Olympics-Swimming-A record night of the greats in the Paris pool
PARIS - French poster boy Leon Marchand and U.S. distance dynamo Katie Ledecky made history while the Paris pool saw its first world...
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Aug 32 min read
Olympics-Swimming-Acrobats' son Kharun flips script to win medal for Canada
PARIS - When two Ukrainian acrobats from the Cirque du Soleil raised their son in Las Vegas, little did they know he would one day win an...
Aug 32 min read
Olympics-Swimming-France's Marchand makes history with golden double
PARIS - France's Paris Games poster boy Leon Marchand went where no swimmer has gone before by winning the 200 metres breaststroke and...
Aug 32 min read
Olympics-Swimming-China's Pan smashes own 100m freestyle world record for gold
PARIS - China's Pan Zhanle obliterated his own 100 metres freestyle world record at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday as he took an...
Aug 32 min read
Olympics-Swimming-China's Pan says unaffected by doping storm after 'perfect' world record
PARIS - China's Pan Zhanle hailed a perfect world record swim that delivered the Olympic 100 metres freestyle gold on Wednesday and said...
Aug 32 min read
Olympics-Gymnastics-A new Japanese star is born: Oka looks to emulate Uchimura's success
PARIS - The spotlight at the men's gymnastics events at the Paris Games was always going to shine brightest on Japan's Daiki Hashimoto,...
Aug 33 min read
Olympics-Fencing-Young Queens fencer shows New York grit on Paris 2024 stage
EAUBONNE, France - Growing up in cutthroat New York gave Lauren Scruggs the competitive mindset needed to claim an unexpected fencing...
Aug 13 min read
After tense build-up, Olympic fever has caught on in France
PARIS - Stadiums are packed. Crowds are going wild, chanting, applauding, supporting the home team. And the French also tune in by the...
Aug 13 min read
Explainer-Olympics-DSD rules in focus in women's boxing
PARIS - The presence at the Paris Olympics of two boxers who were disqualified from last year's world championships has revived the...
Jul 302 min read
Olympics-Sailing-Mozambique sailor charts new waters for Africa
MARSEILLE, France - Deizy Nhaquile was nine when she first stepped into a dinghy in Mozambique, but she and her mother were fearful about...
Jul 302 min read
Olympics-Badminton-Investment pays off as Western players improve on biggest stage
PARIS - China and South Korea are having to fight much harder in the Olympic badminton in Paris than at the Tokyo Games three years ago...
Jul 302 min read
Olympics-Fencing-Carnage for world number ones in third day of fencing at Paris Games
PARIS - It was a day of carnage for world numbers ones in fencing at the Paris Games on Monday, with Japan's Misaki Emura in women's...
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