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Swimming has a new face and it’s Katie Ledecky – Los Angeles Times
The youngest member of the U.S. Olympic swimming team paused in a stuffy hallway this week at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium minutes after winning another gold medal. Katie Ledecky had just gutted out 200 meters of freestyle that hurt her entire body. She considers this fun. The 19-year-old resisted the urge to vomit during the final meters and accelerated to the wall less than a second off the world record…
Rio Olympics 2016: Why Simone Biles is the best at the Games – BBC News
Media playback is not supported on this device Brilliant Simone Biles wins women’s all-around gymnastics gold It made sense that Buzz Aldrin, a man who has walked on the moon and lived without gravity, was in Rio to watch a teenage compatriot defy the earth’s forces like no other athlete in history. The former astronaut cheered as the United States won the women’s gymnastics team title on Tuesday and saluted…
NBC’s coverage of the Olympics is atrocious. There’s a simple reason why. – Vox
On Sunday, NBC gymnastics commentator Al Trautwig wrote on Twitter that dominant American gymnast Simone Biles’s parents are not actually her parents. Later, he deleted the tweet and apologized for it, but the internet, as it always does, remembered. Biles’s parents are her biological grandparents, who adopted her when she was a child. Trautwig’s tweet was seen as offensive to people who are adopted — and as…
How Michael Phelps changed the business of swimming – CNNMoney
Michael Phelps has already made an impression during the 2016 Rio Olympics. His death stare has been turned into a viral meme and he’s won three gold medals. Phelps, who came out of retirement to compete in Rio, has brought lots of attention to the sport of swimming, but his biggest contribution may be what his fame has done for other athletes. According to Chuck Wielgus, the executive director of…
Day 6: Mizutani breaks drought, wins bronze – NBC Olympics
9:30 PM “I expect that we can have an encounter in Rio.” These were the words of world No. 1 Ma Long in an interview before the Games discussing his desire to meet Zhang Jike in the gold medal match in Rio. And what an encounter it was. Ma shocked the table tennis world, sweeping his countryman and reigning Olympic champion Zhang to claim gold. Many predicted that Ma would…
NBC’s coverage of the Olympics is atrocious. There’s a simple reason why. – Vox
On Sunday, NBC gymnastics commentator Al Trautwig wrote on Twitter that dominant American gymnast Simone Biles’s parents are not actually her parents. Later, he deleted the tweet and apologized for it, but the internet, as it always does, remembered. Biles’s parents are her biological grandparents, who adopted her when she was a child. Trautwig’s tweet was seen as offensive to people who are adopted — and as…
Rio Olympics Today: Simone Biles, and Phelps vs. Lochte – New York Times
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At Rio Olympics, the National Anthem Sounds … Sad? – New York Times
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The Olympics are tough for all athletes. For North Koreans, they’re worse. – Washington Post
Om Yun Chol of North Korea competes during the men’s 56 kg category at the 2016 Olympic Games’ weightlifting events in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 7. (Nic Bothman/European Pressphoto Agency) It’s hard to fathom the excitement and stress athletes from all over the world feel when competing at the Olympic Games. But imagine if you were in Rio representing one of the most notoriously authoritarian regimes in the world. How would you feel then? Would…
Are the Olympics worth the price? – CNN International
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Cyber Attack Hits Australian Swimming Website Following China Olympic Dispute – TIME
The website of the organization that oversees competitive swimming in Australian has come under cyber attack, allegedly in connection with an Australian swimmer calling a Chinese competitor at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics a “drug cheat,” according to a report. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports that the site remains operational despite a denial of service (DoS) attack where the site is overwhelmed by requests and stops functioning. The site’s operators…
Olympics|Rio Olympics: Here’s What Happened Wednesday – New York Times
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The Rio Olympics: A Crib Sheet – The Atlantic
Who to Watch: Men: The men’s individual all-round can be seen Wednesday. Japan’s Kohei Uchimura is the favorite to take gold (Update: he won gold); watch out, though for China’s Deng Shundi, widely viewed as the gymnast most likely to upset Uchimura. Brazil’s Arthur Zanetti, the defending Olympic champion, is also in the mix. Women: The spotlight is on USA’s Simone Biles, 19, viewed as the…
Yes, race walking is an Olympic sport. Here’s how it works. – Vox
Racing 31 miles on foot is no easy feat. And let’s say you also have to always have at least one foot on the ground. And your knee has to be locked straight whenever you take a step forward. And you can’t float mid-stride to propel yourself forward. This is what happens in the Olympic race walk, where competitors break seven-minute miles under these constraints….
The Olympics are tough for all athletes. For North Koreans, they’re worse. – Washington Post
Om Yun-Chol of North Korea competes during the men’s 56 kg category at the 2016 Olympic Games’ weightlifting events in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 7. (Nic Bothman/European Pressphoto Agency) It’s hard to fathom the excitement and stress athletes from all over the world feel when competing at the Olympic Games. But imagine if you were in Rio representing one of the most notoriously authoritarian regimes in the world. How would you feel then? Would you…
Rio Olympics: Here’s What Happened Wednesday – New York Times
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That Slow, Chubby Ethiopian Swimmer Totally Deserved to Be in the Olympics – Slate Magazine (blog)
“I am so happy because it is my first competition in the Olympics,” the Ethiopian told Reuters. “It didn’t matter where I finished.” Well, it kind of did matter. Footage of Habte’s race ricocheted around social media, as did pictures of Habte’s, shall we say, less than svelte physique. Standing 5-foot-9 and weighing in at 178 pounds, complete with Dad Bod paunch, Habte looked more like those of who watch…
Rio 2016 Olympics: Day 5 action – live! – CNN
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The gold rush begins: Britain’s Rio Olympics medal tally rises quicker than at London 2012 – Telegraph.co.uk
Jack Laugher and Chris Mears win diving gold Joe Clarke: who is the Team GB canoe slalom gold medallist? Max Whitlock ends Team GB’s 108-year wait in gymnastics Team GB defeat Argentina in sudden death in rugby Team GB’s Rio 2016 gold rush is well and truly underway after historic victories for kayaker Joe Clarke and synchro divers Chris Mears and Jack Laugher. Clarke, 23, kick-started GB’s quest for Olympic gold with…
Fehaid Al-Deehani wins first ever IOA gold – NBC Olympics
Fehaid Al-Deehani, competing for the Independent Olympic Athletes, defeats Italian Marco Innocenti in the double trap gold medal match. Al-Deehani, 49, is of Kuwaiti descent, but sanctions forbid the nation from participating in the Olympics. This is the first Olympic gold medal for the IOA, and first medal since the 1992 Barcelona Games. All of the medals have come in shooting competitions. A solider in Kuwait, Al-Deehani ruled himself out…
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