First up, Daniel Romanchuk, Tatyana McFadden and Susannah Scaroni race in the Paralympic marathons, then the United States plays for gold medals in women’s sitting volleyball and men’s wheelchair basketball. Romanchuk, who scored his first Paralympic gold medal last week in the 400m, won four major marathons . in 2008 and 2012, the Americans finally […]
The 29-year-old Jamaican also won double gold in the 100m and 200m at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and took silver in the 4×1 to a U.S. Any use, reproduction, modification, distribution, display or performance of this material without NBC Universal’s prior written consent is prohibited. …Read the full story
During the celebration of Goto’s gold medal, Kawamura pulled down his mask and put the medal between his teeth to pose for pictures. Trending posts on Twitter said Kawamura had turned Goto’s gold medal into a germ medal, which in Japanese is pronounced the same. Any use, reproduction, modification, distribution, display or performance of this material without NBC Universal’s […]
For Sweden, Peter Gerhardsson has replaced Pia Sundhage, who crafted the defensive-minded game plan to eliminate the U.S. Meanwhile, for the U.S., Vlatko Andonovski will get his first taste of major tournament action since taking over from former USWNT coach Jill Ellis. He has had the benefit of coaching the defending FIFA Women’s World Cup […]
Hurdlers Rai Benjamin and Grant Holloway proved Saturday – if not established already – they’re two of the best in history, giving a pair of world records a scare at the U.S. Let’s try not to do anything crazy or do something special and just go out there and run, ” Benjamin said post-final. “You know, this close, man … I looked […]