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ELANCOURT, France − Not even a broken rear wheel could stop Haley Batten in the women’s mountain biking competition at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, earning the silver medal with a time of 1:28:59 despite…

All cap. And a very little Speedo. The 2024 Paris Olympics are underway, and as is the case with the Olympic Games, sometimes those who aren’t athletes take center stage. Enter ‘Bob the Cap Catcher.’…

PARIS — Relax, everybody. Simone Biles appears to be OK. Biles powered through the rest of Olympic gymnastics qualifying on Sunday after tweaking her calf during warmups on floor exercise. Cecile Landi, who is one…

VAIRES-SUR-MARNE, France — Evy Leibfarth made a few ‘mistakes’ in her kayak slalom semifinal race Sunday at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, but in failing to make the finals in her first event at the Paris Olympics,…

A future Olympic gold medalist was once the slowest kid in the pool. “I hated swimming,” Allison Schmitt tells USA TODAY Sports. Schmitt wasn’t even 10, and she was ready to quit. Why she didn’t,…

PARIS — Here’s a little window into why Danielle Collins has quickly become one of the more popular players in women’s tennis and why so many are disappointed that the 30-year old University of Virginia…

PARIS — Because it’s her sixth Olympics, Diana Taurasi has a lot of wisdom to share about, well, everything. Her teammates are eager to listen, too. And yet it’s a couple other Olympic veterans, Breanna…

PARIS − The first swimming training session for triathletes competing at the Paris Olympics was cancelled Sunday because of pollution in the river Seine. Whether the Seine will be clean enough to host Olympic triathlon…

PARIS – The stars were out to see Simone Biles on Sunday morning. On the northern side of Bercy Arena, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen took their seats near a luxury box with their children,…

Carissa Moore, the defending Olympic women’s surfing champion, and her four American teammates each won their first-round heats as the competition in Tahiti got underway at the Paris Games. All five U.S. surfers advanced directly…