PARIS — The U.S. women’s gymnastics team is embracing its age. After winning gold in a rout Tuesday night, Simone Biles had said the team’s ‘official’ nickname was an abbreviation for ‘(mess) around and find…
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The 2024 Paris Olympic Games will feature the world’s top golfers competing for gold at Le Golf National in Guyancourt, France. The top golfers were selected to represent their countries based on official world rankings,…
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PARIS — Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson won’t be vying for a sprint double at the Paris Olympics. Jackson is withdrawing from the 100-meter dash, a person familiar with the situation confirmed to USA TODAY Sports. The…
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NANTERRE, France – It may be a sizzling rivalry, but this moment was pretty cool. “Special,” was how Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown put it. Soon after she reached the wall first in Tuesday’s 100 backstroke…
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Serena Williams won the 2017 Australian Open while pregnant. Now, Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez has shown the world you can win an Olympic fencing match-up while expecting, too. Hafez, 26, revealed she was seven months…
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After all, it takes two to make a deal happen, and the players not dealt at the deadline – from Garrett Crochet and Yandy Diaz to Blake Snell and Brent Rooker – only further crimped…
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Two U.S. Olympic swimmers, David Johnston and Luke Whitlock, have tested positive for COVID-19 at the 2024 Paris Olympics, according to a report from SwimSwam.com. Both swimmers were moved into isolation at a hotel to keep them away…
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Track and field will take center stage at the Paris Olympics from Aug. 1-11. Stade de France, the country’s largest stadium, will host a majority of the track and field events. The competition is bound…
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PARIS – Perris medaling in Paris. Can that be any more apropos? American Perris Benegas won the silver medal in women’s BMX freestyle Wednesday at the Place de la Concorde with two clean runs. Her…
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SAINT-DENIS, France — Team USA’s Delaney Schnell and Jessica Parratto are synchronized divers, so naturally they answered the question simultaneously. Since they’d already won an Olympic medal together, does that make it easier to fail…