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Swiatek Defends Italian Open Title With 28th Straight Win
Poland’s Iga Swiatek is headed to the French Open with a 28-match winning streak after defeating Ons Jabeur 6-2, 6-2 in the Italian Open final.
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No Connection: Olympic 100m Upset Hero Yet to Hear From Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt hasn’t yet reached out to congratulate the man who succeeded him as Olympic 100-meter champion. Not on Twitter. Not on Instagram. Not by personal message. Not through an intermediary. “I know he received some messages from other Olympic champions welcoming him to the club, so to speak,” Paolo Camossi, the personal coach of the surprise gold medalist from Italy,...
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‘I Can Die:' Tennis' Medvedev Survives Extreme Heat at Tokyo Olympics
Bent over in exhaustion before serving. Resting on his racket between points. Grasping for a rubber tube blowing cool air next to his seat on changeovers. Two medical timeouts and one visit from a trainer. Daniil Medvedev was struggling so much with the suffocating heat and humidity at the Ariake Tennis Park on Wednesday that at one point the chair…
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Lindsey Vonn Wins Bronze Medal in the Final Race of Her Career
Lindsey Vonn walked off with her career haul of medals in her right hand, the gold, silver and bronze clinking together, almost weighing her down. Or was it the bulging knee braces and metal support rods inside her vast array of broken bones? Whatever it was, the sound was a reminder of what Vonn has come to symbolize — an...
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‘I'm Too Old for This': Lindsey Vonn in Nasty Crash at Final Tournament of Career
One of the hallmarks of Lindsey Vonn’s career has been the way she bounces back from major crashes time and time again. So perhaps it’s fitting that the most successful female skier of all time will enter her last race before retiring following yet another tumble into the safety netting. Vonn straddled a gate mid-air during the super-G at the...
