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Pride House on Seine River barge is inaugurated by Paris Olympics organizers
PARIS (AP) — The Pride House of the Paris Olympics was inaugurated on a barge in the Seine River by Games organizers on Friday. The boat, moored between the Grand Palais and the Place de la Concorde in the city center, is meant to be a safe space for LGBTQ athletes and visitors...
BMX racing world championships hit South Carolina with Olympic berths on the line
The almost nomadic nature of high-level BMX racing means that American riders such as Alise Willoughby, the two-time world champion and a former Olympic silver medalist, rarely get to compete in front of friends and family. Last year's World Cup schedule took riders to Turkey, the...
Simone Biles is stepping into the Olympic spotlight again. She is better prepared for the pressure
SPRING, Texas (AP) — Simone Biles is not “cured.” Let's start there. A cure implies finality. An ultimate and decisive victory. If the gymnastics superstar has learned anything in the three years since those strange, uncertain days in Tokyo when she put her...
Olympic triathlete Taylor Knibb wins US cycling time trial to earn spot in Paris in a second sport
Olympic triathlete Taylor Knibb stunned even herself by winning the women's time trial at the U.S. road cycling championships. Now, she will have the opportunity to compete in two different sports at this year's Paris Games. Knibb ripped over the flat, out-and-back...
Van der Poel will skip mountain bike event at Paris Olympics to focus on road race
BRUSSELS (AP) — World champion Mathieu van der Poel will focus on the Olympic road race at the Paris Games this summer, after competing in the Tour de France, and skip mountain biking. The versatile Dutch racer said Wednesday that combining the Tour and the road race is “the most...
Paris garbage collectors lift strike threat ahead of Olympic Games
PARIS (AP) — Paris garbage collectors have lifted the strike notice that threatened to leave the French capital facing piles of rubbish during the Olympic Games. Paris City Hall said Wednesday it had sealed a deal with the workers and that the strike notice covering several days in...
The 'accidental hero' gold medalist Steven Bradbury receives an Australian bravery award for rescues
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — More than 20 years after winning an unlikely gold medal in short track speedskating at the Salt Lake City Olympics, Steven Bradbury is back in the news for another good reason. Bradbury has been presented with a bravery award by the Queensland state...
Analysis: David Puig left college for LIV. He's still playing in the majors and maybe the Olympics
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — David Puig knew what he was signing up for when the Spaniard left Arizona State to join Saudi-funded LIV Golf, even if it really wasn't entirely about the money for him. The guarantee that LIV offered Puig was not so much a rich bonus — he played two events...
Flavor Flav is the official hype man for the US women's water polo team in the Paris Olympics
Maggie Steffens asked for more support for the U.S. women's water polo team, and the captain received one particularly surprising response. From a clock-wearing rap icon. Moved by Steffens' Instagram post, Flavor Flav has stepped forward to help the U.S. team as it...
Torchbearers in Marseille kick off the Olympic flame's journey across France
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Joyful crowds gathered along the streets of France’s southern port of Marseille on Thursday to see torchbearers carrying the Olympic flame through the city's most emblematic sites, a day after it arrived on a majestic three-mast ship for a welcoming ceremony. ...
