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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AASEG has already committed to making 25% of any housing built affordable. Other requirements will be hammered out beginning in the next five years. Eventually, the group will sign an agreement with a subset of these stakeholders, legally requiring them to include certain elements in their development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s important to Bobbitt that there are a lot of voices around the bargaining table when these choices are made because, as Castlemont students have discovered, it’s not only the obvious things — affordable housing and jobs — that residents are hoping for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The No. 1 answer to Jacobson’s class survey, which asks people their top three priorities for the development, is access to food. More than 400 people want a nearby grocery store and restaurants. Survey respondents ranked a desire for commercial space and entertainment opportunities closely behind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Young people want things to do in their own community, like movie theaters, arcade — things that are fun, because East Oakland does not have a lot of that,” she told KQED. “There’s been so much disinvestment that all of the fun stuff has left. Students have to go to San Leandro or Hayward to go to the movies or the mall.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oracle Arena is great, but my kids can’t always afford tickets to go to a big concert. They can go to a movie if there was a movie theater,” she continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, housing is also a priority for many people the students surveyed, and it’s a focus of the East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy, an organization of the Oakland United Coalition that AASEG is also working with on the benefits agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The three main issues that we would like to see in the community benefits agreement that we feel would have a long-lasting impact are creating job opportunities, creating stable housing and creating an environment that’s going to be healthy for our children and our elders,” said Saabir Lockett, EBASE’s deputy director of civic engagement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other priorities that ranked high on Castlemont’s study include community resources, job opportunities, libraries, medical centers, parks and pools. Which of the priorities — including those sure to be raised by other community groups in the coming years — will rise to the top of the list is still to be decided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brianna Vega, now a senior at Castlemont High School, wants to see parks and gardens, especially near the creek that runs through the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just make it green,” said Vega, whose group project included vast outdoor spaces with shade and seating. “Put more nature into it and make it super colorful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Castlemont’s students and AASEG both plan to continue dreaming up what the project could be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s us being of the community, giving back to the community and making sure it’s done equitably, especially for those who have been historically disenfranchised in these sixth and seventh district areas that the Coliseum is a part of,” Scott said, referring to Oakland City Council districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>For fans of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-as\">Oakland A’s\u003c/a>, watching the team get ready to pack up and leave town for the last time has been one long, bitter episode.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the date for the Athletics’ final game approaches, things aren’t getting any easier for die-hards who feel the team’s management continues to pile indignity atop insult atop injury. The latest source of outrage is the team’s refusal to open all of the stadium’s available seats for its last home game on Sept. 26.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To recap: The A’s are abandoning Oakland after 57 seasons. They’ll play at least the next three years at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982386/what-the-as-temporary-move-to-sacramento-means-for-fans\">a minor league park in West Sacramento\u003c/a> as they plan to build a ballpark on the Las Vegas Strip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But before any of that happens, the A’s still have a handful of games left at the Oakland Coliseum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team announced \u003ca href=\"https://www.si.com/mlb/athletics/news/a-s-announce-final-game-at-coliseum-is-sold-out-01j4sfc0ahkn\">a few weeks ago\u003c/a> that the final game, a Thursday afternoon contest against the Texas Rangers, was sold out. But the sellout isn’t all it appears to be, as the team chose not to open the Coliseum’s so-called Mount Davis with its 8,100 seats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003138\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240818_LastBoB_GC-42_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240818_LastBoB_GC-42_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240818_LastBoB_GC-42_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240818_LastBoB_GC-42_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240818_LastBoB_GC-42_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240818_LastBoB_GC-42_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/20240818_LastBoB_GC-42_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans cheer during the final Battle of the Bay game between the A’s and the Giants at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The apparent reason is that Mount Davis, erected in the mid-1990s to accommodate the Oakland Raiders’ return from Los Angeles and colloquially named for late Raiders’ owner Al Davis, has been closed since before the pandemic and reportedly requires a significant cleanup to be fit for fans. We say “apparent” and “reportedly” because the A’s have declined to comment on the record about their decision to keep the section closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team’s public silence hasn’t stopped a group of superfans from launching a campaign to persuade A’s ownership to change its mind and throw Mount Davis open for one last game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fans Bryan Johansen, Steven Leighton and Gabriel Cullen issued an open letter with a proposal for A’s ownership: If the team agreed to open Mount Davis for the Sept. 26 game, they’d help prepare the stands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We composed an email and sent it to them and said, ‘OK, we’re going to offer you entirely free labor to clean it up before the game, after the game, and all you got to do is open it,” Johansen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/LastDiveBar/status/1829179653719986320\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johansen, co-founder of a Coliseum-themed apparel brand called Last Dive Bar and someone who is relentlessly critical of A’s owner John Fisher and president Dave Kaval, said at least 50 people have volunteered for the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s stuff that’s been just put up there like storage or trash,” Johansen said. “That stuff just needs to be moved out of the way, do a simple power washing and that’s it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11999833 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/S2A6703-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johansen concedes opening Mount Davis won’t be quite that simple. The team would need to provide ushers and security, for instance. But as an organizer of last year’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11952845/oakland-as-fans-swing-to-save-oakland-baseball\">reverse boycott \u003c/a>and other A’s fan events, he said he doesn’t feel that would be a heavy lift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One thing that’s been clear the entire time we started the whole movement and the protests and the boycotts, there’s not been one single recorded police incident ever, not a single incident of violence or vandalism,” he said. “So you don’t need many people to police the fans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johansen also acknowledges that Mount Davis wouldn’t offer the ideal fan experience. It’s likely that concession stands and even restrooms would be closed, meaning ticket holders would have to take a hike to other parts of the ballpark for their hot dogs and beer and bio-relief. It’s also impossible to see the entire ballfield from the soaring grandstand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he said that won’t matter for those hoping to say goodbye to a team they’ve loved and supported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The whole point is for as many fans as possible to see the final and last game at the Oakland Coliseum,” Johansen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the A’s haven’t responded to the volunteer offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Then, when the team failed to win all it wanted in tax incentives and other concessions from the city and Alameda County, it engineered a move to Las Vegas. 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Haas sold the team in 1995.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We believe that a lot of the value of a team comes from the fans themselves, the energy that they produce,” Freedman said. “That’s what’s fun about the game is enjoying it with your community. Right? And so whether it’s ever been there or not, we believe this is a pathway to create a social contract between fans and their communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As is customary in crowdfunding, the Ballers are also offering a series of perks to those who invest more than the minimum. Those include early access to team merchandise at the $200 investment level, discounted tickets for those who buy $500 in shares, and invitations to attend spring training for investors who pony up $25,000 or more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SEC filing that accompanied the share offering discloses how the team has been financed to date and lays out several financial challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In joining the \u003ca href=\"https://www.pioneerleague.com/landing/index\">Pioneer League\u003c/a> last year, Freedman and Ballers co-founder Bryan Carmel needed to start two new teams so the league could maintain an even number of teams and a balanced schedule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The league’s fee for each of the new franchises — the Ballers and its sister team, the Yolo High Wheelers — was $1.75 million, according to the SEC document. The Ballers’ owners financed the Yolo franchise fee with a loan from the league at 10% interest. An $875,000 payment on that loan is due in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The filing also discloses that most of the teams’ expenses so far, including the estimated $1.6 million the Ballers paid to refurbish West Oakland’s Raimondi Park and erect a temporary stadium there, have been met with a $5 million loan from Freedman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ballers have generated lots of social media buzz in their first year, a level of enthusiasm not strongly reflected in attendance to date. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Giving the fans a direct say, even a limited one, is a direct response to the treatment Oakland A’s faithful have received at the hands of that team’s management over the last two decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, the team sought to leave Oakland before setting its sights on a new stadium on the city’s waterfront. Then, when the team failed to win all it wanted in tax incentives and other concessions from the city and Alameda County, it engineered a move to Las Vegas. After \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000643/giants-and-as-fans-gather-for-one-last-battle-of-the-bay\">finishing this season at the Oakland Coliseum\u003c/a>, the team plans to play the next three years in Sacramento in the meantime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12001182\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12001182\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/L1006014_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/L1006014_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/L1006014_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/L1006014_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/L1006014_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/L1006014_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/L1006014_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans pose for photos with Oakland Ballers players before their game in Raimondi Park in Oakland, California, on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">All the while, fans’ anger mounted — including \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11952845/oakland-as-fans-swing-to-save-oakland-baseball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an ongoing campaign\u003c/a> to shame A’s owner, John Fisher, into selling the team to interests that would keep it in the East Bay.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Freedman said he believes the A’s departure is part of a trend in which the “social contract” between pro sports teams and their fans has broken down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, for decades, major U.S. baseball, basketball, football and hockey leagues have been replete with examples of teams relocating without a thought for their fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Challenged on that point, Freedman noted Walter Haas Jr., the Levi’s heir and CEO who bought the A’s from Charlie Finley in 1980 and kept them in Oakland. Haas sold the team in 1995.