Olympics

ESPN News Services Aug 25, 2024, 12:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHORZOW, Poland — Armand Duplantis broke the world record in the pole vault again, this time clearing 6.26 meters in a Diamond League meet in Poland on Sunday. Duplantis, the Louisiana-born 24-year-old who competes for his mother’s native Sweden, added another centimeter to

Associated Press Aug 25, 2024, 11:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway broke the 28-year-old world record in the 3,000 meters by more than three seconds during a Diamond League meeting in Poland on Sunday. Ingebrigtsen clocked 7 minutes, 17.55 seconds at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzow. It shattered the previous best

Associated Press Aug 24, 2024, 08:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Two weeks removed from the Paris Games, gold medal swimmer Caeleb Dressel is already making plans for Los Angeles. The 28-year-old Dressel said Saturday at Daytona International Speedway that he would like to end his competitive career racing the 50-meter

Associated Press Aug 23, 2024, 02:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PARIS — Former gold medalists Steve Serio and Nicky Nieves have been chosen as the United States’ flag-bearers for the Paralympic opening ceremony, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced Friday. Serio has helped the U.S.’s wheelchair basketball team to gold medals at the

Associated Press Aug 22, 2024, 02:20 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Daniela Larreal Chirinos, a five-time Olympic cyclist who competed for Venezuela over the course of two decades, has died. She was 51. Larreal was found dead at home in Las Vegas the afternoon of Aug. 15 after a friend called police for a welfare

Associated Press Aug 22, 2024, 05:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi ran the fourth-fastest 800 meters time in history Thursday at the first major track meet after the Paris Games. Wanyonyi clocked 1 minute, 41.11 seconds – 0.08 faster than his winning time in Paris two weeks ago

Associated Press Aug 22, 2024, 03:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOGOTÁ, Colombia — A team that played in a basketball tournament in Russia usurped the colors and name of the Colombian national team, the country’s basketball federation said Thursday. The federation said it will take legal action “for the improper use of our image

Associated Press Aug 21, 2024, 03:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Armand Duplantis cleared 6.15 meters on his third and final attempt Wednesday in his first pole vault competition since setting a new world record at the Paris Olympics. The 24-year-old Duplantis cleared the height in a pop-up venue circled by 5,000

Aug 21, 2024, 04:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Australia’s cycling body expects the Under Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to enforce a two-year non-competition period on Matt Richardson at international events following his decision to switch allegiance to Britain. Richardson, who won three medals for Australia at the Paris Olympics, announced the switch on Monday

Aug 20, 2024, 03:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Tamirat Tola and Hellen Obiri will look to defend their New York City Marathon titles this November. The pair headline strong fields in the annual race around New York’s five boroughs. Tola is coming off a win at the Paris Games where he

Aug 19, 2024, 09:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Thierry Henry has resigned from his role as manager of France’s youth teams after earning a silver medal at the Paris Olympics, the French Football Federation (FFF) announced on Monday. Henry, who won the 1998 World Cup with his country, cited “personal reasons” as the motivation

ESPN News Services Aug 18, 2024, 02:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill has taken aim at Noah Lyles, challenging the 100-meter Olympic gold medalist to a race on social media Sunday. The speedy Hill apparently wasn’t impressed with Lyles’ win in the men’s 100-meter final at the Paris Olympics

Associated Press Aug 18, 2024, 01:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ALPE D’HUEZ, France — Polish rider Kasia Niewiadoma did just enough in a thrilling battle Sunday with rival Demi Vollering on the iconic Alpe d’Huez to win the women’s Tour de France by four seconds overall. It was the smallest margin of victory in

Associated Press Aug 17, 2024, 10:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LE GRAND-BORNAND, France — Justine Ghekiere claimed victory in the seventh stage of the women’s Tour de France on Saturday, the first mountain challenge in the French Alps. The 103-mile stage, the tour’s longest, saw the Belgian rider leverage her climbing strength to break

Associated Press Aug 16, 2024, 10:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TIARET, Algeria — With an outpouring of fans greeting her as she arrived in her hometown on Friday, Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif extolled Algeria for backing its athletes and said she hoped to again make her country proud in the future. The football-obsessed

Associated Press Aug 16, 2024, 12:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BUCHAREST, Romania — Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu received her Olympic bronze medal during a ceremony in the capital Bucharest on Friday that marked the conclusion of a swirl of controversy after the medal was first awarded to U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles but later revoked.

ESPN News Services Aug 15, 2024, 03:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jordan Chiles said the decision to strip the bronze medal from her for the Paris Olympics floor exercise “feels unjust” while adding that she “will make every effort to ensure that justice is done.” In a lengthy post on social media, Chiles addressed

Aug 15, 2024, 10:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Australian breakdancer Rachael Gunn said the backlash she has received since competing at the Paris Olympics has been devastating and asked for privacy for herself and her family and friends. “I really appreciate the positivity, and I’m glad I was able to bring some joy into