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Paris awaits for Sha’Carri, Lyles and dozens more, but Olympic spots must be earned at trials

By EDDIE PELLS
Jun 20, 2024 4:28 pm - EUGENE, Ore. — The endorsement deals have been signed, the commercials have been shot. In some cases an airline ticket — maybe for friend or a family member — has already...
American swimming stars Dressel and Manuel settle for relay spots at US swim trials

By PAUL NEWBERRY
Jun 19, 2024 10:13 pm - Coming back from long layoffs, American swimming stars Caeleb Dressel and Simone Manuel had to settle for relay spots at the Olympics on Wednesday night.
Regan Smith sets a world record in the 100 backstroke at the U.S. Olympic trials

By PAUL NEWBERRY
Jun 18, 2024 8:40 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — No one was beating Regan Smith in her signature event. Bouncing back from a close-but-no-Olympics call in her first race, Smith set a world record in the w...
A night for familiar names at U.S. swim trials. Ledecky, Murphy, King and Grimes win

By PAUL NEWBERRY
Jun 17, 2024 9:18 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — It was a night for familiar names at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. American backstroke star Ryan Murphy is headed to his third Olympics. So is breastst...
Walsh follows world record with 1st Olympic berth; Foster wins 400 IM

By PAUL NEWBERRY
Jun 16, 2024 9:33 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Gretchen Walsh followed up a world record in the 100-meter butterfly with something that felt just as good. Her first trip to the Olympics. Walsh didn’t go...
Ledecky on China doping scandal: ‘There’s supposed to be consequences’

Dave Sheinin
Jun 16, 2024 1:06 pm - On July 29, 2021, Katie Ledecky swam a blistering anchor leg for Team USA in the final of the women’s 800-meter freestyle relay at the Tokyo Olympics, stopping the clock ...
Former NBA star Luol Deng has steered South Sudan's basketball journey to Paris Olympics

By KYLE HIGHTOWER
Jun 16, 2024 11:08 am - Luol Deng was watching his vision coming into focus right in front of him. It was September 2023, barely six years since South Sudan had played in its first internationa...
Katie Ledecky heading to her fourth Olympics, wins 400 freestyle at U.S. swimming trials

By PAUL NEWBERRY
Jun 15, 2024 10:38 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — Katie Ledecky is heading to her fourth Olympics, an accomplishment that seemed unimaginable when she was a 15-year-old kid in London. These days, it wouldn...
The Wheaton connection: U.S. Olympic men’s volleyball team will feature two players from the Western suburb

By Dave Oberhelman
Jun 15, 2024 5:01 pm - Two men both from Wheaton -- Tommy Jaeschke and Jeff Jendryk -- are playing with the United States Men’s National Volleyball Team team that will compete at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
U.S. opts for experience and versatility on Olympic women's basketball roster, passes on Caitlin Clark

By DOUG FEINBERG
Jun 11, 2024 5:08 pm - USA Basketball said experience was a major reason Caitlin Clark was not on the U.S. women's Olympic roster that was officially revealed Tuesday. The selection committee ...

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