American Quincy Hall, 26, won his first Olympic medal, claiming gold in the men’s 400-meter race. Meanwhile, the American artistic swimming team earned a medal for the first time in two decades, taking silver. As the Olympics wrap up in the next few days, team sports will head into their championship games.
American Cole Hocker pulled the upset of the Olympics on Tuesday night, beating his personal-best time by almost 3 seconds to outrace favorites Jakob Ingebrigsten and Josh Kerr for the title at 1,500 meters. Hocker won the race in an Olympic record 3 minutes, 27.65 seconds, pulling from fifth to first over the final 300 … Read more
American-born pole vaulter Armand “Mondo” Duplantis broke a world record for a ninth time at the Paris Olympics on Monday and brought home a gold medal for Sweden. The Louisiana-born 24-year-old athlete cleared 6.25 meters Monday, beating the mark of 6.24 meters he set in the Xiamen Diamond League in China in April, launching higher … Read more