Olympics
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Dream finally comes true: South Elgin weightlifting legend is going to Tokyo, as a refereeJul 04, 2021 1:00 am - When women's weightlifting became an Olympic sport in 2000, Corinne Grotenhuis had just torn the meniscus in her knee. "I was also 35, so I was probably too old for the ...
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Olympic dreams: 3 Barrington volleyball players get invites to train with national programJul 02, 2021 1:00 am - An Olympic reality has its origin years before in a dream. Three Barrington High School volleyball players are hoping they are at the start of the dream cycle. Campbell ...
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Major Japan newspaper Asahi calls for Olympic cancellation
May 26, 2021 1:00 am - Associated Press TOKYO - Japan's Asahi Shimbun newspaper Wednesday called for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled with the games set to open in less than two months. It is...
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Megan Bozek intends to keep her hockey dream aliveMay 13, 2021 1:00 am - Canada is home now for Megan Bozek. It makes sense, since hockey is king there and Bozek is all about hockey. The Buffalo Grove native has been all about hockey since sh...
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Elk Grove sprints back into sports marketing this weekendFeb 09, 2021 10:00 pm - Elk Grove Village's next major foray into sports marketing will be on the world stage this weekend. Three commercials touting the village's massive industrial park with ...
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Carpentersville native Tennell in position for run at Olympic goldJan 22, 2021 12:00 am - She has no idea how it all began. But Bradie Tennell is pretty sure that her figure skating career, which started two decades ago when she was 2 years old, is getting cl...
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Carpentersville's Tennell captures second US Figure Skating titleJan 15, 2021 12:00 am - LAS VEGAS - Bradie Tennell is back on top of American figure skating. The 22-year-old Olympian, who had finished second and third at the past two national championships,...
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Smoliga still setting records and dropping timesNov 11, 2020 12:00 am - As she has all along, Olivia Smoliga made a splash. The Olympic gold medalist out of Glenbrook South High School set an American women's record Oct. 16 in the 50-meter b...
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Make that three U.S. Olympic teams Elk Grove will sponsor: track, wrestling, triathlonJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - An earlier version of this article did not clarify that Elk Grove Village is sponsoring the national governing bodies of each of the three teams, as opposed to the t...
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After foray into college football, Elk Grove Village sets sights on OlympicsJun 22, 2020 1:00 am - On the heels of its unconventional sponsorship of a college football bowl game, Elk Grove Village is taking its next step in using sports to market the community: sponso...