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.
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ZENDAYA &TOM READY TO MAKE THINGS LEGIT
WEDDING bells are going to be ringing in the very near future for Zendaya and Tom Holland, insiders spill!
THE LOONY & THE TIGER!
Gal jumps zoo fence to pet 900-Ib. cat
SELENA'S LONG ROAD BACK TO THE TOP
How pop queen beat heartbreak & deadly disease
TRAGIC CAITLYN'S HUNCHBACK HELL!
Battling bone problems and living in pain
GEEZERS GO TO WAR
Tom Jones and rival Engelbert trade potshots
TARANTINO PULPS SHOOTER BALDWIN
PERSNICKETY Pulp Fiction director Quentin Tarantino trashed bigmouth Alec Baldwin — saying the movie cowboy bears some of the blame for the fatal on-set shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins!
ARNOLD OBSESSED WITH GOING BALD!
Fixated on his hairline
PANICKED HUNTER SHOOTS SELF DURING BEAR ATTACK
Lucky to be alive after Alaska ordeal
NAZI DEATH CAMP SECRETARY CAN'T CHEAT JUSTICE!
Court upholds 99-year-old’s conviction as mass murder accomplice
SOFÍA TRYING HYPNOSIS TO ERASE JOE
Haunted hy their bitter breakup