Onlookers and television viewers reacted to the Paris Olympics closing ceremony, with some expressing joy for being able to attend, or sorrow that the events are coming to an end, while on the flip side, detractors protested the coordinators of the competitions and the Games’ opening ceremony.
Read More Paris 2024 Olympics Fans React To Closing Ceremony
The United States won a 67-66 thriller over France in the women’s basketball final on Sunday, claiming an historic eighth consecutive Olympic crown.
Read More US survive French fright to win basketball gold-medal thriller
There was no “Miracle on the Seine” as the US men’s basketball team did as expected by grinding out a 98-87 win over France to claim a fifth consecutive gold medal.
Read More No Miracle on the Seine as U.S. beat France for basketball gold
The United States claimed a record-extending fifth Olympic gold medal in women’s soccer after Mallory Swanson earned them a 1-0 win over Brazil in the final.
Read More Swanson strike hands US women gold with win over Brazil
The United States blazed to the gold medal in the Olympic women’s 4×400 metres relay on Saturday, clocking the second quickest time in history.
Read More US a class apart in women’s 4x400m relay
Rai Benjamin finally got the better of great rival Karsten Warholm to win the Olympic 400 metres hurdles title on Friday, continuing the United States’ athletics gold rush.
Read More Athletics-American Benjamin finally outmuscles Warholm to take 400m hurdles gold