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Poage, George Coleman (1880–1962)
George Poage ran track in the 1904 Olympic games and was the first African American to ever win an Olympic medal. Poage was born in Hannibal, Missouri on November 6, 1880, but spent most of his childhood growing up in La Crosse, Wisconsin. As a teen, he excelled both in academics and
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WATCH | 'It hasn't sunk in yet' - SA's golden girl Tatjana Schoenmaker back on home soil | News24
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Simone Biles makes history with Yurchenko double pike vault in return to competition at U.S. Classic news -The Black Chronicle
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Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Torch Lit in Honor of Rafer Johnson - Los Angeles Sentinel
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Namibia: National Treasures! ... Mboma Wins Silver As Namibian Teens Stun the World
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Uganda: Tokyo Olympics - Musagala Bids to Give It All
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Santos, Rosângela Cristina Oliveira (1990- )
Rosângela Cristina Oliveira Santos is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Brazil, specialising in the 100 and 200 meter sprints. Born to Brazilian parents in Washington D.C., on December 20, 1990, she contracted pneumonia as a baby and was one year old when her parents
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Sha'Carri Richardson Suspended From U.S. Olympic Team After Testing Positive for Marijuana | Dallas Weekly
Richardson had booked her spot at the Tokyo Olympics with a runaway victory in the women's 100m at the US Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Oregon last month. Due to the positive test, her Olympic trials results were automatically disqualified and she will not be allowed to participate in
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Abrams qualifies for women’s 400m semifinals - Stabroek News
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Roy Wood Jr. Congratulates All Olympic Athletes, With A Notable Exception
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2016 Gold Medal Swimmer Simone Manuel Will Be Heading to the Tokyo Olympics After Revealing She Was Diagnosed with Overtraining Syndrome
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Tommie Smith speaks on 'With Drawn Arms,' today's activist athletes
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Kenya: Janeth Jepkosgei - I Wanted to Be a Nurse
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1959
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Kenyatta Hands Over Flag to Team Kenya
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Carlos, US athletes take stand to end Olympic protest rule - Los Angeles Sentinel
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