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Olympic Gold Medalist Rollins-McNeal Suspended in Doping Case
Olympic hurdles champion Brianna Rollins-McNeal has been provisionally suspended for a doping rules violation
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Olympic Gold Medalist Klete Keller Charged in US Capitol Riots
Former U.S. Olympic swimmer Klete Keller has been charged in federal court in connection to the U.S. Capitol riot last week.
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‘I Love Life': Oldest Living Olympic Champion Turns 100
The oldest living Olympic champion turns 100 and says the fondest memory of her remarkable life is simply that she has lived through it all
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Russia Banned From Using Its Name, Flag at Next 2 Olympics
Russia has been banned from using its name, flag and anthem at the next two Olympics or at any world championships for the next two years
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Breakdancing Will Make Olympic Debut in 2024
The International Olympic Committee announced that breakdancing will be an Olympic event at the 2024 Summer Games in Paris.
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Wrestling Icon Dan Gable Awarded Medal of Freedom
President Donald Trump on Monday awarded Olympic gold medalist Dan Gable the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his achievements in wrestling in the U.S. and abroad.
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Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic Decathlon Champion, Dies at 86
Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F
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Chelsea Clinton Celebrates Simone Biles, Williams Sisters in New Book About Powerful Female Athletes
Chelsea Clinton latest book, ‘She Persisted in Sports: American Olympians Who Changed the Game” features inspiring female athletes who overcame obstacles to achieve their Olympic dreams, including Simone Biles and Serena and Venus Williams.
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Tokyo 2020 CEO: Coronavirus Measures Still Being Finalized
Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto said on Wednesday that the organizing committee is still working through establishing coronavirus safety measures for the upcoming 2020 Olympics.
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Olympian Kerri Walsh Jennings Says She Didn't Wear Mask to Store in ‘Exercise of Being Brave'
In a lengthy Instagram post Sunday night, three-time Olympic gold medalist volleyball player Kerri Walsh Jennings laid out her concerns with wearing face masks as it takes away individual rights and discussed her “little exercise in being brave” of going shopping without wearing one.
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Call It a Comeback! Olympian Chellsie Memmel Returns to Mat After 8 Year Retirement
Olympian and three time world champion Chellsie Memmel, 32, walked away from gymnastics eight years ago. Now the mother of two is sharing what has inspired her comeback.
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Michael Phelps Talks About ‘Raw' New Olympic Documentary: I Hope It Saves Lives
Michael Phelps is hoping that a new documentary highlighting his mental health struggles and those of other prominent Olympic athletes will help others who find themselves in a dark place.
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Trump Honors Former Track Phenom and Kansas Congressman Ryun
President Donald Trump has presented one of the nation’s highest civilian honors to Jim Ryun, a former Republican congressman and the first U.S. high schooler to run a mile in under 4 minutes
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Countdown to Tokyo: US Athletes Talk Dreams, Virus Fears a Year Ahead of Summer Games
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics, now set to be held in 2021, will be unlike any other. What will it take to make Olympians feel safe enough to compete in next year’s Summer Games?
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IOC President Says Multiple Scenarios Being Prepped Ahead of Tokyo 2020
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach addressed the media on Thursday to talk about how his organization is preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which have been postponed until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Olympians Have Been Learning New Skills During Quarantine
Even the world’s best athletes have been stuck at home during the pandemic. One year out from the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, find out what Olympians have been doing to keep busy during quarantine.
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Olympic Athletes Discuss Willingness to Take COVID-19 Vaccines
If a COVID-19 vaccine is available in time for the Tokyo Olympic Games in the summer of 2021, would athletes take it?
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Hopes, Fears and Vaccines: Olympians Share Their Thoughts on Tokyo Games
One year out from the rescheduled 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, athletes share their thoughts on the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccines and what it would take for them to feel safe at the Olympics.
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How Elite Sports Punishes Women for Becoming Mothers
Alysia Montano, an Olympic runner and mother of two, talked to The New York Times about her struggle to maintain her career and her sponsorship with Nike during her pregnancy. The system should stop treating pregnancy like an injury, she says.
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WNBA Star A'ja Wilson Reflects on Passing of Rep. John Lewis
WNBA star A’ja Wilson discusses the passing of Rep. John Lewis and how his loss is a reminder to her to use her platform to make change.