Allyson Felix

Olympic Legends: From Kohei Uchimura to Simone Biles - Part 5

AFP continues its look back at the history of the Olympics to pick out some of the legends who have lit up the Games. Kohei Uchimura: The Beautiful Move Kohei Uchimura, the son of gymnasts, was in the gym by the age of three. "King Kohei" strove for elegance in his every move and won back-to-back all-around Olympic titles at the 2012 and 2016 ...

Athletics: Thomas Powers to Olympic 200m Gold

American Gabby Thomas stormed to a brilliant victory in the women's Olympic 200m in Paris on Tuesday to clinch the first major title of her career. Thomas clocked 21.83sec to win ahead of St. Lucia's newly-minuted Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred, who timed 22.08sec. Thomas' USA teammate Brittany Brown claimed bronze in 22.20sec. Thomas, 27, ...