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The Enhanced Games wants to take on the Olympics by embracing steroids and athlete pay. Meet the founder.
Billionaires, including Peter Thiel, are backing the Enhanced Games, an Olympics-style event that a…
Lloyd Lee
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Meet Jade Carey, the gymnast and Olympic gold medalist making a comeback in Paris
Jade Carey is competing in her second Olympics in Paris. The gymnast stunned the world with her ico…
Mikhaila Friel
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Meet Jade Carey, the gymnast and Olympic gold medalist known for her iconic floor routines and vaults
Jade Carey is competing in her second Olympics in Paris. The gymnast won a gold medal with her icon…
Mikhaila Friel,Michelle Mark
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Simone Biles net worth: How the decorated Olympic gymnastics icon earns and spends her money
Simone Biles' net worth includes winnings from her Olympic medals but otherwise is not closely rela…
Meredith Cash,Michelle Mark
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Caeleb Dressel is making his comeback at the 2024 Olympics. Here's what to know about America's fastest swimmer.
Caeleb Dressel is currently America's fastest swimmer. The athlete is making his grand comeback at …
Gabby Landsverk
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An injured hockey player chose to amputate part of his finger so he could compete at the Paris Olympics
Australian hockey player Matthew Dawson opted to have part of his finger amputated after a bad inju…
Joshua Nelken-Zitser
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Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian of all time. Now the retired swimmer is covering the 2024 Olympics for NBC.
Michael Phelps is the world's most decorated Olympian by far, with 23 gold medals. He'll be at the …
Gabby Landsverk
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Sha'Carri Richardson, one of the world's fastest women, is making her Olympics debut. Read about her life and career.
The American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson is one of the world's fastest women. She's making her Ol…
Alcynna Lloyd
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Simone Biles is the most decorated gymnast in history. Here's what to know about her career ahead of the 2024 Olympics.
Simone Biles is headed to the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Here's what to know about the life and career…
Nora Redmond
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How Team USA swimmers and sisters Alex and Gretchen Walsh overcame sibling rivalry to go for Olympic gold together
Olympic swimmers and sisters Alex and Gretchen Walsh told BI about their journey from childhood riv…
Mykenna Maniece
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How 5G technology is helping curb carbon emissions and waste at the Paris Games
Historically, the Olympic Games have hurt host cities' environments. 5G technology, which requires …
Chris Stokel-Walker
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Olympic diver Tom Daley uses a simple nutrition rule called '20-20-20' to stay energized
The 30-year-old British diver keeps things simple while ensuring he eats protein and carbs after tr…
Rachel Hosie
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Legendary Olympians Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky weighed in on why nervousness before competitions is key to success
Even winners get nervous. Simone Biles said "if you're not nervous, you're not ready" and Katie Led…
Meredith Cash
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? The stars of the 2016 Rio Olympics
Michael Phelps dominated the Rio Olympics.Lee Jin-man/AP
Scott Davis
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Revisit the 75 best photos from the 2016 Rio Olympics
The photos from the Rio games were terrific, and they captured the emotion, energy, and athleticism…
Scott Davis
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THEN AND NOW: The last 9 gold medal winners of the Olympic decathlon
Ashton Eaton is one of three men to have won two decathlon Olympic gold medalsADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via…
Sam Cooper
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Here's how steeplechase - the wackiest event in track and field - came to get its name and water jumps
Casual Olympic track and field fans may wonder why there is a middle-distance event called the stee…
Emmett Knowlton,Tyler Lauletta
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3 of the women who ran the 4x100 relay at the Rio Olympics had life-threatening pregnancy complications. After one of them died, the other sprinters are speaking out.
Tori Bowie, whose 4x100 meter relay team won gold at the Rio Olympics in 2016, died in May. Allyson…
Rebecca Cohen,Meredith Cash
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Then and Now: The 'Final Five' US Gymnastics team that won gold at the 2016 Olympics in Rio
From left: Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian, and Aly Raisman.AP Photo/…
Meredith Cash
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Tokyo Olympics: India's Satish Kumar exits from quarter-finals in boxing after losing to Bakhodir Jalolov
A badly bruised Satish Kumar (+91kg) put up a gutsy performance against reigning world champion Bak…