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Olympics and Paralympics

St. Paul's Suni Lee qualifies for Paris Olympics; Simone Biles breezes to victory at U.S. trials

St. Paul's Suni Lee qualifies for Paris Olympics; Simone Biles breezes to victory at U.S. trials

Simone Biles is heading back to the Olympics. Reigning Olympic champion Sunisa Lee, 2020 Olympic floor exercise champion Jade Carey, 2020 Olympic silver medalist Jordan Chiles and 16-year-old Hezly Rivera and Biles were named to the five-woman team later Sunday night.
by Kerem Yücel and The Associated Press

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Fred Richard and Brody Malone headline the U.S. Olympic men's gymnastics team

Fred Richard and Brody Malone headline the U.S. Olympic men's gymnastics team

Fred Richard and Brody Malone will be joined by Paul Juda, Asher Hong and Stephen Nedoroscik. The Americans will head to Paris looking to win their first team medal at the Games since 2008. Khoi Young and Shane Wiskus will serve as alternates.
by Kerem Yücel and The Associated Press

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Simone Biles moves closer to 3rd Olympic trip as injuries mount behind her at U.S. trials

Simone Biles moves closer to 3rd Olympic trip as injuries mount behind her at U.S. trials

Simone Biles is four rotations away from a third trip to the Olympics. The list of contenders hoping to join her in Paris is thinning quickly. Biles had little trouble sprinting to the lead at the U.S. Olympic trials. 
by The Associated Press

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Buoyed by hometown support, Shane Wiskus states his case at the U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials

Buoyed by hometown support, Shane Wiskus states his case at the U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials

Wiskus, a member of the 2020 Olympic team, said trials would be the last meet of his competitive career if he doesn’t make the five-man Olympic team that will be announced Saturday night in Minneapolis.
by The Associated Press and Kerem Yücel

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Gymnast Skye Blakely’s bid to reach the Olympics ends after rupturing her right Achilles

Gymnast Skye Blakely’s bid to reach the Olympics ends after rupturing her right Achilles

Blakely, who lives and trains in Frisco, Texas, just outside of Dallas, was going through her floor exercise routine inside Target Center in Minneapolis on Wednesday when her right leg gave way during a tumbling pass.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota competitors gear up as U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials begin in Minneapolis

Minnesota competitors gear up as U.S. Olympic gymnastics trials begin in Minneapolis

Suni Lee of St. Paul and Shane Wiskus of Spring Park are competing to be among the five men and five women who will go for gold at the Summer Olympics in Paris.
by Peter Cox, Kerem Yücel, Madelyn Bonkoski and Anna Haecherl

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Swimmer Michael Phelps says China doping scandal threatens the Olympic movement

Swimmer Michael Phelps says China doping scandal threatens the Olympic movement

On Capitol Hill, Michael Phelps and fellow Olympic swimming star Alison Schmitt testified about doping by elite Chinese athletes and demanded reforms to the World Anti-Doping Agency.
by Brian Mann

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