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American Weightlifter Kate Nye Wins Silver Medal — She’s Only Been Lifting For 5 Years!
Article by Jenny Sugar of Popsugar Image Source: Getty / LUIS ACOSTA American weightlifter Kate Nye won another silver medal for Team USA on Sunday. If you’re unfamiliar with how weightlifting is scored, to determine the winner in the competition, the heaviest successful lifts in both the snatch and clean-and-jerk are combined. Nye set a personal best for the…
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Kate Nye takes home Silver in Women’s 76kg Weightlifting!
Nye is just the fourth American woman to medal in the sport at the Olympic Games, joining 2000 gold medalist Tara Nott and bronze medalists Cheryl Haworth in 2000 and Sarah Robles in 2016. Read more about her story here!
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Now an Olympian, Alec Yoder silencing critics.
IndyStar During a bumpy, painful and costly trek to the Tokyo Olympics, Alec Yoder heard many voices. He listened to one. It was his coach, Gene Watson. Not critics who hate Yoder’s celebratory outbursts, skeptics who call him a choker or USA Gymnastics leaders who omit him from national teams. Instead, he said, Watson’s voice is…
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Analytical mind pushes Colin Duffy to Olympic heights
AP Climbing takes stamina and strength, from fingers to toes and everything in between. The physical side is only half of the equation. Solving a rock wall also requires mental acuity, an ability to identify the best route not only to the top, but prevent getting stuck. Colin Duffy’s mind is a perfect fit. Mathematically…
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