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Puerto Rico competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the territory's twentieth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. It was also the fourth consecutive games in which Puerto Rico earned at least one medal, it being the first time this happened in Puerto Rico's Olympic Games history.
The Puerto Rican national baseball team won a bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, but that medal is not counted among Puerto Rico's Olympic medals totals as baseball was an exhibition sport during those games.
On 15 August 2004, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the Puerto Rico National Basketball Team became the second team in history to defeat the United States Olympic basketball team, recording only the third loss in an Olympic competition for the U.S. team, and the first since NBA players were allowed to compete. The 92–73 outcome of that ...
Carlik Jones scored 19 points and South Sudan rallied in the second half to beat Puerto Rico 90-79 in the Paris Olympics opener for both teams on Sunday. ... It showed that same scrappiness Sunday ...
The United States men's basketball team will face Puerto Rico in its final group phase game of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France.. Team USA (2-0) sits atop the Group ...
Team USA men's basketball finished its dominant run through pool play in the 2024 Paris Olympics, as the Americans defeated Puerto Rico 104-83.The US finishes pool play 3-0. Puerto Rico falls to 0 ...
The Puerto Rico Olympic Committee (COPUR, Spanish: Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico) is the National Olympic Committee for Puerto Rico. It oversees Olympic-sports in Puerto Rico, and selects the Olympic team which represents the island. It was founded by Julio Enrique Monagas, [2] and was officially recognized in 1948. COPUR operates the Casa ...
Puerto Rico competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. [1] [2] The Puerto Rican team consists of two athletes (one male and one female) competing in two sports. [3] Skeleton racer Kellie Delka and alpine skier William Flaherty were named as the Puerto Rican flagbearers during the opening ceremony.