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The Winter Olympics don’t really represent the world: Costs, climate and quotas keep the majority off the podium
At 38, Benjamin Alexander became Jamaica’s first ever alpine skier to compete in the Winter Olympics — just six years after he first strapped on […]
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Vaccines, masks? Japan puzzling over sudden virus success
TOKYO (AP) — Almost overnight, Japan has become a stunning, and somewhat mysterious, coronavirus success story. Daily new COVID-19 cases have plummeted from a mid-August […]
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Things you may have missed at the Olympics: Athlete parties, protest, redemption — and doping scandal
After a yearlong delay and speculation that they’d be postponed again or canceled, the Tokyo Summer Olympics are in the books. As usual, there were […]
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Buoyed by rising nationalism, China’s keyboard warriors take aim at Olympic athetes
Tokyo 2020 Olympics – Table Tennis – Men’s Team – Semifinal – Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium – Tokyo, Japan – August 4, 2021. Jun Mizutani of […]
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Raven Saunders raises overhead ‘X’ on podium in most high-profile protest yet at Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO — American silver medalist Raven Saunders offered the highest-profile protest yet at these Olympics on Sunday night. Saunders, who competed in the shot put, […]
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How Simone Biles saved herself — and her teammates — at the Olympics
TOKYO — Simone Biles had already given up on the idea of opening the Olympic team competition with a Yurchenko double pike, the kind of eye-popping, high-scoring, […]
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Lydia Jacoby pulls off biggest upset of Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO — Lydia Jacoby, a 17-year-old from Alaska, stunned reigning gold medalist Lilly King and won the 100-meter breaststroke at the 2020 Games on Tuesday. […]
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Chase Kalisz, a Michael Phelps protégé, wins Team USA’s first gold medal at Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO — The first Summer Olympics without Michael Phelps in 25 years sped into a full gear on Saturday without an American medal. On Sunday morning, […]
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Japan to declare state of emergency, Tokyo Olympics still on but maybe without fans
The Olympic rings are on display throughout Tokyo. The Games begin July 23. The Tokyo Olympics will happen later this month amid a state of emergency. […]
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Nneka Ogwumike misses USA Olympics roster cut again, raising eyebrows
USA Basketball announced a loaded women’s roster for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics on Monday. But one omission is drawing some heat. Los Angeles Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike missed the cut […]
