RIO DE JANEIRO—For all of the troubles during the first week and a half of the Summer Olympics, the stadium-shaking potential of the enterprise pounded through the beach volleyball venue on the Copacabana shore in the early hours of Wednesday. Members of the sellout crowd chanted “monster block” and waved their arms in unison while […]
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International, Sports & Competitions, USARIO DE JANEIRO – He felt it before he ever got to the Olympic Stadium on Tuesday night. Maybe it was a couple of days ago. Derek Drouin couldn’t pin down the time exactly. But it was almost an epiphany of sorts for the new Canadian star. He knew something was right. He stopped being
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International, Sports & CompetitionsThe Egyptian judo team has sent home the judoka who caused controversy by not shaking the hand of his Israeli rival after a loss at the Rio Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed on Monday. El-Shahabi’s expulsion from the games comes after his controversial decision to refuse Israeli Or Sasson’s hand after losing to
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International, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsCHESAPEAKE CITY, Md., Aug. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — An official torch from the notorious 1936 Olympics held in Berlin will be offered for sale in Maryland on August 23-24 by Alexander Historical Auctions. The 10 ½” tall steel torch was designed by the firm of Walter E. Lemcke and made by the enormous German war
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International, Jewish History, Sports & CompetitionsIn the final women’s gymnastics event of the Rio Olympics, the floor exercise, Aly Raisman fell just short of gold, although one can hardly blame her. Raisman’s floor routine features the most complex opening tumble in the world, with four separate kinds of flips in a row. It helped her win gold in London in
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International, Sports & Competitions, USAChinese diver Qin Kai gets a yes after making a marriage proposal to his girlfriend, He Zi, on Sunday at the Rio Olympics, where she won the silver in women’s 3-meter springboard. [Photo/Xinhua] Chinese athletes might not be delivering their best-ever Olympic performance at Rio, but it seems they have improved in one sport over
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International, Sports & CompetitionsAs rivalries go, the United States and New Zealand are not known for being particularly antagonistic. But it was still heartwarming to see them come together on the Olympic track in Rio Tuesday. The scene: the first round of the women’s 5,000 metres. The pack of runners is clogged. New Zealand’s Nikki Hamblin tries to
RIO DE JANEIRO — The day before the women’s gymnastics team final, a Twitter user suggested Simone Biles and her coach Aimee Boorman were their sport’s equivalent to Walter Payton and Mike Ditka. “Sounds about right,” Payton’s son, Jarrett, chimed in on Twitter. Never mind that the Chicago-born Boorman doesn’t smoke cigars, has never thrown
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International, Sports & Competitions, USAFor the New York Daily News, the mugging of US Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro was important enough news to warrant a front-page banner headline: “ROBBED AT THE OLYMPICS.” Today’s front page: ROBBED AT THE OLYMPICS – Ryan Lochte, teammates held up at gunpoint https://t.co/ZVicRp2Zfh pic.twitter.com/KgGduhJsb7 — New York Daily
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International, Sports & Competitions, USARIO DE JANEIRO — Only Usain Bolt could have done this, bringing down a historic lightning strike to steal the thunder that should have belonged to 400-meter runner Wayde van Niekerk’s shiny new world record. Even when not at his best because of what he called a “really stupid” too-quick turnaround between the 100-meter dash
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International, Sports & CompetitionsBy now you’ve probably heard about He Zi. Not, however, her astounding athleticism that earned her a silver medal in diving Sunday at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. You know her name because her long-time boyfriend chose that very moment, while she was still clutching the colourful medal case, to pop the question. And the
In 1948, the US territory of Puerto Rico competed as an indepedent nation in its first Olympics. Thank the International Olympic Committee for that. The IOC has the power to determine which states get to compete as independent nations. Call it “sports sovereignty” or “Independent … enough.” And while Puerto Rico has competed for the
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International, Sports & Competitions, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — The Israeli startup company Senecio is very busy making deliveries during the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. What are they delivering? A. Kosher meals for visitors. Senecio is a food delivery service which delivers meals from restaurants throughout Israel (similar to Seamless in the United States). Senecio applied
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International, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsRIO DE JANEIRO — As soon as the national anthem finished, signaling the end of the medal ceremony for the women’s 4×100 medley relay, Dana Vollmer sought her family in the stands. The Granbury, Texas, native and her parents shared a long hug. “We almost didn’t have to say any words,” Vollmer said. “Just holding
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