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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 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 …

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 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 Rebecca Harris | @MsRebeccaHarris RIO DE JANEIRO — The U.S. women’s fencing contingent found a reason to celebrate as the women’s saber team won the bronze medal, beating Italy 45-30 and matching the 2008 bronze-medal finish in Beijing. The team saber event was not included in London. The group included the most-decorated U.S. fencer …

By Malcolm Moran, Frank Gogola and Rebecca Harris | @malcolm_moran, @FrankGogola and @MsRebeccaHarris Sports Capital Journalism Program RIO DE JANEIRO – The Olympic Aquatics Stadium was emptying, and the video board above the pool was showing the time of day: 23:59:00…10…30…50…58…59… The digits all turned to zero, the new day had begun, and all I …

By Rebecca Harris | @MsRebeccaHarris RIO DE JANEIRO — On July 30, Rajeev Ram was sitting at home in Carmel, Ind., wondering how he would spend the rest of his summer. Then he got a call that changed his August plans, as he found out he would be sent to the 2016 Rio Games after all …

By Rebecca Harris | @MsRebeccaHarris RIO DE JANEIRO — Eight years after the last time an American stood on the podium for men’s boxing, first-time Olympian Nico Hernandez will receive the bronze medal in the men’s light flyweight event, ending the sport’s drought at the Olympics. Deontay Wilder won a bronze in Beijing in the …

By Rebecca Harris | @MsRebeccaHarris RIO DE JANEIRO — As he was being chased down, nearly tripping off of the strip entirely, American saber fencer Daryl Homer somehow snuck his blade into German fencer Matyas Szabo’s ribs for a point during his quarterfinal bout. The point was heralded with chants of “U-S-A” from the audience, …