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Olympics-Gymnastics-Belgium’s Derwael: From 2-year-old tumbler to top of the world
By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - When Belgium's Nina Derwael was two, her parents took her to a gymnastics class. The gym's policy was children could only start at three, but after her first class the...
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Olympics-Athletics-Italy’s Jacobs takes stunning 100 metres gold
By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) - Lamont Marcell Jacobs claimed a stunning upset victory in the Olympic 100 metres final on Sunday, becoming the first Italian to take the most coveted title in athle...
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Olympics-Belarusian sprinter says she is asking IOC for help
TOKYO (Reuters) - Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Sunday to get involved in her case after saying she had been removed from the natio...
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Fauci predicts U.S. will not return to lockdowns despite Delta variant risks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday told ABC News he does not expect the United States will be returning to lockdowns, despite the growing ri...
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Gymnastics-Skinner delays departure from Tokyo to win silver
By Gabrielle Ttrault-Farber and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Mykayla Skinner had been expecting to get on a plane to go back to the United States when she was suddenly told that she would be taking S...
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Olympics-Table Tennis-China eye ‘highest honour’ as women’s team advance to quarter-finals
By Eimi Yamamitsu TOKYO (Reuters) - The Chinese women's table tennis trio of Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu beat Austria's Liu Jia, Liu Yuan and Sofia Polcanova 3-0 in the round of 16 team even...
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Olympics-Athletics-Qatar’s Barshim, Italian Tamberi share men’s high jump gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim added a coveted Olympic gold to his list of accolades in the men's high jump in Tokyo on Sunday, but he had to share the medal with Gianmarco Tamberi of It...
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Olympics-Athletics-Italian Jacobs wins men’s 100m gold at Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO (Reuters) - Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy won the men's 100 metres gold at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. Fred Kerley of United States won the silver while Andre de Grasse of Canada took the bro...
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Russian cosmonauts give video tour of module that jolted space station
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian cosmonauts have given a video tour of the interior of a research module which briefly threw the International Space Station out of control on Thursday a few hours after dock...
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Olympics-Weightlifting-Ecuador’s Barrera wins gold in women’s 76 kg event
TOKYO (Reuters) -Ecuador's Neisi Patricia Dajomes Barrera won gold medal in the women's 76 kg weightlifting at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, while United States' Katherine Nye won silver. Dajomes Barr...
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