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Gymnast Skye Blakely’s bid to reach the Olympics ends after rupturing her right Achilles

Gymnast Skye Blakely’s bid to reach the Olympics ends after rupturing her right Achilles

Blakely, who lives and trains in Frisco, Texas, just outside of Dallas, was going through her floor exercise routine inside Target Center in Minneapolis on Wednesday when her right leg gave way during a tumbling pass.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota competitors gear up as U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials begin in Minneapolis

Minnesota competitors gear up as U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials begin in Minneapolis

Suni Lee of St. Paul and Shane Wiskus of Spring Park are competing to be among the five men and five women who will go for gold at the Summer Olympics in Paris.
by Peter Cox, Kerem Yücel, Madelyn Bonkoski and Anna Haecherl

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Swimmer Michael Phelps says China doping scandal threatens the Olympic movement

Swimmer Michael Phelps says China doping scandal threatens the Olympic movement

On Capitol Hill, Michael Phelps and fellow Olympic swimming star Alison Schmitt testified about doping by elite Chinese athletes and demanded reforms to the World Anti-Doping Agency.
by Brian Mann

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World champ Alise Willoughby will lead the U.S. BMX racing team at her fourth Olympics in Paris

World champ Alise Willoughby will lead the U.S. BMX racing team at her fourth Olympics in Paris

Alise Willoughby has been selected for her fourth Olympics and will lead the U.S. squad in BMX racing at the Paris Games in just over a month. The U.S. will send five BMX riders — three women and two men. 
by The Associated Press

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Ralph Lauren unveils Team USA’s Olympic and Paralympic uniforms

Ralph Lauren unveils Team USA’s Olympic and Paralympic uniforms

The opening ceremony outfits feature jeans paired with a navy blue blazer trimmed in white and red. The closing ceremony features a white moto-style jacket accompanied with white jeans.
by Ayana Archie

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A night for familiar names at U.S. swim trials. Ledecky, Murphy, King and Grimes win

A night for familiar names at U.S. swim trials. Ledecky, Murphy, King and Grimes win

It was a night for familiar names at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. American backstroke star Ryan Murphy is headed to his third Olympics. So is breaststroke queen Lilly King. And the most prominent name of all, Katie Ledecky, locked up a second individual race in Paris.
by The Associated Press

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Olympics reassigns a 1900 medal — and its winner — from Britain to France

Olympics reassigns a 1900 medal — and its winner — from Britain to France

A French historian recently made a case for a 1900 silver medal to be credited to France, based on the Olympics' informal rules in that era. The cyclist, Lloyd Hildebrand, lived most of his life in France.
by Bill Chappell

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