The Daily Populous

PARIS (AP) — Dutch beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde, who served time in prison after he was convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl, won his second match at the Paris Olympics and received an even harsher reaction from the crowd on Wednesday than for his first match.

Van de Velde, 29, served 13 months in prison after his 2016 conviction for raping a 12-year-old girl in England.

This story has been corrected to show that the Dutch, not Chilean, team won the match. »

And today one of the small quadcopter drones—remotely steered by an operator wearing a virtual-reality headset—shot down a Russian helicopter, apparently for the first time.

It apparently took at least 10 months of trying before a Ukrainian drone operator finally hit a Russian helicopter.

But now that the Ukrainians have droned their first helicopter, they may redouble their efforts to take down Russian rotorcraft. »

A spinal injury ended Adriana Ruano's Olympic dream as a gymnast.

But on Wednesday, she came back as a shooter and won Guatemala's first Olympic gold medal.

That advice paid off Wednesday as Ruano won gold in the women's trap with an Olympic-record score of 45 out of 50. »

She is a remarkable woman, all sweetness and smiles until she steps up to the table.

Ni took up table tennis when she was a little girl in Shanghai, after watching a tournament on TV.

View image in fullscreen Ni Xia Lian became the oldest table tennis player to win a match at the Olympics when she defeated Sibel Altinkaya on Monday. »