Olympics
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Beijing Winter Olympics will be second consecutive Games for Bickner
Dec 28, 2021 12:00 am - Wauconda native Kevin Bickner is heading back to the Winter Olympics. Bickner, 25, who grew up training with the Norge Ski Club in Fox River Grove, secured his spot on T...
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Lincicome: It's about the athletes not the politics at the OlympicsDec 10, 2021 12:00 am - If I've been asked once I've been asked ... well, once, what is this Olympic boycott thing all about? Before I can answer I am also asked, "Are there mountains in Beijin...
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Constable: Tournament will draw table tennis elite to LibertyvilleOct 28, 2021 5:30 am - YouTube #8220;You see a world-class player playing a kid's game with little kids,#8221; says Englebert Solis, owner of tournament sponsor Edgeball Table Tennis. #8220;It...
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Track legend Joyner-Kersee teaches young athletes in Elk Grove VillageOct 10, 2021 1:00 am - If you want to be the best, why not learn from the best. That was the idea that brought a group of young athletes to Elk Grove High School on Sunday for a track-and-fiel...
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Biles tells Congress 'enough is enough' after gymnast abuse
Sep 15, 2021 1:00 am - Associated Press WASHINGTON - Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles told Congress on Wednesday that "enough is enough" in emotional testimony along with other young gymnast...
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A concluding sentiment to the 2020 Olympic GamesAug 11, 2021 1:00 am - Editor's note: Evita Griskenas of Orland Park, who trains at the North Shore Rhythmic Gymnastics Center in Prospect Heights - recognized as one of the top training facil...
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Springsteen, U.S. fall to Swedes in jump off, earn silver
Aug 07, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO - The Springsteen family has gone platinum many times over. Time to make space for a little silver, too. Jessica Springsteen and the U.S. equestrian jumping team c...
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As Pandemic Olympics wane, Japan asks: What did Games mean?
Aug 07, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO - Was it the strangest Olympics ever, staged during a deadly pandemic, with no fans? How about the angriest, awash in protests and fierce opposition from large swa...
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Felix's 11th medal comes in US runaway in 4x400 relay
Aug 07, 2021 1:00 am - TOKYO - Allyson Felix won her 11th career Olympic medal Saturday, combining with her American teammates to finish the 4x400-meter relay in 3 minutes, 16.85 seconds for a...
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Golden, again: U.S. beats France 87-82 for Tokyo title
Aug 07, 2021 1:00 am - SAITAMA, Japan - Nothing about the summer was easy for the U.S. men's basketball team, and neither was the gold-medal game. The Americans expected nothing less. And in t...