Tag: Olympics
For Diana Taurasi, one last Olympic hurrah to cap a one-of-a-kind career
PARIS — Van Chancellor knew he wanted Diana Taurasi on the 2004 Olympic team in Athens. She was young, skilled, confident, brash. He expected...
Jordan Chiles, in an Olympic gymnastics comedy of errors, gets another raw deal
We ask a lot of our Olympic athletes — to perform with grace and humility, to carry the Olympic spirit even as they pursue...
U.S. women coast to victory in 4×400 relay, wrapping up dominant Olympic track and field performance
SAINT-DENIS, France — With about 200 meters left in the women’s 4×400 relay race, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Gabby Thomas started walking on the track....
Team USA’s Masai Russell wins gold in women’s 100m hurdles by .01 seconds at Paris Olympics
SAINT-DENIS, France — This is how they do it at Kentucky.Masai Russell, the U.S. champion from the hurdle factory at the University of Kentucky...
Breaking debuts at Olympics, noisily and colorfully, in the sport’s newest chapter
PARIS — India Sardjoe is 18, with a mouth full of braces, and is on the hunt.“I really like exchanging pins in the Olympic...
