PALM DESERT, Aug. 15, 2016 – South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk went to the start line Sunday night trying to defend his 2015 World Championship in the 400 meters. Just more than 43 seconds later, […]
PALM DESERT, Aug. 14, 2016 – A year ago, the U.S. won just 20 medals in Olympic events at the swimming World Championships, and a lot of folks were worried. No need. The American swimmers, […]
PALM DESERT, Aug. 13, 2016 – Michelle Carter completed a dream with her come-from-behind, final-throw lifetime best and American Record to win the Olympic shot put competition on Friday night in Rio. Carter, daughter of […]
PALM DESERT, Aug. 12, 2016 – A big day for American women in Rio, with gold medals from the unstoppable Kayla Harrison in judo, Simone Biles and Aly Raisman going 1-2 in the gymnastics all-around […]
PALM DESERT, Aug. 11, 2016 – Another gold for the United States women swimmers, this time in the 4×200 m Freestyle Relay, but there were almost as many TV cameras in the U.S. huddle as […]
PALM DESERT, Aug. 10, 2016 – Covergirl Katinka Hosszu of Hungary almost gave up swimming, but now she’s a triple gold medalist in Rio after winning both individual medleys and 100 m backstroke: the power […]
PALM DESERT, Aug. 9, 2016 – Lilly King’s pulsating win over the reigning World Champion Yuliya Efimova of Russia in the women’s 100 m breaststroke was one of the highlights of Monday’s action at the […]
PALM DESERT, Aug. 8, 2016 – American swimmers are doing real damage at the Olympic pool in Rio, with a world record by the unstoppable Katie Ledecky in the 400 m Freestyle and the men’s […]
PALM DESERT, Aug. 8, 2016 – If you’re looking for back issues of The Sports Examiner, you’ve come to the right place: August 6, 2016: Rio 2016: Let’s Get This Party Started! August 7, 2016: […]
PALM DESERT, Aug. 7, 2016 – The debut of (unofficial) team scoring for Rio 2016 plus a look at Sunday’s finals: U.S. takes the 23-point lead in eight-place Games team scoring; Capsule previews of 14 […]
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