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What Exactly Is Steeplechase (and Why Is There…a Water Pit on the Track?!)
Runners continue for a total of seven and a half laps, clearing five evenly-spaced barriers with every loop. Where TF…
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All the Inspiring, Weird, and Goofy Olympics Moments You Might Have Missed This Week
There’s been a literal nonstop stream of Paris Olympics content to consume ever since the Games kicked off on July…
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How Flavor Flav Became Women’s Water Polo’s Biggest Hype Man
If you’ve tuned into any of the women’s water polo matches at the Olympics—and you should, because Team USA is…
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Everything Suni Lee Has Shared About Her Rare Kidney Disease
After Suni Lee won gold in the women’s gymnastics individual all-around final at the Tokyo Olympics, the Paris Games felt…
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Here's How You Get 10,000 Swarovski Crystals on a Teeny-Tiny Leotard
Gymnastics—like diving and figure skating—is an Olympic sport where artistry and aesthetics are intertwined with athleticism. As Simone Biles and…
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Everything Katie Ledecky Has Shared About Living With POTS
At the 2015 world championships in Kazan, Russia, Katie Ledecky started feeling a little weird after dinner one night—hot and…
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This Table Tennis Player Just Made Her Olympic Debut at 58 Years Old
Zhiying Zeng was born in 1966 to a mom who coached table tennis. She picked up a paddle as soon…
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Celine Dion Trained ‘Like an Athlete’ Before the Olympics to Manage Stiff Person Syndrome
From the beginning, the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony was touted to be one for the history books, swapping an…
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How to Watch the Summer Olympics at Home
On July 26, the opening ceremony will screen live at more than 150 IMAX locations across the US, according to…
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Meet the Marathoners Going for Team USA’s First Gold in 40 Years
At the Olympic Trials, Sisson, 32, was asked on the awards stage how she calms her nerves before a race…
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