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Road to Rio: Vashti Cunningham leaps towards gold

27 July 2016
Vashti Cunningham is a recent high school graduate and like many 18-year-olds, she has big things on the horizon. Cunningham finished second at the Olympic trials in the high jump and will get to compete on the…
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Road to Rio: Kyrie Irving aims to add gold to NBA title

25 July 2016
Fresh off an NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Kyrie Irving will head to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games with thoughts of adding Olympic gold to his list of career achievements. Team USA’s journey begins on August 6th against China – the first of five preliminary games you can hear on…
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Road to Rio: Tamika Catchings shoots for another gold

21 July 2016
  At 37 years old, Tamika Catchings will become the oldest player in Team USA’s Olympic basketball history when she suits up in Rio. Catchings joined the squad in 2002 and the U.S. is 50-1 in major international competitions since. In the latest installment of Road to Rio, Catchings talks about…
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Road to Rio: Mariel Zagunis’s Olympic journey

20 July 2016
Mariel Zagunis gave the United States its first gold medal in fencing in 100 years when she topped the podium in Athens back in 2004. Now she’s the most decorated fencer in American history. In the latest installment of Road to Rio, Zagunis recounts her journey to becoming an Olympian and following in…
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Road to Rio: U.S. women go for back-to-back water polo golds

18 July 2016
It’s amazing the difference four years can make. After a heartbreaking loss in the gold medal game in Beijing, the U.S. women’s water polo team captured gold in London in 2012. In the latest installment of Road to Rio, team captain Maggie Steffens talks about what inspired her to become an…
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Road to Rio: Venus and Serena going for another gold in doubles

16 July 2016
The Williams sisters have dominated the women’s tennis tour for more than a decade and they’ve been no slouches on the Olympic stage either. Venus and Serena have each won Olympic gold in singles – and they’ve won three of the past four gold medals in women’s doubles. They’ll head to…
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Road to Rio: Carli Lloyd and Team USA going for fourth straight gold

14 July 2016
The U.S. women’s soccer team is no stranger to success, capturing the last three Olympic gold medals and captivating the nation last summer with their triumph in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada. They’ll try to do it again in Rio next month. In the latest installment of Road to…
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