Author: Matt Traub

Alex Sedrick
American Alex Sedrick reacts after scoring the winning try during the women's bronze medal Rugby Sevens match against Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The US won the match 14-12 after Sedrick's winning try with no time left. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

USA Rugby Gets $4 Million Donation From Michele Kang After Bronze Medal Win

PARIS — Immediately after a dramatic win in the bronze-medal match against Australia at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games, one of the superstars for the U.S. women’s Eagles, Ilona Maher, said she hoped “we get more money and funding for the women’s game. We deserve it. We need more girls in the US trying rugby and […]

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Gymnastics Fans
Suni Lee performs on the balance beam in front of a large U.S. crowd during the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in France. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

American Fans Make Athletes Feel at Home at Paris Olympics

PARIS — One of the major successes for the Olympic Summer Games so far has been the atmosphere. From the French men’s rugby sevens’ epic run to a gold medal and other French athletes following with medals of their own, the home country’s fans have packed the stands. But another noticeable noise at every event […]

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Eiffel Night
The Eiffel Tower shines late on Monday night along the Seine in Paris after beach volleyball action ended at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

An American in Paris: Eiffel Tower Shines Above All Olympic Venues

PARIS — It’s iconic design and standing within the Paris landscape has been the subject of poems, photos, stories and proposals for more than a century and marketed in everything from wine racks to keychains and … well, you name it. But in some ways, the Olympic Summer Games is giving the Eiffel Tower a moment […]

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Seine
The Seine is supposed to host the swimming portion of triathlon and open-water swimming but currently has high levels of bacteria in it after heavy rain over the weekend, forcing the men's triathlon at the Olympic Summer Games to be postponed. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Paris Battles Heat as Climate Change Rocks Olympics

PARIS — The postponement of the men’s triathlon at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games because of unsanitary conditions in the Seine is the latest in a series of events in which the Games are starting to be affected by climate change within summer sports. The revised triathlon schedule will have the women’s event at 8 […]

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Olympic Fencing
American Lee Keifer won her second Olympic women's foil gold medal in a row by beating teammate Lauren Scruggs at Grand Palais on Sunday night in the 2024 Games in Paris. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Paris’ Iconic Olympic Venues Praised by Athletes, NGB Leaders

PARIS — Whether the idea of beach volleyball at the base of the Eiffel Tower, fencing in the Grand Palais or swimming inside a rugby stadium, the venues being utilized for the 2024 Olympic Summer Games have drawn raves from U.S. national governing body executives and buzz among athletes. Few venues have garnered more social […]

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Stade de France
Soldout crowds packed Stade de France for the rugby sevens competition on Saturday at the Olympic Summer Games in Paris as the host country won its first gold medal. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

An American in Paris: Behind the Scenes at the Olympic Summer Games

PARIS — What a place to have as the dateline, right? SportsTravel is  at the Olympic Summer Games in Paris and throughout our time here, we’ll offer some notes and observations about the people and places that make up this event. You can always check out some behind-the-scenes access as well at our Instagram story […]

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Opening Ceremony Greece
Greece, as by Olympic tradition, leads the boat parade during the 2024 Olympic Summer Games Opening Ceremony on Friday night along the Seine. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Looking Back on the Best (and Wettest) Olympic Opening Ceremony Ever

There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering — a hell of boredom. — Les Misérables PARIS — You can call the 2024 Olympic Summer Games Opening Ceremony many things. Boring will never be one of them. It was the best Opening Ceremony ever, and the wettest. It was a production of unabashed […]

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APTOPIX Paris Olympics
The United States' Amarilees Bolorin, left, takes a selfie with a friend in front of the Eiffel Tower ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Why the IOC Hopes Paris Revitalizes the Olympic Movement

PARIS — From the first steps upon landing, you see the logo. Whether black and white or in shades of pastels, from the airport to the train station, in shops and banners lining the streets with classic French architecture, signs of the Olympic Summer Games are unmistakable. Seldom at a store, boulangerie, bar or even […]

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Paris 2024 USOPC
USOPC top leadership at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games includes Board Chair Gene Sykes, CEO Sarah Hirshland, Chief of Sport Rocky Harris, Chief Security Officer Nicole Deal and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jonathan Finnoff. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

USOPC Leadership Not Concerned over Salt Lake Host Contract Clause

PARIS — The elation of having the Olympic Winter Games return in 2034 to Salt Lake City and the United States on Wednesday was tempered by a dispute involving doping that led to an unusual clause put into the Host City Contract, one that the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee tried to downplay on […]

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Paris Olympics
Witold Banka, president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, listens to a question during a press conference on Thursday in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Explaining the Dispute Between USADA And WADA

PARIS — Doping, historically linked to the Olympic Summer Games for decades, is not going away as a topic of discussion at the 2024 Paris Games as the dispute between U.S. and world doping officials has exploded into public view this week. The New York Times in April revealed that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive […]

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