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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…

AP — Colin Duffy, 17, of Colorado qualified third in sport climbing’s Olympic debut Tuesday and will go on to the finals. The teen calls Broomfield home. He is the youngest climber in the field at 17 and will joined in the finals by eighth-place teammate Nathaniel Coleman. Image Courtesy: AP

American artistic gymnast Laurie Hernandez joins TODAY in Tokyo to talk about Jade Carey’s gold medal win in floor exercise Monday: “She did such a wonderful routine.” She also talks Biles’ decision to compete on balance beam Tuesday after withdrawing from previous events. “It is a huge accomplishment for her to be able to compete…

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!

Just how many shoes — and frocks and skirts and tuxedo jackets — did Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir bring with them to Tokyo for the Summer Games? Wonder no more: The pair of Olympic figure skaters, who are returning as NBC commentators, brought their followers to Tokyo in a pair of room tours shared on social media. Read more in People or…