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Regan Smith wins silver medal in the 200-meter butterfly at the Paris Olympics
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Suni Lee bursts to bronze in Olympic women’s gymnastics all-around
Suni Lee, St. Paul’s gold medalist in the Tokyo Games, overcame illness and other difficulty to return to the Olympics and made it pay off. Simone Biles won the gold.
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No, Anthony Edwards, you can’t beat an Olympic table tennis player
Everywhere they go, the world’s best table tennis players meet strangers who believe they can hold their own against them. Including Olympic teammates.
August 2, 2024
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St. Cloud’s Alise Willoughby starts strong in Olympics BMX racing
Alise Willoughby cruised through her heat races and into the semifinal rounds, getting perfect starts and winning her first two heats to take all the pressure off the third.
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Joseph Fahnbulleh fans in Twin Cities await his next Olympic moment as sprinter for Liberia
Joseph Fahnbulleh lined up support in Minnesota when he was a high school state champion running for Hopkins.
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How Minnesota athletes fared at the Paris Olympics
Check back here each day till Aug. 11 to find out how the athletes with Minnesota ties did at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
August 2, 2024
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Defending women's champion loses as Olympic surfing competition resumes with tricky Tahiti swells
Defending Olympic women's surfing champion Clarissa Moore of the United States was beaten in the Paris Games quarterfinals on Thursday as competition resumed in Tahiti after two days of unfavorable conditions had put the event on hold.
August 2, 2024
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Brittney Griner is 'head over heels' for the Americans coming home in a prisoner swap
Brittney Griner knows only too well the swirling emotions of being involved in a prisoner swap, and she said Thursday night she is ''head over heels'' that fellow Americans are coming home from Russia.
August 2, 2024
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Olympics recap: Suni Lee, Regan Smith win medals on busy Thursday in Paris
It was one of the busiest days for Minnesota’s Olympians in Paris. Gymnast Suni Lee and swimmer Regan Smith competed for medals, and three Lynx players hit the court.
August 1, 2024
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Minnesotans come together to cheer on Olympian Suni Lee in women’s gymnastics final
Both the young gymnasts who practice alongside Suni Lee at Midwest Gymnastics and family members gathered to watch Lee take home a bronze medal.
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U.S. women clinch quarterfinal berth and stretch Olympic win streak to 57 straight
The U.S. faced a challenge from Belgium that only a few countries have provided during the Americans’ long Olympic win streak.
August 1, 2024
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Breakaway boxing body's president backs the IOC's handling of gender issues at the Paris Olympics
The head of the governing body that hopes to run the next Olympic boxing tournament said he supports the IOC's eligibility policies at the Paris Olympics, and he urged those without deep understandings of gender issues to entrust those determinations to medical professionals and scientists.
August 1, 2024