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Anthony Nesty is first Black US head swim coach at Olympics

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Simone Biles clinches spot on US world gymnastics championships team

Biles earned the first of six Team USA roster spots for the world championships.
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Simone Biles shares her plans for 2024 Paris Olympics

After a two-year break from competition, Biles has roared back to the top of the field but had previously been reluctant to talk about next summer's Olympics.
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Simone Biles makes history with 8th US Gymnastics title

Biles served notice that even after a two-year break following the Tokyo Olympics, in gymnastics there is the GOAT and there is everyone else.
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USA Gymnastics wants to build a centralized training center for all disciplines by the 2028 Olympics

The national camps for the programs are currently scattered across the country, which officials say isn't optimal for athletes and their coaches.
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Paris' test for Olympic swimming in the Seine canceled due to poor water quality

France’s capital city is spending massively on water-management projects that officials say will make pollution caused by storms less frequent.
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Here's what you need to know about the 2024 Olympic Games, which start in exactly 1 year

Here's what to expect from the Games, including a complicated and novel opening ceremony.
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Olympics 2024: Biles, Ledecky, McLaughlin-Levrone look for encores in Paris

The Olympic festivities begin one year from Wednesday.
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For the first time in the Olympics, men will compete in artistic swimming

This is not the synchronized swimming that your parents or grandparents watched.
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Gabby Douglas, history-making Olympian, announces return to gymnastics

The now 27-year-old was the first Black woman to win the Olympic all-around gymnastics title.
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Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins human rights case but testosterone rules may remain for years

The two-time Olympic champion's success came with a major caveat.
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Simone Biles sets return to gymnastics competition

Biles has taken most of the last two years off after making headlines at the Tokyo Olympics when she removed herself from several events to focus on mental health.