Olympics-Cycling-Hoy leads praise of record-breaker Wiggins (Reuters) By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Cycling great Chris Hoy led the praise for Bradley Wiggins after he surpassed his own British record Olympic medal haul in a thrilling track team pursuit final on Friday. Wiggins, along with Owain Doull, Ed Clancy and Steven Burke, edged Australia in a gold medal … [Read more...]

Top US BMX rider Connor Fields back from hand injury (The Associated Press) The pink scar that winds from the bottom of Connor Fields' left hand and past his wrist serves as a reminder of the injury that derailed a promising BMX season. While the hand he hurt in the spring isn't fully healed, Fields said it feels well enough to do whatever he needs to do on the bike. It allows just enough … [Read more...]

Carter's last throw nets 1st US Olympic gold in women's shot (Yahoo Sports) Michelle Carter loves to let the tension build. The American shot putter waited until her last throw Friday night to knock off arguably the best woman to ever compete in the event - two-time defending champion Valerie Adams of New Zealand. Now, Carter has a gold medal to go with the silver one her longtime NFL … [Read more...]

Olympics-Cycling-'Sir Wiggo' leads Britain to pursuit gold (Reuters) * Wiggins seals eighth Olympic medal * Britain win thriller against Australia (Adds details) By Martyn Herman RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Bradley Wiggins fired Britain to track cycling team pursuit gold in a titanic final battle with Australia at the Rio Games on Friday, etching his name into the record books as … [Read more...]

16 years after first gold in Sydney, Anthony Ervin is back (Yahoo Sports) RIO DE JANIERO (AP) -- Sixteen years after winning his first individual gold Olympic medal, Anthony Ervin picked up his second with a furious dash across the pool. … [Read more...]

Another scare: US men's basketball team edges Serbia 94-91 (Yahoo Sports) Written in Portuguese on one wall above center court at Carioca Arena is the phrase ''Um mundo novo.'' Translation: A new world. Threatened by Australia in its previous game, the U.S. men's team started fast but had to survive a heart-racing final seconds to beat Serbia 94-91 on Friday, the 49th consecutive … [Read more...]

Close calls! Nadal, Murray both squeak into Olympic semis (Yahoo Sports) After struggling for much of his Olympic singles quarterfinal against a Brazilian opponent backed by a raucous home crowd, Rafael Nadal finally seized control by using a big backhand to set up an easy putaway at the net for a third-set service break. Perhaps wary of drawing the ire of all of those flag-waving fans, … [Read more...]

Olympics-Cycling-'Just something to tell the kids' Wiggins says after gold (Reuters) By Stephen Eisenhammer RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Bradley Wiggins shrugged off becoming Britain's most decorated Olympian in typically low-key fashion on Friday, saying it was "just something to tell the kids about" after winning gold in track cycling's team pursuit. Britain set a new world record … [Read more...]

Olympics-Cycling-Track-Men's sprint last 32 results (Reuters) Aug 12 (Gracenote) - Olympic cycling-track men's sprint last 32 results in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. Heat 91. Sam Webster (New Zealand) Q seconds 2. Edward Dawkins (New Zealand) Heat 81. Jeffrey Hoogland (Netherlands) Q 2. Francois Pervis (France) Heat 71. Joachim Eilers (Germany) Q 2. Damian Zielinski (Poland) Heat 61. Xu Chao … [Read more...]

A wild ride puts Henrik Stenson in the mix at Olympic golf (Yahoo Sports) British Open champion Henrik Stenson is close enough to think about adding an Olympic gold medal to his silver claret jug. Marcus Fraser of Australia got off to a quick start, stretched his lead to four shots at one point and wound up with a 2-under 69 for the 36-hole lead in the first Olympic golf competition since … [Read more...]