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We believe that a lot of the value of a team comes from the fans themselves, the energy that they produce,” Freedman said. “That’s what’s fun about the game is enjoying it with your community. Right? And so whether it’s ever been there or not, we believe this is a pathway to create a social contract between fans and their communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As is customary in crowdfunding, the Ballers are also offering a series of perks to those who invest more than the minimum. Those include early access to team merchandise at the $200 investment level, discounted tickets for those who buy $500 in shares, and invitations to attend spring training for investors who pony up $25,000 or more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SEC filing that accompanied the share offering discloses how the team has been financed to date and lays out several financial challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In joining the \u003ca href=\"https://www.pioneerleague.com/landing/index\">Pioneer League\u003c/a> last year, Freedman and Ballers co-founder Bryan Carmel needed to start two new teams so the league could maintain an even number of teams and a balanced schedule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The league’s fee for each of the new franchises — the Ballers and its sister team, the Yolo High Wheelers — was $1.75 million, according to the SEC document. The Ballers’ owners financed the Yolo franchise fee with a loan from the league at 10% interest. An $875,000 payment on that loan is due in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The filing also discloses that most of the teams’ expenses so far, including the estimated $1.6 million the Ballers paid to refurbish West Oakland’s Raimondi Park and erect a temporary stadium there, have been met with a $5 million loan from Freedman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ballers have generated lots of social media buzz in their first year, a level of enthusiasm not strongly reflected in attendance to date. Though a just-concluded six-game homestand marked the team’s strongest attendance since \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989078/oakland-ballers-sold-out-opener-a-ray-of-light-for-city-that-still-loves-baseball\">opening night in June\u003c/a>, the team has drawn an average of 1,820 to its 4,100-seat ballpark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team currently ranks eighth among 10 Pioneer League teams that are reporting attendance this year, mostly small-town franchises in Montana, Idaho, Colorado and Utah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Baseball fans from both sides of the Bay took to the Oakland Coliseum on Sunday, hot dogs and beer in hand, to mark the end of an era for Bay Area baseball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The game was the final meeting of the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland A’s, a matchup known for decades as the “Battle of the Bay” or the “Bay Bridge Series,” before the A’s head to their temporary new home in West Sacramento next season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000672\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000672 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A fan waving a yellow towl in Oakland\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Renato Almanzor cheers for the A’s during the final Battle of the Bay game between the A’s and the Giants at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The mood was festive and friendly, with dancing, tailgating and a tinge of wistfulness from A’s fans. Some tailgating parties had mixed-family allegiances to both teams. Samantha Quiñones, Angelina Castro and Myra Martinez drove up from San José with several family members, both A’s and Giant’s fans, to grill and watch the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quiñones described the Battle of the Bay as an authentic Bay Area experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just being able to take Bart up here and hop off and get to the Coliseum,” Quiñones said. “We really do have strong roots here in Oakland. And that’s definitely gonna be something I’m really gonna miss.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000665\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000665 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A young kid stands with back to camera with an green Oakland jacket. The green of the baseball field can be seen in the background. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">JJ Ramos, 4, watches the final Battle of the Bay game between the A’s and the Giants at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A’s ownership is continuing to work on securing a new home in Las Vegas for the team, but getting a stadium built there is likely to take a few more years. A’s owner John Fisher announced in April that the team will relocate to Sacramento next season and play at the home of the minor league \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981876/oakland-as-relocate-to-sacramento-river-cats-home-stadium-for-3-seasons\">Sacramento River Cats\u003c/a> for at least three years in the meantime.[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interleague games between the A’s and Giants didn’t start until 1997, but the competition dates back to the infamous 1989 World Series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000649\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000649 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing an A's jersey and a necklace with a large A's pendant poses for the camera.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Louie Maldonado, from Tracy, wears an A’s chain necklace for the last Battle of the Bay game at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As World Series go, the one in 1989 was not a particularly grueling competition. The A’s swept the series 4-0, winning it in the minimum number of games. But when the Loma Prieta Earthquake struck just before the start of game three, the cross-bay contest was cemented in local history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Television coverage at Candlestick Park \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/P5fJdM69pbQ?si=V8GJnpHVWj10BqVc&t=129\">was already underway,\u003c/a> with ABC Sports replaying part of game two when the earthquake interrupted the feed. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/121413/inside-candlestick-park-on-the-night-the-earth-shook\">KQED’s Scott Shafer\u003c/a> recalls being there, feeling the shaking and seeing then-mayor of San Francisco, Art Agnos, flown out of the arena by helicopter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000667\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000667 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in a baseball hat smiles for the camera with a green fanny pack and jeans. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dianna Jess, 84, poses for a photo at the Oakland Coliseum during the final Battle of the Bay game on Aug. 18, 2024. Jess was at the 1989 game between the A’s and the Giants during the earthquake. She has been attending games since 1972. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Dianna Jess, 84, said she has been coming to games at the Coliseum since 1972 and has been an A’s season ticket holder for 40 years. She also remembers being at Candlestick Park when the Loma Prieta earthquake struck, “All of a sudden, it just sounded like a roar in the ballpark,” Jess recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the A’s headed to West Sacramento next season, Jess said she probably won’t go to that many games, “It’s a little bit far to travel because I don’t like to drive that much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000655\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000655 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A person takes a photo of two people posing at a baseball game.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland A’s fans pose for photo outside of the Oakland Coliseum for the last Battle of the Bay game on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Self-described A’s “superfan” Andy Ngim came to the game with 40 family members. He says he doesn’t plan on going to see the team play in West Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being a lifelong A’s fan and growing up in Oakland, it just doesn’t feel right,” Ngim said of the possibility of continuing to attend games in Sacramento or Las Vegas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000673\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000673 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A green baseball field with blue sky\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Coliseum stadium hosts the final Battle of the Bay game between the A’s and the Giants at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sunday’s game went scoreless for five innings until the A’s Miguel Andujar hit an RBI single in the 6th inning. Next inning, the Giants’ Heliot Ramos responded with a well-hit 448-foot solo home run to tie the game. The game went into extra innings tied at one run a piece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 10th, the Giants took control of the game with a 2-run homer by Jerar Encarnacion and another solo home run by Michael Conforto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A’s Max Schuemann kept the team’s hopes alive with an RBI single in the bottom of the tenth to bring the score to 4 to 2, but Giants relief pitcher Ryan Walker was able to hold the A’s to just that one run to finish the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000671\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000671 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed.jpg\" alt=\"Fans wearing green in the stands at the Oakland Coliseum.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans wave to Stomper during the final Battle of the Bay game between the A’s and the Giants at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Battle of the Bay has spanned 148 regular season games. The A’s have the winning record in that series, with 76 wins and 72 losses to the Giants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that time, fans on both sides have seen tremendous victories and outrageous losses. In a June 2005 game, the A’s dominated with a final score of 16-0. In another 2006 game, Barry Bonds hit his 714th home run, tying him with Babe Ruth for second place in the sport’s history of career home runs on Oakland’s home turf.[aside tag=\"baseball\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, the cross-bay competition was memorialized through a trophy named “The Bridge.” The 30-pound steel prize was made from part of the East Span of the old Bay Bridge, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/mlb/giants-as-raise-the-stakes-of-the-bay-bridge-series-with-the-bridge-trophy/1294754/\">NBC Sports Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Sunday’s game, both teams had held the trophy for three years each. It’s unclear if the tradition will continue after the A’s leave Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two teams will continue to face off, eventually as the San Francisco Giants versus the Las Vegas A’s, but it won’t be in Oakland, and it won’t be the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000670\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000670 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-14_qed.jpg\" alt=\"Several fans at the Oakland Coliseum.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-14_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-14_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-14_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-14_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-14_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-14_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An A’s fan takes a video during the last Battle of the Bay game between the A’s and the Giants at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Baseball fans from both sides of the Bay took to the Oakland Coliseum on Sunday, hot dogs and beer in hand, to mark the end of an era for Bay Area baseball.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The game was the final meeting of the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland A’s, a matchup known for decades as the “Battle of the Bay” or the “Bay Bridge Series,” before the A’s head to their temporary new home in West Sacramento next season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000672\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000672 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A fan waving a yellow towl in Oakland\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-38_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Renato Almanzor cheers for the A’s during the final Battle of the Bay game between the A’s and the Giants at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The mood was festive and friendly, with dancing, tailgating and a tinge of wistfulness from A’s fans. Some tailgating parties had mixed-family allegiances to both teams. Samantha Quiñones, Angelina Castro and Myra Martinez drove up from San José with several family members, both A’s and Giant’s fans, to grill and watch the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quiñones described the Battle of the Bay as an authentic Bay Area experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just being able to take Bart up here and hop off and get to the Coliseum,” Quiñones said. “We really do have strong roots here in Oakland. And that’s definitely gonna be something I’m really gonna miss.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000665\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000665 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A young kid stands with back to camera with an green Oakland jacket. The green of the baseball field can be seen in the background. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-51_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">JJ Ramos, 4, watches the final Battle of the Bay game between the A’s and the Giants at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A’s ownership is continuing to work on securing a new home in Las Vegas for the team, but getting a stadium built there is likely to take a few more years. A’s owner John Fisher announced in April that the team will relocate to Sacramento next season and play at the home of the minor league \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981876/oakland-as-relocate-to-sacramento-river-cats-home-stadium-for-3-seasons\">Sacramento River Cats\u003c/a> for at least three years in the meantime.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interleague games between the A’s and Giants didn’t start until 1997, but the competition dates back to the infamous 1989 World Series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000649\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000649 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing an A's jersey and a necklace with a large A's pendant poses for the camera.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-1_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Louie Maldonado, from Tracy, wears an A’s chain necklace for the last Battle of the Bay game at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As World Series go, the one in 1989 was not a particularly grueling competition. The A’s swept the series 4-0, winning it in the minimum number of games. But when the Loma Prieta Earthquake struck just before the start of game three, the cross-bay contest was cemented in local history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Television coverage at Candlestick Park \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/P5fJdM69pbQ?si=V8GJnpHVWj10BqVc&t=129\">was already underway,\u003c/a> with ABC Sports replaying part of game two when the earthquake interrupted the feed. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/121413/inside-candlestick-park-on-the-night-the-earth-shook\">KQED’s Scott Shafer\u003c/a> recalls being there, feeling the shaking and seeing then-mayor of San Francisco, Art Agnos, flown out of the arena by helicopter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000667\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000667 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in a baseball hat smiles for the camera with a green fanny pack and jeans. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-33_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dianna Jess, 84, poses for a photo at the Oakland Coliseum during the final Battle of the Bay game on Aug. 18, 2024. Jess was at the 1989 game between the A’s and the Giants during the earthquake. She has been attending games since 1972. