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Olympic Gold medalists Kelsey Robinson and Justine Wong-Orantes, Washington will join LOVB as it prepares to launch its pre-season following the Paris Olympics in 2024. ​​​​​​​

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Olympians sign on for women's pro volleyball league set for 2024 launch in Atlanta and Houston

League One Volleyball announced the addition of superstar athlete Haleigh Washington to its pro league roster featuring Olympic Gold medalists Kelsey Robinson and Justine Wong-Orantes, Washington will join LOVB as it prepares to launch its pre-season following the Paris Olympics in 2024. 

March 09, 2023
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Olympic medalist Noah Lyles will participate in the adidas Atlanta City Games. Credit: Photo provided by Atlanta Track Club

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Centennial Olympic Park to host international track and field event, adidas Atlanta City Games

Centennial Olympic Park will be the home of the first-ever adidas Atlanta City Games on May 6.

January 30, 2023
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In this July 19, 1995, file photo, Izzy, the mascot of the Olympic Games of Atlanta 1996, dances in front of the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. The much-hated blob that represented the 1996 Atlanta Games has been supplanted by the mascot for the Paris Olympics — a Phrygian cap.

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Column: Izzy's long run as worst Olympic mascot is over

Hey, Izzy, we've got some good news. Your 26-year reign as the worst Olympic mascot is over. The often-ridiculed computer-generated blob from the 1996 Atlanta Games has been toppled as the G.O.A.T., for Grossest Of All Time, by the mascot for the 2024 Paris Olympics, a floppy hat known as a Phryge.

November 18, 2022
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Jim Thorpe, the famed American athlete and U.S. Olympic great runs during a Junior Olympics event in Chicago on June 6, 1948. Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon.

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Jim Thorpe is reinstated as the sole winner of two events in the 1912 Olympics

The legendary athlete is declared the sole winner of the Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for violations of amateurism rules.

July 15, 2022
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Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was allowed to compete in the women's short program at the Winter Olympics on Tuesday despite having failed a drug test.

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What is trimetazidine, the drug found in Russian skater Kamila Valieva's system?

The 15-year-old athlete tested positive in December for trimetazidine, a drug typically prescribed to much older patients suffering from angina and other heart-related conditions.

February 16, 2022
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  • Vanessa Romo
Kamila Valieva of Team ROC skates during the women's short program at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 15, 2022 in Beijing, China.

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Valieva takes No. 1 slot in a figure skating event that's clouded by doping saga

With Kamila Valieva seizing the top spot, 25 skaters advance to the next segment. Normally, only the top 24 move on from the short program. But these Games aren't normal.

February 15, 2022
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Gold medalists Lindsey Jacobellis (left) and Nick Baumgartner celebrate their win of the mixed team snowboard cross finals at the flower ceremony during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on Feb. 12, 2022.

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U.S. snowboarders Lindsey Jacobellis and Nick Baumgartner make history in Beijing

At their ages, Jacobellis' and Baumgartner's win over Italy and Canada during the first-ever Olympic mixed team snowboard cross events broke multiple records.

February 12, 2022
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White gets emotional after the men's halfpipe finals at the Beijing Olympics.

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Look back at the McTwists and turns of Shaun White's golden snowboarding career

The man who fiercely shreds halfpipes openly shed tears on the snow, saying he was proud of his effort. It closed the book on a record-setting Olympic career.

February 11, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell
Mikaela Shiffrin of Team USA skis during the super-G competition on Friday at the Beijing Olympics. She placed ninth after failing to finish her last two races.

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With a 9th place finish in Beijing, Mikaela Shiffrin shows signs of bouncing back

"Coming back out and getting the chance to race again was just the perfect thing to do, actually," Shiffrin said. She had failed to finish qualifying runs in two events earlier this week.

February 11, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Kelly Curtis stands next to the Olympic rings. She's competing in the skeleton competition at the Beijing Olympics.

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Meet the first Black skeleton athlete to compete for the U.S. at the Olympics

Skeleton is a heart-racing event where a single racer flies face first down a frozen track. The inherent pressure of being "the first" and "only" isn't fazing her, Kelly Curtis says.

February 11, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Nathan Chen won gold with his men's single skate program at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

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Nathan Chen wins gold in men's figure skating at the Beijing Olympics

The 22-year-old American topped a competitive field Thursday in Beijing. Figure skaters from Japan came in second and third.

February 10, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Three-time Olympic medalist Mikaela Shiffrin skis out in the first run of the women's slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Wednesday.

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Olympic star Mikaela Shiffrin doesn't finish a second race at the 2022 Winter Games

Shiffrin, a two-time Olympic champion, did not to finish the women's slalom race on Wednesday. She previously won a gold medal in this competition in 2014 during the Sochi Olympics.

February 09, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Sara Takanashi of Team Japan shows dejection after being disqualified after jumping in the final round of the mixed-team ski jumping event at the National Ski Jumping Center in Zhangjiakou, China.

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5 women ski jumpers are disqualified at the Olympics over their jumpsuits

"The sport of ski jumping has experienced one of its darker days," a Norwegian official said, after athletes from some of the top medal-contending teams were disqualified from competing.

February 09, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell
Returning snowboard halfpipe champ, Chloe Kim, performs a trick during qualification at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

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2 of the U.S.'s snowboard champs are in medal contention at Beijing Olympics

Despite a fall during one of their qualifying runs, Shaun White and Chloe Kim were able to move on to the medal round of the men's and women's halfpipe events.

February 09, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Jessie Diggins of Team USA celebrates after winning the bronze medal in the women's cross-country sprint event on Day 4 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games in China.

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Jessie Diggins wins first-ever U.S. Olympic medal in cross-country sprint

Diggins snared a hard-won bronze medal in the grueling event after Swedish skiers took an early lead. The only other time a U.S. athlete has won an individual medal in cross country came in 1976.

February 08, 2022
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