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No Olympic sprint double for American Noah Lyles after COVID diagnosis

6:36pm August 08, 2024

by Emma Bowman

Lyles, the clear favorite, won bronze behind his American teammate Kenneth Bednarek and Letsile Tebogo of Botswana won gold. Lyles said after the race that his positive test came on Tuesday.

Team U.S.A. weighlifter Olivia Reeves has her eyes on setting a world record and winning a medal as she makes her Olympic debut.

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How Team U.S.A. weightlifter Olivia Reeves became a gold-medal favorite

5:29pm August 08, 2024

Ever since women began competing in weightlifting in the Olympics, in the year 2000, only one American woman has won a gold medal.

This year, there are hopes that might change.

And many of those hopes rest on the (very strong) shoulders of a 21-year-old college student in Chattanooga, Tenn. named Olivia Reeves.

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1 dead after swimming during CrossFit Games competition in Fort Worth

4:51pm August 08, 2024

by Jaclyn Diaz

The athlete, identified as Luzar Dukic, was taking part in the individual swim portion of the annul fitness competition where athletes compete for the title of "Fittest on Earth."

Katie Ledecky and Nick Mead will be U.S. flagbearers for Paris closing ceremony

10:43am August 08, 2024

by Bill Chappell

Both of the athletes were informed of their selection by teammates -- Ledecky while watching another swimming event, and Mead as he sat down at a café for breakfast.

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Technically, the fastest Olympian just took bronze in speed climbing

9:39am August 08, 2024

by Emma Bowman

After setting a couple world speed climbing records this week, American Sam Watson fell to China’s Peng Wu, who was then beaten by Indonesia’s Leonardo Veddriq. Veddriq took gold in 4.75 seconds.

Official Doping Center For Athens 2004 Olympic Games

With the Summer Olympics in full swing, sports anti-doping agencies escalate feud

6:01am August 08, 2024

by Brian Mann

The World Anti-Doping Agency has blasted America's anti-doping organization for allowing athletes to compete after using performance enhancing drugs, if they agreed to serve as informants.

For Ukraine’s Olympic breakdancers, ‘shining’ is more important than winning

5:02am August 08, 2024

by Hanna Palamarenko

As the sport makes its Olympic debut in Paris, a small crew of dancers from Ukraine look forward to representing their war-torn country and its rich culture on the world stage.

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Water Polo - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 11

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Ashleigh Johnson is a water polo champion. She might lead the U.S. to another gold

2:00am August 08, 2024

Ashleigh Johnson is one of the best water polo goalkeepers in the world. Can she guide the U.S. women's team to another Olympic gold?

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Champions Park - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 12

U.S. figure skating team awarded gold medals in Paris after a 2-year delay

10:10pm August 07, 2024

by Brian Mann

More than two years after the Beijing Winter Games and a Russian doping controversy, the U.S. figure skating team finally received the gold medals the team won during a ceremony at the Paris Olympics.

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How Olivia Reeves became one of the best weightlifters — and a gold medal favorite

10:10pm August 07, 2024

Weightlifter Olivia Reeves, 21, is a gold medal favorite in Paris. If she takes gold, she'll be the second American woman to do so since women's weightlifting was added to the Olympics in 2000.

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