AP Sports Summary for Saturday, August 3rd, 2024:
IOC leader says 'hate speech' directed at Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting at Olympics is unacceptable
PARIS (AP) — IOC President Thomas Bach says the "hate speech" directed at two women boxers at the Paris Olympics is "totally unacceptable." Bach says, "We will not take part in a politically motivated … cultural war." Imane Khalif of Algeria and Lin Yu-Ting of Taiwan have been subjected to days of global scrutiny about their gender. Both boxers were disqualified at the 2023 world championships. That decision was by the Russian-led International Boxing Association is banished from the Olympics. Bach says the boxers "are born as women, who have been raised as women, who have a passport as a woman and have competed for many years as women."
Simone Biles and Leon Marchand headline memorable moments at the halfway point of the Paris Olympics
PARIS (AP) — The Paris Olympics at the halfway mark have brought the world "The Pommel Horse Guy," a rugby star and social media sensation who wants to be on on reality show "Love Island" and "The Real John Wick" in the form of a 51-year-old Turkish shooter. These Olympics have been full of memorable moments since the dazzling opening ceremony: a gender controversy in boxing, the Seine River was too dirty for the triathlon swim to go on as scheduled and Leon Marchand led France with four golds in four swimming events. And of course, Simone Biles has dazzled while winning two gold medals with more still up for her taking.
Giants' Blake Snell throws 1st career no-hitter in 3-0 win over the Reds
CINCINNATI (AP) — Blake Snell pitched his first career no-hitter on Friday night, striking out 10 as the San Francisco Giants beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-0. The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner walked three and threw 114 pitches, 78 for strikes, in his first complete game in 202 major league starts. The 31-year-old Snell recorded the 18th no-hitter in Giants' franchise history and the third in the majors this season. Casey Schmitt and Tyler Fitzgerald homered for the Giants.
Gleyber Torres pulled by Aaron Boone for lack of hustle in Yankees' 8-5 loss to Blue Jays
NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres was removed from an 8-5 loss to Toronto by manager Aaron Boone for not hustling, sending a message to the clubhouse of a team that has struggled since mid-June. Torres did not run hard out of the batter's box on his second-inning drive off the left-field wall, thinking it was a home run, and reached only first base. That cost the Yankees a run when he was thrown out at the plate trying to score on Anthony Volpe's two-out double into the left-field corner in the second.
Olympic cheers fill the air as fans return for a 10,000-meter masterpiece and more at the track
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda took the lead with a little more than a lap left in a masterpiece of a 10,000-meter race to finish in an Olympic-record 26 minutes, 43.14 seconds in front of a roaring crowd on an electric opening night at the track. The world-record holder raced in the middle of a strung-out pack for most of the 25 laps on the calm, cool evening at the Stade de France. Then he took off, and held the lead over the final 500 meters against a crowd of Ethiopians who set a blistering pace all night. Ethiopia's Berihu Aregawi beat American Grant Fisher in a sprint to the line for silver. Fisher's bronze medal marked the first for the U.S. in the longest race at the Olympic track since Galen Rupp took silver in 2012.
Bobby Kersee coaches some of biggest stars in track history with 'mad scientist' training methods
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Bobby Kersee's known as the "mad scientist" for his outside-the-box training methods. He's concocted a winning formula that's struck gold for some of the biggest stars in track history. Back in the day, he worked with Florence Griffith Joyner, Al Joyner, Gail Devers and his wife, Jackie Joyner-Kersee. In more modern times, it was Allyson Felix. Now, it's Athing Mu and McLaughlin-Levrone, who's his only athlete at the Paris Games. Kersee's athletes have taken home at least one gold medal in every Olympics since the 1984 Summer Games.
