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Team USA have broken their own 4x400m mixed relay world record in their winning heat at Paris 2024 as the opening night of track and field action got underway

Team USA breaks track world record with incredible first run at Paris Olympics

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PARIS — American sprinting sensation Sha’Carri Richardson just became an even bigger favorite to claim Olympic gold. One of Richardson’s top challengers in the women’s 100 meters revealed Wednesday that she has dropped out of the race. Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson, a five-time Olympic medalist, told reporters...

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PARIS (Reuters) - The United States broke their own world record in the 4x400 mixed relay in the opening heats at the Paris Olympics on Friday, crossing the line in three minutes 7.41 seconds.

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Team USA has been struggling to dominate the Paris Olympics, with a slow start on day three. After claiming two gold medals and seven overall on Sunday, the US failed to capture any gold medals on Monday, dropping them down in the standings. Team USA captured six bronze medals and two silver medals - eight overall, but no golds.

Team USA fails to win a single gold medal on day three at Paris Olympics.

Puerto Rico's men's basketball team is 0-2 in the 2024 Summer Olympics after making their first appearance in 20 years. They famously defeated Team USA 92-73 in 2004, but have already been eliminated with a winless record in pool play ahead of their match on August 3. Under coach Nelson Colon, the team qualified with a 2-1 World Cup performance. They have never won an Olympic medal.

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 who earned 100m bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, will not run the 100m at the Paris Olympics, according to Team Jamaica officials. "The decision is just to protect my body," Jackson said. "As I've said for the last three years, I've been competing in both events. It's a combination of both, just focusing on one event."

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In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

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Adam Peaty was left out of the mixed 4×100 metres medley relay heats but he could still appear in Saturday’s final.Peaty, part of the line-up that helped Team GB win the inaugural event at Tokyo 2020, tested positive for Covid on Monday morning, hours after winning silver in the men’s 100m breaststroke final on Sunday.While he posted a photograph of himself back in the pool on his Instagram stories on Wednesday after two days of “bed rest”, Peaty was conspicuously absent as Team GB qualified fifth fastest for the showpiece.His place went to Commonwealth Games gold medallist James Wilby, who...

Decision on Adam Peaty in mixed medley to be made ‘pretty shortly’ – James Wilby

"To finish fifth in an Olympic Games, I couldn't be prouder," said Fraser, who came ninth in the final in Tokyo. "For me it was all about having fun today. "I was really disappointed after the team final so I felt I had nothing to lose and went for everything I wanted to."

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BRYONY PAGE is Team GB’s most successful trampolinist who bounced back from the yips to win an Olympic silver medal in 2016. The 33-year-old is set to compete in the third Olympic games of her career. Who is Bryony Page? Page was born in Crewe on December 10, 1990. She took up trampolining at the […]

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A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

Team USA desperately needed a win after its near comeback against China fell just short in its first match of the tournament. The U.S. entered the game sitting in third in Pool A, and getting at least a point was absolutely critical. The United States and Serbia have met in...

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U.S. beach volleyball gold medal hopefuls Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes defeated France’s Aline Chamereau/Clemence Vieira in a grueling two sets under the shadow of the Eiffel Tower on Wednesday. The Americans were pushed in the second set, and were almost pushed to a third before they grinded out...

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But first, let's quickly review exactly how the Olympic competition format works. How many groups are there in Olympic basketball, and how many teams are in each group?. The 12 teams are split into three groups, with four teams in each group. What are the groups for the men's Olympic...

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

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Emily Craig and Imogen Grant won Olympic gold for Great Britain in the lightweight women’s double sculls at Paris 2024 after Ollie Wynne-Griffith and Tom George claimed silver in the men’s pair.Craig and Grant finished just 0.01 seconds off the podium and 0.5 seconds from gold in Tokyo three years ago, with the 31-year-old Grant keeping a picture of the photo finish on her living room wall as inspiration.It has certainly worked as they are unbeaten during this Olympiad and delivered on their status as pre-race favourites to win by 1.72 seconds from the Romanian pair Gianina van Groningen and...

Emily Craig and Imogen Grant power to GB gold in the lightweight double sculls

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World Record: U.S. mixed 4x400m relay team makes history in Paris

It took just one day on the Paris Olympic track for a world record to fall. The U.S. mixed 4x400m relay team smashed the world record...

World Record: U.S. mixed 4x400m relay team makes history in Paris

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