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Dianna Jess, 84, said she has been coming to games at the Coliseum since 1972 and has been an A’s season ticket holder for 40 years. She also remembers being at Candlestick Park when the Loma Prieta earthquake struck, “All of a sudden, it just sounded like a roar in the ballpark,” Jess recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the A’s headed to West Sacramento next season, Jess said she probably won’t go to that many games, “It’s a little bit far to travel because I don’t like to drive that much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000655\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000655 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A person takes a photo of two people posing at a baseball game.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-2_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland A’s fans pose for photo outside of the Oakland Coliseum for the last Battle of the Bay game on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Self-described A’s “superfan” Andy Ngim came to the game with 40 family members. He says he doesn’t plan on going to see the team play in West Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being a lifelong A’s fan and growing up in Oakland, it just doesn’t feel right,” Ngim said of the possibility of continuing to attend games in Sacramento or Las Vegas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000673\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000673 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A green baseball field with blue sky\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-53_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Coliseum stadium hosts the final Battle of the Bay game between the A’s and the Giants at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sunday’s game went scoreless for five innings until the A’s Miguel Andujar hit an RBI single in the 6th inning. Next inning, the Giants’ Heliot Ramos responded with a well-hit 448-foot solo home run to tie the game. The game went into extra innings tied at one run a piece.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 10th, the Giants took control of the game with a 2-run homer by Jerar Encarnacion and another solo home run by Michael Conforto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A’s Max Schuemann kept the team’s hopes alive with an RBI single in the bottom of the tenth to bring the score to 4 to 2, but Giants relief pitcher Ryan Walker was able to hold the A’s to just that one run to finish the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000671\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12000671 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed.jpg\" alt=\"Fans wearing green in the stands at the Oakland Coliseum.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/20240818_LastBoB_GC-47_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans wave to Stomper during the final Battle of the Bay game between the A’s and the Giants at the Oakland Coliseum on Aug. 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Battle of the Bay has spanned 148 regular season games. The A’s have the winning record in that series, with 76 wins and 72 losses to the Giants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that time, fans on both sides have seen tremendous victories and outrageous losses. In a June 2005 game, the A’s dominated with a final score of 16-0. In another 2006 game, Barry Bonds hit his 714th home run, tying him with Babe Ruth for second place in the sport’s history of career home runs on Oakland’s home turf.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Southern California is typically known as the hub that cultivates top-notch water polo players, many of whom go on to compete in the Olympics, but the Bay Area has gradually developed its own network of talent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I first started, there was one team in all of Marin County, but all the water polo players that really loved the sport converged on this one club, Sleepy Hollow SHAQ, and that made it a hotbed in the area,” said Dylan Woodhead of San Anselmo, an athlete on the U.S. men’s water polo team competing at Summer Games in Paris, which kick off on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said this small community in Marin inspired him to love the sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That made the sport so much more exciting, to be around coaches that are good role models and friends that I really enjoy being around. And that helped me just dive headfirst into the sport,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the U.S., water polo is a relatively niche sport. According to USA Water Polo, the nonprofit federation that promotes the sport and selects the U.S. Olympic team, there are more than 50,000 affiliated members and 500 clubs nationwide. That number is dwarfed by other American sports, like baseball, which has more than 15 million amateur players across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the small footprint, water polo dominates in California. This year, all but 3 of the 26 players on the U.S. men’s and women’s Olympic teams are from the state. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncsasports.org/mens-water-polo/colleges\">Three-quarters\u003c/a> of all high school players in the country live in California, according to Next College Student Athlete, a college athlete recruiting company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s definitely a California team. The state will have its stamp on the team culture for sure,” said Woodhead, whose position on the U.S. men’s team is attacker. “The Southern California guys definitely talk about traffic more than anyone else I’ve ever met.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997462\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997462\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Multiple people sit with their feet in the water at a pool.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-scaled.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/IMG_4977-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Athletes on the UC Berkeley Men’s water polo team rest during practice on July 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jenna Flynn, a Stanford sophomore who grew up in San José, attributes her success in making the Olympic team to the small scene for the sport in her hometown. She said there, she found a supportive community where she could hone her skills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that that’s something that we have over Southern California water polo,” said Flynn, a 20-year-old attacker on Team USA. “It’s an amazing opportunity to feel like I am a representative of NorCal water polo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. women’s team is considered a top contender for a gold medal this year. They have won the gold medal in the past three Olympics and appear to be in good form after winning a gold medal at the World Aquatics Championships in Qatar this year. Flynn scored 11 goals in the competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last time the U.S. men’s team won medals was in the 2008 Olympics, earning silver. This summer, the team to beat is Serbia, which has won the gold medal in the past two Olympics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the small following for water polo, the sport got a pop culture moment earlier this month. Rapper Flavor Flav from the group Public Enemy dropped by the women’s team’s practice and dove into the pool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was just like, ‘I’m gonna get in with you guys and see how hard this is!’” Flynn recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flav announced that he had signed a five-year sponsorship deal with the U.S. men’s and women’s senior national team and agreed to be the teams’ official hype man. 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Rapper Flavor Flav from the group Public Enemy dropped by the women’s team’s practice and dove into the pool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was just like, ‘I’m gonna get in with you guys and see how hard this is!’” Flynn recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flav announced that he had signed a five-year sponsorship deal with the U.S. men’s and women’s senior national team and agreed to be the teams’ official hype man. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ci>Update: On Sunday (Aug. 4), France beat the U.S. to earn the bronze medal in the men’s team foil. Stanford alum Alexander Massialas of San Francisco competed in that event. Massialas was also previously defeated in the round of 16 in the individual men’s foil.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C8sWmlLJkDj/?img_index=1\">Alexander Massialas\u003c/a>, a three-time Olympic fencer from San Francisco competing in Paris this summer, is used to intense training. He has experienced nearly every possible scenario on the fencing strip. But in 2021, on his way to the Summer Games in Tokyo, he hit a snag — the dread of any top athlete who has worked for years to reach this competitive summit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On the flight over to Tokyo, we were required to take a COVID test before getting on the plane, as well as taking one after we arrived,” he recalled. “I tested negative both times, but unfortunately, someone sitting near me on the airplane, another athlete, tested negative on the first test but positive once we arrived in Tokyo. And because of that, the Japanese government kind of sealed me away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Massialas, quarantined for two weeks, was unable to train with anyone. He said later on, he was eventually allowed to access the gym facilities at night when everyone else had left the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His coach and dad, Greg Massialas, said the situation affected his son’s performance. Alexander went on to earn a bronze medal in the team competition (in addition to silver and bronze medals in the individual and team competitions during the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11040427/how-the-bay-area-turned-into-an-olympic-fencing-powerhouse\">READ MORE:\u003c/a> How the Bay Area Turned Into An Olympic Fencing Powerhouse\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you’re dealing with a very stressful situation, you end up not really being at your best,” Greg said. “He ended up, for example, in the individual event, losing to a fencer who was somebody that was on the tail end of his career and somebody that Alexander usually beat quite regularly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexander and Greg have both been on the Olympic circuit for a while. His dad competed in two Olympics, and his daughter and Alexander’s younger sister, Sabrina, is also a competitive fencer. Alexander, who’s recently been named head coach of the Stanford fencing program, his alma mater, first competed in the 2012 London Olympics at 18 years old — the youngest male athlete for Team USA at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996947\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/007_SanFrancisco_MassialasFencing_07142021_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996947\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/007_SanFrancisco_MassialasFencing_07142021_qed.jpg\" alt=\"Two men wearing fencing helmets, gloves and gear while holding foils spar inside a building with banners, flags, foils and helmets hanging on the walls. \" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/007_SanFrancisco_MassialasFencing_07142021_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/007_SanFrancisco_MassialasFencing_07142021_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/007_SanFrancisco_MassialasFencing_07142021_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/007_SanFrancisco_MassialasFencing_07142021_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/007_SanFrancisco_MassialasFencing_07142021_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/007_SanFrancisco_MassialasFencing_07142021_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Massialas (right), the reigning individual silver medalist from the 2016 Olympic Games, practices with his father, Greg Massialas, at the Massialas Foundation fencing studio in San Francisco on July 14, 2021. Alexander Massialas, a right-handed foil fencer, will be heading to his third Olympic games in Tokyo this year along with Greg Massialas, who will serve as the men’s foil team coach. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alexander, 30, wants to go for the gold in Paris — the opening ceremony kicks off Friday and the fencing matches begin Saturday. He talked about competition and his motivation with KQED’s Brian Watt. Here’s an excerpt of their conversation, which has been edited for brevity and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BRIAN WATT: After all these years, the honors you’ve won on the fencing strip — the Olympics, the World Championship, World Cup, Grand Prix — do you think that you are still getting better at fencing?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ALEXANDER MASSIALAS: I do think that I’m getting better at fencing. The athleticism changes as you get older, but I’m still at pretty peak athletic ability. But what really has changed over the last several years is my mentality and my experience, and how I approach bouts mentally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, I was ranked No. 1 in the world after hitting a little bit of a slump. But the fact that I’ve been able to be No. 1 in the world as a 22-year-old, 23-year-old, as well as a 29-year-old shows that I’m still at the height of an extremely high caliber when we’re talking about my abilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This season, I won the first two World Cups of the international fencing season. So I know I can compete on any given day. That experience of just being on the circuit for so long and understanding the ins and outs of the game, whether it’s new or old opponents, I operate from a standpoint of being one of the most experienced fencers on the circuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I like to point out, as someone who has done a little fencing myself, that fencing is kind of a tedious sport to practice, even if it’s a noble sport to compete in. How do you stay motivated at this point? Is it all about the elusive gold medal?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is more about just me loving the sport, and the love doesn’t just apply to competition. It means loving all the tedious aspects, too. You [have to] love the preparation. And, I think the day I lose love for it is going to be the day you see me either hang them up or start to see some worse results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Is there anything outside of the competition that you’re looking forward to in Paris?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Absolutely. Just being in Paris in the summer is just going to be fantastic. But I think the biggest things I’m excited to do are everything I wasn’t able to do in Tokyo because of my quarantine: experiencing a real Olympic Games and meeting new athletes. Some of my really good friends have come from meeting at the Olympic Games under different circumstances, whether it was in London or Rio. And getting to meet new Olympians, like, hopefully, Steph Curry. I’m a big basketball fan. I played basketball growing up in San Francisco. So, being able to meet a childhood hero would be incredible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>So is that your moment?