Ssts:sports:olympics articles
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Decrepit sport institute scores Olympics overhaul
Australia’s crumbling centre of sporting excellence will be given a long-needed $250 million facelift to prepare the nation’s top athletes for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics. The Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra has been thrown the funding lifeline to build housing for athletes, an indoor training facility and a high-performance training and testing centre. The […]
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Olympic triathlete Taylor Knibb earns 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.
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'I want to be Gabby Douglas': What the return of the 2012 Olympic champion means to the sport
To the generation of younger gymnasts who watched Gabby Douglas become the sport's first Black Olympic all-around champion in 2012, competing alongside her at this weekend's U.S. Classic is a surreal moment.