TOKYO (AP) — Perhaps the world's next sprint star wasn't so hard to find after all. He's Andre De Grasse, the Canadian who ran his first sprint as a teen in baggy basketball shorts and borrowed spikes, and now has an Olympic gold medal in the 200 meters. De Grasse powered past a pair of ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Naomi Osaka. Simone Biles. Both are prominent young Black women under the pressure of a global Olympic spotlight that few human beings ever know. Both have faced major career crossroads at the Tokyo Games. Both cited pressure and mental health. The glare is even hotter for ...
TOKYO (AP) — Emmanuel Korir had barely settled in as the new Olympic champion in the 800 meters when the old champ —one David Rudisha — felt the need to talk to his successor. Shortly after Korir walked off the track at the Olympic Stadium after leading a Kenyan one-two finish in the ...
TOKYO (AP) — So much of these Olympics have been filled with stories about how results and medals aren't always as important as the difficult journey to get this far. That is not the story of Emma Coburn. America's preeminent steeplechaser for the past decade flamed out Wednesday night ...
TOKYO (AP) — When brash Norwegian hurdler Karsten Warholm led the field to the starting line on a steamy afternoon at Olympic Stadium, he and his seven opponents had every reason to expect they'd be part of something special. It turned out to be more than that. This gathering of the ...
SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Luis Scola expected to be in the game competing until the buzzer sounded, because that's how he always played. Instead, his coach took him out in the final minute, triggering a standing ovation and an emotional farewell to one of the greats of the game. That wasn't ...
