US high jumper Shelby McEwen defends decision to refuse sharing gold medal with New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr
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US high jumper Shelby McEwen defends decision to refuse sharing gold medal with New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr

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Shelby McEwen is an Olympic medalist — whether you call him greedy or competitive. The 28-year-old American defended his decision to compete in a jumpoff against New Zealand’s Hamish Kerr instead of sharing the gold medal during the men’s high jump final at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday. “If…

Simone Biles tells Jordan Chiles to ‘keep your chin up’ amid Olympics debacle
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Simone Biles tells Jordan Chiles to ‘keep your chin up’ amid Olympics debacle

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With Jordan Chiles the center of an Olympics saga that could end with her losing a bronze medal, Simone Biles posted a message supporting her Team USA gymnastics teammate on Instagram. “sending you so much love Jordan,” Biles, the Team USA star who will leave Paris with four medals, wrote…

American Masai Russell wins gold in 100-meter hurdles in Olympic thriller
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American Masai Russell wins gold in 100-meter hurdles in Olympic thriller

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Masai Russell is taking home a Paris gold. In what was an intensely tight women’s 100-meter hurdles, the 24-year-old Potomac, Maryland native edged out her competition by one-hundredth of a second to take the top of the podium — the first time for the U.S. since 2016. She posted a…

Australian breakdancer Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn fires back at critics over viral performance, uniform
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Australian breakdancer Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn fires back at critics over viral performance, uniform

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Australian breakdancer Rachael “Raygun” Gunn fired back at her critics who mocked her viral performance and uniform at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Gunn, 36, lost all three of her group matches in the inaugural breaking tournament, where she fell to the US, France and Lithuania. But she still turned heads…

Australian breakdancer ‘Raygun’ goes viral at Olympics
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Australian breakdancer ‘Raygun’ goes viral at Olympics

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Breakdancer Rachel “Raygun” Gunn stole the show at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Friday.  Although she didn’t receive a single vote from the judges and lost each of her group matches, the 36-year-old college professor went viral for her bizarre breaking performance. Raygun bounced around the stage, standing on her…

Olivia Reeves sets world record for U.S. weightlifting gold
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Olivia Reeves sets world record for U.S. weightlifting gold

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Olivia Reeves hoisted herself into the weightlifting history books on Friday. The 21-year-old snatched a record-setting 117kg during the 71kg final, adding a 145kg clean-and-jerk, securing her the gold medal — the U.S.’s first win in the event since 2000. However, the American strongwoman wanted more.  In her final clean-and-jerk…

Team USA avoids track disaster after Quincy Wilson’s awful start
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Team USA avoids track disaster after Quincy Wilson’s awful start

ByNews Polite

Quincy Wilson, 16, narrowly escaped a nightmare Friday in a disastrous Olympics debut. In the first round of the 4×400-meter relay, he ran the opening leg and finished with an underwhelming time of 47.27 seconds. When Wilson handed the baton off to Vernon Norwood, Team USA was in seventh place….

Canadian pole vaulter Alysha Newman twerked to prank coaches after bronze medal win
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Canadian pole vaulter Alysha Newman twerked to prank coaches after bronze medal win

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The Canadian pole vaulter who divided the internet when she celebrated her Olympic bronze medal by twerking, revealed that her risqué celebration was done as a harmless prank on her coaches. Alysha Newman, who placed third in the event after clearing 4.85 meters said she wanted to scare her “intense”…