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By Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola RIO DE JANEIRO – Molly Huddle broke an eight-year-old American record in the 10,000-meter as she finished sixth on Friday at Olympic Stadium. Huddle credited the weather – cool with intermittent rain, ideal for running – in helping her set the new American record at 30:13.17. Huddle’s time was 9.05 …

By Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola Sports Capital Journalism Program RIO DE JANEIRO – I had been waiting for the Olympic Games to start. I attended the Opening Ceremony and saw interim Brazil interim president Michel Temer declare the first Olympic Games in South America open. I saw spectators flock into the Olympic Park and watched …

By Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola RIO DE JANEIRO – Josh Prenot couldn’t tell where he was in the water in relation to the other seven swimmers. He saw glimpses of the other racers, but that meant nothing to him. So, not long after making the turn at the 100-meter wall, he started sprinting. An 80-meter …

By Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola Sports Capital Journalism Program RIO DE JANEIRO – Shooter Fehaid Al-Deehani had to stop himself from crying. He was standing on top of the podium, gold medal around his neck. He should have been the happiest person Wednesday at the Olympic Shooting Center. But he had to hold back his …

By Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola Glenn Eller is excited to be representing the United States on multiple fronts during the Olympic Games. Eller will be a face of Team USA when he shoots in the double trap on Aug. 10 at the Olympic Shooting Centre in Deodoro. The Sgt. First Class will also be a …

By Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola RIO DE JANEIRO – Olympic boxer Gary Russell already knows what he’s going to do with his light welterweight gold medal if he wins it: he’s going to dedicate it to Muhammad Ali. Ali was many things to many people. He was a boxer, an activist, a humanitarian and much …

By Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola Two Team USA judokas will have a special guest, dear friend and distinguished coach in attendance as they seek gold medals in Rio. Yoshihiro Uchida coached Olympic qualifiers Marti Malloy and Colton Brown at San Jose State University. The 96-year-old coach plans to be in attendance for their matches in …

By Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola Sports Capital Journalism Program RIO DE JANEIRO – Adam Krikorian gathered his women’s water polo team Thursday morning in the Olympic Village. He shared with the team the news he had learned the previous night: Blake Krikorian, one of his two older brothers, had died unexpectedly at the age of …

By Frank Gogola | @FrankGogola RIO DE JANEIRO – There will be no encore for Lexi Laird. The former IUPUI swimmer failed to advance past the 100-meter backstroke heats Sunday at the Olympic Games. She spent 63 seconds in the pool in her first and what will be her only Olympic appearance. She plans to compete through the end …

RIO DE JANEIRO – After I sat down in my second-row seat in the upper deck of the Maracana for the Opening Ceremony, what I saw made me smile. Yes, the Opening Ceremony, with its messages of celebrating diversity, acceptance and saving the planet, was great, the last of which seemed over the top in …