All posts tagged "Olympic"
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China’s Extreme Fan Culture Makes Olympic Gold a Mixed Blessing
Fans have mobbed athletes in public and staked out their homes. State media outlets denounced their “visibly aggressive” behavior. Source link The...
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Here Are the 2024 Olympic Moments We Won’t Forget
It doesn’t take a medal to make a lasting memory. Source link The post Here Are the 2024 Olympic Moments We Won’t...
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Sifan Hassan Wins Olympic Marathon, Testing Limits of Endurance
The Dutch Olympian added a victory in the longest race of the Games to her bronze medals in the 5,000 and 10,000...
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How U.S. Women Beat Brazil to Win Olympic Gold Medal
Mallory Swanson scored the winner in the 57th minute, neatly slotting home a shot from the left side off an assist from...
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57UncategorizedHow China’s Quest for Olympic Gold Has Evolved
A young skater’s emergence signals a pivot in the way an Olympic power defines success. But its handling of the table tennis...
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Can You Heal Olympic Heartbreak With Belated Medals?
A weight lifter walked away from his sport after a bitter loss in 2012. He and other athletes, including a U.S. figure...
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St. Lucia and Dominica Win First-Ever Olympic Medals
Gold medals in track and field brought St. Lucia and Dominica into an exclusive club of nations. But for 66 other countries...
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Boxer Iman Khelif Clinches Medal Amid Olympic Eligibility Fight
Imane Khelif advanced to the semifinals, ensuring she will leave the Paris Games with at least a bronze medal. Source link The...
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Olympic Surfing Comes to a ‘Poisoned’ Paradise
In 1974, a radioactive cloud from a French nuclear test drifted over Teahupo’o, Tahiti, now the surfing venue for the Paris Games....
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Is the Olympic Flame Real?
Two torches may have lit it to open the Paris Games, but that’s not a fire in the cauldron. Source link The...
