2024 Olympics: Hideki Matsuyama’s spectacular play leads to bronze
Hideki Matsuyama made it onto the podium in his second Olympic appearance. Three years ago, he narrowly lost in a playoff for the bronze medal at the 2021 Tokyo Games. Matsuyama redeemed himself by winning a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Silver medalist Tommy Fleetwood and gold medalist Scottie Scheffler finished ahead of […]
Simone Biles fed up with this Olympics question: ‘Really gotta stop’
Simone Biles wants to put an end to the dreaded question for Olympic medallists. Biles, who won another gold medal in the vault final on Saturday to become the most decorated American gymnast in Paris Olympic history, took to social media to express her distaste for the question, “What’s next?” “After winning an Olympic medal, […]
USA ends Olympics with most swimming gold medals after world record
It took until the final race of the Olympic swimming competition, but the United States came home with the most gold medals and a new world record. The U.S. team narrowly defeated Australia in the women’s 4 x 100-meter relay final, setting a world record time of 3 minutes 49.63 seconds to win their eighth […]
Olympics Spectator Removed After Ripping Taiwan Supporter’s Banner
At a badminton match at the Paris Olympics, a spectator was ejected from the stands after snatching a banner reading “Go Taiwan” as security guards tackled a woman who was brandishing the name of a banned country. Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), is competing in the Olympics, but its athletes are […]
Tommy Fleetwood collects ultimate hardware, settles for silver medal at 2024 Olympics
Tommy Fleetwood can officially call himself an Olympic medallist. The Briton won silver in the men’s golf event at the 2024 Olympic Games at Le Golf National on Sunday. Fleetwood becomes just the second British player to win gold after Justin Rose won at the Rio 2016 Games. He held the lead for much of […]
Scottie Scheffler cries during national anthem after Olympics win
When golf returned to the Olympics in 2016, it was derided and deemed no more meaningful than your average PGA tournament. Many top athletes withdrew from the Rio Olympics due to its proximity to major cities and concerns about the Zika virus, and five years later the Tokyo Olympics went off without much fanfare. But […]
Lin Yu-ting’s Olympics opponent fans flames with ‘X’ gesture
A new issue has been added to the ongoing gender debate in Olympic boxing. Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting, who was one of the candidates to compete in the Olympics along with Algerian boxer Imane Kherif, defeated Bulgaria’s Svetlana Staneva in the women’s 57 kg quarterfinals on Sunday morning to ensure she would win at least the […]
Suni Lee takes bronze in uneven bars for third 2024 Olympics medal
Six months ago, U.S. gymnast Suni Lee didn’t think she’d even be able to compete. On Sunday, Li won the bronze medal on balance beam with a score of 14.800, earning her sixth Olympic medal and third of the Games. Keilia Nemours, who grew up in France but competed for Algeria, won the gold medal […]
Paris 2024 Olympics: Why the men’s 400m hurdles is poised to be historically great
At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, American 400-meter hurdler Kevin Young won the gold medal in a world record time of 46.78 seconds. Young became the first man to break the 47-second barrier, a feat that remained unattained until 2018. The era of Young will come to an end with the Tokyo Olympics in about 30 […]
What doomed Sha’Carri Richardson in the 100m final at Olympics
Sha’Kary Richardson missed out on the gold medal in the 100m final due to a delayed start that took her 0.221 seconds to get going, making the medal an achievement in itself. That reaction time was the slowest of the eight runners, about a tenth of a second behind eventual winner Julian Alfred of St. […]