Tag: Olympics
What makes Leon Marchand a superstar? He's smaller, lighter and unbelievable underwater
Leon Marchand is an enigma.Over the past eight days, he has produced one of the best Olympic pool displays. It featured an unprecedented...
Boxer Cindy Ngamba secures first medal for Olympic refugee team with quarterfinal win
Boxer Cindy Ngamba clinched the first medal of any kind for the Olympic refugee team Sunday at North Paris Arena, guaranteeing herself at...
Team USA looks ahead to familiar faces in Olympics bracket
PARIS – The focus for Team USA may be on Brazil, a team they haven’t seen this summer, but awaiting the American stars...
What is repechage? Explaining Olympic track's new rule that altered a U.S. hurdler's strategy
It’s not often that a new wrinkle is introduced into Olympic sports, especially one that can become a complete game-changer for athletes. But,...
Katie Ledecky, her Olympic legacy secure, seems to have so much left in the tank
NANTERRE, France — Katie Ledecky doesn’t care about every single record she breaks. After all, there are so many it’d be impossible to...
Luol Deng slams officiating in South Sudan’s loss to Serbia: ‘We couldn’t be as aggressive’
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — Luol Deng, former NBA player and architect of the South Sudan men’s basketball program that reached its first Olympics this summer, accused...