NANTERRE, France — A dozen years ago to the day, Katie Ledecky won her first Olympic gold medal. She was 15 years old, not yet a sophomore in high school, and was so far off the radar that night that reporters were not even paying attention to the wome...
NANTERRE, France — There are few sure things at an Olympic Games. But Katie Ledecky winning a 1,500-meter freestyle race is as close as it gets. She owns the 20 fastest performances in the event’s history, and she won the women’s 1,500 free’s Olympic d...
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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...
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A mix of veterans and newcomers surfaced as Olympians after eight days of competition at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Diving. Their names are now inscribed on the famous wall at the Indiana University Natatorium along with other Olympians going back...
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