Palau Swimming Association is excited to announce the start of the next session of swim lessons, kicking off on Tuesday, August 16th. Lessons will run for a total of seven weeks and will be held every Tuesday and Thursday, from 3pm to 5pm at the National Pool in Meyuns. [restrict] The program is directed by […]
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Katie Ledecky continues to crush the Olympics, so what’s next?
RIO DE JANEIRO – Wednesday night, they hung another gold medal around Katie Ledecky’s neck. Now it’s back to business. In a preliminary heat Thursday and the final Friday, Katie Ledecky will finish grinding the world to dust. She will defend her 800-meter freestyle Olympic title, winning by half a pool length, and probably take […]
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U.S. coach thinks LeBron James could be world’s best handball player
People get mad when you insist if the United States sent their best athletes — typically meaning the guys who play football on Sundays in the fall or play above the rim in the NBA — then the U.S. could dominate any sport[.{restrict] Fans of those “other” sports take it as an insult to their […]
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The story of how Michael Phelps and ‘the best turn ever done’ made Olympic magic
RIO DE JANEIRO – Immersed in deafening Brazilian bedlam and trying to summon a dormant brilliance, Michael Phelps stood on the starting block and experienced a percussive adrenaline surge. “When I was on the block I thought my heart was going to explode out of my chest,” Phelps said. “I was so hyped tonight, so […]
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Why Croatia – and the Sixers – have high hopes for Dario Saric
RIO DE JANEIRO — Two seconds is barely enough time to blink twice, but it is enough to deliver something eye-popping. The first 39 minutes, 58 seconds of Dario Saric’s Olympic debut were underwhelming to put it mildly. Instead of spectacular, he was barely solid. Anyone unaware of his draft position or the enthusiastic two-year […]
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Vietnamese rejoice at first Olympic gold
Vietnamese rejoiced Sunday after their country won its first ever Olympic gold medal, a victory made all the more sweeter by the fact that regional rival China was beaten along the way. Hoang Xuan Vinh, a 41-year-old a serving army colonel who first learned to shoot with AK47 rifles, made history in Rio overnight when […]