IT'S time for the Paris Olympics and Team USA's dedicated athletes are outnumbered and scorned as they battle the world for the gold! This GLOBE special report reveals American competitors' secret triumphs and hidden tragedies on and off the playing field. But despite their dedication and talent, the proud patriots face an uphill battle in a rigged system favoring foreign adversaries, including the Chinese swim team, which was caught doping but still allowed to compete!
THE AGONY OF DEFEAT FIRES UP SARAH BACON
Diver Bacon is flipping out over making the U.S. Olympic team after suffering a series of injuries and washing out at the 2020 trials!
A favorite to make the 2020 team, Sarah, 27, reveals the bitter defeat “lit a fire” under her.
“I was planning on retiring after that Olympics, so it kept me diving,” she says.
The gutsy blonde had to overcome stress fractures in her back as a teen and shoulder surgery while becoming a decorated collegiate diver.
At this year’s Olympic trials, Sarah and teammate Kassidy Cook won the synchronized three-meter springboard competition to secure their trip to Paris.
“We faced a lot of obstacles over the last couple of months together, years honestly,” says Sarah. “So just coming through all of that and making my first Olympics … I don’t have any words right now for it.”
TARA DAVIS-WOODHALL LOST IN THE WEEDS
Long jump champ Davis-Woodhall made a misguided leap of faith by apparently indulging in some weed and thinking she wouldn’t get caught!
In April 2023, the U.S. national champ was stripped of her title after testing positive for THC, the psychoactive compound in pot. The sample had been taken following her victory at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships the previous February.
Tara, 25, served a one-month suspension and completed a substance abuse program.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة July 22, 2024 من Globe US.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة July 22, 2024 من Globe US.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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BURGER MURDER FUGITIVE CAUGHT AFTER 3 MONTHS ON THE LAM
A TEXAS teen girl — who has been the state’s most wanted fugitive in connection with the brutal July 7 slaying of the manager of a burger eatery — has finally been arrested three months after the fast-food fiasco!
SOFÍA BRANDED UNDATEABLE!
SOFÍA VERGARA is going back to the drawing board after parting ways with surgeon boyfriend Justin Saliman but that might be easier said than done — GLOBE has learned she’s earning a reputation for being impossible to date!
TAYLOR & TRAVIS DON'T ADD UP!
Numerologist sees trouble for power pair
BRAVE TERI GARR'S SECRET MS HELL
QUIRKY Tootsie and Young Frankenstein star Teri Garr took a sad secret with her to the grave when she died Oct. 29 at 79 after a long battle with multiple sclerosis — for years, she was afraid to tell anyone she had the dreaded disease for fear that jobs would dry up!
AGONIZING INFECTION LEAVES ADELE DEAF!
Doctors warn singer faces long road back
SEX AND THE CITY FEUD IS STILL SIMMERING!
Kim & Sarah just can't let it go
SWORDFISH KILLS SURFER GIRL!
SURFING superstar Giulia Manfrini tragically died at age 36 in a freak incident while pursuing the sport she loved — when a mammoth swordfish leaped from the water and speared her through the chest!
MARTHA'S DOING SLOW BURN OVER DOLLY COOKBOOK
Resents country queen horning in on her turf
INSANITY DIDN'T STOP FOR POWTER!
Ex-fitness powerhouse short on money & muscle
LOST CITY FOUND IN MEXICO JUNGLE
Mayan treasures buried under thick mounds of dirt
