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☆ What to watch at Olympics today: Djokovic vs. Alcaraz and Noah Lyles’ moment in 100m
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Mark Cooper | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

TV: PeacockWhat to watch: Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz meet for the seventh time — and second on the clay of Roland Garros — for the men’s singles gold medal. His only Olympic medal, a bronze, came in 2008. GO DEEPER Why is Team USA struggling in the Olympic gold medal count? Cycling hits the roadAnna Kiesenhofer earned Austria’s first Summer Olympics gold medal in 17 years when she won in 2021. But Katie Ledecky accomplished something only one other woman has in Olympic history by winning her ninth gold medal.

Persons: It’s, Noah Lyles, Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Roland Garros, Djokovic, Alcaraz, Lyles, Hannah Peters, Yu, ” Lyles, Kishane Thompson, Marcell Jacobs, Fred Kerley, Canada’s Andre De Grasse, Sarah Sjöström, Gretchen Walsh, Bobby Finke, Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen, A’Ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Satou Sabally, Anna Kiesenhofer, Austria’s, Dimitar Dilkoff, Austrian Anna Kiesenhofer, Italy’s Elisa Longo Borghini, Australia’s Grace Brown, Great Britain’s Anna Henderson, Chloe Dygert, —, KATIE LEDECKY, 💪 Organizations: Paris Games, NBC, U.S, Netflix, Olympics, Team USA, USA Network, Telemundo, Germany, Belgium, Dallas Wings, Japan, Cycling, Getty, CNBC, United, ust, aris Locations: Paris, Alcaraz, Tokyo, Jamaica, United States, U.S, Australia, France, Belgium, Germany, Japan, AFP, Austrian, oman

☆ Olympic swimming: Four takeaways from a thrilling night
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Ledecky broke her own Olympic record set three years ago in Tokyo by more than five seconds and finished 10 seconds ahead of France’s Anastasiia Kirpichnikova, whose finish had the home nation fans in full voice. Marchand set an Olympic record in the 200m breaststroke. Maddie Meyer/Getty ImagesHe never looked bothered in the 200-meter breaststroke, setting yet another Olympic record as he cruised to victory. First world record set in the Paris poolThe pool at La Défense Arena has been described as slow by some of the swimmers in Paris. Pan of China reacts after setting a new world record - first swimming world mark of the Paris Games.

Persons: Katie Ledecky, Ledecky, Kirpichnikova, Quinn Rooney, “, I’m, ” Ledecky, Marchand, Léon Marchand, Kristóf Milák, Maddie Meyer, ”, Ueslei Marcelino, Pan Zhanle, Pan, Huske, Sarah Sjöström, Sjöström, Hong Kong’s Siobhan Bernadette Haughey, Sarah Stier, ” Sjöström Organizations: France CNN —, Games, Défense, La Défense, Paris Games, Reuters, La Locations: Nanterres, France, French, Tokyo, France’s, exultation, American, Montreal, Paris, China, Doha, Qatar, Lane, Huske

☆ Katie Ledecky qualifies for her fourth Olympics; Gretchen Walsh sets world record at US trials
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Jacob Lev | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —US swimming star Katie Ledecky qualified for her fourth Olympic Games by winning the 400m freestyle on Saturday at the US Swimming Olympic Team Trials. Sarah Stier/Getty Images100m butterfly world record in the semifinalsElsewhere, Gretchen Walsh set a world record in the women’s 100m butterfly with a time of 55.18 in a semifinal heat. The 21-year-old Walsh swam past the record mark of 55.48 set by Sweden’s Sarah Sjöström at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. Walsh will look to qualify for her first Olympic Games on Sunday. The US Swimming Olympic Team Trials continue through June 23.

Persons: Katie Ledecky, “, ”, Ledecky, I’ve, Gretchen Walsh, Sarah Stier, Walsh, Sweden’s Sarah Sjöström Organizations: CNN, Olympic, Lucas Oil, Reuters, Indianapolis Colts, Olympic Games Locations: Indianapolis , Indiana, London, Paris

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Marrit Steenbergen won gold for the Netherlands in the women's 100-meter freestyle Friday at the World Aquatics Championships. “The back half is my specialty,” said Steenbergen, who also was part of the winning Dutch team in the 4x100 freestyle relay. World record-holder Sarah Sjöström of Sweden is at the championships but withdrew from the 100 free before the preliminaries. The Americans, who are three-time reigning Olympic champions, bounced back from a quarterfinal loss at last year’s world championships in Fukuoka. Hungary came up just short of its first women's world title since 2005.

Persons: Marrit Steenbergen, Siobhán Haughey, Hong Kong, Steenbergen, “, ”, Haughey, Jack, Kate Douglass, ” Haughey, Australia's Mollie O'Callaghan, Sarah Sjöström, Rachel Fattal, Ashleigh Johnson, ___ Organizations: Paris, Dutch, Doha, United, Olympic, Greece Locations: DOHA, Qatar, Netherlands, Hong, Fukuoka, Australia, Sweden, United States, Hungary, Fukuoka . Hungary, Spain

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — China's Pan Zhanle backed up his world record in the swimming relays by winning the men's 100-meter freestyle at the World Aquatics Championships on Thursday. The 19-year-old Pan swam the fastest 100 in history with a time of 46.80 seconds in the lead-off leg of China’s gold medal-winning 4x100 relay team. HIGH DIVINGWith a huge final dive, Britain's Aidan Heslop claimed the men's title off the 27-meter tower at Doha Old Port. WATER POLOCroatia advanced to the Saturday championship in men's water polo with a 17-16 semifinal victory over France on penalties. Italy claimed the other spot in the final with an 8-6 victory over Spain.

Persons: Zhanle, Pan, didn't, ” Pan, let's, ”, Caeleb Dressel, Kyle Chalmers, Alessandro Miressi, Hungary's Nandor Nemeth, Britain's Laura Stephens, Helena Rosendahl Bach, Lana Pudar, Rachel Klinker, ” Stephens, “, Sarah Sjöström, Swede, Aidan Heslop, France's Gary Hunt, Catalin, Petru Preda, James Lichtenstein, Heslop, you’ve, ” Heslop, ___ Organizations: Paris, Olympic, Doha, Doha Old Port, Croatia Locations: DOHA, Qatar, Paris, Australia, Italy, Denmark, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Doha, United States, France, Croatia, Spain

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