Tag: Olympics
Local athletes set to represent Team USA in the 2024 Paris Olympics
With the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games just around the corner, excitement is building as athletes from across the country prepare to compete on...
Olympics say goodbye to Asia after a star-crossed run
By STEPHEN WADE --
EIJING (AP) — The Olympics have said goodbye to Asia after a star-crossed run, and it’s unclear when they’ll be back...
Skiers struggle as real snow falls on Winter Olympics
By BERNIE WILSON --BEIJING (AP) — The Winter Olympics finally look like, well, the Winter Olympics.
Real snow fell in Beijing on Sunday for the...
After a fall, Shaun White stomps his way into Olympic final
By EDDIE PELLS --Â
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Shaun White let up just the tiniest bit as he jerked his body around for a trick...
Thirty Olympic athletes from California competing in Beijing
As California has its sights set to host the 2028 Olympic Games in its biggest city, Los Angeles, the state is currently sending more...
Final Olympic medal count includes local winners
It is being said in the sports world that if U.S. women were their own country, they would be top-5 in the overall Tokyo...
Michael Norman from Murrieta wins Olympic Gold in relay
MURRIETA (CNS) - Michael Norman, who was raised in Murrieta, won an Olympic gold medal today, running the second leg on the U.S. 4x400 men's...
Biles returns to Olympic competition, wins bronze on beam
By WILL GRAVES
TOKYO (AP) — Simone Biles isn’t going home with a fistful of gold medals. A mental block — one brought on by...
Local athletes competing in the 2020 Summer Olympics
After the postponement of the 2020 Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the torch was lit once again this year as the rescheduled Summer...
With Simone Biles out, ROC wins women’s team gymnastics
By WILL GRAVESTOKYO (AP) — Simone Biles came to Tokyo as the star of the U.S. Olympic movement and perhaps the Games themselves. It...