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June 28, 2025

2020 Summer Olympics

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Holly Springs diver will get two shots at medals in Tokyo

July 27, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Holly Springs High School has a rooting interest in this year’s Summer Olympics. Andrew Capobianco, a 2017 graduate of the school, will compete in two diving events and represent the United States at […]

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Biles exits with injury, US gymnasts finish 2nd in team competition

July 27, 2021 Cory Lavalette

TOKYO — Simone Biles came to Tokyo as the star of the U.S. Olympic movement and perhaps the Games themselves. It all came to a stunning halt in the women’s gymnastics final on Tuesday night […]

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Tokyo Olympics Day 2: Brown is the new bronze

July 25, 2021 Brett Friedlander

The United States had yet to win a medal at the Toyko Olympics when Charlotte native Erika Brown dove into the pool for the leadoff leg of the 4×100 meter relay Saturday night. By the […]

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Military strikes: Fayetteville’s Naomi Graham boxes way to Olympics

July 14, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Not all athletes are role models, and as Charles Barkley famously pointed out in a controversial 1993 Nike commercial, not all want to be. Naomi Graham is one who does. A staff sergeant in the […]

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Magnificent 7: NC track stars headed to Tokyo

June 30, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Most Olympic athletes had to wait an extra year to make the trip to Tokyo because of the coronavirus pandemic that led to the postponement of the 2020 Games. Keni Harrison had to wait five. […]

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Dream comes true: NC high school swimmer Claire Curzan headed to Tokyo

June 23, 2021 Brett Friedlander

Some kids dress up as superheroes for Halloween. Others wear costumes to look like ballerinas or princesses. When Claire Curzan was younger, she wanted to go trick-or-treating as an Olympic swimmer. “I remember going through […]

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USA Basketball sets plan for Olympic camps in Las Vegas

June 10, 2021 Tim Reynolds, Associated Press

For USA Basketball, the last stop before the Tokyo Olympics will be Las Vegas. The men’s and women’s national teams will hold training camps in Las Vegas in July, they announced Thursday, and they’ll be […]

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IOC VP: Tokyo Olympics go ahead even if state of emergency

May 22, 2021 Stephen Wade and Yuri Kageyama, Associated Press

TOKYO — The IOC vice president in charge of the postponed Tokyo Olympics said Friday the games would open in just over two months even if the city and other parts of Japan were under […]

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Crystal Dunn’s play on pitch brings weight to actions off it

October 21, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Unless it’s the Olympics or a World Cup, women’s soccer rarely rates more than a blip on the radar of most American sports fans. So when the National Women’s Soccer League had the nation’s attention […]

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NC’s Olympians will wait a year for Tokyo Games

April 1, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Imagine competing in a long-distance race and just as you get within sight of your ultimate goal, the finish line gets moved far off into the distance. Ashley Twichell doesn’t have to imagine: It’s happening […]

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