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Female athlete in racing wheelchair wearing bike helmet
Life

This athlete lost the use of her legs 7 years ago. How resilience got her to the Paralympics

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August 29, 2024
U.S. athlete Daniella Ramirez during a press conference on day five of the Olympic Games in Paris.
Success

U.S. Olympic medalist barely earns enough to cover rent but makes 5 times more on social media

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August 28, 2024
Saudi Arabia's Tareg Hamedi poses with his silver medal in the men's kumite +75kg in the karate competition at a ceremony during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on August 7, 2021. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)
Success

Saudi Arabia has never won an Olympic gold but it paid an athlete $1.3 million for coming close

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August 26, 2024
Photo of Arshad Nadeem with his arms raised
Success

Pakistan’s first Olympic winner in 32 years was rewarded with almost $1 million—and a buffalo

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August 23, 2024
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 16: Derek Jeter speaks onstage at the Fanatics Fest NYC 2024 at Jacob Javits Center on August 16, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Fanatics)
Success

MLB legend Derek Jeter’s business advice: You can’t be an expert at everything

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August 20, 2024
A male pole vaulter launching into the air at the Olympics
Life

Here’s what it takes to become a track and field Olympian: speed, strength, ‘fearlessness’

By Beth Greenfield and Ani Freedman
August 9, 2024
A group of swimmers run out of the Seine river.
Environment

Olympic swimmers are staving off E. coli by chugging Coca-Cola

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August 8, 2024
TOKYO, JAPAN - JUNE 02: Joseph Schooling of Singapore celebrates winning the Men's 100m Butterfly Final on day four of the Swimming Japan Open at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center on June 02, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Matt Roberts/Getty Images)
Success

Five cows, one year’s worth of free food, a two-bed apartment and exemption from military service: How athletes can win more than medals this Olympics

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August 7, 2024
How Simone Biles trained her mind to become a champion
Health

How Simone Biles trained her mind to become a champion

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August 3, 2024
PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 01: Athletes compete during the Men’s 20km Race Walk on day six of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Trocadero on August 01, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Lifestyle

The legacy of Paris puts future Olympics at risk—is it time to pick a single, permanent host for the games?

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August 3, 2024
Google’s Olympics ad was designed to be uplifting. Instead, many are finding it dystopian
Tech

Google’s Olympics ad was designed to be uplifting. Instead, many are finding it dystopian

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August 1, 2024
The United States team celebrates their gold medals on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team Final.
Lifestyle

Cows, cars, and $1 million in cash: Here are some of the wacky awards countries give their Olympic medalists

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August 1, 2024
Kweku Smith, PhD (right), a psychological services provider for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, speaks with a patient in a still from Figs’ “Anatomy of a Champion” ad. Figs, a medical apparel brand, designed the Team USA Medical Team’s first official Olympics uniform for the 2024 Summer Games in Paris.
Mind

One of the best things you can do for your mental health and well-being, according to a psychologist who counsels U.S. Olympians

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July 28, 2024
people serving food at a food court
Lifestyle

The Olympic Village isn’t serving ‘adequate’ food, forcing Britain’s athletes to stay away and eat packed lunches instead

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July 26, 2024
PARIS, FRANCE June 3. Clay falls from the soles of Roger Federer of Switzerland"u2019s tennis shoes during his match against Marin Cilic of Croatia on Court Philippe-Chatrier during the second round of the singles competition at the 2021 French Open Tennis Tournament at Roland Garros on June 3rd 2021 in Paris, France. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)
Retail

Move over Nike, Adidas and Puma—Swiss shoemaker On is dominating the Paris Olympics

By Gillian Tan and Bloomberg
July 26, 2024

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