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Janet Evans: ‘People always told me I would never be an Olympian'
American swimmer Janet Evans won a total of four gold medals at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics. Her journey to the podium came with plenty of doubters along the way.
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Tommy Tries It: Catching waves with USA Surfing ahead of 2024 Olympics
News4’s Tommy McFly learns to surf from champions Courtney Conlogue and Avery McDonald in California.
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Paris garbage collectors lift strike threat ahead of Olympics
Paris garbage collectors have lifted the strike notice that threatened to leave the French capital facing piles of rubbish during the Olympics this summer.
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How Sha'Carri Richardson's Dallas roots have helped her on quest for redemption
The Dallas native and Carter High School alumni has been on a tear on the track, becoming the fastest woman in the world in October 2023. Her next big hurdle: the Olympic Trials to qualify for Team USA in Paris.
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Team USA track and field coach talks Oxon Hill roots, Olympics prep
With big names including Alexandria native Noah Lyles, Sha’Carri Richardson, Gabby Thomas and Sydney McLaughlin, you know track and field is going to be a highlight at the summer Olympics. One of the coaches is an Olympian with roots in Prince George’s County, Maryland. News4’s Jummy Olabanji spoke to Mechelle Freeman about getting Team USA ready to run for...
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Flavor Flav is the official hype man for the US women's water polo team at the Paris Olympics
The clock-wearing rap icon is sponsoring the U.S. women’s water polo team and will be its official hype man at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Team USA super fan Leslie Jones joins NBCUniversal's Paris Olympics coverage
Comedian and actress Leslie Jones will be NBCUniversal’s chief super fan commentator for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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Tommy Tries It: Boxing with Team USA's Jahmal Harvey
News4’s Tommy McFly spars with Team USA boxer and Maryland native Jahmal Harvey.
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Olympic swimmer Florent Manaudou becomes first torch carrier in France as relay heads to Paris
French swimmer Florent Manaudou became the first Olympic torch carrier in France after the Olympic flame arrived in the southern French city of Marseille.
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5-time Olympic medalist swimmer John Naber reflects on his slice of history
Olympic swimmer John Naber says Olympians “are ordinary people who found a way to do extraordinary things.” Learn about Naber’s extraordinary time in the pool at the Olympics.
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Countdown to Paris: Get a peek at Chateau de Chantilly (… France, not Virginia)
The general manager offers a look into “one of France’s most beautiful castles,” which features “everything French,” including horses and stables, art and more, reports News4’s Jummy Olabanji.
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How the Paris Olympics is going green to help protect the environment
The 2024 Olympics in Paris will attempt to become the first carbon-neutral Games in history.
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Olympic greats Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Suni Lee to compete in Core Hydration Classic
Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, and Suni Lee could be some of the gymnasts competing at the XL Center in Hartford weeks before the Paris Olympics.
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Para Athlete Ezra Frech credits his mother for instilling confidence, passion to share his story about disability
U.S. Paralympic athlete Ezra Frech has made it his mission to share his inspirational story in hopes of normalizing disability. However, none of this would be possible if it weren’t for his mother, Bahar. Ezra opens up about how she shaped him into a confident teacher and helper.
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Give Sha'Carri Richardson her brisket. Olympians share their cheat foods
It takes lots of workouts to be an Olympian, and the proper food to fuel those workouts. But like most of us, every Olympian has a cheat food that they sometimes choose to get those calories the wrong way.
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Sha'Carri Richardson tells Cardi B she's ‘locked in' for Paris Olympics: ‘Every little detail counts'
Track and field star Sha’Carri Richardson trains for the Paris Olympics five days a week like it is a 9 to 5 job, and Cardi B likes it like that.
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Paris inaugurates giant water storage basin to clean up the River Seine for Olympic swimming
French officials inaugurated on Thursday a huge storage basin meant to keep cleaner the River Seine, which is to be the venue for marathon swimming at the Paris Games and the swimming leg of the Olympic and Paralympic triathlons.
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Tommy Tries It: Artistic swimming as an Olympic sport
In the runup to the Olympic Games, News4’s Tommy McFly tried the synchronized sport of artistic swimming for himself. After 35 years in the pool, Team USA’s Bill May, 45, will make history as the first man to compete on the team in the Olympics. McFly found the sport takes tremendous athleticism.
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Olympic refugee athlete Lohalith suspended in team's 3rd doping case ahead of Paris
Anjelina Lohalith, who fled war in South Sudan as a child to a refugee camp in Kenya, was being funded with an IOC scholarship to prepare for her third straight Summer Games.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters call on Olympic officials to limit Israel's participation in Paris
About 300 people attended the rally at the Paris Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games HQ in the French capital.