Even though she is small in the frame, she is towering above all the people who are there to watch her.
Author: The Associated Press
What to watch for the Paris Olympics: Monday, July 29
Monday’s slate for the Paris Olympics includes a blockbuster tennis match, a handful of the world’s biggest basketball stars, a couple of compelling swimming finals and a gymnastics showdown. Here’s a guide of what to look out for:
Paris Olympics Day 2: Simone Biles and LeBron James shine as Americans step up at the Games
PARIS (AP) — On the first sunny day of the Paris Olympics, the stars from the United States shined bright. Simone Biles and LeBron James dazzled, so did the U.S. women’s soccer team. Torri Huske grabbed some of the spotlight, and Haley Batten made a name for herself by earning a silver medal in mountain […]
Maher’s Americans join Kiwis, Aussies and France in unbeaten bunch in rugby sevens at Olympics
The top four ranked teams all finished Sunday on two wins apiece, with the United States and France also unbeaten ahead of their Pool C showdown on Day 2.
US women beat Germany 4-1 at Olympics and Canada tops France 2-1 amid drone-spying scandal
Sophia Smith scored a pair of goals to help the United States beat Germany 4-1 and advance to the quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics. Mallory Swanson and Lynn Williams also scored for the Americans.
Florida’s Coco Gauff isn’t sure how Florida many Olympics matches she needs to win but she knows she wants medals
Coco Gauff is 2-0 so far at the Paris Olympics after adding a 6-3, 6-0 singles victory over Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic to a win a day earlier in doubles alongside Jessica Pegula.
Kiefer earns 2nd Olympic gold in women’s foil fencing with victory over American teammate Scruggs
Lee Kiefer has won back-to-back gold medals in foil fencing and her teammate Lauren Scruggs took the silver to make history as the first Black U.S. fencer to win an Olympic medal in an individual women’s event.
US finishes 1-2 in women’s 100m butterfly as Huske edges out world-record holder Walsh
Torri Huske knocked off world-record holder Gretchen Walsh in the women’s 100 butterfly by about the length of a finger.
Rays trade right-handed reliever Jason Adam to Padres for 3 minor-league prospects
The Tampa Bay Rays traded right-handed reliever Jason Adam to the San Diego Padres for three minor-league prospects Sunday.
Surf’s up! Paris Olympics surfing competition commences in Tahiti, with wave rides and wipe outs
Surfers rode through and wiped out on barrel-shaped waves in their quest for gold during the first day of the Paris Olympics surfing competition in Tahiti on Saturday, with some of the biggest names in the sport side-by-side on their boards in the ocean.