Simone Manuel flops in the 50 free, fails to advance out of the heats in Olympic swimming
NANTERRE, France (AP) — In another disappointment for the American swim team, Simone Manuel has been eliminated in the preliminaries of the 50-meter freestyle. Manuel posted the 18th-fastest time in the hectic sprint over one length of the pool, not good enough to make it to the evening semifinals. The first Black woman to win an individual gold medal in swimming touched in 24.87 seconds, 0.15 out of the time she needed to crack the top 16 and a whopping 1.02 behind the fastest qualifier, Sarah Sjöström of Sweden. The United States comes into the next-to-last day of the competition with 21 medals but only four golds, falling short of expectations for the world's dominant swim nation.
Léon Marchand captures 4th Olympic swimming gold, setting off a party across Paris
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Léon Marchand completed his dominating run through the Paris Olympics, capturing his fourth swimming gold with another runaway victory in the 200-meter individual medley Friday night. The 22-year-old French star left no doubt he'll be remembered as one of the biggest stars of the Summer Games in his home country. He touched in an Olympic record of 1 minute, 54.06 seconds, just missing Ryan Lochte's 13-year-old world mark. That was about the only thing he didn't accomplish at La Defense Arena, where he had previously won the 400 IM, 200 butterfly and 200 backstroke — the latter two about two hours apart in the same night. Before Marchand's triumph, Cameron McEvoy and Kaylee McKeown captured more gold for Australia. The team from Down Under now has seven golds, more than any other country.
Canadian teen Summer McIntosh is bringing home an impressive haul of Olympic medals
NANTERRE, France (AP) — At just 17 years old, Canadian swimming star Summer McIntosh is leaving Paris with an impressive haul of Olympic medals. She already has a silver in the 400-meter freestyle and golds in the 400 individual medley and 200 butterfly. She is chasing another in the 200 IM on Saturday. She was second fastest out of the 200 IM semifinals, finishing in 2 minutes, 8.30 seconds behind American Alex Walsh's 2:07.45.
Analysis: Simone Biles' greatest power might be the toughness that's been there all along
PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles' second Olympic all-around gymnastics title is a testament to her mental and physical toughness. The 27-year-old has long relied on both during a career that's made her the greatest of all time in her sport. The mental health advocate practiced what she preached during the all-around final. Biles closed her eyes and reset herself after two rotations and responded with fabulous routines on balance beam and floor exercise that made her the third woman in Olympic history to claim multiple all-around crowns.
AP-Scorecard
Here are the scores from yesterday's sports events:
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INTERLEAGUE
Final Oakland 6 L.A. Dodgers 5
Final Seattle 10 Philadelphia 2
Final N.Y. Mets 5 L.A. Angels 1
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Kansas City 9 Detroit 2
Final Cleveland 8 Baltimore 4
Final Toronto 8 N.Y. Yankees 5
Final Minnesota 10 Chicago White Sox 2
Final Houston 3 Tampa Bay 2
Final Boston 11 Texas 6
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Chicago Cubs 6 St. Louis 3
Final San Francisco 3 Cincinnati 0
Final Atlanta 5 Miami 3
Final Milwaukee 8 Washington 3
Final Arizona 9 Pittsburgh 8
Final Colorado 5 San Diego 2
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TODAY'S SPORTS SCHEDULE
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INTERLEAGUE
L-A Dodgers at Oakland 9:07 p.m.
N-Y Mets at L-A Angels 9:38 p.m.
Philadelphia at Seattle 9:40 p.m.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Toronto at N-Y Yankees 1:05 p.m.
Kansas City at Detroit 6:10 p.m.
Boston at Texas 7:05 p.m.
Chi White Sox at Minnesota 7:10 p.m.
Baltimore at Cleveland 7:15 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Houston 7:15 p.m.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis at Chi Cubs 2:20 p.m.
Milwaukee at Washington 4:05 p.m.
Arizona at Pittsburgh 6:40 p.m.
San Francisco at Cincinnati 7:15 p.m.
Miami at Atlanta 7:20 p.m.
Colorado at San Diego 8:40 p.m.
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