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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff, dies at 88
Michael Phelps calls for a lifetime ban for anyone who’s caught doping
PARIS — In the wake of a Chinese doping scandal, Michael Phelps doubled down Monday on his support for tougher sanctions — including a lifetime ban for anyone who tests positive for a banned substance. “If you test positive, you should never be allowed to come back and compete again,...
Americans have more depth than anyone at the pool, but gold medals harder and harder to come by
NANTERRE, France — No one can match America’s depth at the pool. That said, claiming the top step on the Olympic medal podium is no longer a given for U.S. swimmers. Nine days of thrilling competition at La Defense Arena wrapped up Sunday night with the Americans barely pulling out...
Simone Biles finishes off her return to Olympics with silver on floor exercise
PARIS — American gymnast Simone Biles didn’t get the golden sendoff she sought. Biles earned silver in the floor exercise finals on Monday — her fourth medal in Paris and 11th Olympic medal overall — after a routine that included a couple of costly steps out of bounds. Brazil’s Rebeca...
Hempfield grad Bridget Williams’ Olympic run ends in pole vault qualifying round
Bridget (Guy) Williams fell just short of qualifying for the finals in the pole vault at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Monday morning in Saint-Denis, France. The Hempfield grad failed to clear 4.55 meters and finished outside the top 20 qualifiers who advanced to Wednesday’s finals. Competing for Team USA,...
Olympic boxer Imane Khelif calls for end to bullying after backlash over gender misconceptions 
PARIS — Olympic boxer Imane Khelif said the wave of hateful scrutiny she has faced over misconceptions about her gender “harms human dignity,” and she called for an end to bullying athletes after being greatly affected by the international backlash against her. The Algerian athlete spoke about her tumultuous Olympic...
Belgium withdraws from mixed relay triathlon after athlete who swam in Seine River falls ill
PARIS — Belgium’s Olympic committee announced Sunday that it would withdraw its team from the mixed relay triathlon at the Paris Olympics after one of its competitors who swam in the Seine River fell ill. Claire Michel, who competed in the women’s triathlon Wednesday, “is unfortunately ill and will have...
Kristen Faulkner wins Paris Olympics women’s road race for U.S. after making the team as a replacement 
PARIS — With the Eiffel Tower behind her and the sun shining at the Paris Olympics, Kristen Faulkner stood atop the podium with her hand on her heart as the American national anthem played. Briefly, she closed her eyes as the enormity of her win in the women’s road race...
Noah Lyles wins Olympic 100 by five-thousandths of a second, among closest finishes in Games history 
SAINT-DENIS, France — Noah Lyles won the Olympic 100 meters by .005 seconds Sunday, waiting some 30 seconds after the finish of an excruciatingly close sprint to find out he’d beaten Kishane Thompson of Jamaica. The word “Photo” popped up on the scoreboard after Lyles and Thompson dashed to the...
Noah Lyles pulls out Olympic 100 by five-thousandths of a second 
SAINT-DENIS, France — Noah Lyles won the Olympic 100 meters by .005 seconds Sunday, waiting some 30 seconds after the finish of an excruciatingly close sprint to find out he had edged out Kishane Thompson of Jamaica. The world “Photo” popped up on the scoreboard after Lyles and Thompson dashed...
A complete list of Paris Olympics medal winners 
Medal winners from Sunday, Saturday at Paris Olympics: Sunday, Aug. 4 ARCHERY MEN’S INDIVIDUAL Gold: Kim Woo-jin, South Korea Silver: Brady Ellison, United States Bronze: Lee Woo-seok, South Korea ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS MEN’S RINGS Gold: Liu Yang, China Silver: Zou Jingyuan, China Bronze: Eleftherios Petrounias, Greece MEN’S VAULT Gold: Carlos Edriel...
Novak Djokovic wins his first Olympic gold medal by beating Carlos Alcaraz in the men’s tennis final 
PARIS — For all of his Grand Slam championships and other titles, for all of his time at No. 1, Novak Djokovic really, really wanted an Olympic gold medal for Serbia, the last significant accomplishment missing from his glittering resume. He finally got one at age 37. Doesn’t matter a...
U.S. extends Olympic win streak to 58 games with 87-68 victory over Germany; quarterfinals next 
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — The U.S. has incredible depth that no country can match, and it has played a key role in its unprecedented run of seven straight Olympic gold medals. The Americans can wear down their opponents by sending wave after wave of WNBA All-Stars to the court. They did...
