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Yes, We Have to Wait 2 Whole Weeks for the Paralympics to Start—Here’s Why
I don’t know about you, but watching the 2024 Olympics closing ceremony felt like waking up from a two-week-long trance…
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What to Know About the LA 2028 Olympics If You’re Going Through Games Withdrawal
We’ll admit to nursing a little bit of an Olympic hangover these past couple of days. This post on X,…
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Women Won Big at the Paris Olympics
There were tons of moments to remember from Paris 2024, but one thing that stuck out to us? Women athletes…
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16 Inspiring, Kick-Ass, and Oh-My-God-Did-That-Just-Happen Moments From the Paris Games
The 2024 Paris Games kicked off with a rainy boat ride down the (sorta-safe?) Seine River and an emotional performance…
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5 Things to Know About Nikki Hiltz, Team USA’s First Openly Trans Track Athlete
The issue of trans athletes competing in sport has remained, frustratingly, a heated debate. But Nikki Hiltz, a Team USA…
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The Olympic Games Look A Lot More Joyful This Year—And We’re All for It
It’s been a while since the Olympics have been, well, this fun. Whatever is in the air (we won’t talk…
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8 Things to Know About Gabby Thomas, the Harvard Grad Who Won Gold in the 200m
Being an Olympian is just the first thing about Gabby Thomas, the 27-year-old star sprinter from Northampton, Massachusetts, who won…
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3 Trans Athletes on Why Being Excluded From Women’s Sports Is So Devastating
What happens when the sport you love, the one you have spent your entire life dedicated to, decides you are…
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What Artistic Swimmers Wish You Knew About This Absolutely Grueling Olympic Sport
While a lot of people think artistic swimming is delightfully antiquated—a bunch of “bathing beauties” in floral swim caps and…
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Cyclist Kristen Faulkner Won Olympic Gold Just 7 Years After She First Started Biking
One of the best things about the Olympics is that nothing’s set in stone. Athletes having the day of their…
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