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By Rebecca Harris | @MsRebeccaHarris RIO DE JANEIRO — Life has been somewhat of a waiting game for Jackie Galloway, newly-minted Olympic bronze medalist, at least when it comes to taekwondo. She was named an alternate to Mexico’s Olympic team for the London Games as she carries dual citizenship. She waited to be called up, …

By Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola RIO DE JANEIRO — Boxer Shakur Stevenson was hoping to win a gold medal in men’s bantamweight (56 kg.), but his silver marks the best finish by a U.S. men’s boxer since Andre Ward won gold at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. The first-time Olympian won the silver medal when …

By Rebecca Harris | @MsRebeccaHarris RIO DE JANEIRO — With five world championship titles, two Olympic golds and one bronze to his name, it would be understandable to wonder what Steven Lopez had left to prove in the world of taekwondo. It’s this: an ankle injury before the London Games in 2012 kept Lopez off …

By Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola RIO DE JANEIRO – The end is in sight for U.S. men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, and it could be golden. Krzyzewski will coach his final game as the head coach of USA Basketball in the gold-medal game against Serbia at 3:45 p.m. Sunday at Carioca Arena 1 in Barra’s …

The reprieve came on Wednesday afternoon. I was still scheduled to be on volleyball duty the next day (Team USA’s women were playing Italy in the semifinals). But instead of a 10:15 p.m. start time, they were put into the 1 p.m. slot, meaning that I would actually be able to sleep Thursday night. So …

By Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola RIO DE JANEIRO — Ryan Crouser had seen the throw thousands of times. The exact number escapes him, but the image of the throw is imprinted in his memory. The throw is East German Ulf Timmermann’s record shot put toss of 22.47 meters on Sept. 23, 1988, four years before …

By Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola RIO DE JANEIRO — Dalilah Muhammad won the gold medal and Ashley Spencer took bronze in the women’s 400-meter hurdles on Thursday at Olympic Stadium. Both are first-time Olympians. Their double-medal performance came one night after the U.S. swept the podium in the women’s 100-meter hurdles. Muhammad ran a time of …

By Rebecca Harris | @MsRebeccaHarris RIO DE JANEIRO — Indiana University student Jessica Parratto fell short of her goal of standing on the podium in Rio, finishing in 10th in the women’s 10-meter diving final with a score of 334.60, but she has come a long way since she first started diving. “I only had springboard …

By Rebecca Harris | @MsRebeccaHarris RIO DE JANEIRO — In 2000, women’s water polo was added to the Olympic program. The U.S. team won silver. At Athens in 2004, bronze. At Beijing in 2008, silver again. And finally, at London in 2012, the gold, standing at the top of the podium at last. The U.S. …

By Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola Sports Capital Journalism Program RIO DE JANEIRO – Even though Olympic basketball games are eight minutes shorter than the NBA, Paul George feels the U.S. men’s team has struggled to put together a complete-game effort. The U.S. (5-0) finished group play with the only unblemished record, but the games have …