Tag: Olympic games
Cool running: Sisson shines in heat to win 10,000 at trials
EUGENE, Ore. — Nobody could blame Emily Sisson for wanting to get this over with as quickly as possible.
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Gymnasts Malone, Moldauer punch tickets to Tokyo Olympics
ST. LOUIS — Brody Malone grew up in northwest Georgia and spent part of his childhood tinkering around as a rodeo rider before finally...
Dominicans beat Venzeuela, get final Olympic baseball berth
Melky Cabrera sparked a comeback from a three-run deficit with a two-run homer, and the Dominican Republic claimed the final Olympic baseball berth by...
Keeping cool: Heat, starting gun the biggest trials tests
EUGENE, Ore. — Hurdler Sydney McLaughlin's knee was bloody. Lined up three lanes outside of her, Nnenya Hailey was so hot, she looked to...
Swimming Australia says bad treatment a decades-long issue
SYDNEY — Swimming Australia says unacceptable treatment of some swimmers is a decades-long problem amid media reports that six former elite athletes will soon...
Japan-born Yahiro named as Australia’s first karate Olympian
SYDNEY — Japan-born Tsuneari Yahiro is heading to Tokyo as Australia’s first karate Olympian.
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National champ Malone ahead at US Olympic gymnastic trials
ST. LOUIS — Brody Malone's rise is no fluke.
The 20-year-old...
Hashimoto: ‘No spectators’ still possible for Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO — A “no-spectator games” remains an option for the Tokyo Olympics, which open officially in just four weeks, the president of the Tokyo...
France names Thauvin, Gignac to Olympic squad
PARIS — France named World Cup winner Florian Thauvin and veteran striker André-Pierre Gignac to its Olympic soccer team on Friday.
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Whittenburg making one last stand at US gymnastics trials
ST. LOUIS — Donnell Whittenburg can see the end. It's lurking out there somewhere. Probably this fall, whether he finds his way onto the...
