Florida Olympians are making a splash in the pool at the 2024 Summer Olympics, and none are making bigger waves than Sarasota’s own Emma Weyant.
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Triathlon cancels Olympic swim training over Seine water quality: What’s Hot in Paris
Concerns about the water quality in the Seine River led officials to call off the swimming portion of an Olympic triathlon training session for a second straight day. Organizers overseeing the event at the Paris Games are optimistic that triathletes will be able to swim in the city’s famed waterway when the competition starts Tuesday. The sport’s governing body, its medical team and city officials, are banking on sunny weather and higher temperatures to bring the levels of E. coli bacteria below the necessary limits to stage the swim portion of a race that also includes biking and running.
One extraordinary photo: Simone Biles in flight at the Olympics
Even though she is small in the frame, she is towering above all the people who are there to watch her.
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.
Rays trade All-Star Isaac Paredes to Cubs as trade deadline nears
The Tampa Bay Rays have been sending shockwaves through its fanbase and the league as the team traded away their All-Star and third baseman Issac Paredes, according to reports.