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“What I love about my experience is that I’m able to encourage other youth to pursue their dreams, to not let other people dictate their journey for them.” Dalilah Muhammad, USA, athletics: Gold Dalilah Muhammad, 26, won gold in the women's 400m hurdles on day 13 of the Rio Olympics. She has…

Ezra Shaw / Getty Images Nine Australian Olympic athletes were detained and later fined by Brazilian police Friday night for altering their credentials in order to gain entry into a men’s basketball semifinal game between their home country and Serbia. The athletes— who represented Australia in …

Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin just made history. Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin has made history by becoming the first Iranian woman to ever win an Olympic medal. Laurence Griffiths / Getty Images The 18-year-old took home bronze when she bested Sweden's Nikita Glasnovic in the Women's 57 kilogram T…

“Yeah, not the photo I’ll be sending into Jumping Clinic.” As we have established, equestrian sports take an incredible amount of skill . Alexander Hassenstein / Getty Images But even when you're riding at an Olympic level, things don't always go as planned. Philippe Lopez / AFP / Get…

Pull up a chair. August 14, 1:47 a.m. ET: US swimmers Ryan Lochte, Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger, and Jimmy Feigen arrive at an Olympic party at France House in Rio, Brazil. Alexandre Aragão / BuzzFeed News / Via video-cdn.buzzfeed.com . Alexandre Aragão / BuzzFeed News / Via video-cdn.buzzfeed.co…

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