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. basketball team has always been very good about coming into the [Olympic] Village and interacting with the athletes, especially the American athletes. They signed on to do this because they’re interested in the Olympic experience, as well. So, you know, in the past, I’ve had great experiences with some of the previous Olympians, whether it’s Draymond [Green], Carmelo [Anthony], or whoever it might be. So maybe I’ll see [Curry] in the Village. Time will tell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fencing matches begin on Saturday. You can find a schedule \u003ca href=\"https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/fencing?day=27-july\">here\u003c/a>. You can learn more about the Bay Area athletes heading to the Paris Olympics \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993783/paris-2024-olympic-games-san-francisco-bay-area-athletes-competing\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Alexander Massialas, a right-handed foil fencer, will be heading to his third Olympic games in Tokyo this year along with Greg Massialas, who will serve as the men’s foil team coach. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alexander, 30, wants to go for the gold in Paris — the opening ceremony kicks off Friday and the fencing matches begin Saturday. He talked about competition and his motivation with KQED’s Brian Watt. Here’s an excerpt of their conversation, which has been edited for brevity and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BRIAN WATT: After all these years, the honors you’ve won on the fencing strip — the Olympics, the World Championship, World Cup, Grand Prix — do you think that you are still getting better at fencing?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ALEXANDER MASSIALAS: I do think that I’m getting better at fencing. The athleticism changes as you get older, but I’m still at pretty peak athletic ability. 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"content": "\u003cp>Welcome to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/series/g-s1-12714/2024-paris-olympics\">Paris Summer Olympics\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After COVID-19 pandemic restrictions kept spectators away for the last two Olympic Games (in \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/series/1075754094/2022-winter-olympics\">Beijing\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-the-tokyo-olympics\">Tokyo\u003c/a>), the French capital has prepared to welcome back crowds with a splash: the public will be treated to a \u003ca href=\"https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-olympic-games-opening-ceremony-all-you-need-to-know\">unique opening ceremony\u003c/a> on the iconic River Seine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The outdoor ceremony — set to be the largest one yet, measured by audience and geographical sprawl — kicks off 16 days of sporting events held across the city and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of Paris, the historic \u003ca href=\"https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/venues/chateau-de-versailles\">Palace of Versailles\u003c/a> will host equestrian events, while surfing will take place some 10,000 miles away in \u003ca href=\"https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/venues/teahupo-o-tahiti\">Teahupo’o, Tahiti\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Continuing its \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/tokyo-olympics-live-updates/2021/08/08/1025895793/united-states-barely-edges-out-china-for-most-gold-medals-at-tokyo-olympics\">streak of domination\u003c/a> at the Summer Games, \u003ca href=\"https://www.teamusa.com/\">the United States\u003c/a> is expected to collect the most medals in Paris, followed by China, Great Britain, France and then Australia. Russia, meanwhile — typically a top contender — is sending a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/22/nx-s1-5048559/russia-summer-olympic-paris-team-small-scandal\">very small number of athletes\u003c/a> to Paris following consequences related to their country’s doping and its \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/series/1082539802/russia-ukraine-invasion-explained\">invasion of Ukraine\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what else to know ahead of the Games before the opening ceremony on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>1. An opening ceremony like no other\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Close to 100 boats carrying more than 10,000 athletes and performers will glide down a 3.7-mile stretch of the River Seine during the \u003ca href=\"https://olympics.com/en/news/whats-new-paris-2024-opening-ceremony\">opening ceremony on July 26\u003c/a>. It’s the first time in the history of the modern Olympics that’s being held outside of a stadium, officials say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The open-air event is expected to draw some 300,000 spectators — most of whom will pay no admission fee to watch the parade from the river’s upper embankments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The parade will travel east to west, starting at Austerlitz Bridge, and then pass by major landmarks and event venues like the \u003ca href=\"https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-games-grand-palais-a-long-olympic-history\">Grand Palais\u003c/a>. The parade is set to end at the Pont d’Iéna bridge before a finale show at the Trocadéro opposite \u003ca href=\"https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/venues/eiffel-tower-stadium\">the Eiffel Tower\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony Estanguet, president of the Paris Games organizing committee, described the vision for the ceremony when the plan was announced in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The entire city has been turned into a vast Olympic stadium. The Seine represents the track, and the quays the spectators’ stands,” \u003ca href=\"https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-olympic-opening-ceremony-seine\">Estanguet said\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The parade’s route also offers a sightseeing tour of some of the temporary sports venues, including an outdoor arena abutting the Eiffel Tower where beach volleyball games will take place.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>2. A swimmable Seine?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There’s also the matter of the Seine as a competition venue. In the run-up to the games, a question has plagued officials: \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/16/nx-s1-5041447/seine-water-quality-paris-olympics-swimming-triathlon-marathon\">Will the Seine be swimmable\u003c/a> in time for the Olympics? The sewage-polluted waters have been a hurdle to the city’s ambitious goal to hold the swim leg of the triathlon in the famous river where swimming has been historically banned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recent testing of the water has turned up \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/06/15/g-s1-4613/unsafe-ecoli-paris-seine-river-olympics\">unsafe levels of E. coli bacteria\u003c/a> caused by fecal matter, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.paris.fr/pages/meteo-de-la-seine-quelle-est-la-qualite-de-l-eau-du-fleuve-27467\">tests earlier this month\u003c/a> showed acceptable bacteria levels. In an effort to silence skeptics, last week, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo followed through on her promise to take a dip in the Seine and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/17/g-s1-11397/paris-mayor-seine-swim-olympics-anne-hidalgo\">declared the waters\u003c/a> perfectly safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>3. Breaking will make its Olympics debut\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Following the previous Summer Games’ addition of skateboarding and surfing, another sport with counterculture roots will take the Olympics stage \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/02/22/697009844/breakdancing-in-the-olympics-paris-2024-organizers-say-oui-garcon\">for the first time\u003c/a> in Paris. Breaking — best known to the uninitiated as “break-dancing” — is a dance style said to have originated in the 1970s from the streets of New York City’s South Bronx and inspired by the break beats and hip-hop tracks played by DJs and MCs. But the athleticism involved in the art form — head-spins, backflips and other acrobatics — is undeniable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breaking became more mainstream in the 1990s as it entered pop culture and expanded in popularity through international competition. And in 2016, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) added breaking to the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although it’s an American export, other countries, including Japan, Canada and The Netherlands, boast talent that’s been known to surpass the U.S. competitively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Paris, 16 b-boys (male breakers) and 16 b-girls will go head to head in separate battles at Place de la Concorde, an outdoor public square. The women’s competition is set for Aug. 9, and the men’s is on Aug. 10. On Team USA, look out for medal contenders Victor Montalvo and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/07/09/1110667136/break-dancer-sunny-choi-competes-at-the-world-games-and-hopes-for-the-2024-olymp\">Grace “Sunny” Choi\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>4. Simone Biles leads American gymnasts’ shot at redemption\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The same U.S. women’s gymnastics team that took home \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/tokyo-olympics-live-updates/2021/07/27/1021090180/u-s-womens-gymnastics-team-gold-final-simone-biles-sunisa-lee\">a silver medal\u003c/a> at the Tokyo Games all-around final in 2021 is hoping to rewrite their Olympic ending in Paris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three years ago, Biles, who at 27 is the most decorated gymnast of all time, came down with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/tokyo-olympics-live-updates/2021/07/29/1022151827/simone-biles-got-the-twisties-at-the-tokyo-olympics-heres-what-that-means\">a case of the “twisties,”\u003c/a> a debilitating psychological affliction that forced her to pull out of several events to focus on her mental health. In her place, Suni Lee had emerged as the unlikely champion, and went on to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/tokyo-olympics-live-updates/2021/07/27/1021090180/u-s-womens-gymnastics-team-gold-final-simone-biles-sunisa-lee\">earn a gold medal\u003c/a> in the individual all-around competition in Tokyo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joining Biles and Lee are Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and 16-year-old newcomer Hezly Rivera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, with Biles in top form and the team united in its \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/06/30/g-s1-7388/simone-biles-gymnastics-usa-olympic-team\">goal of “redemption,”\u003c/a> the women’s squad is the favorite to win gold. And especially so, given that Russia, the defending gold medalist, won’t be there. The IOC plans to allow only some Russian athletes to compete as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/22/nx-s1-5048559/russia-summer-olympic-paris-team-small-scandal\">individual neutral athletes\u003c/a>” under strict conditions it set in response to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/series/1082539802/russia-ukraine-invasion-explained\">Russia’s war in Ukraine\u003c/a>. The country’s absence also improves the men’s chances of medaling in a sport normally dominated by Russia, China and Japan.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>5. Ledecky and Dressel headline U.S. swim team\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Entering her fourth Olympics, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/05/03/1248888456/katie-ledecky-presidential-medal-of-freedom-paris-olympics-swimming\">Katie Ledecky\u003c/a> continues to dominate the 800- and 1,500-meter freestyle events, in both of which she still holds the world records. Seven of her Olympic medals are gold, putting her just two wins away from earning the most Olympic gold medals of any female athlete in history. Younger swimmers have Ledecky beat in the 400-meter freestyle: Australia’s Ariarne Titmus (who \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/tokyo-olympics-live-updates/2021/07/25/1020554438/swimmer-katie-ledecky-silver-tokyo-olympics-ariarne-titmus\">took gold in Tokyo\u003c/a> and also reigns in the 200-meter event) and Canada’s Summer McIntosh have each knocked down Ledecky’s world record, which Titmus currently holds. The Titmus-McIntosh-Ledecky 400-meter race should make for a thrilling watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In men’s swimming, the U.S. is looking for a superstar and hoping that Caeleb Dressel is it. The 27-year-old won \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/tokyo-olympics-live-updates/2021/07/31/1023305493/caeleb-dressel-swimming-50-meter-relay-olympic-gold-medals\">five gold medals in Tokyo\u003c/a> — joining an elite few of swimmers that have won that many in a single Games, including Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz. After taking an eight-month break from the sport, Dressel showed at the Olympic trials last month that he’s \u003ca href=\"https://olympics.com/en/news/u-s-olympic-swimming-trials-2024-results-ledecky-dressel\">still fast in sprints\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heading into Paris, however, the two fastest swimmers in the world are not from the usual rival powerhouses (Australia and the U.S.) but from Canada — McIntosh on the women’s — and France — Léon Marchand.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>6. A Chinese doping scandal casts a shadow over swimming\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A doping scandal sparked international outrage after it was \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/04/22/1246205969/china-swimming-doping-scandal-olympics\">revealed in April\u003c/a> that 32 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug ahead of the Tokyo Games in 2021 but were cleared to compete. The drug in question — called \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/02/15/1081008770/what-is-trimetazidine-the-drug-found-in-russian-skater-kamila-valievas-system\">trimetazidine or TMZ\u003c/a> — is the same one found in a sample from Kamila Valieva, the Russian figure skater who was subsequently slapped with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/01/29/1227529886/kamila-valieva-russian-figure-skater-2022-beijing-olympics-doping\">a four-year ban\u003c/a> from international competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chinese officials say an unintentional contamination led to the positive tests. The World Anti-Doping Agency \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/04/22/1246205969/china-swimming-doping-scandal-olympics\">accepted that explanation\u003c/a> after its investigation and said that international doping rules don’t require them to ban the athletes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Justice Department has \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/05/nx-s1-5030170/doping-china-swimmers-olympic-justice-department-investigation\">opened a criminal probe\u003c/a> into the case involving the swimmers. Meanwhile, China is expected to send 11 of the 32 swimmers with the performance drug in their system in 2021 to compete in Paris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency’s handling of the positive tests has sowed doubt deeper among critics who question whether the regulatory body responsible for curbing cheating holds some countries to a lower standard than others.