PARIS — Kristina Teachout took up taekwondo at age 5 with her eye on making it to the Olympic Games. Now the 18-year-old from Palm Bay, Florida, is an Olympic bronze medalist in the -67kg division.“It feels amazing,” Teachout said after decisively beat...
To pursue her dream of reaching the Olympic Games in taekwondo, Kristina Teachout chose to move away from home at age 14 to focus on training and competing. That sacrifice will be richly rewarded this summer in Paris.At 18 years old, the rising star or...
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Thirty-nine. That was the magic number when it came to leading the gold medal count at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, and the U.S. reached it. That gave the Americans a one-medal edge over China, which finished with 38. Host Japan had an outstanding Ga...
