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Olympics-Athletics-Ecuador's Pintado blazes to 20km race walk victory at Paris Olympics
PARIS - Moments after Brian Pintado of Ecuador had blazed to a glorious gold medal in the 20km race walk at the Paris Olympics, he pulled...
Aug 3, 20242 min read
Olympics-Swimming-A record night of the greats in the Paris pool
PARIS - French poster boy Leon Marchand and U.S. distance dynamo Katie Ledecky made history while the Paris pool saw its first world...
Aug 3, 20243 min read
Olympics-Swimming-Acrobats' son Kharun flips script to win medal for Canada
PARIS - When two Ukrainian acrobats from the Cirque du Soleil raised their son in Las Vegas, little did they know he would one day win an...
Aug 3, 20242 min read
Olympics-Swimming-France's Marchand makes history with golden double
PARIS - France's Paris Games poster boy Leon Marchand went where no swimmer has gone before by winning the 200 metres breaststroke and...
Aug 3, 20242 min read
Olympics-Swimming-China's Pan smashes own 100m freestyle world record for gold
PARIS - China's Pan Zhanle obliterated his own 100 metres freestyle world record at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday as he took an...
Aug 3, 20242 min read
Olympics-Swimming-China's Pan says unaffected by doping storm after 'perfect' world record
PARIS - China's Pan Zhanle hailed a perfect world record swim that delivered the Olympic 100 metres freestyle gold on Wednesday and said...
Aug 3, 20242 min read
Olympics-Gymnastics-A new Japanese star is born: Oka looks to emulate Uchimura's success
PARIS - The spotlight at the men's gymnastics events at the Paris Games was always going to shine brightest on Japan's Daiki Hashimoto,...
Aug 3, 20242 min read
Olympics-Fencing-Young Queens fencer shows New York grit on Paris 2024 stage
EAUBONNE, France - Growing up in cutthroat New York gave Lauren Scruggs the competitive mindset needed to claim an unexpected fencing...
Aug 3, 20243 min read
It's a fish, it's a boat? Amphibious vehicles glide through Amsterdam's canals
AMSTERDAM - A colourful parade of amphibious cars glided through Amsterdam's canals on Thursday, but it was the last time the event will...
Aug 3, 20242 min read
Children of freed sleeper agents learned they were Russians on the flight, Kremlin says
MOSCOW - A family of Russian sleeper agents flown to Moscow in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War were so deep under...
Aug 3, 20243 min read
After tense build-up, Olympic fever has caught on in France
PARIS - Stadiums are packed. Crowds are going wild, chanting, applauding, supporting the home team. And the French also tune in by the...
Aug 1, 20243 min read
Explainer-Olympics-DSD rules in focus in women's boxing
PARIS - The presence at the Paris Olympics of two boxers who were disqualified from last year's world championÂships has revived the...
Aug 1, 20243 min read
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