2016-olympics Page 5 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Sweden's Women's Soccer Team Beats Brazil On Penalties To Reach Gold Medal Game
Immediately following the USWNT’s humbling ouster from the Olympics at the hands of a tough-defending Sweden team, salty hater Hope Solo said the Swedes “played like cowards” and that she didn’t “think they’re going to make it far in the tournament.” Add prognostication to the things Solo probably s...
Simone Biles And Aly Raisman Dominated One Last Olympic Event
American gymnasts Simone Biles and Aly Raisman competed for individual medals in the women’s floor exercise today, and as has been the case in most of the women’s gymnastics competitions in Rio, the two Americans smoked the rest of the field....
Irish Olympic Boxer Rages After Loss, Claims Fight Was Fixed
Ireland’s Michael Conlan boxed Russia’s Vladimir Nikitin in a bantamweight quarterfinal at the Rio Olympics this morning, and the three-round bout was a furious one, in which both fighters stood their ground and traded flurries of punches. At the end of the fight, Conlan was sure he had won, and wen...
No, <i>You're</i> Genuinely Moved By This Display Of Olympic Sportsmanship
It’s time to thaw that frozen heart of yours, with the magical power of sportsmanship!...
Dutch Fans Know How To Watch Gymnastics
I watched yesterday’s balance beam final at my desk, with a pair of headphones on, and when it was over, I went right back to work. When these Dutch fans finished watching and celebrating Sanne Wevers’s surprise gold medal, they got to still be in a pool. ...
Did Shaunae Miller's Dive Actually Help?
You look at a photo like that one above, and without any other context, you probably assume the woman on the ground isn’t precisely where she wants to be. But Shaunae Miller’s lean/lunge/flop/dive got her across the finish line seven hundredths of a second ahead of Allyson Felix, and maybe, just may...
Thiago Da Silva Sets Olympic Pole Vault Record, Dethrones Frenchman
Renaud Lavillenie entered tonight’s pole vault final as the reigning Olympic champion and world record holder. He finished it as a silver medalist, thanks to Brazilian Thiago da Silva setting a new Olympic record of 6.03m in a wild night that featured a lengthy rain delay and malfunctioning equipmen...
Malaysian Diver Executes Flawless Belly Flop
In the prelims of the men’s 3m springboard, Ahmad Amsyar Azman tried to do a dive that, presumably, was not meant to end in a belly flop. Despite his best efforts, it ended in a belly flop....
Shaunae Miller Beats Allyson Felix In The 400m Final With A Last-Gasp Dive Across The Line
Allyson Felix lost the 400-meter final by just seven agonizing hundredths of a second, after Bahamanian runner Shaunae Miller dove right at the finish line to hold off Felix’s charge from behind. The 30-year-old Felix came into the final stretch well behind Miller, but managed to almost run her down...
Out-Of-Control Garbage Fire Reportedly Sets Olympic Mountain Bike Course Ablaze<em></em>
Mountain biking at the Rio Olympics doesn’t start until this Saturday, but the event is already running into problems. Specifically, the course is on fire....
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Track & Field Suspended After Athletes Unable To Perform Basic Tasks In Downpour [Update]
Olympics organizers suspended tonight’s track & field events while a downpour assaulted Rio, though not before forcing some athletes to compete in the rainstorm....
If You're A Small, Rich Country, You Can Buy An Olympic Medal<em></em>
After Ruth Jebet won the 3000-meter steeplechase yesterday, she stood on the top step above fellow Kenya native Hyvin Jepkemoi, received her gold medal from another Kenyan, Paul Tergat, then turned to watch the Bahraini flag ascend to the top of the flagpole. The 19-year-old Jebet was born in Kenya,...
High-Speed Track Cycling Crash Takes Out Three Riders, Hospitalizes One
Track cycling crashes are ugly. Riders can reach over 40 MPH on their sprints, and falling at that speed can often leave you with skin burns, which half of the Australian team suffered when they crashed a week ago....
This Song About Being A Good Fan Is The Best Thing At The Olympics
During breaks at the Olympic venues, they’ve been playing over the PA a peppy, bilingual song to the tune of “We Will Rock You.” It encourages fans to clean up after themselves, not to smoke, not to take flash photography, and to just generally be good, constructive human beings. I co-sign the messa...
Giant Camera Falls In Olympic Park, Injures Bystanders
A massive camera, suspended 60 feet in the air by a series of cables, came crashing to the ground in Rio’s Olympic park this afternoon. Video from the scene shows the moment one of the cables snapped and sent the camera falling:...
The Story Behind The Perfect Photo Of Olympic Pain
What does it feel like to have your lifelong dream dashed in an instant? How would you react?...
Russian Recovers From Being Choked Out, Wins Gold
Russian wrestler Roman Vlasov won his second gold medal in the Greco-Roman competition when he beat Denmark’s Mark Madsen in yesterday’s final round, despite having been choked out in an earlier semifinal....
These Happy Irish Rowers Are What The Olympics Are All About
Brothers Paul and Gary O’Donovan won a silver medal in the lightweight double sculls rowing competition on Friday, and the Irish rowers seemed to be having the time of their lives enjoying post-victory life in Rio. We know this because of an interview they gave on RTÉ Sport:...
Usain Bolt Wins From Behind Because He Can
Usain Bolt started slowly. He usually does....
What Happened To The Long Jump?
Jeff Henderson claimed Olympic gold in the long jump Saturday night. He’s the first American to win that event since 2004, though the U.S. has won long jump gold 22 of the 28 times it’s been contested at the Olympics. And this is probably the first time you’re hearing his name....