Beach Volleyball: U.S. men relish marathon Italy match
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – United States gold medal hopes Nicholas Lucena and Phil Dalhausser relished Thursday’s marathon victory against Italy’s Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo, a performance they said put them in good stead for the knockout rounds.
Swimming: Le Clos braced for one last duel with Phelps
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – South African Chad Le Clos has vowed to do all he can to take the fight to Michael Phelps one last time before the U.S. swimming great heads into retirement.
Tennis: Murray reaches quarter-finals after Fognini scare
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Defending champion Andy Murray survived a scare to reach the quarter-finals of the men’s Olympic tennis tournament with a three-set victory over Fabio Fognini on Thursday.
Golf: Fraser makes most of golden Rio opportunity
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Australia’s Marcus Fraser made the most of a golden opportunity taking a three shot first round lead as golf made a subdued return to the Olympics after 112 years on Thursday with the sport’s biggest names and fans staying a…
Cycling: Britain set world record in women’s team pursuit
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Britain set a track cycling world record in the women’s team pursuit on Thursday shortly after the men had clocked an Olympic best in team sprint qualifying.
Athletics: Go sisters! Twins and triplets to run in Rio marathon
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – To have identical twins in the same Olympic event is rare. To have identical triplets, extraordinary. And to have one set of each competing in the same race is frankly off the scale.
Swimming: Ledecky leads the way in 800m freestyle heats
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Katie Ledecky put another golden, and late, night behind her on Thursday and focused on winning a fourth title at the Rio Games in her favorite 800 meters freestyle event.
Athletics: Hurdler hopes U.S. dominate even without record holder
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – It is a measure of the U.S. dominance in the women’s 100 meters hurdles that even with the world record holder absent the Americans are still favorites.
With only one Russian in Rio, U.S. eyes bumper medals haul
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The United States is expected to run away with the athletics competition in Rio, taking podium spots often the preserve of Russians such as double pole vault gold medalist Yelena Isinbayeva and 110m hurdles world champion Ser…
Rio organizers put on brave face as Games problems pile up
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Rio Olympics organizers on Thursday put on a brave face as problems plaguing the first Games on the South American continent pile up, admitting preparations could have been better but sounding confident of eventual success.
