Taiwanese Olympic Boxer Who Failed IBA Gender Test Advances to Gold Medal Fight as Female Opponent Makes ‘XX’ Gesture
Taiwanese Olympic athlete Lin Yu-ting, who has been at the center of a gender debate that has garnered international attention, beat Turkish female fighter Esra Yildiz Kahraman by unanimous decision on Wednesday night to book her place in the gold medal round. After the match, Kahraman makes the “XX” symbol with her fingers to show […]
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanks boxer Oleksandr Khyzhniak for Olympic gold amid Russian war
Ukraine won its third gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday, with President Volodymyr Zelensky expressing his gratitude on social media. Ukrainian middleweight boxer Oleksandr Khizhnyak won the gold medal at Roland Garros after defeating Kazakhstan’s Nurbek Oralbai 3-2 in a thrilling final. “Ukraine wins another gold medal at the Paris Olympics! Boxer Oleksandr […]
2022 Olympic US figure skaters finally get their gold medals in Paris after Russian team’s doping saga
A winter twist came to the Summer Olympics on Wednesday as the U.S. figure skating team finally won gold as the 2022 Olympic champions. During the special medal ceremony, nine American athletes were able to walk the runway under the bright Parisian sun, take in views of the Eiffel Tower and be basked in the […]
US Olympic figure skaters finally get gold medals after Russian doping scandal halted Beijing Olympics podium
More than two years after missing out on gold medals due to an opponent’s doping, the U.S. Olympic figure skating team has finally received its medals. Figure skaters from the United States and Japan stood on the podium at the Parc des Champions in Paris on Wednesday to accept the gold and silver medals they […]
Paris Olympics 2024: Quincy Hall wins 400m gold medal in epic comeback
At the Paris Olympics, the US track and field team once again won gold medals with incredible late comebacks: first Noah Lyles in the 100 meters, then Cole Hocker in the 1500 meters, and now Quincy Hall in the 400 meters. Coming into the final, Quincy Hall was in fourth place behind gold medal favorites […]
Quincy Hall’s 400-meter comeback secures another Olympic gold for US
American runners are refusing to withdraw from Paris. Quincy Hall produced a stunning comeback in the 400 meters on Wednesday to become the latest American athlete to win an Olympic gold medal. The 26-year-old went from fourth to first with a brilliant finish in Saint-Denis, overtaking Trinidad and Tobago’s Jerem Richards, then Matthew Hudson-Smith of […]
USA’s Quincy Hall comes from behind to win gold in Olympic men’s 400-meter final
Quincy Hall came from behind to win the men’s 400m final, winning his first Olympic gold medal. This marks the first time the United States has won gold in this event since LaShawn Merritt in 2004. The U.S. swept the medals that year. It’s the first medal for the United States since Merritt won bronze […]
Olympic gold medalist Gabby Thomas reflects on wearing the American flag after big win
Gabby Thomas helped the United States regain the gold medal lead over China. Paris Olympics She shocked the nation in the women’s 200m final on Tuesday, beating St. Lucia’s Julianne Alfred and U.S. teammate Brittany Brown to win in 21.83 seconds. After crossing the finish line and realizing she had won her first Olympic gold […]
Khelif dominates semi-final en route to gold medal bout
Controversial boxer Imane Kherif has reached the Olympic final after another dominant victory over a female opponent in Paris. Kherif has been surrounded by controversy since it was revealed that both the International Boxing Association and the World Boxing Organization had said he was biologically male. The IBA disqualified the boxer from the 2023 World […]
Payton Pritchard thinks the Boston Celtics could win Olympic gold in men’s basketball
As the Paris Olympics draws to a close, the United States men’s basketball team is dominating. Following a 122-87 win over Brazil in the quarterfinals, the U.S. is now 4-0 at the Olympics and has an average point average of 24.75 per game. This is exactly the performance the team was hoping for in Paris […]