2024 Paris Olympics

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Ledecky Posts Milestone Win
Ledecky Posts Landmark Win
Aug 3, 2024 6:00 PM CDT

Ledecky Posts Landmark Win

US swimmer has captured the 800-meter freestyle at four straight Summer Games

(Newser) - Katie Ledecky capped another stellar Olympics by becoming only the second swimmer to win an event at four straight Summer Games, holding off Ariarne Titmus to win the 800-meter freestyle Saturday night. It was Ledecky's second gold medal in Paris and ninth of her remarkable career, the AP reports,...

Nation's First Medalist Upsets Richardson

Julien Alfred posts decisive victory in women's 100-meter final

(Newser) - Sha'Carri Richardson was the heavy favorite in the women's 100-meter final at the Paris Olympics on Saturday night—she's recorded the fastest time in the world this year at 10.71, three Jamaican stars weren't running, and Julien Alfred was competing for a nation that had...

Olympians Find Steamy Side Hustle on OnlyFans

Rower Robbie Manson says OnlyFans income is double what he receives as an athlete

(Newser) - New Zealand rower Robbie Manson has some advice for Olympic athletes looking to bolster their income: Join OnlyFans. "I am making more from OnlyFans than I am from rowing at this stage," Manson, 34, told Reuters on Wednesday, the eve of the Olympic men's double sculls final,...

This Olympian&#39;s Parents Wish She Would Quit
This Olympian's Parents
Wish She Would Quit
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Aug 3, 2024 4:10 PM CDT

This Olympian's Parents Wish She Would Quit

Table-tennis champ Lily Zhang is playing in her 4th Olympic Games

(Newser) - Paris marks the fourth Olympic appearance for Lily Zhang, the top-ranked US table-tennis player at these Games. The 28-year-old's parents are there to cheer her on. But they also wish she'd just quit and get a job. In a colorful profile, the Wall Street Journal charts Zhang's...

Trinity Rodman's 'Magic' Sends US to Semifinals

Men's basketball team reaches quarters

(Newser) - Mallory Swanson said teammate Trinity Rodman gave the US a magical boost when the team needed it most. Rodman scored in extra time on Saturday, and the US advanced to the women's soccer semifinals at the Paris Olympics with a 1-0 victory over Japan. "Ultimately in games like...

Biles Vaults to Seventh Gold
Biles Captures
7th Gold
Aug 3, 2024 1:30 PM CDT

Biles Captures 7th Gold

Vault competition may have been her last in Olympics

(Newser) - Simone Biles earned her seventh Olympic gold medal by soaring to victory in the women's vault final at the Paris Games on Saturday. The 27-year-old averaged 15.300 for her signature Yurchenko double pike and Cheng vaults to claim a second gold on the event eight years after she...

Cheesy Photos of Italian Gymnast Resurface, Go Viral

Pics of silver medalist Giorgia Villa posing with large hunks of cheese are resurfacing

(Newser) - Giorgia Villa missed the Tokyo Olympics due to a sprained ankle. At the Paris Games, despite lingering back injuries, the 21-year-old gymnast made history. With their silver medal behind the Simone Biles-led US team's gold, Angela Andreoli, Alice D'Amato, Manila Esposito, Elisa Iorio, and Villa matched Italy's...

Neutral Athlete Wins Group's First Gold

Russia, Belarus competitors will not hear their national anthems at Games

(Newser) - The neutral collective of athletes won its first gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Friday. Ivan Litvinovich was not allowed to float down the River Seine on a boat during the Games' opening ceremony a week ago—just like all 32 athletes from Russia and Belarus whose Olympic team...

Olympic Boxer Sticks Up for Rival in Gender Hubbub
Olympic Boxer Sticks Up
for Rival in Gender Hubbub
THE RUNDOWN
Aug 2, 2024 2:23 PM CDT

Olympic Boxer Sticks Up for Rival in Gender Hubbub

Italian boxer Angela Carini apologizes to Algerian foe Imane Khelif

(Newser) - Outcry continues to swirl around an Olympic women's boxer who some say shouldn't have been fighting other women. Italy's Angela Carini bowed out of her match on Thursday against Algeria's Imane Khelif after taking a pretty hard hit right in the face from Khelif, renewing questions...

