Two boxers who failed gender tests at World Championships cleared for Games
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Carlos Alcaraz reaches third round, injures groin at Olympics - ESPN
PARIS — Spain's Carlos Alcaraz defeated Netherlands' Tallon Griekspoor 6-1 7-6(3) on Monday to reach the third round of the Paris Games tennis tournament as he strives for Olympic gold.
Fencing-Kharlan claims Ukraine's first medal with bronze in women's sabre
PARIS : Olga Kharlan claimed a dramatic bronze medal for Ukraine as she rallied from a six-point deficit to beat Choi Sebin of South Korea and hand her country its first medal at the Paris Games, in the women's sabre on Monday.
Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan wins country's 1st medal in Paris - ESPN
PARIS — A handshake could have cost Olga Kharlan her place at the Olympics. Instead, she won Ukraine's first medal of the Paris Games to give a country at war something to celebrate.
Japan surges past China for Olympics men's gymnastics team gold
Japan surged past its longtime rival China to win gold in the Paris Olympics men's gymnastics competition Monday, and the Americans earned bronze for their first medal since 2008.
Diving-Ukraine's Sereda says training during a war has been tough
PARIS : Ukraine diver Oleksii Sereda opened up on Monday about how hard it was to train during a war after he and Kiril Boliukh finished fifth in the men's synchronised 10-metre platform event.
Biles to fully compete in Olympic team finals despite calf injury - ESPN
PARIS — A calf injury isn't going to slow Simone Biles.
US figure skating team to receive Beijing gold medal on Aug. 7
PARIS : The U.S. figure skating team will finally receive their Beijing Olympics team event gold medal on Aug. 7 in Paris, more than two years after Russian teenager Kamila Valieva was found guilty of doping, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday.