while the victory is the first Olympic win since the Beijing Olympics in 2008. – Safid Deen Ledecky, 27, was the former world ...

Women: Canada won its first-ever Olympic gold medal after defeating Sweden 3-2 in a penalty shootout. The game went to extra time after a 1-1 draw in regulation. The U.S., however, was only able to ...

First, sprinter Audrey Patterson became the first black woman to win a medal when she took 200m ... instantly making her the first black woman to win Olympic gold. It was an incredible, historic ...

Kimberly White/Getty Shaquille O'Neal says he threw his Olympic gold medal out the window of his car after the win in 1996 The Hall ... It was O’Neal’s first and only appearance on an Olympic ...

Argentina is usurping the name of Falkland Islands born Louis Charles Baillon, as the first “Argentine Malvinas” Islander to win a gold medal in the London 1908 Summer Olympics, 'mistakenly ...

His next competition was slalom, for which he won his first gold medal of the Winter Olympic Games. He went on to win a second gold medal in the Super G, another form of slalom. Kelly was thrilled ...

The Algerian boxer on Friday won the Olympic gold medal in the women ... to the “fierce campaign” against her was to win a gold medal. “This thing has effects, massive effects.

France claimed the judo gold medal in the first mixed team ... legend Teddy Riner add to his collection of Olympic medals. With Saturday's win, Riner, 32, now has a tally of three golds and ...