The American finished finished her gold medal run in the 400m hurdles 1.5 seconds faster than her teammate Anna Cockrell who won silver. McLaughlin-Levrone also bested her world record.
Team USA trailed for most of Thursday's semifinal game, but a fourth quarter for the ages rescued its gold medal hopes. Coach Steve Kerr called it "one of the greatest" games he'd ever been part of.
The athlete, identified as Luzar Dukic, was taking part in the individual swim portion of the annul fitness competition where athletes compete for the title of "Fittest on Earth."
Lyles, the clear favorite, won bronze behind his American teammate Kenneth Bednarek and Letsile Tebogo of Botswana won gold. Lyles said after the race that his positive test came on Tuesday.
As the sport makes its Olympic debut in Paris, a small crew of dancers from Ukraine look forward to representing their war-torn country and its rich culture on the world stage.
Both of the athletes were informed of their selection by teammates -- Ledecky while watching another swimming event, and Mead as he sat down at a café for breakfast.
After setting a couple world speed climbing records this week, American Sam Watson fell to China’s Peng Wu, who was then beaten by Indonesia’s Leonardo Veddriq. Veddriq took gold in 4.75 seconds.
Hampton Morris is the first U.S. man to win an Olympic weightlifting medal in four decades. The 20-year-old from Marietta, Georgia, took home bronze in the men's 61-kilogram division.
Chelsea Fishman wants women’s sports to be taken more seriously. Fishman took what she learned at an equality summit in Australia during the FIFA Women’s World Cup last year to heart and will open Atlanta’s first women’s sports bar called Jolene Jolene next year.
The World Anti-Doping Agency has blasted America's anti-doping organization for allowing athletes to compete after using performance enhancing drugs, if they agreed to serve as informants.
For decades, the U.S. dominated the men's 400-meter race, one of the most difficult and prestigious events at any Olympic Games. But no American man had won gold since 2008 — until Wednesday.
Georgia once led the nation with 58 deaths related to extreme heat between 1980 and 2009, according to research from the University of Georgia. Bud Cooper, with the Mary Frances Early College of Education Department of Kinesiology, helped change that.
Phogat defeated the reigning Olympic champion on her way to a spot in the final. But Indian officials said that despite drastic measures, such as cutting her hair, she was around 100 grams overweight.