U.S. sets two world records on final night of swimming, wins gold-medal race with Australia 
NANTERRE, France — The United States set two world records on the final night of swimming at the Paris Olympics on Sunday, winning the gold-medal count over rival Australia and easing the sting of their first loss in the men’s 400 medley relay. Bobby Finke set the standard in the...
High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh wins Ukraine’s 1st individual gold of the Paris Olympics 
SAINT-DENIS, France — Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh, who was forced to flee her country because of the war with Russia, won gold at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. It was Ukraine’s first individual gold of these Summer Games, following a victory in women’s team saber fencing. Mahuchikh cleared 2.00...
North Allegheny grad Ayden Owens-Delerme finishes 9th in decathlon at Olympics
Former WPIAL track star Ayden Owens-Delerme, who entered Saturday in contention for a medal, finished ninth in the decathlon while making his Olympic debut in Paris. The North Allegheny graduate accumulated 8,437 points in the 10-event competition held over two days at the 80,000-seat Stade de France. A former college...
Xander Schauffele, Jon Rahm share lead in star-heavy chase for Olympic gold in golf 
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Golf finally has some Olympic buzz from a big and boisterous gallery, and it has the star power to match going into the final round of the men’s competition with medals finally at stake. Xander Schauffele and Jon Rahm were tied for the lead Saturday, one shot...
Trinity Rodman’s ‘bit of magic’ sends U.S. women into Olympic soccer semifinals 
PARIS — Mallory Swanson says Trinity Rodman gave the United States a bit of magic when the team needed it most. Rodman scored in extra time, and the United States advanced to the women’s soccer semifinals at the Paris Olympics with a 1-0 victory over Japan on Saturday. “Ultimately in...
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif clinches medal at Olympics amid controversy 
VILLEPINTE, France — Boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria clinched a medal at the Paris Olympics in an emotional fight Saturday that followed days of sharp scrutiny and online abuse as misconceptions about her gender exploded into a larger clash about identity in sports. Khelif defeated Anna Luca Hamori of Hungary,...
Sha’Carri Richardson’s comeback halted by Julien Alfred, who wins 100-meter title
SAINT-DENIS, France — Sha’Carri Richardson’s comeback story hit a brick wall Saturday when Julien Alfred romped in the rain to the 100-meter title in 10.72 seconds to bring the first Olympic medal to her island country of Saint Lucia. Racing one lane to the left of Richardson, and with water...
Penn State grad Stephen ‘Pommel Horse Guy’ Nedoroscik adds another bronze at Olympics 
Stephen Nedoroscik’s meticulous attention to details and rituals do not stop with his pommel horse routine. Outside the gym, the Penn State graduate can be obsessive, too. So when he again solved his Rubik’s Cube in under 10 seconds Saturday ahead of the pommel horse final at the Paris Olympics,...
Katie Ledecky swims into history with 800 freestyle victory at Olympics 
NANTERRE, France — Every year on August 3, Katie Ledecky is reminded of her first Olympic gold medal. She was just 15 years old, a reserved high schooler who had surprisingly made the U.S. swim team for the London Games. Then she went out and shocked the world, beating everyone...
Katie Ledecky swims into history with 800 freestyle victory at the Paris Olympics
NANTERRE, France — 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, which...
Central Catholic grad Michael Grady felt ‘joy and happiness and relief’ in winning Olympic gold 
Michael Grady did not get to participate in the opulent opening ceremonies of the Olympics on July 26. As a rower, his presence would have been fitting for the “parade” of nations that took place on mechanized watercraft surging through the rain and the Seine river of Paris. But the...
U.S. men’s basketball rolls into Olympic quarterfinals as top seed after rout of Puerto Rico 
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — Halfway to its goal of gold, the U.S. has the No. 1 seed going into the medal round at the Paris Olympics. And now the real games start. Anthony Edwards scored 26 points, six players reached double figures for the U.S. and the Americans wrapped up the...
Simone Biles captures 7th Olympic gold medal by winning women’s vault for 2nd time
PARIS — Simone Biles is getting kind of old for this. Just maybe not too old to keep going. Maybe. Minutes after the American gymnastics star won the seventh Olympic gold of her career Saturday in a vault final that left little doubt that, even at 27, she remains in...


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