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By all accounts the Paris Olympics were a great success. We were treated to a magnificent sport spectacle, the world’s greatest athletes at their best. The display of sportsmanship was fulfilling, a tribute to the competitors. The Olympics are for the...

Easthampton’s Saige Harper showed well at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris on Friday.Harper, representing Team USA, competed in the Rowing PR3 Mixed Double Sculls event alongside partner Todd Vogt. The pair placed fourth in Heat No. 1 with a time of...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Just two days after the closing ceremony wrapped up the 2024 Paris Olympics, three-time gold medalist Gabby Thomas joined Comedy Central’s long-running comedy news show, “The Daily Show” to discuss her Paris experience, her mom and her healthcare...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Five years ago, when Florence’s Gabby Thomas moved down to Austin, Texas to begin her professional running career, her new coach Tonja Buford-Bailey decided to test her out. Thomas moved to Austin a few weeks ahead of the rest of Buford-Bailey’s...

The last time Paris hosted the Summer Olympics was 100 years ago. If you were to walk into one of the dining halls at that time you would not be able to predict which sport an athlete participated. Swimmers looked like discus throwers and distance...

By JEFF LAJOIE

Two was nice, but three is better.In a surprise twist, Florence’s Gabby Thomas did not close out her Olympic Games with a gold in the 4x100 meter relay.That’s because Thomas still had one more event left in the tank on Saturday – the 4x400...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

In the 200 meters on Tuesday, Gabby Thomas turned her Tokyo bronze into a Paris gold. And on Friday in the 4x100 relay, Thomas turned her Tokyo silver into another gold, as the Americans won with a time of 41.78 seconds under a steady rain at the...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — When the music came on at Ascendance Inner World Arts during their “Let the Games Begin” Olympic-themed week on Thursday morning, the group of kids participating found their spot on the dance floor and assumed a laser-focused glare.Each...

The marathon was not part of the ancient Olympics but was introduced as a special event in the 1896 games. Seventeen participants from five nations started the race but only nine finished. One American entered but did not finish. The original race was...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Less than 48 hours removed from her gold medal in the 200 meters on Tuesday, Florence’s Gabby Thomas and the U.S. women’s 4x100 relay team advanced to the finals by winning their heat in 41.94 seconds on Thursday.Thomas will look for her second gold...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

The best part of a surprise party is the surprise. Though Gabby Thomas wasn’t exactly surprised when she entered the after-party following her gold medal in the 200 meters Tuesday night, the hundred-plus family and friends in attendance at the New...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Gabby Thomas is golden.After winning a silver medal in the 4x100 meter relay and a bronze in the 200 meters at the Tokyo Olympics, the former Florence resident cleared the field in the 200 on Tuesday to claim the gold medal with a time of 21.83...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Florence’s Gabby Thomas breezed through her semifinal round in the 200 meters at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Monday, winning her heat with a time of 21.86 seconds.She opened her 2024 Olympics on Sunday, easily winning her first-round heat with a time...

Gymnastics is finally over and the U.S. men’s and women’s teams were fantastic. Gymnastics is not for the faint of heart, taking endless hours of training, putting a great toll on the body. Many gymnasts train as much as six hours a day. Imagine the...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Florence’s Gabby Thomas breezed through her semifinal round in the 200 meters at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Monday, winning her heat with a time of 21.86 seconds.She opened her 2024 Olympics on Sunday, easily winning her first-round heat with a time...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Gabby Thomas rolled through the finish line in the biggest race of her life and claimed a bronze medal she didn’t think she’d win. It was the greatest moment of her career, and she beamed as she clutched the American flag. But there were no fans in...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

Of all the stories of Olympian Gabby Thomas’ athletic prowess during her six years at the Williston Northampton School in Easthampton, possibly the most revealing came in cross country, a sport the sprinter competed in for just one season.Thomas chose...

By CONNOR PIGNATELLO

NORTHAMPTON — While Olympic rowers race at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium outside Paris, Hampshire County rowers are doing their best impression on the Connecticut River.Northampton Community Rowing, a non-profit rowing club with a boathouse...

By GARRETT COTE

EASTHAMPTON – Seemingly every Olympic year – summer or winter – people are excited to watch athletes at the highest level compete for their countries with the whole world watching. But for the most part, there are only a handful of sports in which...

Many athletes in the Olympics have to recover multiple times in order to race again. This is particularly true in swimming as athletes can participate in different strokes. For athletes to compete in the finals in most swimming and track events, they...

By JOHN LEICESTER and MEGAN JANETSKY

PARIS — Celebrating its reputation as a cradle of revolution, Paris kicked off its first Summer Olympics in a century on Friday with a rain-soaked, rule-breaking opening ceremony studded with stars and fantasy along the Seine River. On-and-off showers...