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‘All I Ever Wanted to Be Is Myself.’ Laurel Hubbard Says She’s Looking Forward to Privacy After Making Olympic History
Hubbard never sought the attention that came with becoming the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Olympics
Testosterone Regulations in Track and Field Are an Issue at the Olympics Again. Here’s What to Know
They are the same rules that have sidelined two-time Olympic 800-meter champion Caster Semenya
Political Pin Badges? IOC ‘Looking Into’ a Chairman Mao Cameo at Tokyo Games
(TOKYO) — The image of Communist China’s founding leader, Mao Zedong, made an unscheduled appearance at the Tokyo Olympics, and the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday it is “looking into the matter.” The gesture—Mao pin badges worn by two Chinese gold medalists at their medal ceremony—risks being judged a breach of Olympic Charter Rule 50,…
El Paso Marks Second Anniversary of Walmart Mass Shooting With ‘Healing Garden’
(EL PASO, Texas) — Officials in the border city of El Paso will unveil a garden Tuesday that is meant to bring healing two years after a gunman targeting Latinos opened fire at a Walmart, killing 23 people in an attack that stunned the U.S. and Mexico. Much like the first anniversary of the shooting,…
Investigation Finds New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Sexually Harassed Multiple Women
The nearly five-month investigation found that the Cuomo administration was a “hostile work environment” and that it was “rife with fear and intimidation”
COVID-19 Delta Variant Reaches Wuhan as China Battles Widest Outbreak Since Disease Emerged in 2019
The Delta variant has broken through China's COVID-19 defenses, which are some of the strictest in the world, and reached nearly half of China’s 32 provinces in just two weeks.
Sen. Lindsey Graham Praises COVID-19 Vaccine, Despite Testing Positive From Breakthrough Infection
The senator said he is “very glad” he received the vaccine, without which his current symptoms would be “far worse”
Norway’s Warholm Smashes His Own World Record to Win 400-m Hurdles Gold Medal
Karsten Warholm of Norway obliterated his own world record in the Olympic 400-meter hurdles Tuesday, finishing in 45.94 to break the old mark by .76.
Belarus Olympian Plans to Seek Asylum in Poland, Activists Say
The athlete alleged that her team’s officials tried to force her to fly home, where she feared she wouldn’t be safe from an autocratic government
Trans Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard Makes History at Tokyo Olympics
(TOKYO) — Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard finally got to compete at the Tokyo Olympics. It didn’t last long, but it was significant. Hubbard couldn’t complete any of her first three lifts on Monday night, ruling her out of medal contention in the women’s over-87-kilogram division that ultimately was won by China’s Li Wenwen. Hubbard made…
Simone Biles Will Return to Tokyo Olympics Competition for Balance Beam Finals
Biles qualified for all five individual event finals but took herself out of four of them: the all-around, vault, floor exercise and uneven bars.
Both in First in Olympic High Jump, These Two Friends Chose to Share the Gold Medal Instead of Going to a Tie-Breaker
Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Barshim of Qatar agreed to the tie Sunday at the Tokyo Games in a competition settled not by clearing the top height but through a subtle nod.