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Anthony Nesty is first Black US head swim coach at Olympics

Nation World

Simone Biles clinches spot on US world gymnastics championships team

Biles earned the first of six Team USA roster spots for the world championships.
Olympics

Simone Biles shares her plans for 2024 Paris Olympics

After a two-year break from competition, Biles has roared back to the top of the field but had previously been reluctant to talk about next summer's Olympics.
Nation World

Simone Biles makes history with 8th US Gymnastics title

Biles served notice that even after a two-year break following the Tokyo Olympics, in gymnastics there is the GOAT and there is everyone else.
Wake Up Charlotte

2024 Olympics countdown: 1 year until Paris Games #WakeUpCLT To Go

We're one year away from the 2024 Paris Olympics. Here's what you can expect at next year's Summer Games.
Nation World

Here's what you need to know about the 2024 Olympic Games, which start in exactly 1 year

Here's what to expect from the Games, including a complicated and novel opening ceremony.
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Olympics 2024: Biles, Ledecky, McLaughlin-Levrone look for encores in Paris

The Olympic festivities begin one year from Wednesday.
Olympics

What mantra helped 2023 Special Olympics gold medalist Philip Blount win

Blount is one of two North Carolina athletes to represent Team USA at the Summer Games in Berlin, Germany.
Sports+

Special Olympics gold medalist: 'I worked so hard'

Philip Blount, who is a 2023 Special Olympics World Games gold medalist and Charlotte native, talks about his experience at the Games.
Olympics

For the first time in the Olympics, men will compete in artistic swimming

This is not the synchronized swimming that your parents or grandparents watched.
Nation World

Simone Biles sets return to gymnastics competition

Biles has taken most of the last two years off after making headlines at the Tokyo Olympics when she removed herself from several events to focus on mental health.
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Olympic skaters still missing medals 500 days later

Now on display at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum are nine empty boxes that should be holding medals won 500 days ago by the U.S. figure skating team.