Social media, movie theatres abuzz as Olympic fever hits Chinese fans
BEIJING: Cinemas in China have been more packed than usual in the past two weeks – but not from summer blockbusters or classic box-office favourites.
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Sarah Mitton 1st-ever Canadian woman to advance to Olympic shot put final
Raising both arms over her head to the sky inside a packed Stade de France, Sarah Mitton knew what she had accomplished.
Botswana declares half-day holiday to mark first Olympic gold
PARIS: The president of Botswana declared Friday afternoon a public holiday to celebrate Letsile Tebogo taking the country's first Olympic gold medal by winning the 200m sprint in Paris on Thursday (Aug 8).
Watch Canada's Wilkerson, Humana-Paredes compete for Olympic gold in beach volleyball
Click on the video player above beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET to watch live coverage of the Olympic women's beach volleyball gold-medal match at Paris 2024.
Hungary's Rasovszky claims men's 10km marathon gold
PARIS :Hungary's Kristof Rasovszky won the men's 10km marathon swimming gold at the Olympics on Friday, holding off German silver medallist Oliver Klemet in a gruelling slog along the final length of the Seine River.
Watch Canada's Vincent, MacKenzie go for gold in Olympic canoe final
Click on the video player above to watch live coverage of Olympic canoe sprint on Friday.
COVID-hit Lyles coughed through the night before taking 200m bronze
PARIS : Noah Lyles, who tested positive for COVID on Tuesday and took bronze in the Olympic 200 metres sprint on Thursday, said the virus "definitely" affected his performance, and that he had been coughing through the night ahead of the race.
Watch Olympic athletics competition at Paris 2024
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