Niyongabo won Burundi's first and only Olympic gold medal in the 5,000 m race at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. You may also like: Older actors who played teenagers on-screen. Getty Images ...

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Novak Djokovic has won his first Olympic gold medal by beating Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) in the 2024 Games men’s tennis singles final.

Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz on Monday became the first athlete in Philippines history to win an Olympic gold medal, ending a nearly century-long drought NPR reported. Diaz won her gold medal in the ...

Olympic men's basketball gold medal winners Here's every Olympic gold medalist since men's basketball debuted as a medal event at the Games in 1936: 2020, Tokyo: U.S. (87–82 win over France in ...

ALBANY, Georgia (AP) — The first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, Alice Coachman Davis, died early Monday in south Georgia. She was 90. Davis' death was confirmed by her daughter ...

The Olympic Games welcomed three new sports: Skateboarding, surfing and 3x3 basketball. Japan’s Abe Uta and older brother Abe Hifumi won gold medals in judo to become the first brother and sister to ...

The first medals of the Paris Olympics were won at a venue about three hours from Paris. China beat South Korea in the final of the 10-meter air rifle mixed team event held Saturday morning to win ...