Kosovo’s first Olympics winner gets hero’s welcome at home
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Thousands lined the streets of Kosovo’s capital on Sunday to give a hero’s welcome to judo champion Majlinda Kelmendi as she arrived home after winning a gold medal in Rio 2016, the first Olympic games in which the small Balkan cou…
Rose wins gold medal for Britain
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Britain’s Justin Rose birdied the final hole to win the Olympic golf tournament on Sunday, the first gold medallist in a sport that returned to the Olympics in Rio after a 112-year absence.
Cycling: Painful end for Australian Hoskins
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Australian former world champion track cyclist Melissa Hoskins has called time on her career at the age of 25, saying “there is only so much pain” she can handle.
Gymnastics: Whitlock wins historic gold for Britain
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Max Whitlock ended Britain’s 120-year wait for an Olympic gymnastics gold medal by upstaging two-time world champion Kenzo Shirai to win the men’s floor exercise title on Sunday.
Athletics: Ennis-Hill looks to future after losing heptathlon crown
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Life has changed a lot for Jessica Ennis-Hill, the golden girl of British athletics, since she won gold at London in 2012. She has taken time off, suffered injuries, got married and had a son. With her Rio Olympics over, it i…
Athletics: Kenya’s Sumgong evades protester to win Olympic marathon
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Kenyan Jemima Jelagat Sumgong evaded a protester who leapt onto the Rio marathon course on Sunday to become the first woman from her country to win Olympic marathon gold in two hours, 24 minutes and four seconds.
Gymnastics: Bullies are tormenting Douglas, says mother
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Bullies are ruining U.S. gymnast Gabby Douglas’s Olympic adventure by attacking her appearance, accusing her of being unpatriotic, and by mocking her with a mean-spirited nickname, “Crabby Gabby”, on social media, her mother …
Marathon: U.S.’s Linden can wear Rio T-shirt with pride
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – U.S. marathon runner Desiree Linden has been there, done that and can now wear the T-shirt with pride.
Swimming: We need to talk about doping – Horton
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The Australian swimmer who set off a chain of anti-doping comments at the Olympics says he has no regrets and nothing to apologize for after receiving hundreds of thousands of hate messages on social media.
Report of swimmer held up at gunpoint not true, says IOC
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Reports that U.S. Olympic gold medalist swimmer Ryan Lochte was held up at gunpoint during a party in the early hours of Sunday in Brazil are false, says the International Olympic Committee.
