The U.S. women’s pursuit team of road race Olympic champion Kristen Faulkner, Chloe Dygert, Jennifer Valente and Lilly Williams held on through a ragged finish to beat New Zealand in the race for gold at the Paris Games.
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Indianapolis-based leather goods manufacturer Howl & Hide Supply Co. made personalized passport wallets for A’Ja Wilson and her Olympics teammates.
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It was a big night for several swimmers with Indiana ties Thursday at the USA Swimming Olympic Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
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Chris Guiliano will be the first American male to swim in the 100-meter and 200-meter freestyle events at the Olympics since Matt Biondi in 1988.
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Chiles, the American gymnast whose bronze medal at last month’s Olympics was stripped away over a technicality, filed an appeal in Switzerland’s Supreme Court on Monday in her ongoing effort to reclaim her third-place finish.
USA Gymnastics said it would “continue to pursue every possible avenue and appeal process” after the Court of Arbitration for Sport said it would not reconsider its ruling that led to the revocation of Chiles’s Olympic bronze medal.
The Olympics, the world’s biggest sporting stage, bring in billions of dollars in TV rights, ticket sales and sponsorship, but most athletes must fend for themselves financially.
Nix got his medal by running the first leg of the 4×400-meter relay in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Olympian Taliyah Brooks suffered heat-related injuries while competing in heptathlon events in the U.S. Olympic Track and Field trials in 2021.
Hocker won the race in an Olympic record 3 minutes, 27.65 seconds, moving from fifth to first over the final 300 meters.
Evansville swimmer Lilly King and the American women set a world record in the 4×100 medley relay on the final night of swimming at the Paris Olympics.
Carmel’s Rajeev Ram came heartbreakingly close to becoming the oldest player to win an Olympics tennis gold since the sport returned to the Summer Games in 1988.
Kibler, 24, swam the third leg for the U.S. 4×200-meter relay team that also included Luke Hobson, Carson Foster and Kieran Smith.
According to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, 21 U.S. teams competing in Paris have at least 80% college participation on their rosters.
Shackell won the 400 freestyle at the Olympic Trials in June in Indianapolis. His sister, Alex Shackell, also qualified for the U.S. Olympic team and will be competing in the women’s 200 butterfly.
French officials are dealing with suspected acts of sabotage targeting France’s flagship high-speed rail network, plus cloudy skies with light drizzle ahead of its sprawling outdoor opening ceremony.
The Olympics will officially open in Paris on Friday night and continue through Sunday, Aug. 11.
The Olympic team’s matchup with Team WNBA on Saturday featuring Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese will be one of the toughest games the American squad will potentially play over the month.
Prominent figures such as Katie Ledecky, winner of more individual swimming medals than any other female, have gone public with their complaints about a system that seems to have dropped the ball on a very clear-cut case.
Tyrese Haliburton was hampered at the end of the Indiana Pacers’ playoff run by issues with his left hamstring.
USA Gymnastics was a house afire five years ago, the massive fallout surrounding the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal rendering one of the U.S. Olympic movement’s marquee programs radioactive.
The testimony by Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt followed revelations this spring that 23 Chinese swimmers had tested positive for a banned heart medication ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 but were allowed by WADA to compete.
The real race was for the final spot on the Olympic team between David Johnston and 18-year-old Luke Whitlock of Noblesville in the 1,500-meter freestyle.
Meanwhile, Kate Douglass locked up her third individual event at the Olympics with another victory Saturday in Indianapolis.
