Tag: Rio 2016
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Mongolia’s Olympic wrestling strip gets public backing
A skin-baring protest by a pair of Mongolian wrestling coaches at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics might have struck some observers as slightly bizarre. Back home ... -
Japan | Prime Minister Abe wows Rio finale as Super Mario
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s brief but showstopping gig at the Olympics closing ceremony as the Nintendo game character Super Mario offered a tantalizing glimpse at ... -
North Korea | Celebrating two Olympic golds, country vows to be sports power
Despite claiming only two gold medals in Rio, North Korea is as determined as ever to fulfill one of leader Kim Jong Un’s primary goals: to ... -
Samba, reflections and pride in final Rio Olympics party
Shaking to samba and expressing a sense of longing with uniquely Brazilian words, Olympians and fans said goodbye to the Rio Games with one last big ... -
Rio Games – Basketball | Carmelo Anthony caps Olympic odyssey with third gold medal
Carmelo Anthony had one last thing to teach his young teammates. On the podium wearing his third Olympic gold medal, Anthony, who led this inexperienced U.S. ... -
Rio Games | A forgiving public embraces fewer gold medals
In a country long focused on bringing home as many Olympic gold medals as possible, this year’s haul isn’t what China expected. When China’s 416-athlete delegation ... -
Olympics 2016 | The good, the bad and the ugly of the Rio Games
Michael Phelps won more medals than anyone else, again. And then he said farewell, also again. Usain Bolt kissed the finish line goodbye after enhancing his ... -
Selecting six numbers turned Britain into Olympic superpower
The path to the Olympic podium for British athletes begins with the selection of six numbers. Every time a Briton fills in a lottery slip and ... -
Rio Olympics | Chinese swimmer breaks taboo about ‘that time of the month’
Who knew a simple statement about “that time of the month” could cause such a stir? A Chinese Olympic swimmer whose popularity soared during the Rio ... -
Rio Olympics | Neymar, Brazil come out blazing in Olympic soccer semifinals
Maybe Neymar and his teammates can make the Olympics a success for Brazil after all. Brazil’s celebrated men’s soccer team rolled to a 6-0 win over ... -
India set for worst performance since 1992
Months ahead of the Rio Games, Indian sports officials vowed that the massive nation would turn around its long history of dismal Olympic results and be ... -
‘Awesome Hour’ on the track as US captures six Olympic medals
Tianna Bartoletta kicked off her country’s whirlwind run of medals on the night. So, by all rights, she should get to name it. Fittingly, the newly ... -
Irish Olympic executive arrested in ticket scheme
A senior Olympic executive from Ireland was arrested and taken to the hospital on Wednesday after police raided his beachfront hotel as part of an investigation ... -
Rio Olympics | China’s ‘mudslides’ inject personality into once-staid team
Lovesick. Goofy. Flamboyant. Not usually words you’d associate with China’s Olympic team. In Rio, however, a new generation of Chinese Olympians are breaking the mold and ... -
Rio Olympics | Four on the floor for Simone Biles; Bolt coasts in 200 heat
Josh Hoffner Simone Biles closed her Rio Games with more gymnastics gold. Usain Bolt breezed through another sprint as he makes a run at one final ... -
Mark Cavendish at long last gets Olympic cycling medal
Mark Cavendish has triumphed in 30 stages of the Tour de France, won road racing’s world title and captured dozens of other important races to become ... -
Rio Olympics | Time, effort and money help South Korea rule obscure sports
South Korea’s women won the Olympic team archery title — for the eighth time in a row. Jin Jong-oh, meanwhile, took gold in the men’s 50-meter ... -
The ‘other Olympics’ are far from beach and tourist spots
The roads of the Deodoro twist and turn through residential areas, past markets where locals eat lunch outside and parks where children fly paper kites. Grassy ... -
Rio | Bolt shines bright, wins another gold in Olympic 100
Usain Bolt sauntered onto the track, stretched out his arms and waved his hands, signaling for more applause. He knew exactly how this night was going ... -
Murray first to win two Olympic tennis singles golds
Andy Murray is making a habit of accomplishing things that hadn’t been done in a while. Or ever. Murray became the first tennis player in Olympic ... -
Rio Olympics | South African Van Niekerk shatters 17-year-old record
Exploding out of the blocks in lane eight, Wayde van Niekerk didn’t see another runner during the entire Olympic 400-meter final. He didn’t need to. It ... -
Rio Olympics | Jolting start for track: Ethiopian shatters 10,000 record
What track and field really needed was a Usain Bolt-like jolt to steer the conversation from the endless string of crime, punishment and doping that nearly ... -
Rio still struggles with litany of problems through first week
Rows of empty seats, green water, controlled explosions, stray bullets, the killing of a young policeman in a favela, muggings of team officials, an attack on ... -
Briefs | US landmark arrives 1,000 Summer Olympic gold medals
When Simone Manuel touched the wall to clinch a gold medal Saturday night, it was a moment 120 years in the making. The U.S. women’s 4×100-meter ... -
Rio Olympics | Sumgong wins women’s Olympic marathon; protester removed
Jemima Jelagat Sumgong became the first Kenyan to win the women’s Olympic marathon Sunday after a scary moment near the finish when police intercepted a man ... -
Feature | Olympics feel far for those in the infamous City of God slum
It is one of Rio’s most renowned favelas, the Cidade de Deus made infamous in a film that helped cement a stereotype of the other side ... -
Boisterous Brazilian fans rewrite rules of Olympic etiquette
Forget the snarling traffic and unexpected rainstorms. Foreign spectators and athletes at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro have something else to get used to: The ... -
Olympics | All or nothing: Many countries come to Rio with one shot
Majlinda Kelmendi stood on the podium with a wide smile on her face. A gold medal hung around her neck, and not just any gold medal ... -
Briefs | Table Tennis: Ding Ning wins gold in all-China women’s table
In another Chinese duel, Ding Ning ended up with Olympic gold. Ding beat teammate Li Xiaoxia in the women’s table tennis final yesterday [Macau time], reversing ... -
RIO OLYMPICS | Swimming Phelps wins Olympic gold medals No. 20 and 21 in Rio
Michael Phelps sat alone, thoroughly exhausted. He put his head in his hands and then motioned at his neck as though he had nothing left to ... -
Rio Olympics – Gymnastics | Even Olympic selfies are complicated by Koreas’ rivalry
Nothing is ever easy for the rival Koreas, even that most ubiquitous and usually innocent of Olympic interactions, the selfie. Like dozens of athletes at the ... -
Green, not gold, color of the day at Olympic diving pool
Green, not gold, was the color of the day at the Olympic diving venue. Sure, China won its third consecutive gold medal yesterday, but the buzz ... -
Rio Olympics | Australian women win 1st gold medal for Olympic rugby sevens
T he first Olympic rugby gold medal in 92 years has gone to a group of Australian women that includes a mechanic, an elite former sprinter and a ... -
No riches, but respect for Zimbabwe football team at Olympics
Felistas Muzongondi used to be a house cleaner. She’s now an office clerk for a sugar manufacturer, and also the captain of the Zimbabwe women’s football ... -
Briefs | Bolt says sub-19 seconds in 200 still a goal
The “Usain Bolt Variety Hour” hit Brazil, big time, on Monday. The closing number said it all: After talking about life, sprinting and the Olympics — ...
