When Simone Manuel touched the wall to clinch a gold medal Saturday night, it was a moment 120 years in the making.
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The Las Vegas resident and Palo Verde High School product won gold swimming the breaststroke leg of the United States’4×100 medley relay, in what might have been the final Olympic race of Michael Phelps’ storied career.
Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in history, has earned his 23rd career gold.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. dropped in to see the next generation of Olympic boxers in Rio.
Ibtihaj Muhammad came to the Olympics determined to show the world that Muslim-American women can excel in sports.
Olympic officials have given up on cleaning the green-tinged water in one of the pools at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center, so they’ll drain it and transfer nearly 1 million gallons of clear water from a nearby practice pool in time for the start of synchronized swimming.
The IAAF said Saturday it has banned the only Russian in Olympic track and field from competition and that she is appealing the ruling.
Usain Bolt finally got his party started at the Olympics on Saturday. He put his finger to his lips to ask for quiet at the starting block, rubbed his closely shaved head, crouched down for the start, then grinded through an opening round in the 100 that was routine as making the bed.
We’re already one week into the Rio Olympics, but there’s still plenty of competition and action ahead.