PARIS (AP) — Female in their passports, female at the Paris Olympics . The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday defended the right of two athletes to compete in women’s boxing despite being judged last year to have failed gender eligibility tests at the world championships. Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan, who is a two-time world champion
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Another Chinese doping allegation has flared up at the Paris Games, angering some swimmers who say officials need to enforce drug-testing rules consistently. The New York Times reported Tuesday that two top Chinese swimmers — including one on this year’s Olympic team — tested positive for a banned steroid in 2022
PARIS (AP) — Five-time world champion Hannah Roberts of the United States topped qualifying in the freestyle BMX competition at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, while reigning gold medalist Charlotte Worthington of Britain failed to advance to the finals. Roberts, who finished second to Worthington in the discipline’s debut at the Tokyo Games, had the
PARIS (AP) — A French canoe and kayak coach working at the Paris Olympics was detained after allegedly hitting police officers who had stopped him for urinating in the street, prosecutors said. The French canoe and kayak federation said the coach, Guillaume Berge, was suspended from his duties. It said Berge was not coaching French
JOHNS CREEK, Ga. (AP) — A drive out to Atlanta’s sprawling suburbs passes the cultural centers, schools and houses of worship that opened as this became the nation’s sixth-largest metropolitan area . Displaying the diversity within the growth, shops and brightly lit billboards advertise in Chinese , Korean , Spanish and Hindi . The changes
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Ilya Yashin , a prominent Kremlin critic who is serving an 8 1/2-year sentence for criticizing Russia’s war in Ukraine, has been moved from his prison to an unknown destination, his lawyer said Tuesday. The statement on the Telegram messaging app by Tatyana Solomina gave no further details. However, it noted
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Jon Rahm loves the big stage, the big crowd, the big moment. The Olympics provide one extra opportunity in a year marked by his departure to Saudi-funded LIV Golf, and the Spaniard arrived at the Paris Games with a shot of much-needed confidence. Rahm held on to win the LIV Golf
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Gray-haired Olympians are usually found in sports like sailing, shooting, and equestrian. Not on the track. Irish sprinter Thomas Barr is an exception. Having turned gray prematurely in his late teens, the now 32-year-old Barr hardly pays much attention to his hair color these days. Others do, though. After Barr ran
PARIS (AP) — Canyon Barry is a part-time basketball player. His full-time job is system engineer for a defense and space contractor. Barry, who will take the courts at the Paris Games searching for a 3×3 gold medal for the U.S. men’s team, has an undergraduate degree in physics and a master’s degree in nuclear
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