grand Slam championships and other titles, for all of his time at No. 1, Novak Djokovic really, really wanted an Olympic gold medal for Serbia, the last significant accomplishment missing from his glittering resume. He ...
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Scottie Scheffler delivered the best performance of his greatest year by rallying from four shots behind on Sunday with a 9-under 62 to win the Olympic gold medal in men's golf in a thriller at Le Golf ...
CHATEAUROUX, France (AP) — Chile won its first Olympic gold medal in 20 years when Francisca Crovetto took victory in the women's skeet, while Britain's Amber Rutter took silver just over three months after becoming a mother. Crovetto won the gold in a shoot-off, hitting her last two targets ...
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — Boxer Cindy Ngamba on Sunday became the first athlete on the Refugee Olympic Team to clinch a medal at the Paris Games, offering hope for a team created to call attention to the plight of refugees across the world. The victory ...
VERSAILLES, France (AP) — German rider Jessica von Bredow-Werndl successfully defended her individual dressage title at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, with compatriot Isabell Werth's silver medal extending her equestrian record to 14 medals. Riding Dalera, the horse which also helped her win ...
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — There was some concern when the defending champion U.S. women's 3x3 team dropped its first three games of the Paris Olympics. Just not with the players. "USA basketball is not used to losing," team member Cierra Burdick said. "So, when ...
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France (AP) — Ezinna Kalu scored 21 points as Nigeria made Olympic history by becoming the first African team, male or female, to reach the Olympic quarterfinals in basketball when it beat Canada 79-70 on Sunday. The Nigerians ...
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Two table tennis players will enjoy the full experience of the Paris Games. Brazil's Bruna Alexandre and Australia's Melissa Tapper are participating in the Olympics and the upcoming Paralympics, joining a select list of athletes who have ...
By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer VILLEPINTE, France (AP) — Boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan clinched her first Olympic medal Sunday in front of a crowd that chanted her name, one day after fellow boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria secured one as well following days of online abuse and intense ...
By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France (AP) — South Sudan's players trudged through the handshake line after a 96-85 loss to Serbia that eliminated their team from the men's Olympic basketball tournament. They took in long embraces from opposing players from whom ...
PARIS (AP) — Cristina Bucsa and Sara Sorribes Tormo won the women's tennis doubles bronze medal for Spain at the Paris Olympics — just their second event as a team — by defeating Karolina Muchova and Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday. Bucsa and Sorribes Tormo earned ...
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson pulled out of the women's 200 meters Sunday and will not race for an individual medal at the Paris Games. Jackson, the defending world champion who is the second-fastest woman of all time in ...
By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO Associated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) — The mixed-gender boats – both dinghies and a multihulls – took to the Mediterranean on Friday and Saturday in Marseille for the 2024 Olympics, just as the first medal races in skiffs and windsurfing were held. The first ...
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France (AP) — Emma Meesseman scored 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Belgium routed Japan 85-58 to clinch a quarterfinal berth on Sunday, the final day of group play of women's basketball at the Paris Olympics. The Cats came ...
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Janja Garnbret heard the young girls talking about how they could climb faster if they dropped weight, and the sport climbing star decided to speak up. The eight-time world champion and defending Olympic gold medalist went on Instagram last ...
By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Making its first appearance in the women's water polo tournament at the Olympics, France has been cheered on by enthusiastic, flag-waving crowds throughout group play. Same for the men's program. The players are hoping to turn ...
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Former NBA player Chase Budinger and partner Miles Evans were the last team to reach the knockout stage of the beach volleyball tournament at the Paris Olympics. Next up could be their hardest match yet. The American first-time Olympians ...
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer NANTERRE, Australia (AP) — While some of the biggest names in American swimming have faltered, Torri Huske has claimed a starring role at the Paris Olympics. The 21-year-old Virginian picked up her second gold of the Summer Games, anchoring the U.S. ...
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Germany, Spain, the U.S. and Canada advanced to the semifinals in women's 3x3 basketball at the Paris Olympics on Saturday. Germany and Spain moved into Monday's semifinals after finishing in the top two spots at the end of pool play. The ...