Surfing Judge Pulled From Olympics Over Photo

Ben Lowe was seen in Instagram photo with Australian surfer Ethan Ewing and his coach

(Newser) - Australian Olympic surfer Ethan Ewing and team coach Bede Durbidge are from North Stradbroke Island in Queensland, as is surfing judge Ben Lowe—and sports authorities were not happy to see a photo of the three men together. Lowe was cut from the panel judging Olympic surfing in Tahiti after...

Olympic Swimmer Has a Scary Ending to Her Race

Slovakia's Tamara Potocka, 21, suffered apparent asthma attack, collapsed after emerging from pool

(Newser) - Slovakian swimmer Tamara Potocka collapsed poolside Friday morning after a qualifying heat of the women's 200-meter individual medley at the Paris Olympics. Potocka, 21, collapsed as she got out of the water and almost immediately was surrounded by a half-dozen medical attendants, who put her on a stretcher after...

At Olympics, Griner 'Head Over Heels' About Prisoner Swap

'It's a great day,' WNBA star says of Gershkovich, Whelan

(Newser) - It's been more than a year since Brittney Griner was released from a Russian prison, but Russia was definitely on her mind Thursday as news trickled in about the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, ex-Marine Paul Whelan, and US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva. "It's a...

Tom Cruise to Test His Stunt Skills at Olympics

Actor will reportedly rappel from stadium, skydive over LA in closing ceremony

(Newser) - Tom Cruise has been spotted taking in swimming and women's gymnastics events at the Paris Olympics, per the Hollywood Reporter . But he's not simply an observer. The 62-year-old actor known for his stunt work will play a role in the closing ceremony on Aug. 11 when he'll...

Andy Murray Makes Light of End of His Tennis Career
Andy Murray
Retires With a Joke
Aug 2, 2024 1:30 AM CDT

Andy Murray Retires With a Joke

'Never even liked tennis anyway,' he posts on X

(Newser) - Three days before the Paris Olympics began, British tennis player Andy Murray announced the games would be the last event of his tennis career. On Thursday, Murray and his teammate, Dan Evans, were defeated in straight sets by Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul of the US in the men's...

Boxer Quits Match Against Opponent Facing Gender Doubts

'I have never felt a punch like this,' Angela Carini says

(Newser) - A boxer for Italy quit 46 seconds into her bout at the Paris Olympics on Thursday after a punch from an opponent whose eligibility for women's competitions has been questioned. Angela Carini took a powerful shot square in the face, paused, then turned and went to her corner, the...

Katie Ledecky Earns Serious Olympic Bragging Rights

American now has 13 medals, more than any female Olympian ever

(Newser) - American swimmer Katie Ledecky did not earn a gold medal in a team relay on Thursday, but the silver one she received instead just happens to be historic. The medal is Ledecky's 13th, more than any female Olympian in history, reports NBC News . Eight of those medals—including Wednesday'...

Simone Biles Reclaims Gold in Tense All-Around Final

American gymnast wins it for the second time in her career

(Newser) - Simone Biles remains peerless. Even when she's not quite perfect. The American gymnastics star edged Brazil's Rebeca Andrade during a tense Olympic all-around final on Thursday, per the AP . Biles' total of 59.131 was just over a point ahead of Andrade at 57.932, one of the...

Gymnast Turned Shooter Wins Guatemala's First Olympic Gold

Adriana Ruano was forced to pivot after injury ended her career

(Newser) - A spinal injury ended Adriana Ruano's chances of competing at the Olympics as a gymnast. She came back as a shooter and won Guatemala's first gold medal on Wednesday, the AP reports. Ruano was training for the 2011 world championships in gymnastics, a qualifier for the London Olympics...

Swimmers' Two Medals Take US to Milestone

That's 3K medals in Olympics overall for American competitors

(Newser) - When Katharine Berkoff won bronze in the women's 100-meter backstroke at the Paris Games, she became the owner of the 600th Olympic medal earned by a US swimming athlete ever. The victory also took the US to another historic milestone: medal No. 3,000, collected in the Summer and...

Tennis Players Face an Extra Challenge in Paris: Laundry

Athletes bemoan trying to keep those tennis whites white on that red clay

(Newser) - It's the dirty little secret of tennis players who compete on the red clay used at the Paris Olympics: Keeping white clothes and footwear clean while running around on what's really dust from crushed red bricks is absolutely impossible. "Shoes and socks are the worst. You have...

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