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>7. The rivalry between American and Jamaican sprinters\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The 100-meter sprint, the most popular track event, has shaped up to be a familiar two-nation race. Representing Jamaica in the women’s race is Shericka Jackson, whose biggest challenge is American Sha’Carri Richardson. But don’t overlook Jamaican sprint queen Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who will race in her fifth and final Olympics 16 years after becoming the first Caribbean woman to win the 100-meter gold. They are chasing Florence Griffith Joyner’s record set in 1988.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 200-meter, there’s a real chance we could see the fall of Flo-Jo’s world record, set that same year when she ran 21.34 seconds. Jackson will go head-to-head with teammate Elaine Thompson-Herah and Gabby Thomas of Team USA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the men’s 100-meter race, Noah Lyles on Team USA will face Jamaica’s Oblique Seville and Kishane Thompson, each aiming to break the world record time set by eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt. Still, the field is brimming with talent that clouds podium predictions. Other top contenders include reigning Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs of Italy, Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo and a former world champion American Fred Kerley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyles also racing in the 200-meter — his better event — a race that won’t be as wide open as the 100. He’s the favorite, ahead of Tebogo, a notable exception to the rivalry, who won the men’s race last week at an international meet in Monaco.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>8. In soccer, U.S. women hope to get back to winning gold. The U.S. men play their first Olympics in ages\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Soccer starts before the Games officially kick off with the opening ceremony. The U.S. women’s national team is aiming to upgrade their \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/tokyo-olympics-live-updates/2021/08/05/1025033756/the-u-s-womens-soccer-team-beats-australia-to-win-bronze-medal-at-tokyo-olympics\">bronze medal\u003c/a> from Tokyo. The four-time gold medalists haven’t taken first on the podium since the 2012 Games in London. Since the retirement of major stars — Megan Rapinoe, Carli Lloyd, Julie Ertz, Sam Mewis — has made way for a younger team, which will be led by new head coach Emma Hayes, former manager of the women’s Chelsea Football Club. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/08/20/1194906459/womens-world-cup-final-spain-england\">World Cup champion Spain\u003c/a> is the favorite to take gold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last time the U.S. sent a men’s soccer team to the Olympics was in 2008, and they haven’t medaled since 1904. Since the rule to restrict the competition to players under 23 went into effect in 1992, the men’s team has advanced to the knockout stage only once.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The men kick off their tournament on Wednesday in a game against host country France, a favorite to win it all. The women’s squad plays Zambia on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Welcome to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/series/g-s1-12714/2024-paris-olympics\">Paris Summer Olympics\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After COVID-19 pandemic restrictions kept spectators away for the last two Olympic Games (in \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/series/1075754094/2022-winter-olympics\">Beijing\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-the-tokyo-olympics\">Tokyo\u003c/a>), the French capital has prepared to welcome back crowds with a splash: the public will be treated to a \u003ca href=\"https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-olympic-games-opening-ceremony-all-you-need-to-know\">unique opening ceremony\u003c/a> on the iconic River Seine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The outdoor ceremony — set to be the largest one yet, measured by audience and geographical sprawl — kicks off 16 days of sporting events held across the city and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of Paris, the historic \u003ca href=\"https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/venues/chateau-de-versailles\">Palace of Versailles\u003c/a> will host equestrian events, while surfing will take place some 10,000 miles away in \u003ca href=\"https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/venues/teahupo-o-tahiti\">Teahupo’o, Tahiti\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Continuing its \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/tokyo-olympics-live-updates/2021/08/08/1025895793/united-states-barely-edges-out-china-for-most-gold-medals-at-tokyo-olympics\">streak of domination\u003c/a> at the Summer Games, \u003ca href=\"https://www.teamusa.com/\">the United States\u003c/a> is expected to collect the most medals in Paris, followed by China, Great Britain, France and then Australia. Russia, meanwhile — typically a top contender — is sending a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/22/nx-s1-5048559/russia-summer-olympic-paris-team-small-scandal\">very small number of athletes\u003c/a> to Paris following consequences related to their country’s doping and its \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/series/1082539802/russia-ukraine-invasion-explained\">invasion of Ukraine\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what else to know ahead of the Games before the opening ceremony on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>1. An opening ceremony like no other\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Close to 100 boats carrying more than 10,000 athletes and performers will glide down a 3.7-mile stretch of the River Seine during the \u003ca href=\"https://olympics.com/en/news/whats-new-paris-2024-opening-ceremony\">opening ceremony on July 26\u003c/a>. It’s the first time in the history of the modern Olympics that’s being held outside of a stadium, officials say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The open-air event is expected to draw some 300,000 spectators — most of whom will pay no admission fee to watch the parade from the river’s upper embankments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The parade will travel east to west, starting at Austerlitz Bridge, and then pass by major landmarks and event venues like the \u003ca href=\"https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-games-grand-palais-a-long-olympic-history\">Grand Palais\u003c/a>. The parade is set to end at the Pont d’Iéna bridge before a finale show at the Trocadéro opposite \u003ca href=\"https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/venues/eiffel-tower-stadium\">the Eiffel Tower\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony Estanguet, president of the Paris Games organizing committee, described the vision for the ceremony when the plan was announced in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The entire city has been turned into a vast Olympic stadium. The Seine represents the track, and the quays the spectators’ stands,” \u003ca href=\"https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-olympic-opening-ceremony-seine\">Estanguet said\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The parade’s route also offers a sightseeing tour of some of the temporary sports venues, including an outdoor arena abutting the Eiffel Tower where beach volleyball games will take place.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>2. A swimmable Seine?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There’s also the matter of the Seine as a competition venue. In the run-up to the games, a question has plagued officials: \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/16/nx-s1-5041447/seine-water-quality-paris-olympics-swimming-triathlon-marathon\">Will the Seine be swimmable\u003c/a> in time for the Olympics? The sewage-polluted waters have been a hurdle to the city’s ambitious goal to hold the swim leg of the triathlon in the famous river where swimming has been historically banned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recent testing of the water has turned up \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/06/15/g-s1-4613/unsafe-ecoli-paris-seine-river-olympics\">unsafe levels of E. coli bacteria\u003c/a> caused by fecal matter, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.paris.fr/pages/meteo-de-la-seine-quelle-est-la-qualite-de-l-eau-du-fleuve-27467\">tests earlier this month\u003c/a> showed acceptable bacteria levels. In an effort to silence skeptics, last week, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo followed through on her promise to take a dip in the Seine and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/17/g-s1-11397/paris-mayor-seine-swim-olympics-anne-hidalgo\">declared the waters\u003c/a> perfectly safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>3. Breaking will make its Olympics debut\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Following the previous Summer Games’ addition of skateboarding and surfing, another sport with counterculture roots will take the Olympics stage \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/02/22/697009844/breakdancing-in-the-olympics-paris-2024-organizers-say-oui-garcon\">for the first time\u003c/a> in Paris. Breaking — best known to the uninitiated as “break-dancing” — is a dance style said to have originated in the 1970s from the streets of New York City’s South Bronx and inspired by the break beats and hip-hop tracks played by DJs and MCs. But the athleticism involved in the art form — head-spins, backflips and other acrobatics — is undeniable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breaking became more mainstream in the 1990s as it entered pop culture and expanded in popularity through international competition. And in 2016, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) added breaking to the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although it’s an American export, other countries, including Japan, Canada and The Netherlands, boast talent that’s been known to surpass the U.S. competitively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Paris, 16 b-boys (male breakers) and 16 b-girls will go head to head in separate battles at Place de la Concorde, an outdoor public square. The women’s competition is set for Aug. 9, and the men’s is on Aug. 10. On Team USA, look out for medal contenders Victor Montalvo and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/07/09/1110667136/break-dancer-sunny-choi-competes-at-the-world-games-and-hopes-for-the-2024-olymp\">Grace “Sunny” Choi\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>4. Simone Biles leads American gymnasts’ shot at redemption\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The same U.S. women’s gymnastics team that took home \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/tokyo-olympics-live-updates/2021/07/27/1021090180/u-s-womens-gymnastics-team-gold-final-simone-biles-sunisa-lee\">a silver medal\u003c/a> at the Tokyo Games all-around final in 2021 is hoping to rewrite their Olympic ending in Paris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three years ago, Biles, who at 27 is the most decorated gymnast of all time, came down with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/tokyo-olympics-live-updates/2021/07/29/1022151827/simone-biles-got-the-twisties-at-the-tokyo-olympics-heres-what-that-means\">a case of the “twisties,”\u003c/a> a debilitating psychological affliction that forced her to pull out of several events to focus on her mental health. In her place, Suni Lee had emerged as the unlikely champion, and went on to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/tokyo-olympics-live-updates/2021/07/27/1021090180/u-s-womens-gymnastics-team-gold-final-simone-biles-sunisa-lee\">earn a gold medal\u003c/a> in the individual all-around competition in Tokyo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joining Biles and Lee are Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and 16-year-old newcomer Hezly Rivera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, with Biles in top form and the team united in its \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/06/30/g-s1-7388/simone-biles-gymnastics-usa-olympic-team\">goal of “redemption,”\u003c/a> the women’s squad is the favorite to win gold. And especially so, given that Russia, the defending gold medalist, won’t be there. The IOC plans to allow only some Russian athletes to compete as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/22/nx-s1-5048559/russia-summer-olympic-paris-team-small-scandal\">individual neutral athletes\u003c/a>” under strict conditions it set in response to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/series/1082539802/russia-ukraine-invasion-explained\">Russia’s war in Ukraine\u003c/a>. The country’s absence also improves the men’s chances of medaling in a sport normally dominated by Russia, China and Japan.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>5. Ledecky and Dressel headline U.S. swim team\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Entering her fourth Olympics, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/05/03/1248888456/katie-ledecky-presidential-medal-of-freedom-paris-olympics-swimming\">Katie Ledecky\u003c/a> continues to dominate the 800- and 1,500-meter freestyle events, in both of which she still holds the world records. Seven of her Olympic medals are gold, putting her just two wins away from earning the most Olympic gold medals of any female athlete in history. Younger swimmers have Ledecky beat in the 400-meter freestyle: Australia’s Ariarne Titmus (who \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/tokyo-olympics-live-updates/2021/07/25/1020554438/swimmer-katie-ledecky-silver-tokyo-olympics-ariarne-titmus\">took gold in Tokyo\u003c/a> and also reigns in the 200-meter event) and Canada’s Summer McIntosh have each knocked down Ledecky’s world record, which Titmus currently holds. The Titmus-McIntosh-Ledecky 400-meter race should make for a thrilling watch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In men’s swimming, the U.S. is looking for a superstar and hoping that Caeleb Dressel is it. The 27-year-old won \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/tokyo-olympics-live-updates/2021/07/31/1023305493/caeleb-dressel-swimming-50-meter-relay-olympic-gold-medals\">five gold medals in Tokyo\u003c/a> — joining an elite few of swimmers that have won that many in a single Games, including Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz. After taking an eight-month break from the sport, Dressel showed at the Olympic trials last month that he’s \u003ca href=\"https://olympics.com/en/news/u-s-olympic-swimming-trials-2024-results-ledecky-dressel\">still fast in sprints\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heading into Paris, however, the two fastest swimmers in the world are not from the usual rival powerhouses (Australia and the U.S.) but from Canada — McIntosh on the women’s — and France — Léon Marchand.