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[unable to retrieve full-text content]How to watch the 2024 U.S. Olympic Swim Trials today  Yahoo Sports Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Ukrainian former Olympic weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko killed defending his country  Yahoo Sports Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]After spending $1.5 billion, the centerpiece of Paris’s Olympic efforts may still be too filthy to use  Yahoo Sports Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Caitlin Clark has captivated America, but is she good enough to make the USA Olympic team?  Yahoo Sports Source link

Olympic silver medalist Kim Glass says that she was attacked by a random man with a pipe while walking on a Los Angeles street. Glass shared video on Instagram speaking about the attack that shows multiple facial injuries including fractures around her right eye and cuts that required stitches. (Warning, the video seen here and included above shows graphic injuries.) Glass’ right eye was swollen shut, and she had a gash on the bridge of her nose. She told her followers that the attack happened… Source link

Being an Olympic athlete can lead to a lucrative career — if you’re able to leverage glory into sponsorships. “While the income of these athletes is paltry in comparison to even the league minimum of football, baseball, whatever, the percentage of their income that is incident to marketing and dependent upon public relations is dramatically higher,” Octagon’s Olympics and Action Sports Managing Director Peter Carlise told Yahoo Finance. “The only source of income for most Olympic… Source link

ZHANGJIAKOU, China—Ireen Wüst skated her way into sports history Monday night, winning individual gold for a record fifth straight Olympics. The Netherlands’ Wüst won the 1500m speedskating event with a time of 1:53.28, edging out Japan’s Miho Takagi by 0.44 seconds. Wust’s Dutch teammate Antoinette de Jong placed third with a time of 1:54.82. The win gave Wüst gold medals in five separate Olympic Games: Beijing, PyeongChang (2018), Sochi (2014), Vancouver (2010) and Torino (2006)…. Source link

The dream of seeing the best hockey players on the planet play with and against each other is dead once again. After NHL insider Chris Johnston reported on Tuesday that the league and players officially agreed to withdraw from the 2022 Beijing Olympics — confirming what ESPN’s Emily Kaplan and others reported the previous two days — the news became officially official on Wednesday. The NHL and NHLPA had until Jan. 10 to opt out without facing any kind of financial penalty. Multiple… Source link

EUGENE, OREGON – JUNE 27: Lindsay Flach walks from the track after the Women’s Heptathlon 800 Meters during day ten of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials at Hayward Field on June 27, 2021 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images) The most remarkable performance from the final weekend of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials didn’t demolish a world record or send a teenager to Tokyo. In fact, it came from a competitor who quickly fell hopelessly behind in her… Source link

Olympian Gwen Berry protested during the national anthem during the Olympic trials on Saturday when she turned away from the flag on the medal podium and held a t-shirt over her face. On Monday, the White House took notice. Press secretary Jen Psaki was asked about Berry’s protest on Monday by a reporter, and while she said she hasn’t spoken with President Joe Biden about it specifically, Psaki defended the hammer thrower’s actions. “I know [Biden is] incredibly proud to be an American… Source link