By HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — All the way back when he first discussed the likelihood that 2024 would be his final season as a professional tennis player, Rafael Nadal made sure to refer to the Paris Olympics as “one of the important competitions I would like to be at.” If, indeed, this is his last hurrah, and if, indeed, he does make it to the Summer Games … [Read more...] about Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray could be bidding adieu to tennis at the Paris Olympics
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Stars Richardson and Lyles among the track athletes looking for their first gold medals in Paris
By EDDIE PELLS, AP National Writer There are big races, and then there are the Olympics. When Sha’Carri Richardson, Noah Lyles and all the other fastest runners and best jumpers and throwers of 2024 line up for the Olympic track and field meet, little of what they’ve done on the road to Paris will mean much. What will matter is how they respond to pressure when the spotlight is … [Read more...] about Stars Richardson and Lyles among the track athletes looking for their first gold medals in Paris
Beleaguered Olympic boxing has a new look in Paris: Gender parity, but the smallest field in decades
By GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports Writer Boxing is already on the Olympic ropes after an epic fight between its banished governing body and the IOC. Although the sport has been a staple of Olympic programs for over a century, it could be dropped before the Los Angeles Games if big changes in governance don’t happen in the next year. The fights are still on in Paris this month, but … [Read more...] about Beleaguered Olympic boxing has a new look in Paris: Gender parity, but the smallest field in decades
Paris Olympic competition nears total gender parity. Take a look at the athlete gender breakdown
By Graham Dunbar, AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The founder of the modern Olympics and former IOC president, Pierre de Coubertin, once said women competing in the Games would be “impractical, uninteresting, unaesthetic and improper.” Over a century later, the 2024 Paris Olympic Games are targeting gender parity in the same city where women made their Olympic debut in 1900. The … [Read more...] about Paris Olympic competition nears total gender parity. Take a look at the athlete gender breakdown
From Biles to Sha’Carri, Team USA packed with star power heading into Olympics
By Pat Graham, AP Sports Writer From Simone Biles to Sha’Carri Richardson and Diana Taurasi to Katie Ledecky, Team USA will provide some of the biggest star power at the 2024 Olympic Games. And it will be the women leading the way as the U.S. looks to top the overall medal table for the eighth consecutive Summer Games. FILE – Sha’Carri Richardson, of the United States, … [Read more...] about From Biles to Sha’Carri, Team USA packed with star power heading into Olympics