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>6. A Chinese doping scandal casts a shadow over swimming\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A doping scandal sparked international outrage after it was \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/04/22/1246205969/china-swimming-doping-scandal-olympics\">revealed in April\u003c/a> that 32 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug ahead of the Tokyo Games in 2021 but were cleared to compete. The drug in question — called \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/02/15/1081008770/what-is-trimetazidine-the-drug-found-in-russian-skater-kamila-valievas-system\">trimetazidine or TMZ\u003c/a> — is the same one found in a sample from Kamila Valieva, the Russian figure skater who was subsequently slapped with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/01/29/1227529886/kamila-valieva-russian-figure-skater-2022-beijing-olympics-doping\">a four-year ban\u003c/a> from international competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chinese officials say an unintentional contamination led to the positive tests. The World Anti-Doping Agency \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/04/22/1246205969/china-swimming-doping-scandal-olympics\">accepted that explanation\u003c/a> after its investigation and said that international doping rules don’t require them to ban the athletes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Justice Department has \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/05/nx-s1-5030170/doping-china-swimmers-olympic-justice-department-investigation\">opened a criminal probe\u003c/a> into the case involving the swimmers. Meanwhile, China is expected to send 11 of the 32 swimmers with the performance drug in their system in 2021 to compete in Paris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency’s handling of the positive tests has sowed doubt deeper among critics who question whether the regulatory body responsible for curbing cheating holds some countries to a lower standard than others.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>7. The rivalry between American and Jamaican sprinters\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The 100-meter sprint, the most popular track event, has shaped up to be a familiar two-nation race. Representing Jamaica in the women’s race is Shericka Jackson, whose biggest challenge is American Sha’Carri Richardson. But don’t overlook Jamaican sprint queen Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who will race in her fifth and final Olympics 16 years after becoming the first Caribbean woman to win the 100-meter gold. They are chasing Florence Griffith Joyner’s record set in 1988.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 200-meter, there’s a real chance we could see the fall of Flo-Jo’s world record, set that same year when she ran 21.34 seconds. Jackson will go head-to-head with teammate Elaine Thompson-Herah and Gabby Thomas of Team USA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the men’s 100-meter race, Noah Lyles on Team USA will face Jamaica’s Oblique Seville and Kishane Thompson, each aiming to break the world record time set by eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt. Still, the field is brimming with talent that clouds podium predictions. Other top contenders include reigning Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs of Italy, Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo and a former world champion American Fred Kerley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyles also racing in the 200-meter — his better event — a race that won’t be as wide open as the 100. He’s the favorite, ahead of Tebogo, a notable exception to the rivalry, who won the men’s race last week at an international meet in Monaco.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>8. In soccer, U.S. women hope to get back to winning gold. The U.S. men play their first Olympics in ages\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Soccer starts before the Games officially kick off with the opening ceremony. The U.S. women’s national team is aiming to upgrade their \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/tokyo-olympics-live-updates/2021/08/05/1025033756/the-u-s-womens-soccer-team-beats-australia-to-win-bronze-medal-at-tokyo-olympics\">bronze medal\u003c/a> from Tokyo. The four-time gold medalists haven’t taken first on the podium since the 2012 Games in London. 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"content": "\u003cp>Badminton, among the handful of sports the U.S. has never medaled in the Olympics, now has a majority California roster of athletes on Team U.S.A. competing in this year’s Summer Games, which begin Friday in Paris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five of the seven athletes hail just from the Bay Area: Vinson Chiu of Milpitas, Jennie Gai of Fremont, Annie and Kerry Xu, twin sisters from San José, and Joshua Yuan of San Mateo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rest of the team includes a fellow Californian, Howard Shu from Orange County, and Beiwen Zhang from Las Vegas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the exception of Shu and Zhang, who competed in Rio and Tokyo, respectively, their peers are first-time Olympians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Xu sisters, who will compete in the women’s doubles, won a silver medal at the 2023 Pan American Games. Chiu and Yuan, who will compete in the men’s doubles, won a bronze medal at the XXVII YONEX Pan Am Individual Championships in 2024. Chiu and Gai, who will compete in the mixed doubles, also won a silver medal at the 2023 Pan American Games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996567\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996567\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-800x573.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-1020x730.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-1536x1100.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-2048x1466.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-1920x1374.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Badminton player Howard Shu poses for a portrait at the 2016 Team USA Media Summit at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on March 8, 2016 in Beverly Hills. \u003ccite>(Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Our players definitely have the potential to put up a fight and really give the top players a run for their money,” said Timothy Lam of Mountain View, who grew up and trained with some of these athletes during his Olympic run, which culminated in Tokyo in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Badminton, which has been an official Olympic sport since 1992, is popular outside the U.S. in many European and Asian countries, including China, Japan and Korea. Lam said badminton doesn’t get the same recognition as other Olympic sports in the U.S. but it has still cultivated a network in some states, like California, producing top-notch players.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He talked more about this with KQED’s Brian Watt. Here’s an excerpt of their conversation, which has been edited for brevity and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: Many of us have probably seen badminton. It looks a bit like tennis. There are rackets and a net. But then there’s the birdie, which is different from a bouncing ball. So how would you describe badminton for people who aren’t so familiar with it?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Timothy Lam:\u003c/strong> Believe it or not, it’s actually the fastest racket sport in the world with shots going \u003ca href=\"https://olympic.ca/2014/09/11/shuttlecock-and-balls-the-fastest-moving-objects-in-sport/\">over 400 mph\u003c/a>. So it’s important to have good reflexes and train your body to be able to react in like a split second. And I think the misconception about badminton in the U.S. is that it’s played outdoors in someone’s backyard, like with a racket in your right hand and holding a beer in your left hand while the whole family is doing an outdoor barbecue kind of thing. But the reality is that professional, competitive badminton is really meant to be played indoors at a really high intensive pace and level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How did you get into badminton? What drew you to this sport so much that you eventually went on to compete in the Tokyo Olympics?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around 6 years old, my parents wanted me to do something to stay active, as an extracurricular activity. Eventually, as I got older and started to win more competitions, it turned into an after-school, five-days-a-week thing. And then I think at that point I started winning more local, national and then international competitions. From there it just sort of progressed into something that I was really passionate about, and I wanted to see myself take it to the next level. Which is why, after college, I decided to go pro and give it a shot for competing at the Olympics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How did it come to be that California is such a big producer of badminton players?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Badminton is really popular in Europe and Asia, especially. So considering that a lot of people from Asia immigrate to either California or New York, I’d say that those two states are pretty popular in terms of badminton. And considering the high amount of resources that California has to build these badminton clubs for the players to get started in the sport, I think is a huge reason as to why California is able to produce these players at such a high level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996570\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996570\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287.jpg 2400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287-2048x1280.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287-1920x1200.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Badminton students line up for a match during badminton practice at Orange County Badminton Club in Orange. \u003ccite>(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>We hear about support for certain Olympic sports, very high profile ones like gymnastics and swimming. But what does support for badminton look like?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a huge lack of endorsements and sponsors. And I think that really is also due to the fact that we don’t have an official government-supported national team. I really feel like there’s a huge difference between the U.S. and countries like Japan or Korea or China, where they have a state or government-sponsored national team, whereas our players in the U.S. are all independent, self-funded, which really makes it more difficult to get the players to sacrifice all other aspects of their lives. Many of our upcoming juniors have aspirations outside of badminton to go to a top tier university. And so I think that’s probably one of the biggest things that is preventing badminton from increasing in terms of popularity in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who are the countries to beat?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Denmark, China, Japan and Korea. But I definitely say more so China. Because in the past 20 years at the Olympics, they’ve earned medals in all five disciplines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>You can find the schedule of badminton matches \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/badminton\">\u003cem>here.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> You can learn more about the Bay Area athletes competing in the Paris Olympics \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993783/paris-2024-olympic-games-san-francisco-bay-area-athletes-competing\">\u003cem>here.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the exception of Shu and Zhang, who competed in Rio and Tokyo, respectively, their peers are first-time Olympians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Xu sisters, who will compete in the women’s doubles, won a silver medal at the 2023 Pan American Games. Chiu and Yuan, who will compete in the men’s doubles, won a bronze medal at the XXVII YONEX Pan Am Individual Championships in 2024. Chiu and Gai, who will compete in the mixed doubles, also won a silver medal at the 2023 Pan American Games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996567\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996567\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-800x573.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-1020x730.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-1536x1100.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-2048x1466.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-1920x1374.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Badminton player Howard Shu poses for a portrait at the 2016 Team USA Media Summit at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on March 8, 2016 in Beverly Hills. \u003ccite>(Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Our players definitely have the potential to put up a fight and really give the top players a run for their money,” said Timothy Lam of Mountain View, who grew up and trained with some of these athletes during his Olympic run, which culminated in Tokyo in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Badminton, which has been an official Olympic sport since 1992, is popular outside the U.S. in many European and Asian countries, including China, Japan and Korea. Lam said badminton doesn’t get the same recognition as other Olympic sports in the U.S. but it has still cultivated a network in some states, like California, producing top-notch players.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He talked more about this with KQED’s Brian Watt. Here’s an excerpt of their conversation, which has been edited for brevity and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: Many of us have probably seen badminton. It looks a bit like tennis. There are rackets and a net. But then there’s the birdie, which is different from a bouncing ball. So how would you describe badminton for people who aren’t so familiar with it?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Timothy Lam:\u003c/strong> Believe it or not, it’s actually the fastest racket sport in the world with shots going \u003ca href=\"https://olympic.ca/2014/09/11/shuttlecock-and-balls-the-fastest-moving-objects-in-sport/\">over 400 mph\u003c/a>. So it’s important to have good reflexes and train your body to be able to react in like a split second. And I think the misconception about badminton in the U.S. is that it’s played outdoors in someone’s backyard, like with a racket in your right hand and holding a beer in your left hand while the whole family is doing an outdoor barbecue kind of thing. But the reality is that professional, competitive badminton is really meant to be played indoors at a really high intensive pace and level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How did you get into badminton? What drew you to this sport so much that you eventually went on to compete in the Tokyo Olympics?