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BYJU's Early Learn App, Disney onboards Olympic medalists Neeraj Chopra and PV Sindhu as its brand ambassadors
Launched in 2019, Disney.BYJU’S Early Learn app is a special offering from BYJU'S in collaboration …
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Athletes and fans are jokily sharing what they were doing at 13 after a teenage phenom became one of the youngest Olympic medalists ever
"When I was 13 I was in my room all day playing RuneScape," tweeted Team GB swimmer and three-time …
Barnaby Lane
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12-year-old skateboarding prodigy Kokona Hiraki just became the youngest Olympic medalist in 85 years
Japanese skateboarders dominated the Olympic Games park final with a brilliant gold-silver finish i…
Alan Dawson
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Russia Gives 15-Year-Old Figure Skating Prodigy A Mercedes And A Personal Driver After The Olympics
At a ceremony in Moscow on Wednesday, the medalists got their new wheels - which came on top of cas…
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Here's how much winning a gold medal is worth
Another income source available to some Olympians is endorsement deals. But athletes - even those a…
Matthew Michaels
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Delhi Police issues lookout notice against Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar following death of a 23-year old wrestler
Delhi Police has issued a look out notice against Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar, who has been absco…
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How much money Olympic athletes earn when they win medals
Here's how much Olympians across the world earn when they win a gold, silver, or bronze medal.
Jacob Zinkula
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Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu convinced the other medalists to join him on the podium in a great moment of solidarity
After two dominant performances in the short and long programs, Hanyu then embraced the Olympic spi…
Scott Davis
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US Olympic swimmer Klete Keller pleads guilty to charge related to the January 6 Capitol riot
The five-time Olympic medalist appeared in District Court on Wednesday to enter his guilty plea of …
Jake Epstein
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Obama Isn't Sending Top Officials To Russia For The Olympics - But He Is Sending Lesbians
For comparison, in 2010, Vice President Joe Biden led the delegation to the opening ceremonies of t…
Josh Barro
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The best competitive swimmer on the planet spent 3 months training in a backyard pool while training for the Olympics
"A very kind family in the Bay Area here allowed us to go to their backyard every day and swim," Ka…
Meredith Cash
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Putin slammed the lengthy ban given to Russian Olympian Evgeny Rylov for attending a pro-war rally, calling his case 'absurdity'
On Tuesday, Putin hosted a number of Olympic medalists at the Kremlin, deriding the pariah status o…
Will Martin
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13-year-old Momiji Nishiya wins gold in Olympics women's street skateboarding, becoming one of the youngest gold medallists in Olympic history
Momiji Nishiya is Japan's youngest gold medallist ever.
Vanessa Gu
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4 top athletes barred from competing in their Olympic events because their natural testosterone levels are deemed too high
Olympians like Caster Semenya have been blocked from competing in track events 400 meters to a mile…
Canela López
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Why psychologists say it's better to win a bronze medal than silver
Why? Psychologists attribute the phenomenon to a concept called counterfactual thinking -…
Caroline Praderio
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A figure skating legend slammed the IOC's handling of the Kamila Valieva doping scandal and demanded medal ceremonies for other skaters
Three-time Olympic medalist Meagan Duhamel urged the IOC to "not punish" other medalists for the Ru…
Meredith Cash
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3 Italian Olympic gold medalists are getting over $200,000 each for winning in Beijing, the most generous prize of any Winter Olympic nation
In total, Italy is set to pay out $2.7 million in prize money to its Beijing athletes, which is mor…
Barnaby Lane
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Meet the 6 Stanford athletes who have already won 17 Olympic medals in Rio
This month, 29 current, former, and incoming Stanford students are competing in Rio for Team USA - …
Tanza Loudenback
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An Olympics reporter was met with silence when he asked the women's weightlifting podium about Laurel Hubbard
The American lifter Sarah Robles, who won the bronze medal, eventually said, "No, thank you," and m…
Alan Dawson
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At 13, Olympic medalist Sky Brown admits she still gets scared on the skateboard and shares how she overcomes her fear
Sky Brown told Insider she faces her fears by picturing herself landing the trick that scares her -…