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
USA’s #04 Stephen Curry celebrates after scoring in the men’s semifinal basketball match between USA and Serbia during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris on August 8, 2024. (AFP)\ PARIS, France – The United States had to dig deep to erase a 17-point deficit to beat Nikola Jokic’s Serbia 95-91 … Read more
Gold medalist Veddriq Leonardo of Indonesia poses after winning the men’s speed final during the sport climbing competition at the Paris Olympics 2024, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Le Bourget, France. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) Indonesians celebrated their country’s first Olympic gold medal in a sport other than badminton, won by Veddriq Leonardo in the inaugural … Read more
Korea’s Taejoon Park celebrates after winning a men’s 58kg Taekwondo final match against Azerbaijan’s Gashim Magomedov during the Paris Olympics 2024, at the Grand Palais, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Park Taejoon restored South Korea’s pride on the opening day of the taekwondo competition at the Paris Olympics 2024. Taekwondo … Read more
Quincy Hall became the latest American to electrify Olympic track and field with an out-of-nowhere comeback Wednesday night, sprinting from far behind in the 400 meters to reel in three runners and capture the gold medal. Hall, buried in fourth place as the runners rounded the last bend, outran the runner on his outside, then … Read more
India women’s wrestler Vinesh Phogat has been disqualified from the 50-kilogram wrestling final at the Paris Olympics after failing to make weight Wednesday, creating a ripple effect on the medal matches and resulting in some forced adjustments by organizers. Phogat defeated Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman Lopez in the semifinals Tuesday, but her disqualification pushed Guzman Lopez … Read more