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around 6 years old, my parents wanted me to do something to stay active, as an extracurricular activity. Eventually, as I got older and started to win more competitions, it turned into an after-school, five-days-a-week thing. And then I think at that point I started winning more local, national and then international competitions. From there it just sort of progressed into something that I was really passionate about, and I wanted to see myself take it to the next level. Which is why, after college, I decided to go pro and give it a shot for competing at the Olympics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How did it come to be that California is such a big producer of badminton players?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Badminton is really popular in Europe and Asia, especially. So considering that a lot of people from Asia immigrate to either California or New York, I’d say that those two states are pretty popular in terms of badminton. And considering the high amount of resources that California has to build these badminton clubs for the players to get started in the sport, I think is a huge reason as to why California is able to produce these players at such a high level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996570\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996570\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287.jpg 2400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287-2048x1280.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287-1920x1200.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Badminton students line up for a match during badminton practice at Orange County Badminton Club in Orange. \u003ccite>(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>We hear about support for certain Olympic sports, very high profile ones like gymnastics and swimming. But what does support for badminton look like?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a huge lack of endorsements and sponsors. And I think that really is also due to the fact that we don’t have an official government-supported national team. I really feel like there’s a huge difference between the U.S. and countries like Japan or Korea or China, where they have a state or government-sponsored national team, whereas our players in the U.S. are all independent, self-funded, which really makes it more difficult to get the players to sacrifice all other aspects of their lives. Many of our upcoming juniors have aspirations outside of badminton to go to a top tier university. And so I think that’s probably one of the biggest things that is preventing badminton from increasing in terms of popularity in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who are the countries to beat?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Denmark, China, Japan and Korea. But I definitely say more so China. Because in the past 20 years at the Olympics, they’ve earned medals in all five disciplines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>You can find the schedule of badminton matches \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/badminton\">\u003cem>here.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> You can learn more about the Bay Area athletes competing in the Paris Olympics \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993783/paris-2024-olympic-games-san-francisco-bay-area-athletes-competing\">\u003cem>here.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The Paris Olympics is almost upon us and with over 10,000 athletes competing in 32 sports, it can be tough to know what to watch and who to root for. In the interest of narrowing down your viewing options, here then are the incredible Bay Area athletes who’ll be competing in Paris.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Artistic Swimming\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jacklyn Luu\u003c/strong> hails from Milpitas, is a graduate student at Stanford University and a proud, second-generation Vietnamese American. She can also — like the rest of her artistic swimming team — hold her breath underwater for a frighteningly long time. This is one of the most captivating sports of the Summer Olympics, and this is the first year the U.S. women’s team has made it to the team event since 2008. Go, Jacklyn!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993805\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993805\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/twins-badminton-scaled-e1720808610530.jpg\" alt=\"Two young women of Asian descent stand smiling together, holding up medals and commemorative toys.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Twins and badminton partners Annie Xu (left) and Kerry Xu pose with their silver medals after the women’s doubles final event of the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago. \u003ccite>(PABLO VERA/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Badminton\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Imagine being the parent of an Olympian. The pride! The awe! The near-constant desire to smugly point at your perfectly formed offspring and say, “Look what I made!” Now imagine being the parents of 24-year-old twin sisters \u003cstrong>Kerry and Annie Xu\u003c/strong>. These San José-born, UC Berkeley graduates will be playing as a doubles team, having taken up badminton at the age of 8. Their friends at Milpitas’ Bay Badminton Club, where they’ve been training for the last 14 years, will be cheering them on every step of the way — just probably not as loudly as their parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The twins aren’t the Bay’s only badminton talent heading to Paris. Fremont’s \u003cstrong>Jennie Gai\u003c/strong> and Foster City’s \u003cstrong>Joshua Yuan\u003c/strong> will also be hitting the courts. Yuan has openly admitted that when he first started playing at South San Francisco’s Bay Badminton Center, he “didn’t like it, [but] my parents forced me to continue.” Gai also once said that her folks gave her the choice of tennis or badminton, and she landed on the latter because “tennis is too much sun.” Proof positive that wonderful things \u003cem>can\u003c/em> come from forcing your reluctant children to exercise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11948154\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11948154\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1486638855.jpg\" alt=\"Basketball player pumps fist and shouts in victory with crowd behind him.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1486638855.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1486638855-800x549.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1486638855-1020x700.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1486638855-160x110.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors celebrates during the third quarter in Game 7 of the Western Conference first-round playoffs against the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center on April 30, 2023, in Sacramento. \u003ccite>(Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Basketball\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Warriors head coach \u003cstrong>Steve Kerr\u003c/strong> and \u003cstrong>Steph Curry\u003c/strong> are off to Paris. It’ll be Kerr’s second Olympics, having coached at the 2021 Tokyo Games, but Curry’s first time. Grant Hill, managing director of USA Basketball, said Curry was “almost giddy” when he found out he’d make the cut. Show ’em how it’s done, Chef Curry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayward’s \u003cstrong>Chelsea Gray\u003c/strong> and Walnut Creek’s \u003cstrong>Sabrina Ionescu\u003c/strong> will be holding things down on the women’s team. Gray already has a gold medal from Tokyo and is probably about to get another — the USA women’s basketball team has won for the last seven consecutive Olympics. Ionescu is a perfect addition to keep that roll going. Last year, she set an NBA record at the annual 3-point competition, scoring 37 out of a potential 40 points.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Decathlon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It takes a special kind of (masochistic?) competitor to choose the decathlon as their sport of choice. After an entire day of sprinting, running, long jump, shot put and high jump competitions, athletes have to roll right on back the next day to run hurdles, throw discus, do pole vault, throw javelins and, oh yes, partake in more running.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep an eye on \u003cstrong>Harrison Williams\u003c/strong>, a 6-foot-5-inch Stanford graduate who’s competing in his first Olympics. He spent his entire time at Stanford breaking the university’s decathlon records, so fingers crossed he can perform similar feats in Paris.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Discus\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Technically, he’s on Team Lithuania, but \u003cstrong>Mykolas Alekna\u003c/strong> will be repping UC Berkeley at the 2024 Games, too. The psychology student is already a well-known athlete in his home country, but his profile is rising across the U.S. because of the low-key manner in which he keeps performing extraordinary feats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April, Alekna broke the oldest world record in track and field when he threw the discus nearly 244 feet. Needless to say, Alekna’s gold prospects are pretty solid — especially when you consider that his dad, Virgilijus Alekna, won gold medals for discus throwing at both the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993809\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993809\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/fencing-scaled-e1720808587710.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing fencing gear sits on a log in a wooded area. He is smiling and casually holding a foil.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexander Massialas in San Francisco, May 2020. \u003ccite>(Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Fencing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Like Mykolas Alekna, \u003cstrong>Alexander Massialas\u003c/strong> had some sizable shoes to fill — his father, Greg, was on the American fencing teams that competed in the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games. Also like Alekna, Massialas — born and raised in San Francisco — is not struggling to keep up with his talented pop. The Stanford University graduate is already in possession of three Olympic medals — a silver he won in 2016 and two bronzes he earned as part of the men’s fencing team in 2016 and 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Massialas’ most notable teammates from those last two games is \u003cstrong>Gerek Meinhardt\u003c/strong>, who, in 2008, became the youngest athlete to ever compete on a U.S. Olympic fencing team. Raised in San Francisco, Meinhardt found his love of fencing early in life and via a family friend who coached the sport. That coach? None other than Greg Massialas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Maia Chamberlain\u003c/b>, born in Menlo Park, is headed to her first Olympics as the women’s saber replacement athlete. Though she studied architecture at Princeton and now lives in New York, Chamberlain still considers the Bay Area “home turf”; she started out her Olympic year with a national gold medal at the January North American Cup in San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Gymnastics\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Stanford University sophomore \u003cstrong>Asher Hong \u003c/strong>is heading to Paris in search of gold this month, having placed first on rings in the Olympic trials. And it’s no wonder — head to \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C9L6DYZumnV/?hl=en\">Hong’s Instagram page\u003c/a> to see some of his truly astonishing physical feats. The 20-year-old will be accompanied by fellow Stanford gymnast \u003cstrong>Khoi Young\u003c/strong> who’ll be acting as an alternate for the U.S. team.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Hammer Throwing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley graduate \u003cstrong>Camryn Rogers\u003c/strong> will be spinning at high speeds and hurling hammers with her trademark strength and precision for Team Canada. You’ll want to root for her anyway — Rogers is the reigning world champion, has a day job working as a special education advocate, and considers her fellow Cal athletes as a second family. The \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> once called her “the Stephen Curry of her sport — dominant and engaging and likable.” Rogers is someone you can’t help but cheer for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993810\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993810\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/Daniela-M-scaled-e1720808561524.jpg\" alt=\"A tanned woman kite boarding in open water.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1187\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniela Moroz during day 4 of the Paris 2024 sailing test event in Marseille. \u003ccite>(Clive Mason/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Kiteboarding\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For those wondering if there’s a more peculiar Olympic activity than hammer throwing, the answer to that might be kiteboarding. After all, this sport involves humans strapping small boards to their feet, large sails to their bodies, and then throwing themselves at bodies of water. One of those humans is \u003cstrong>Daniela Moroz\u003c/strong> from Lafayette, a six-time Formula Kite World Champion who won her first at the age of 15. This is the first year that kiteboarding has been included in the Olympics, and Moroz is thrilled to face the new level of competition. “I am ready for the challenge,” she recently stated on \u003ca href=\"https://www.danielamoroz.com/about\">her website\u003c/a>, “and I can’t wait to experience everything that will happen along the way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Long Jump\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Born and raised in the East Bay, \u003cstrong>Malcolm Clemons\u003c/strong> — a current student at the University of Florida in Gainesville — can’t believe how far he’s come. In a recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C9P7piJujMT/?img_index=1\">Instagram post\u003c/a>, the long jumper wrote: “From a kid with big dreams in East Oakland, California to an Olympian — what a journey. I thank God for everything. Thank you to my family for all the love and support and to everyone in my village who believed in me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993814\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993814\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/Okeefe-scaled-e1720808653971.jpg\" alt=\"A female marathon runner smiles broadly with her arms outstretched, partially wrapped in an American flag. She has a patch of blood on the front of her shirt.