Olympics

Associated Press Dec 3, 2023, 10:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Tournament MVP Dearica Hamby made an off-balance, falling-down shot off a lob from Kelsey Mitchell as time expired, lifting the U.S. to a 21-20 win over Brazil in the women’s gold medal game at the FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup on
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Associated Press Dec 3, 2023, 11:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — A men’s World Cup super-G was called off Sunday due to strong wind as weather led to the cancellation of all three ski races over the weekend in Beaver Creek, Colorado. A pair of downhill competitions were canceled on Friday
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Associated Press Dec 2, 2023, 04:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TREMBLANT, Quebec — Federica Brignone of Italy picked up her first World Cup victory in two seasons by winning a women’s giant slalom on Saturday. Mikaela Shiffrin finished in third place. Brignone covered the two legs on foggy Mont Tremblant — which hadn’t hosted
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Associated Press Dec 1, 2023, 05:37 PM ET WASHINGTON — Olympic gold medalist swimmer Klete Keller, who threw his USA team jacket into a trash can after he stormed the U.S. Capitol, was sentenced Friday to six months of home detention for joining the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the seat of American democracy. At
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Associated Press Dec 1, 2023, 03:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — Heavy snowfall from the night before led to the cancellation of a men’s World Cup downhill race on Friday in Beaver Creek, Colorado. This marks the third speed-race postponement by weather this season after two downhills in the area of
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Nov 30, 2023, 06:46 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — The River Seine is already suitable for bathing two days out of three on average in the summer, but Paris is hoping to further improve the water quality as next year’s Olympics loom. The primary goal is to make the Seine bathable by 2025,
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Associated Press Nov 29, 2023, 12:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Salt Lake City being preferred as a shoo-in to host the 2034 Winter Olympics was expected. The surprise was the IOC favoring the French Alps bid for the 2030 edition on Wednesday. Aiming to finalize back-to-back Winter Games hosts next year, the
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Associated Press Nov 26, 2023, 02:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KILLINGTON, Vt. — Mikaela Shiffrin built on her first-run lead to win a women’s World Cup slalom race Sunday for her record-extending career victory No. 90. The American two-time Olympic champion pleased the home crowd by posting the fastest time in both runs and
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Associated Press Nov 25, 2023, 12:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KILLINGTON, Vt. — Swiss skier Lara Gut-Behrami made it two giant slalom victories from two starts this season, winning a women’s World Cup race Saturday in which Mikaela Shiffrin finished third. The American improved from fifth position after the opening run and extended her
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Associated Press Nov 25, 2023, 03:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions OSAKA, Japan — Ava Marie Ziegler performed a near-flawless free skate Saturday to win the NHK Trophy and lead a U.S. 1-2 finish on the podium. Fifth after the short program, Ziegler landed all of her jumps cleanly to score 138.46 points in the
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Associated Press Nov 24, 2023, 07:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PRETORIA, South Africa — Double-amputee Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was granted parole Friday, 10 years after shooting his girlfriend through a toilet door at his home in South Africa in a killing that jolted the world. Department of Corrections spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said Pistorius
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Associated Press Nov 24, 2023, 01:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BRISBANE, Australia — The cricket stadium that Brisbane Olympics backers pitched as the centerpiece venue for the 2032 Summer Games is set to be demolished and rebuilt. Queensland state’s Deputy Premier Steven Miles on Friday confirmed the 2.7 billion Australian dollar redevelopment of the
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Associated Press Nov 23, 2023, 02:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — France’s military plans to contribute 15,000 soldiers to the massive security operation for next year’s Paris Olympics, an army general involved in the preparations said Thursday. The bulk of the force — nearly 10,000 troops — will be deployed in the Paris
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