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  • The Evolution of Simone Biles
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    The Evolution of Simone Biles

    The GOAT is ready to go for gold at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris.

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    Angela Johnson

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  • Team Jamaica to Trump: ‘Leave the Boss Out of Your Politricks’

    Just when you thought Donald Trump was finally going to do something about Puerto Rico, he tweets some bullshit about the national anthem. Again. This time, however, he dragged Jamaican running legend Usain Bolt into the conversation, tweeting out a completely irrelevant video of the runner acknowledging “The Star-Spangled Banner” during the 2012 London Olympics.…

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    Anne Branigin

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  • Watch: Michelle Carter, the Shot-Put Diva, on Loving Your Body, No Matter Your Size

    USA Track & Field star Michelle Carter walks into any space exuding confidence, with a bright smile, carefully combed tresses and a freshly beat face. Carter is the 2016 Olympic gold medalist in the women’s shot put and an entrepreneur. Can you say, #BlackGirlMagic? But life hasn’t always been a crystal stair for this three-time…

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    Felice León

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  • Simone Biles Named AP Female Athlete of the Year 

    It’s been quite a year for Simone Biles. The American gymnast dominated the 2016 Rio Olympics, bringing home a record-tying four golds (along with one bronze), placing her among a very small group of elite gymnasts to take home that much gold in a single Olympics. Her autobiography, Courage to Soar, was just released in November. Met…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Tommie Smith and John Carlos to Join 2016 Olympic Team at White House

    Tommie Smith and John Carlos, the U.S. Olympic sprinters who raised their fists during the 1968 Olympics, will join the U.S. Olympic team at the White House next week for its meeting with President Barack Obama, the Charlotte News & Observer reports. In the last week, the tide has continued to turn for the two…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Rio Rundown: Women’s 4×100 Team Retains Gold, Men Appeal Disqualification

    Emerging victorious in the intense rivalry with Jamaica, the U.S. women’s team retained the 4×100-meter relay title, and Allyson Felix won a record fifth gold medal in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. It was the second-fastest women’s 4×100 relay ever, second only to the relay at the 2012 Olympic Games, where…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Simone Biles Medals Up Again, Secures Bronze for Balance Beam 

    Simone Biles is taking home yet another medal from the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, securing the bronze Monday for the balance beam, the Washington Post reports. The bronze is Biles’ fourth medal of the Rio Games and the only nongold medal she currently has in her possession. The third-place finish marks an end to…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Fencer Daryl Homer Makes Olympic History, Too

    Daryl Homer, a 26-year-old from the Bronx, N.Y., born in the Virgin Islands, became the first American in 112 years to win a silver medal in men’s individual sabre, according to USA Today. Homer is also first U.S. man to win an Olympic medal in individual sabre since Peter Westbrook won the bronze at the…

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    The Root Staff

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  • More #BlackGirlMagic: Michelle Carter Wins Gold for Shot Put

    Michelle Carter made Olympic history when she won the very first gold for an American woman in shot put in Rio on Friday. But what made her feat that much more spectacular (and sweet) is that her coach also happens to be her dad, Michael Carter, who won a silver medal in the very same…

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    The Root Staff

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  • 5 Hot Takes From the Olympics’ Opening Ceremonies

    Like, whoa. As other athletes in the Parade of Nations predictably wore dockers and sports blazers, Pita Nikolas Taufatofua from the island nation of Tonga came out bare-chested, slathered in oil and adorned in a ta’ovala, a traditional Tongan mat. The 32-year-old will compete in taekwondo for his country, but he won the gold for the…

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    The Root Staff

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