The marathon serves as a culminating event for the Olympics – fitting, given the ancient roots and the endless pace of athletic venues that define two-and-a-half weeks every four years. As 1998 UCLA graduate Meb Keflezighi crossed the finish line in the event today, he slipped and fell on the wet pavement. He laid face […]
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Rio recap: Aug. 18
This year, at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 36 past, current and future UCLA athletes will compete in Rio de Janeiro. Each day, the Daily Bruin will wrap up the different events with Bruin highlights, key performances and upcoming events. Women’s golf Mariajo Uribe (Colombia), Giulia Sergas (Italy) The two women golfers that hail from UCLA […]
Rio recap: Aug. 13
This year, at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 36 past, current and future UCLA athletes will compete in Rio de Janeiro. Each day, the Daily Bruin will wrap up the different events with Bruin highlights, key performances and upcoming events. Men’s volleyball USA vs. France It looked like Team USA wasn’t going to get the win […]
Incoming Bruin Madison Kocian earns silver Olympic medal on uneven bars
Incoming freshman Madison Kocian secured her second medal of the 2016 Olympic Games, a silver on the uneven bars event finals Sunday afternoon. Kocian, the reigning world champion on the uneven bars, took second place behind defending gold medalist Aliya Mustafina of Russia. The Russian, who took bronze in the individual all-around behind Americans Aly […]
Rio recap: Aug. 12
This year, at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 36 past, current and future UCLA athletes will compete in Rio de Janeiro. Each day, the Daily Bruin will wrap up the different events with Bruin highlights, key performances and upcoming events. Women’s Basketball Canada vs. USA Canada hung tough with Team USA for the first 15 minutes […]
Canada heads to women’s soccer semifinals with victory over France
All it took was one goal. Canada triumphed over France in Friday’s quarterfinal with a 1-0 victory, sending the 2012 bronze medalists to the semifinals for the second straight Olympic Games. Both teams were physical in the first half of the match, garnering a total of 16 fouls combined while only accumulating six total shots. […]
Team USA falls to Sweden in women’s soccer quarterfinal
The favorites have fallen. The American quest for a fourth straight gold medal was thwarted after a devastating 1-1 (4-3) loss to Sweden in penalties Friday afternoon. It is the first time ever in the Olympics that Team USA failed to make the gold medal match in women’s soccer. Stina Blackstenius put the Swedes ahead […]