American Katie Nageotte won gold for Team USA at the Tokyo Olympics women’s pole vault finals on Aug. 5. The 30-year-old of Cleveland cleared 16 feet, 0.91 inches on her third attempt. It’s the third time that the United States has taken home a gold medal in the event’s history. “It hasn’t even begun to sink…
US Men’s Basketball Team Advances to Gold Medal Game at Tokyo Olympics
Team USA will battle for a gold medal on Friday after trumping Australia in an Olympics semifinal match. The Americans defeated Australia 97–78 after breaking the game open in the third quarter. Kevin Durant finished with 23 points in 30 minutes of action, going 10–19 from the field and adding nine rebounds and two assists….
Gold for De Grasse, Another Huge 400m Hurdles Record
TOKYO—Canada’s Andre De Grasse added gold to a groaning collection of minor medals with victory in the 200 metres, Kenya went one-two in the men’s 800m and Peruth Chemutai made history for Uganda on another scintillating night of Olympic athletics on Wednesday. That followed another huge 400m hurdles world record in the morning when Sydney…
Punching Out of It: USA Boxing Has Olympic Revival in Tokyo
TOKYO—Richard Torrez Jr. went into the Olympic boxing ring on Wednesday with a game plan jointly concocted over the phone by his father back home in central California and by Billy Walsh, his national team’s head coach in Tokyo. The 22-year-old super heavyweight from Tulare then executed the plan perfectly and repeatedly until his Kazakh…
American Hurdler McLaughlin Sets New World Record in Women’s 400-Meter
American hurdler and Olympic gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin won the women’s 400-meter hurdles on Wednesday at the Tokyo Games while also setting a new world record. McLaughlin finished the run at 51.46 seconds, almost half a second faster than her previous world record set during the United States Olympic Trials in June. “I’m absolutely delighted. What…
US’s McLaughlin Wins, Sets World Record in Women’s 400-Meter Hurdles
American hurdler Sydney McLaughlin won the women’s 400-meter hurdles on Aug. 4 at the Tokyo Olympics in world-record time. McLaughlin finished in 51.46 seconds, almost a half-second faster than her previous world mark, set during the U.S. Olympic Trials in June. “I’m absolutely delighted. What a great race. I’m just grateful to be out here…
Olympic Committee Drops Probe Into Raven Saunders’ Gesture After Her Mother’s Death
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has dropped its probe into American athlete Raven Saunders’ podium gesture after she announced that her mother had died. Saunders won a silver medal in the women’s shot put competition in Tokyo on Sunday and, while standing on the podium, she raised her arms in an “x” gesture that she…
Teenage Skateboarder Sky Brown Makes History With Olympic Bronze
Thirteen-year-old Sky Brown has become Great Britain’s youngest Olympic medallist after taking the bronze medal in the women’s skateboard park event at the Ariake Urban Arena in Tokyo. In a remarkable finish, Brown kick flipped her way into the history books by posting a score of 56.47 in her third and final attempt to come…
‘I Love Representing the US’: Tamyra Mensah-Stock Takes Gold in Women’s Wrestling
American wrestler Tamyra Mensah-Stock has gone viral after she expressed her love for the United States in an interview following a historic Olympic win, which saw her secure a gold medal in the 68kg final over Blessing Oborududu of Nigeria. An emotional Mensah-Stock draped the American flag over her shoulders as she took questions from…
‘I Love Representing the US’: Gold Medal Winner Tamyra Mensah-Stock Goes Viral After Professing Love for Country
American wrestler Tamyra Mensah-Stock has gone viral after she expressed her love for the United States in an interview following a historic Olympic win, which saw her secure a gold medal in the 68kg final over Blessing Oborududu of Nigeria. An emotional Mensah-Stock draped the American flag over her shoulders as she took questions from…
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