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Do Water Polo Players Ever Touch the Bottom of the Pool?
Water polo is just one of several water-based sports featured at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The soccer-esque sport requires athletes…
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Why Do Olympic Divers Shower After Every Dive?
As much as everyone loves watching Olympic diving, some may never understand why athletes scurry off to the showers and…
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How Wide Is the Balance Beam at the Olympics? Here’s the Rundown
If Olympic-level gymnastics wasn’t impressive enough already, wait until you learn how narrow the balance beam really is. When you…
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Why Do Divers Need Wrist Guards?
If you already thought diving was super impressive, learning the reason that Olympic divers wear wrist guards might make you…
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Olympic Diving Is Even More Impressive When You Learn How Deep the Pool Is
As a former competitive swimmer, I live for the Summer Olympics. While I could probably recite the medal counts of…
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The USWNT Is No Stranger to Olympic Medals. Here’s How Many They’ve Won So Far.
After a surprisingly early elimination at the 2023 Women’s World Cup, the US women’s national soccer team (USWNT) came to…
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Ilona Maher’s Olympic TikTok Content Includes Fit Checks and Cardboard Beds
It’s Season 2 of Ilona Maher’s viral Olympic TikToks, and this batch of videos is even better than the last.…
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Simone Biles’s Difficulty Scores Help Explain Why She’s Practically Unbeatable
When it comes to elite gymnastics, the days of the famed “perfect 10” are long gone. Today, gymnastics is scored…
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What to Know About the Scoring in Gymnastics, Because Yeah, It’s Complicated
If you only watch gymnastics when there’s a major title on the line, you may not be well-versed in the…
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How is Skateboarding Scored in the Olympics?
After the sport’s Olympics debut in Tokyo four years ago, skateboarding has returned for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.…
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