[ad_1] The 2022 Winter Olympics are in full swing after the first wave of medal events took place on Saturday.The Opening Ceremony commenced Friday from the Beijing National Stadium, followed by a spectacular showing from Team USA on Day 0. Six medals were up for grabs in Saturday's official Day 1, with the first gold going to Norwegian cross skier Therese Johaug, who won the 15-kilometer skiathlon. Norway won two gold medals
[ad_1] Caitlin Clark won't be headed to the Paris Olympics, a source told ESPN, confirming multiple reports.Clark has international experience with USA Basketball at a younger level, but she wasn't able to make the national training camp in Cleveland after she was invited because she was leading Iowa to the Final Four. Clark finished her career as the NCAA's Division I career scoring leader.Editor's Picks2 RelatedClark, now a rookie with
[ad_1] Team USA is on the board with its first medals of the 2022 Winter Olympics!After getting off to a hot start on Day 0, the Americans failed to snag any hardware during the first medal events on Day 1. But Team USA turned things around in a big way on Sunday, coming away with its first two medals — both silver — of these Winter Games.Here are more of
[ad_1] ROME -- Former world champion Kristjan Ceh of Slovenia won the discus throw amid a world-class field on the opening night of the European athletics championships Friday.Ceh's throw reached 68.08 meters to put him ahead of Lukas Weisshaidinger of Austria (67.70) and Mykolas Alekna (67.48), the Lithuanian who broke the nearly 30-year-old world record in April.Ceh won the world title in 2022 and took silver behind Sweden's Daniel Stahl
[ad_1] The 2022 Winter Olympics were in full swing on Monday.The U.S. got off to a strong start on Day 0, before a quiet showing on Day 1. Then, Team USA turned up the heat during Day 2 on Sunday, snagging its first two medals — both silver — of these Winter Games.As of Monday morning ET, the Russian Olympic Committee led the way with seven total medals, followed by
[ad_1] May 29, 2024, 05:48 AM ETBoxing becomes the second Olympic sport to award prize money at the Paris Olympics this summer. Gao Jing/Xinhua via Getty ImagesThe International Boxing Association (IBA) will offer prize money to all those who become Olympic champions and medalists at the Paris Games, the body announced Wednesday.The body is not organizing the boxing tournament at the Paris Olympics after it was stripped of recognition by the
[ad_1] It was an action-packed showing on Tuesday as the 2022 Winter Olympics neared the end of its first week of competition.Team USA got off to a promising start on Day 0 but had a subdued showing on Day 1. But the U.S. got back on track during Day 2 and Day 3, earning three medals — all silver — heading into Tuesday.It was a huge day for Team USA
[ad_1] May 29, 2024, 10:56 AM ETAIGLE, Switzerland -- Colombian cyclist Miguel Ángel López was banned Wednesday for four years for doping.Lopez finished third in the Giro d'Italia and Spanish Vuelta races in 2018. He was also fourth in the 2022 Vuelta and won the toughest mountain stage at the 2020 Tour de France.The International Cycling Union said López was caught in the Operation Ilex investigation led by Spanish authorities
[ad_1] By Martin RogersFOX Sports ColumnistMikaela Shiffrin sat there in the snow, wondering, just like everyone else, what the heck had just happened. There weren’t any tears — not yet — because she was too stunned for that.And she sat there some more, by the mountainside, reflecting on how five seconds — just five seconds — were enough to turn what we’d been conditioned to believe was a certain medal
[ad_1] Alyssa Roenigk, ESPN Senior WriterMay 29, 2024, 01:31 PM ETCloseAlyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter).Three-time Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas has withdrawn from competition at the U.S. gymnastics championships this weekend in Fort Worth, Texas, citing an ankle injury she suffered during training this week.The injury
