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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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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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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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Five Olympic 2024 quotas for Indian badminton players
Players in the top 16 (up to two per country) of the men's and women's 'Race to Paris' Rankings, se…
ANI
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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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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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The Summer Olympics face corruption allegations for the 3rd time in a row as police raid the 2024 Paris Olympics offices
Both the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were marred by similar allegations against o…
Katie Hawkinson
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? The 'Fierce Five' US women's gymnastics team that won gold at the 2012 London Olympics
A combined effort from Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, and Jordyn Wieber le…
Meredith Cash
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Former Rio de Janeiro governor says he paid $2 million to the Olympics committee to win the fight to host the 2016 games
Sergio Cabral, who governed Rio state between 2003 and 2010, told a federal judge on Thursday that …
Alexandra Ma
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The super villains that accompanied India’s Olympians to party and click selfies in Rio
Our sportspersons did perform well at the Rio Olympics considering the treatment and infrastructure…
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Here is what PV Sindhu should keep in mind while competing with World’s Number 1 player tonight
Even though Sindhu is probably in the best of her form, it won’t be easy to play against Marin, who…
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PV Sindhu - Gone humble, will return a Millionaire Superstar
If this was not enough, a Vijayawada-based top jewellery showroom chain said he is keen on signing …