Category Olympics

PARIS — After two somewhat depressing Olympics conducted under strict COVID protocols in Tokyo and Beijing, the Games returned to form here in a big way. Crowds were immense. Television ratings skyrocketed. Safety and security were preserved. And Team USA…

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Noah Lyles lost the Olympic 200 meters Thursday, falling to Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, then being tended to by medics who carted him off the track in a wheelchair. Later, wearing a mask as he spoke with…