Kristen Faulkner ended a 40-year drought for the U.S. in the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday. The 31-year-old became the first U.S. woman to win gold in the road race since Connie Carpenter did so…
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PARIS − The Belgian triathlon team pulled out of Monday’s planned mixed relay event in the Seine river because one of its athletes, Claire Michel, got sick, according to the country’s national Olympic committee. The…
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Team USA women’s basketball was intent on keeping the good times rolling at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday as the team concluded group-stage play undefeated with a win over Germany. The clash determined the winner…
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PARIS — This isn’t a game of inches. In archery, a gold medal can get decided by millimeters. Five of them, actually. That distance – five millimeters – was all that separated the first gold…
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PARIS – Novak Djokovic finally has an Olympic gold medal around his neck. After chasing this last prize his entire career – the only major accomplishment in tennis he hadn’t been able to check off…
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PARIS – Kristen Faulkner used a late charge to pull away from the field and win gold in the women’s road race Sunday. Faulkner, 31, is the first U.S. woman to win gold in the…
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The trade deadline has come and gone, the pennant races don’t shift into high gear for another month, and while the clock is ticking on Chicago’s South Side, there hasn’t been a managerial or GM…
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SAINT DENIS, France — Team USA’s Freddie Crittenden jogged through a preliminary men’s 110-meter hurdles round Sunday to finish with a time of 18.27 at the Paris Olympics, nearly five full seconds behind heat winner…
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PARIS — U.S. gymnast Suni Lee won bronze in the uneven bars final on Sunday at the 2024 Paris Olympics. It’s her third medal of these Games, following team gold and all-around bronze. Lee also won…
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SAINT-DENIS, France — Gabby Thomas had a relatively easy time halfway around the track Sunday morning at the Paris Olympics. Thomas easily won her first-round heat in the women’s 200, running a time of 22.20.…