Alcántara and Pinales secure the first medals for the Dominican Republic
Yunior Alcántara and Cristian Pinales were great in their historic fights for boxing and Dominican sport, to secure the first medals in the multi-sport event for the Dominican Republicwho has not left the podium since 2004.
First, Alcántara and immediately after, Pinales won their respective fights this Friday morning against Rafael Lozano Serrano (Spain) in the 51 kilograms and Gabrijel Veocic (Croatia), in the 80 kilograms, respectively, and will return to the ring next Sunday morning.
Cheptegei is crowned, Marchand and Riner triumph and the gender controversy continues
The first day of track athletics crowned Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei as the new 10,000m champion, on a ‘blue, white, red’ Friday that saw Léon Marchand win his fourth gold and Teddy Riner become the best judoka in history, although the growing gender controversy in boxing threatens to cloud the Olympic atmosphere.
Taiwanese boxer Lin, embroiled in gender controversy, wins first fight
Taiwanese Lin Yu Ting, one of two Olympic boxers involved in a gender-based controversy, beat Uzbek Sitora Turdibekova in her Paris 2024 debut on Friday to move one win away from a medal.
Key points of the gender controversy in Paris-2024 boxing
Boxing at the 2024 Paris Olympics has been rocked by a controversy surrounding two female boxers who were excluded from the 2023 World Championships for failing a gender test.
Israeli athletes face threats, boos… and echoes of war
Israel has arrived in Paris with its largest ever Olympic team, but it has found a “tough” atmosphere, the head of its delegation told AFP, after a week of competition she regrets the hostility of some spectators and cyberbullying of athletes.
Culinary options
While some Olympic athletes believe there is too much animal protein in the Olympic Village restaurant, spectators have different options at food outlets at competition venues, where vegetarians and vegans have options other than burgers and hot dogs.
Sha’Carri Richardson on the ultimate redemption
In 2021, a positive test for cannabis kept Sha’Carri Richardson out of the Tokyo Olympics, but she will try to make amends on Saturday by winning gold in the women’s 100-meter race.
Kenny Bednarek, the shadow sprinter of ‘Team USA’
He may be an Olympic and world medallist, but American sprinter Kenny Bednarek does not have the media coverage of his compatriot Noah Lyles. The 2024 Paris Olympics, where he hopes to finish on the podium in the 100, 200 and 4×100 metres, could finally put him in the spotlight.
Spain falls to Canada and says goodbye to men’s basketball, Brazil to the quarterfinals
Spain was eliminated from the men’s Olympic basketball tournament after losing 88-85 to Canada on Friday in Lille, a result that means Brazil advances to the quarterfinals as one of the two best third-placed teams.
Rudy Fernández, the farewell of a legend of Spanish basketball
With a protective band around his neck after being injured against Greece and booed by the French public, Rudy Fernández said goodbye to basketball faithful to his legend, after more than two decades in the elite, a bag of trophies and becoming the only player in this sport to have competed in six Olympic Games.
United States-Puerto Rico, 20 years since the miracle of the ‘Magnificent Twelve’
“One of the greatest moments of pride we have ever felt,” recalls Puerto Rico coach Nelson Colón, about the great day for basketball on the Caribbean island, when the ‘Magnificent Twelve’ broke the NBA’s unbeaten streak at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. The two teams will meet again on Saturday.
Adrenaline fills the waters at the Games with the debut of kayak-cross
When canoeing gets an adrenaline boost, the result is kayak-cross, a spectacular new discipline that debuts at the Olympic Games on Saturday.
Van der Poel faces Belgian armada to succeed Richard Carapaz
Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel is the favourite for the road race at the 2024 Olympic Games on Saturday, although Belgium arrives in Paris with an impressive armada featuring Wout Van Aert and Remco Evenepoel, fresh from the time trial gold medal.
Mariana Pajón says goodbye to her fourth Olympic medal in BMX in the semi-finals
Colombian Mariana Pajón, double Olympic champion in London 2012 and Rio 2016, and silver medalist in Tokyo 2020, said goodbye to her dream of a fourth medal this Friday after being eliminated in the BMX Racing semi-finals at the Paris 2024 Games.
“I don’t think so,” an emotional Mariana Pajón replied on Friday when asked in the mixed zone if Paris was her last Olympic Games, after having been eliminated in the BMX Racing semi-finals.
Mexico wins silver in 3m synchronized springboard diving at Paris-2024
Mexican divers Osmar Olvera and Juan Manuel Celaya were crowned runners-up in the 3-meter synchronized springboard at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Friday, challenging China’s dominance in the discipline.
Spain makes it to the semis showing its best side; France eliminated Argentina in football
Led by Fermin Lopez’s middle distance, Spain will meet Morocco in the semi-finals of men’s football in Paris-2024, in which France will meet Egypt after eliminating Argentina
Accompanied en masse by their blue, white and red supporters, Thierry Henry’s France qualified for the semi-finals of the men’s football competition at Paris-2024 by beating Javier Mascherano’s Argentina 1-0 on Friday in Bordeaux.
“We deserved much more than what we got,” says Mascherano.
Badly shaken by Argentina’s elimination from the 2024 Paris Olympics, coach Javier Mascherano told AFP on Friday that his team deserved more in the quarter-final match against France and avoided talking about his continued tenure.
Colombia, the barrier between Spain and the semi-finals of women’s football in Paris
With all the odds in their favour, world champions Spain are hoping to scale Colombia’s barrier and reach the semi-finals of women’s football at Paris 2024, a stage also sought by depleted Brazil.
Schauffele leads trio of Olympic golf leaders with Rahm in contention
American golfer Xander Schauffele, defending Olympic gold medalist, shared the lead of the Paris 2024 tournament with Hideki Matsuyama and Tommy Fleetwood on Friday, with Jon Rahm also in contention for medals.
The never-ending saga of the Amats writes the seventh Olympic chapter in Paris-2024
Few athletes in Paris 2024 can boast having Olympic spirit in their blood like Spanish field hockey player Xavier Gispert Amat, the seventh member of his family to take part in the Olympic Games.
Judoka Beatriz Souza gives Brazil its first gold in Paris-2024
Judoka Beatriz Souza was stronger than the crowd and gave Brazil its first gold at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Friday, beating Israeli Raz Hershko in the +78 kg final and French favourite Romane Dicko in the semi-final.
Frenchman Marchand takes to the skies of Paris-2024 with his fourth gold in swimming
Frenchman Léon Marchand was crowned star of the Paris 2024 Games on Friday by winning his fourth individual gold in the 200m medley final, completing one of the best performances in the history of Olympic swimming.
After the first week of competition in Paris 2024, France is not only fighting for the top spot in the medal table but has already found its great symbol of the Games, Léon Marchand, a boyish-faced swimmer who was able to emulate the colossus Michael Phelps.
Djokovic-Alcaraz to decide gold in Paris, Swiatek takes bronze
Roland Garros will have its dream finale in Olympic tennis: Novak Djokovic will go for his first gold at the Games against the young Spanish wonder, Carlos Alcaraz, after both won in the semi-finals on a Friday that gave the bronze to the Polish Iga Swiatek.
Spain wins its first gold medal at the Paris Games thanks to sailing
Spain won its first gold at the Paris 2024 Games with the victory on Friday of sailors Diego Botín and Florian Trittel in the 49er sailing event, the sport that has brought the country the most Olympic medals.
