olympics
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Bolt says tight schedule slowed down 100-meter sprinters
RIO DE JANEIRO — Usain Bolt rarely complains about going too fast. After the rushed road to Sunday night’s 100-meter final, he had to make an exception. Faced with a turnaround time of barely over an hour between the semifinal and final, Bolt had trouble gearing up to be at…
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Biles’ run at Olympic history ends with bronze on the beam
RIO DE JANEIRO — Simone Biles felt her right foot slip. Then her left. As she reached down to steady herself on the balance beam — her first visible misstep during an astonishing Olympics that includes three gold medals and some of the most boundary pushing gymnastics ever — one…
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Upset over Nadal puts del Potro in tennis final vs. Murray
RIO DE JANEIRO — Juan Martin del Potro ended Rafael Nadal’s bid for an unprecedented second Olympic singles gold medal in a thrill-a-minute semifinal, then celebrated as if the title were already his, kneeling to kiss the court before leaping into the stands. Del Potro, who earned a bronze for…
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Coxswain’s rallying cry spurs US women’s eight to more gold
RIO DE JANEIRO — The U.S. boat was in third place halfway through the race when coxswain Katelin Snyder shouted the magic words: “This is the U.S. women’s eight!” Yes, it was. The crew responded and did what it always does: It won. The U.S. women’s eight is a seemingly…
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Egyptian judoka refuses to shake Israeli opponent’s hand
RIO DE JANEIRO — Middle Eastern politics spilled onto the judo mat Friday at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics when an Egyptian competitor refused to shake hands with his winning Israeli opponent. Islam El Shehaby, an ultraconservative Salafi Muslim, had come under pressure before the games from Islamist-leaning and nationalist…
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Boisterous Brazilian fans rewrite rules of Olympic etiquette
RIO DE JANEIRO — 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 boisterous booing and sometimes thunderous taunts of Brazilian fans who aren’t satisfied to just sit back and watch the action…
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Super Simone! Biles soars to Olympic all-around title
RIO DE JANEIRO — Simone Biles and Aly Raisman stood side by side in Rio Olympic Arena, clutching each other while waiting for the inevitable coronation. When the floor exercise judges validated what Raisman and every other gymnast has known for years — that Biles is the greatest of her…
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Rapinoe’s return comes in time for quarterfinal push
MANAUS, Brazil — Megan Rapinoe’s return is coming at just the right time for the United States. The U.S. women have advanced to the Olympic quarterfinals; the three-time defending champions will play Sweden on Friday in Brasilia. Rapinoe, who had major surgery on her right knee last December, made her…
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It’s golf’s time to deliver a good show at the Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO — Men’s golf gets four days to make up for four months of negative chatter about whether it even belongs in the Olympics. Not even a dreary sky with occasional rain could dampen the enthusiasm Wednesday on the final day of practice at Olympic Golf Course. “No…
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Even Olympic selfies are complicated by Koreas’ rivalry
RIO DE JANEIRO — 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 Rio Games, gymnasts Hong Un Jong of North Korea and Lee Eun-ju of South Korea met on the sidelines during…
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Green, not gold, color of the day at Olympic diving pool
RIO DE JANEIRO — Green, not gold, was the color of the day at the Olympic diving venue. Sure, China won its third consecutive gold medal on Tuesday, but the buzz was about the color of the water in the diving pool — a murky green. That was in stark…
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‘Final Five’ win one more gymnastics gold for Karolyi
RIO DE JANEIRO — Martha Karolyi leaned forward, her hands clutching the railing in front of her seat. Knuckles white. Head tilted. Body tense. It didn’t matter that the U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team had already sewn up the team gold by the time three-time world champion Simone Biles saluted…
