Trust between rider and horse on display at the Paris Olympics shows the best of a sport that has been rocked by scandals | Calla Wahlquist
aAbout five minutes into the eight-minute cross-country race, the oldest horse in Olympic history, 21-year-old Forever Young Wundermask, jumped his jockey out of the saddle and galloped off as he approached the second water obstacle. Watching from home in Australia, I couldn’t help but laugh when a soaked Ecuadorian jockey, Ronald Zavala Getchell, stood up […]
IOC defends Imane Khelif position in Olympics boxing controversy
The International Olympic Committee on Thursday defended two boxers at the center of a gender debate that has taken the 2024 Summer Olympics by storm. Algeria’s Imane Kherif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting have come under fire after being disqualified by the International Boxing Association (IBA) for failing gender eligibility tests at the 2023 World Championships […]
Team USA women’s basketball extended their almost unbelievable Olympics streak in win over Belgium
The last time the U.S. and Belgian women’s basketball teams met, in an Olympic qualifier in February, the game came down to the final possession, when Breanna Stewart scored a tap-in goal to give the U.S. an 81-79 victory. This time, it wasn’t quite as close. While Belgium closed to within five points in the […]
USA women’s basketball wins 57th straight Olympics game to reach quarters
VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France — Breanna Stewart scored 26 points and the United States beat Belgium 87-74 on Thursday night to book a spot in the Olympic quarterfinals. A’ja Wilson had 23 points and 13 rebounds for the United States, which has won 57 straight games since the 1992 Barcelona tournament. It was one of the closest […]
Suni Lee wins second medal of Paris Olympics after comeback from kidney disease
Suni Lee capped a spectacular comeback to the gymnastics world on Thursday by winning her second medal at the Paris Olympics. Li won the bronze medal in the individual all-around final, behind fellow U.S. teammate Simone Biles and Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade, who won gold and silver, respectively. The third-place finish was yet another accolade for […]
Katie Ledecky wins 13th Olympics medal, more than any American woman ever
Katie Ledecky continues to break records. With the U.S. winning silver in the 4x200m freestyle relay final on Thursday, Ledecky has now won her 13th Olympic medal, the most ever by a U.S. woman. It was Ledecky’s third medal of the Games, as she dominated with gold in the 1500m freestyle and bronze in the […]
Jake Paul calls out ‘sickening’ Olympics boxing controversy, offers fighter spot on undercard
One of boxing’s most prominent figures has spoken out about the gender debate at the Olympics. After Angela Carini withdrew from a fight against a boxer who allegedly has XY chromosomes, Jake Paul called the incident “sickening” and a “farce.” “No matter what you believe, this is wrong and dangerous,” Paul wrote on X (formerly […]
Tom Cruise to appear in Olympics closing ceremony – report | Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise is reportedly set to assist with the Olympic handover ceremony between Paris and 2028 host city Los Angeles. The closing ceremony will be enhanced by actors from Mission: Impossible, who filmed stunts in both cities as part of a taping scheduled for August 11. According to TMZ:. Details of the ceremony have not […]
Simone Biles proved she’s still the best in the world at Olympics all-around
Simone Biles was already considered one of the greatest American athletes of all time before she even competed in the women’s all-around final at the 2024 Paris Olympics. By that date, Biles had won five Olympic gold medals and 23 world championship gold medals, but at 27 years old, she was looking to prove that […]
White House, Harris silent on Olympics gender controversy as Trump vows to ‘protect women and girls’
Exclusive: both The White House and Kamala Harris’ campaign remained silent when asked for comment Thursday morning about whether they would support biologically male, intersex or transgender athletes competing alongside biologically female athletes in the Olympics. Meanwhile, the Trump campaign was quick to denounce the idea amid a furor surrounding the Algerian boxer, who has […]