Olympics
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Who is Imane Khelif? Algerian boxer facing gender outcry had modest success before Olympics
Aug 02, 2024 10:36 am - VILLEPINTE, France — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has landed in the middle of a divide about gender in sports after her Italian competitor, Angela Carini, pulled out secon...
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U.S. women clinch quarterfinal berth and stretch Olympic win streak to 57 straightAug 01, 2024 5:56 pm - VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France — The U.S. faced a challenge from Belgium that only a few countries have provided during the Americans' long Olympic win streak. The pro-Belgium...
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Ledecky wins record 13th medal with a silver. Summer McIntosh and Kate Douglass strike goldAug 01, 2024 5:50 pm - NANTERRE, France — It wasn't the medal Katie Ledecky would've preferred. Still, it was good enough for the record books. On a night when Canadian phenom Summer McIntosh r...
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Simone Biles edges Brazil's Rebeca Andrade for her second Olympic all-around gymnastics title
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Simone Biles edges Brazil’s Andrade for 2nd Olympic all-around gold medal; Lee takes bronzeAug 01, 2024 1:50 pm - PARIS — Simone Biles huddled with Sunisa Lee. She looked to her husband Jonathan Owens in the stands. Lost in the moment. And maybe a touch frantic. The American gymnasti...
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Olympics on her mind, Ukraine in her heart, world-record high jumper goes for a gold medal in ParisAug 01, 2024 11:26 am - SAINT-DENIS, France — The best high jumper in Ukraine, and maybe the world, hasn't spent much time at home the last few years. Home for Yaroslava Mahuchikh is Dnipro, a c...
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At the Paris Olympics, Snoop Dogg is NBC’s ‘ambassador of happiness’
Aug 01, 2024 9:16 am - There has been no better hype man for U.S. Olympians this week than Snoop, who has been everywhere in Paris for NBC — and, as a result, everywhere across the internet.
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Paris Olympics Day 5: Ledecky wins; Triathlon held in the Seine; Guatemala earns its 1st goldJul 31, 2024 5:23 pm - PARIS — Katie Ledecky gritted her teeth and flexed her left arm atop the lane rope. There was plenty of splashing, too, by one of the most accomplished swimmers to ever d...
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Alumni Olympians, coach inspire St. Francis Spartans at watch partyJul 31, 2024 5:01 pm - St. Francis girls volleyball players, coaches inspired by Olympians Kelsey Robinson-Cook, Erin Virtue, Jeff Jendryk.
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U.S. tops South Sudan 103-86 at Paris Olympics, earns spot in men’s basketball quarterfinalsJul 31, 2024 4:59 pm - VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France — In the rematch the United States had an easier time with South Sudan than it did when the teams first met a couple of weeks ago. Easier. Not e...