Team USA won Olympic gold in the men’s and women’s 4X400 relay on Saturday with men hitting Olympic-record time and women coming in only .1 short of the world record. US’ Gabrielle Thomas competes as Jamaica’s Shiann Salmon (R) steps off the track as athletes compete in the women’s 4x400m relay final of the athletics event … Read more
Liu Huanhua of China reacts after a good lift during the men’s 102kg weightlifting event, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) PARIS — Liu Huanhua won China its fourth weightlifting gold medal through the first seven competitions at the Paris Olympics, taking gold in the men’s … Read more
Lydia Ko, of New Zealand, waves to the crowd wearing her gold medal during the medal ceremony following the final round of the women’s golf event at the Paris Olympics 2024, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, at Le Golf National, in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. (AP Photo/Matt York) SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Lydia Ko completed her Olympic medal collection … Read more
Ukraine’s gold medal-winning boxer Oleksandr Khyzhniak gave a military salute to the crowd gathered to celebrate his return to the war-torn country from the Paris Olympics. Stepping out of the special Olympic Express train at Kyiv’s central railway station, Khyzhniak, 29, greeted fans, friends and family. The athlete from Poltava is also a serviceman of … Read more
Olivia Reeves won the United States’ first Olympic gold medal in weightlifting in 24 years at the Paris Olympics on Friday. Reeves lifted 117 kilograms (390 pounds) in the snatch and 145kg (320 pounds) in the clean and jerk for a total of 262kg to beat Mari Leivis Sanchez of Colombia by five kilograms in … Read more
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has won a gold medal Friday at the Paris Olympics, emerging as a champion from a tumultuous run at the Games where she endured intense scrutiny in the ring and online abuse from around the world over misconceptions about her womanhood. Khelif beat Yang Liu of China 5:0 in the final … Read more
Surfer Caroline Marks, 22, is among the star-studded athletes who took home gold during the Paris Games, adding another medal to Team USA’s growing shelf. The goofy-footed rider joined CBS News on Friday to share more on her win. After four days of riding the Olympic high, she’s still processing what she calls the “biggest … Read more
Gold medalist Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo celebrates with the national flag after winning the men’s 200m final of the athletics event at the Paris Olympics 2024 at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 8, 2024. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP) President Mokgweetsi Masisi gave Botswana the afternoon off on Friday to … Read more
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 track and field star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone set a new world record and claimed the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles final Thursday, repeating her win in Tokyo. American Anna Cockrell nabbed the silver in an upset over world champion Femke Bol of the Netherlands, who finished third for the bronze. McLaughlin-Levrone finished the race in … Read more