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PARIS (Reuters) -The United States raced to the gold medal in the Olympic women's 4x100 metres relay on Friday, capturing their 12th title in the event thanks to three smooth handovers as Britain made a mess of their final baton exchange.

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Medal table | Olympic schedule |How to watch | Olympic news. SAINT-DENIS, France — The absence of Noah Lyles isn’t what derailed the U.S.’s bid to win gold in the men’s 4x100-meter relay. It’s the Americans’ maddening inability to find four men who can pass the...

Paris Olympics: Disaster for U.S. men as drought continues in 4x100 relay

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The Americans oddly have not medaled in the event since 2004.

U.S. Men's 4x100 Relay Team Botches Another Baton Pass In Olympics Disaster

Noah Lyles, of the United States, rests on the track following the men’s 200-meters final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France.(AP Photo/Petr David Josek) It’s the second straight Olympics the virus has played a major role in Lyles’ trip to the Games. He...

Lyles, suffering from COVID, finishes 3rd in Olympic upset at 200 meters won by Botswana’s Tebogo

The US Sun

WORLD RECORD holder Lamecha Girma has regained consciousness after his horrific fall during the Olympic steeplechase final. The Ethiopian, 23, was near the front of the pack on the final lap when he clipped the third from last barrier and hit the track hard. Girma, worryingly, lay motionless on the track before he received medical […]

World record holder Lamecha Girma rushed to hospital after horror fall in Olympics 2024 steeplechase final

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Actor Clarence Williams III, best known as the super cool undercover cop Lincoln "Linc" Hayes on TV's classic crime drama, The Mod Squad, died three years ago from colon cancer at 81 years old. This is the story of a talent that lives on.

The Tragic Death of 'Mod Squad'/'Purple Rain' Actor Clarence Williams III: Three Years Later

Kate Jackson began her acting career as a silent ghost on TV's classic 1960s gothic daytime drama Dark Shadows but remains alive and well years after two horrific battles with breast cancer. Jackson went on to small screen prime-time stardom on police/detective/crime drama/comedies like The Rookies, Charlie's Angels, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, and more. This is her triumphant story.

'Charlie's Angels' Star Kate Jackson Has Courageously Battled and Conquered Cancer Several Times

Great Britain's John Gimson and Anna Burnet are denied a medal after being disqualified in the final mixed multihull race.

GB's Gimson & Burnet miss out after disqualification

Hollywood child stardom has taken its toll on many actors through the decades. Lani O'Grady, for one, found fame in the 1970s on the TV family series, Eight is Enough. O'Grady followed in the footsteps of her brother, actor Don Grady, an original Mouseketeer and member of another popular TV family show: My Three Sons. Their mother, Mary B. Grady, was a talent agent who represented several child actors. But Lani, who would also eventually become an agent, died in 2001 just one week before what would have been her 47th birthday.

TV's 'Eight is Enough' Star Lani O'Grady Found Fame Early in Life but Died a Tragic Death

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The Independent

Katarina Johnson-Thompson declared “it’s not over yet” but admitted she was delighted with day one of the Olympic heptathlon competition after finishing top of the pack.The reigning world champion enters day two with a combined 4055 points, 48 more than Belgian rival and defending Olympic champion Nafissatou Thiam and 99 ahead of the United States’ Anna Hall, Thursday’s third-place finisher.Johnson-Thompson set a personal best in the shot put of 14.44, cleared 1.92m in the high jump – her highest in five years – and ran a season’s best 13.40 in the 100m hurdles.She said:  “It was a good day. One...

Katarina Johnson-Thompson takes day one lead but warns ‘it’s not over yet’

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Letsile Tebogo makes history as the first African to ever win a Gold Medal in the men’s 200m

Botswana declares holiday after historic 200-meter win

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Sports Illustrated

French Steeplechaser Alice Finot Breaks European Record, Then Proposes Marriage

The Guardian

Team GB have made it into the Olympic finals of the 4x100m relays in the women’s and the men’s competition

USA set up GB showdown in women’s 4x100m relay after surviving close call

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Jacksonville Today

Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

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GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — The country of diamonds now has a gold. The people of Botswana were given the afternoon off work Friday through a presidential decree so they could celebrate its first gold medal at the Olympics. Sprinter Letsile Tebogo’s win in the 200 meters on Thursday night...

Botswana’s people get the afternoon off work to celebrate a first gold at the Olympics

Katarina Johnson-Thompson has retained her lead in the Olympic heptathlon after the long jump at Stade de France.The Liverpudlian held a 48-point lead over double defending Olympic champion Nafissatou Thiam heading into the second and final day of heptathlon action at the Stade de France.Johnson-Thompson, the reigning world champion, knew she would need a result from her third attempt after the Belgian made 6.41 metres.She came up just shy with 6.40 on her final try, but it was still enough to retain her position at the top of the table heading into the javelin throw.Thiam has closed the gap on...

Katarina Johnson-Thompson holds onto heptathlon lead after long jump

Katarina Johnson-Thompson saw her chances of Olympic heptathlon gold begin to slip away after the javelin competition at Stade de France.The Liverpudlian began day two at the top of the table, and retained her place after landing 6.40 metres in the long jump to retain a narrow 45-point advantage over the rest of the field.The four-time Olympian threw a season’s-best 45.49 metres in the javelin, but double-defending champion Nafissatou Thiam landed a mammoth 54.04 for a season’s best of her own.Johnson-Thompson’s two attempts were the second and third best javelin throws of her life, but Belgium’s Thiam now holds a...

Katarina Johnson-Thompson gold hopes fade as she slips to second after javelin

Katarina Johnson-Thompson admitted she was “grieving gold” but still celebrating after securing her first Olympic medal with heptathlon silver in Paris.The Liverpudlian led the way for much of the two-day competition, but after the morning’s javelin throw found herself second to Nafissatou Thiam, needing to beat her Belgian rival by a margin of over eight seconds in the 800 metres.The 31-year-old laid it all on the line and was second fastest in the final event with a personal best of 2:04.90 to finish nearly six seconds ahead of Thiam, who secured an unprecedented third Olympic heptathlon title by a mere...

‘Emotional and overwhelmed’ – Katarina Johnson-Thompson wins heptathlon silver

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

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Paris Day 6 A.M.: Chaos Strikes Men’s 5,000 Prelims – Nur, Ahmed, Grijalva Eliminated

PARIS – It’s becoming a trend. Falls played a major role at the US Olympic Trials in the women’s 800 and in recent Diamond Leagues in...

Paris Day 6 A.M.: Chaos Strikes Men’s 5,000 Prelims – Nur, Ahmed, Grijalva Eliminated

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