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Les Carpenter

Les Carpenter

Sports Writer and Olympics Reporter at The Washington Post

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  • English
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  • Olympics

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Recent Articles

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Breaking makes its Olympic debut in 2024. Here’s how it works.

Breaking is the only new sport at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, raising curiosity about how breakdancing will look as a competitive event.
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U.S. women’s water polo dynasty ends with semifinal loss to Australia

The Americans won’t claim a fourth straight gold medal after falling short in a shootout.
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‘Too much pink’: The color that has come to dominate the Paris Olym...

From signage to lanyards to bike lanes, the hue is everywhere at the Summer Games, and some like it more than others.
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Imane Khelif wins Olympic boxing gold amid online furor over gender

Khelif, a female fighter from Algeria, was the target of online hate after a Russia-linked boxing organization claimed she previously failed a “gender eligibility” test.
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Beats, moves and hearts break at the conclusion of Olympics debut

Met with derision in some corners, Olympic breaking was serious competition to competitors, some of whom took losses to heart.
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Sifan Hassan completes three-medal Olympics with marathon gold

It took a final-stretch sprint, but Dutch distance runner Hassan got what she came for: a third medal.
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Will Russia’s Olympic ban lift in time for Alex Ovechkin to play in...

NHL players will return to the Winter Games in Milan-Cortina, but the man chasing the league’s goals record might not have a team to play for.
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In escalating anti-doping feud, U.S. withholds annual WADA contribu...

A war of words that has gone on for months became more substantive when the United States did not make its $3.6 million payment before a Dec. 31 deadline.
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Christian Pulisic and AC Milan fans are becoming an Italian love story

U.S. investors and the star midfielder are giving Italy’s Serie A a once-unthinkable American accent.
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Telling it like it was in ‘September 5’ meant sidelining Howard Cosell

ABC Sports on-air talent wasn’t top of mind in making this big-screen drama about the 1972 Munich Olympics. That was especially true of Cosell.
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Alex Ovechkin’s 2026 Olympic hopes dim as IIHF extends Russian ban

The ban, a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, means it’s decreasingly likely the Capitals star will get to play in the Milan-Cortina Games.