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A Paralympic wheelchair racer who's also a dietitian says she ditched her high-fat diet for high-carb - and her performance improved
Paralympic gold-medal wheelchair racer Susannah Scaroni is also a soon-to-graduate registered dieti…
Jackson Thompson
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Shalane Flanagan's feat of running marathons on back-to-back days is 'frankly inhuman,' according to an Olympic breakout star
"I feel very lucky that I've gotten to have people like Shalane Flanagan to look up to," Molly Seid…
Meredith Cash
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Olympic medalist said opponents were shocked she finished the marathon because she was having 'too much fun in the hotel'
Not only did Molly Seidel finish the 26.2 miles in Sapporo, Japan, but she also earned a bronze med…
Meredith Cash
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Training for the New York City Marathon has helped Molly Seidel regain 'a sense of normalcy' after her breakout Olympic performance
Molly Seidel told Insider that the weeks after she won an Olympic medal in just her third career ma…
Meredith Cash
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US sprinter Gabby Thomas said the Olympic mattresses and pillows were 'brutal,' and made it hard to recover from training
US sprinter Gabby Thomas said the "really hard" mattresses and pillows in the Olympic village were …
Anna Medaris Miller
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US sprinter Gabby Thomas said the 'drastic' post-Olympic crash was 'the most shocking part' of her Tokyo experience
US sprinter and medalist Gabby Thomas told Insider about going from the "highest high" of her life …
Anna Medaris Miller
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A Tokyo neighborhood is offering anyone who gets coronavirus a $935 check, and some worry it could lead to a wave of deliberate infections
Shinjuku ward in central Tokyo says it will give 100,000 yen (around $935) to any citizen in the ar…
Will Martin
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The State Department is warning Americans not to travel to Tokyo ahead of the Olympics
There have been mounting calls inside Japan, where only 3.5% of the population has been vaccinated,…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Paralympics Tokyo: Harvinder Singh becomes the first Indian to win a medal in archery
An economics scholar from the Punjabi University, Patiala, Singh collected three shoot-off wins…
PTI
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I'm an Olympic athlete and a DACA recipient. Because of my status, I never thought I would be able to leave the US to compete at the Tokyo Olympics.
Runner Luis Grijalva qualified for the Tokyo Olympics last year. But his status as a DACA recipient…
Nicole Forero
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30 people injured in massive earthquake in Japan
At least 30 people were injured after a massive earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struc…
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The gold-medal winner of the Olympic marathon responds to critics who say Nike shoes give him an unfair advantage
Eliud Kipchoge has won two gold medals, set a world record, and run a sub-two-hour marathon. Some a…
Aylin Woodward
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Sha'Carri Richardson will race Olympic medalists after being banned from competing in Tokyo
After being banned from the Olympics due to a positive marijuana test, Richardson is set to race Te…
Lauren Edmonds
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Gender test demanded for 200-meter silver Olympic medalist because she ran too fast, says former athlete
Christine Mboma, 18, from Namibia, ran the 200-meters in 21.81 seconds - which a former Polish spri…
Bethany Dawson
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A US wrestling heavyweight pulled off a last-second miracle to win gold at the Olympics
With less than 2 seconds left on the clock, US wrestler Gable Steveson won the gold medal at the 20…
Rebecca Cohen
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Athletes wearing 'super spikes' are dominating Olympic track and field, and Nike's shoes lead the way
"Super spike" shoes are designed with stiff plates and pliable foam. They're helping Olympic track …
Aylin Woodward
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Olympic skateboard medalists in Tokyo are as young as 12. Experts explain why youth is a huge advantage in the sport.
Seven of the twelve Olympic skateboarding medals were won by competitors who are less than 20 years…
Marianne Guenot
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Simone Biles trained in a secret Japanese gym to prepare for her triumphant Tokyo Olympics comeback
Simone Biles mounted a triumphant Olympics comeback for a bronze medal. But to get there, she spent…
Meredith Cash
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Team USA's origami-inspired face masks are designed to be breathable, but they're not as protective as N95s
Twitter users compared the pleated face masks sported by the US Olympic team to Batman's Bane and H…
Andrea Michelson
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Simone Biles is giving Black women permission to remove their superhero capes and take care of themselves
By stepping down from competing in the Olympics, Simone Biles is showing other Black women that it'…