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  gymnastics Jul 29

  Gymnastics Scoring 101: All the Moves You Need to Know to Watch Team USA

  When Olympic gymnasts take to the mat, pommel horse or uneven bars, it can be hard to follow their superhuman spins, flips and tricks let alone figure out how the judges are scoring them. So Ashley Holt joined the talented children and coaches at American Sokol Fort Worth Gymnastics in Texas to help demonstrate the moves that the judges are......
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  Native Americans Jul 30

  This State is Giving Native American Tribes a Say in Mascots That Depict Them

  Youth organizer Ivy Pete helped Washington state pass a bill that would limit schools’ usage of Native American mascots. Schools will have to change their mascot unless they can get a local tribe involved. The bill is “not saying ‘no more representing Native American culture, no more talking about Native Americans,’ but how ...
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  food Jul 30

  How to Eat Like an Olympian

  Olympians are elite athletes, but at our core we’re not so different…. What can we learn from people who hone their body to machine-like efficiency on the way to glory?
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  mental health Jul 29

  U.S. Gymnasts Stand By Simone Biles' Decision to Withdraw – and Continue to Excel

  U.S. gymnasts are still winning medals without the marquee name Simone Biles. NBCLX Storyteller Chase Cain, who is covering the Olympic Games from Tokyo, talks about the USA gymnastics team and how athletes are winning medals while supporting and relating to the pressure Biles said she is feeling.
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  media Jul 28

  I'm Not Into Sports. So Why Am I Hooked on the Olympics?

  The Olympics, for non-sports fans like myself, is often one of the few times the adrenaline, competition and patriotic pride of these games can catch our undivided attention. And it seems there might be a reason for this sudden onset of athletic fandom.
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  Simone Biles Jul 28

  Simone Biles' Withdrawal From Events Reminds Us of a Key Mental Health Lesson

  “We just see an athlete and presume we know everything about them, but there’s so much more going on for all of these people. They live multidimensional, multifaceted lives like we all do,” says sports psychologist Dr. Mark Aoyagi. After withdrawing from events at the Tokyo Olympics, gymnast Simone Biles is reminding us we can be ...
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  Tokyo Olympics Jul 27

  We Don't Need Simone Biles to Play Through Pain — Physical or Mental

  After U.S. gymnast Simone Biles withdrew from a team competition, fans are expressing thanks for the spectacular performances they got to witness over the years. And it started a larger conversation about what we expect of athletes.
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  campaign finance Jul 27

  These Companies Resumed Donating to Republicans Who Opposed 2020's Election Results

  Many companies suspended political donations after the Jan. 6 riots, but have now resumed donating to Republicans who objected to election certification.
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  food Jul 27

  We Ate Ramen, KFC and Japanese McDonald's While Stuck in Quarantine

  There’s a shrimp filet sandwich, the Ebi Filet-O, only available at Japanese McDonald’s restaurants. Another chain, KFC, has a big presence in the country too…but Japanese dishes like ramen and sushi have been a big draw for journalists covering the Tokyo Olympics. NBCLX Storyteller Fernando Hurtado shows you the food of Japan that was available in...
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  Olympic fans Jul 26

  The Only Fan: Watching the Olympics From a Nearly Empty Stadium

  Holding the Olympics during a pandemic means lots of empty seats that were supposed to be filled with cheering fans. NBCLX storyteller Chase Cain takes you to Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo, where the first-ever Olympic skateboarding competition was held, to learn what it’s like to be one of the only fans in the Olympic stands — and how......
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  asmr Jul 26

  Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir Made the Olympics More Chill with ASMR

  We love Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir for being big and bold. But the NBC Sports commentators and former Olympians agreed to get really, really quiet for their first ASMR interview with NBCLX storyteller Fernando Hurtado. (And Johnny called it the strangest moment of their lives.)
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  skateboarding Jul 27

  4 Things I Was Doing at Age 13 That Weren't Winning a Gold Medal in Skateboarding

  It wasn’t too long ago that skateboarding was often framed as dangerous, or even criminal, to the point that “Skateboarding Is Not a Crime” appeared on T-shirts and stickers. But it seems like the world might finally be coming around: the Tokyo Olympics is the first-ever Olympic Games with skateboarding events, which have lit up t...