My Olympic-sized message to Team USA is to embrace the spirit of the games
The moment a Navy football player learns that his sister, the Dominican Republic's Thea LaFond, won gold in the triple jump at the Olympics.
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Dominican Republic's Marileidy Paulino Powers To Olympic Women's 400m Gold
Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic stormed to victory in the Olympic women's 400m on Friday in a new Games record time. Paulino, the reigning world champion, surged home in 48.17sec with Bahrain's Salwa Eid Naser taking silver in 48.53sec and Poland's Natalia Kaczmarek bronze in 48.98sec. The 27-year-old Paulino's time bettered the previous Olympic record of 48.25sec set by France's Marie-Jose Perec at the 1996 Atlanta Games. The Dominican was always in control after blasting out of the blocks, with only 2019 world champion Naser offering resistance.
Olympics Podcast: Rhasidat Adeleke fourth in fastest Olympic final ever? Pain
Rhasidat Adeleke finished fourth in the fastest 400m Olympic final of all time, missing out on a medal in her debut Games.
Dominican Republic's Paulino surges to 400m gold
PARIS :Dominican Republic's Marileidy Paulino surged to victory in the 400 metres to add Olympic gold to her world title on a rainy night at the Stade de France on Friday.
Paris 2024: Rhasidat Adeleke pipped for a medal as she finishes fourth in 400m final
Rhasidat Adeleke has narrowly missed out on an Olympic medal as she finished fourth in the women's 400m final at Paris 2024.
Olympics latest: Daniel Wiffen completes marathon swim in River Seine
Daniel Wiffen has completed the marathon 10km swim in the River Seine this morning, finishing in 18th place, six minutes and 27.4 seconds after the overall leader.
More heartbreak for France as Dusmatov beats Bennama
PARIS :Rio Olympics champion Hasanboy Dusmatov claimed the men's flyweight boxing final by unanimous decision at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, beating Billal Bennama - a day after fellow Frenchman Sofiane Oumiha's loss in the lightweight final.
Olympics: When do Daniel Wiffen and Rhasidat Adeleke compete on Friday?
The Paris Olympics are heading into the final straight and Team Ireland still has some medal hopes.