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fiona O’Keeffe smiles after placing first during the 2024 US Olympic Team Trials in Florida last February. \u003ccite>(Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Marathon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Long-distance runner \u003cstrong>Fiona O’Keeffe\u003c/strong> hails from Davis, graduated from Stanford, and qualified for this year’s Olympics in record time. The fact that the Olympic trial was her first ever professionally run marathon? No biggie, apparently. “There was some level of fear of the unknown,” O’Keeffe told NBC. “But I was really excited to just go run the marathon and see what I could do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When O’Keefe crossed the finish line \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CitiusMag/status/1754617970481885495\">bleeding through her track top\u003c/a>, she took it with characteristic stoicism. “Yes, the red stuff on my bib was blood,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fiona_okeeffe/p/C2-7w6-LeGf/?img_index=2\">she later explained on Instagram\u003c/a>. “[I] made the rookie move of stashing a gel in my sports bra and proceeding to drench myself with water on the course, resulting in a little chafing situation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Rowing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ben Davison\u003c/strong> has been based in Oakland since 2019 and trains with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.californiarowingclub.com/about\">California Rowing Club\u003c/a>. This will be his second Olympic competition, having competed in the U.S. Men’s 8+ in Tokyo in 2021. He’ll be cheered on by the many rowers he trains as an assistant coach at the Oakland Strokes rowing club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another Oakland-based rower heading to Paris is \u003cstrong>Sorin Koszyk \u003c/strong>who last year won the men’s championship singles race in record time. \u003ca href=\"https://usrowing.org/rosters/2023-senior-national-team/sorin-koszyk\">Koszyk’s U.S. Rowing profile\u003c/a> says, “Sorin enjoys spending time with friends and Jenga.” Someone had better have a tower lined up for him at the end of this.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Skiff\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you’re not a boaty person, you might not yet know what a skiff is. Technically, skiffs are any small, open, flat-bottomed sailboats. In the Olympics, the Men’s and Women’s Skiff category describes humans operating in pairs, hanging off the side of skiffs, going at ludicrously high speeds while operating a series of wires and pulleys. Skiff looks extremely challenging, but try telling that to San Francisco’s \u003cstrong>Hans Henken\u003c/strong>, who’s competing in the Olympics for the very first time. He and teammate Ian Barrows are currently ranked second in the world and are clearly not to be trifled with — especially when you consider Henken has a master’s degree from Stanford in aeronautical and astronautical engineering. That should help move things along quite nicely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993816\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993816\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/minna-scaled-e1720808755545.jpg\" alt=\"A teenage girl skateboards the end of a ramp she's about to drop back into.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minna Stess skates on day 3 of the Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai on May 18, 2024. \u003ccite>(Fred Lee/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Skateboarding\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Hailing from Petaluma, 18-year-old daredevil \u003cstrong>Minna Stess\u003c/strong> has been throwing herself down unfeasibly giant ramps her whole life. (Literally — she started skating as a toddler.) Egged on by a supportive family who built a mini skatepark in their backyard for her to practice on, Stess has been sponsored by the likes of Vans, Independent Trucks and Santa Cruz Skateboards since she was a pre-teen. “I’ve always been competitive,” she told \u003cem>Teen Vogue\u003c/em> earlier this year. “But I never thought the Olympics would be something that I could be doing. It’s kind of crazy that this is all happening now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also repping the Bay from his skateboard is \u003cstrong>Nyjah Huston\u003c/strong>, originally from Davis. Like Stess, Huston was a skateboarding child prodigy, on the X Games circuit by age 11, and now in possession of 13 gold medals from competing in them. He’s also earned six world championship trophies. Huston has long tried to use his platform for good. In 2010, he started a nonprofit called \u003ca href=\"https://letitflow.org/\">Let It Flow\u003c/a> with the hopes of getting clean water to communities in need all over the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Soccer\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Menlo Park’s \u003cstrong>Tierna Davidson\u003c/strong> and San José’s \u003cstrong>Naomi Girma\u003c/strong> will both be showing off their fancy footwork on the Parisian pitch this summer. Davidson has played for Stanford, won a bronze medal in Tokyo in 2021, and is the youngest on the women’s Olympic soccer team. (She should be used to that by now — she was also the youngest person on the 2019 World Cup women’s team.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Girma, another Stanford graduate, is known as a team player in every sense of the word. She credits her Ethiopian parents — who moved to the U.S. in the early 1980s — with instilling in her strong values and a generous spirit. “Their sacrifices are the only reason I am where I am today,” she recently told NBC Sports. Girma was declared player of the year by the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team last year because, yes, she’s just that good.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Swimming\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Bay has a healthy number of swimmers at the Paris Olympics this year, but Stanford graduate \u003cstrong>Katie Ledecky\u003c/strong> is undoubtedly the most intimidating. Ledecky has already earned seven Olympic gold medals and another 21 world championship golds. Can anyone beat that? We’re about to find out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley graduates \u003cstrong>Abbey Weitzel\u003c/strong> and \u003cstrong>Ryan Murphy\u003c/strong> will also be swimming in Paris. Weitzel earned two medals (one gold, one silver) at the Rio Olympics in 2016 and another two in Tokyo in 2021 (one silver, one bronze). Murphy has four Olympic golds to his name and, back in 2009, broke a backstroke world record. None of it has gone to his head, though. After marrying his college sweetheart in 2023, Murphy credited his new wife with much of his success. “I think she’s someone who definitely gets me just motivated about life,” Murphy told \u003cem>People\u003c/em> magazine. “She’s super optimistic, and I think that’s just been really helpful for me in terms of my approach to the sport.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Evgenii Somov\u003c/strong>, who was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and moved to Oakland in 2022 after swimming for the University of Louisville, will compete in Paris as an “Individual Neutral Athlete” in the 100-meter breaststroke. Since Russian (and Belarussian) athletes were banned from this year’s Olympics due to the war in Ukraine, Somov has improbably qualified and will race without any state support. Parents of swimmers he’s coached in the Bay Area launched a GoFundMe to help pay for Somov’s expenses, which include his flights and high-tech swimwear. “It comes down to, I either want to go, or I don’t want to go,” he told the \u003ci>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/i> about his drive to compete. “And I want to go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Table Tennis\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Redwood City’s \u003cstrong>Lily Zhang\u003c/strong> started her table tennis career as the youngest female on the U.S. women’s team. She was just 12 years old at the time. Zhang, a former UC Berkeley student, was the youngest member of the U.S. team to compete in 2012’s London Olympics and also took part in the 2021 Tokyo Games. She can undoubtedly provide some inspiration to San José’s \u003cstrong>Rachel Sung\u003c/strong>, who is heading to the Olympics for the very first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kanak Jha\u003c/strong> from Milpitas — who was the U.S. national champion four years in a row (2016–2019) — is also heading to the Olympics, followed by a small cloud of controversy. Jha got hit with a one-year suspension in 2023 for failing three drug tests within 12 months. 2024 will not be Jha’s first Olympics, though. He also competed in 2016 and 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993818\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993818\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/CJ-tae-scaled-e1720808823434.jpg\" alt=\"Two men engaged in martial arts. \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">CJ Nickolas (left) competes against Miguel Angel Trejos at the Pan American Games in 2022. \u003ccite>(JAVIER TORRES/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Taekwondo\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The tale of\u003cstrong> Carl “CJ” Nickolas\u003c/strong>’ athletic career is a heartwarming one of family togetherness. Born in Oakland, Nickolas started taekwondo at the age of 3 at the same time his mom Denise took up the sport. Denise’s achievements were impressive — at 43 years old, the fourth-degree black belt won a national championship. That, and her work ethic in general, has provided Nickolas with nonstop inspiration since he was a kid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s where I learned about hard work,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.marinij.com/2024/07/08/how-east-bay-taekwondo-fighter-cj-nickolas-became-a-gold-medal-contender-at-the-paris-olympics/\">he told the \u003cem>Marin Independent Journal\u003c/em>\u003c/a> earlier this year. “I wanted to work harder than her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nickolas’ prospects at the Olympics are pretty good. He’s currently ranked number two in his weight class and entering the games focused and confident — just like his mom.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Water Polo\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area has a ridiculous amount of female talent in the water polo category this year. There’s \u003cstrong>Jewel Roemer\u003c/strong>, who hails from Martinez and competes for Stanford. There are former Stanford students \u003cstrong>Jordan Raney,\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>Ryann Neushul \u003c/strong>and \u003cstrong>Ella Woodhead \u003c/strong>(who was born and raised in San Anselmo) — all impressive competitors. There’s also San José’s \u003cstrong>Jenna Flynn\u003c/strong>, who earned first place in the 2024 World Aquatics Championships \u003cem>and\u003c/em> the 2023 Pan American Games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Best of all, \u003cstrong>Maggie Steffens\u003c/strong> — yet another Stanford graduate — is heading back to the Olympics with the goal of winning her fourth gold medal. Originally from San Ramon and now living in Danville, Steffens has been a top goal scorer in each of the last three Olympics. What’s more, the team captain has long been a beacon for women’s water polo. One so bright, in fact, she inspired Flavor Flav to step up as the official hype man of U.S. women’s water polo. Back in May, Flav publicly pledged to sponsor Steffens and the whole team, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/FlavorFlav/status/1786906613971865696\">stating on X\u003c/a>: “The US Women’s Waterpolo team has won the GOLD MEDAL THREE OLYMPICS IN A ROW,,, these women should not have to be working 2-3 side jobs to be able to compete.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amen to that, Flav.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re wondering where the men are, adorable San Anselmo brothers \u003cstrong>Quinn and Dylan Woodhead\u003c/strong> are both heading to Paris, too. “When you can compete with someone out of a place of love and trust,” Dylan recently told NBC Bay Area, “it’s really easy.” Awww.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Wrestling\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Bay is represented by a major contender in women’s wrestling this summer. Born in Walnut Creek, \u003cstrong>Amit Elor\u003c/strong> has been wrestling since the age of 9 and wins gold medals seemingly everywhere she goes. In 2023 alone, Elor took gold at the World Championships, the Pan American Championships, the U23 World Championships and the Junior World Championships. Oh, and she won gold in three out of four of those competitions the year before as well. No reason why she won’t do the same in Paris.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Paris Olympics will be broadcast by NBC and Peacock between July 26 and Aug. 11. Check \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcolympics.com/schedule\">NBC’s schedule\u003c/a> for details.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Paris Olympics is almost upon us and with over 10,000 athletes competing in 32 sports, it can be tough to know what to watch and who to root for. In the interest of narrowing down your viewing options, here then are the incredible Bay Area athletes who’ll be competing in Paris.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Artistic Swimming\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jacklyn Luu\u003c/strong> hails from Milpitas, is a graduate student at Stanford University and a proud, second-generation Vietnamese American. She can also — like the rest of her artistic swimming team — hold her breath underwater for a frighteningly long time. This is one of the most captivating sports of the Summer Olympics, and this is the first year the U.S. women’s team has made it to the team event since 2008. Go, Jacklyn!\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993805\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993805\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/twins-badminton-scaled-e1720808610530.jpg\" alt=\"Two young women of Asian descent stand smiling together, holding up medals and commemorative toys.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Twins and badminton partners Annie Xu (left) and Kerry Xu pose with their silver medals after the women’s doubles final event of the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago. \u003ccite>(PABLO VERA/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Badminton\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Imagine being the parent of an Olympian. The pride! The awe! The near-constant desire to smugly point at your perfectly formed offspring and say, “Look what I made!” Now imagine being the parents of 24-year-old twin sisters \u003cstrong>Kerry and Annie Xu\u003c/strong>. These San José-born, UC Berkeley graduates will be playing as a doubles team, having taken up badminton at the age of 8. Their friends at Milpitas’ Bay Badminton Club, where they’ve been training for the last 14 years, will be cheering them on every step of the way — just probably not as loudly as their parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The twins aren’t the Bay’s only badminton talent heading to Paris. Fremont’s \u003cstrong>Jennie Gai\u003c/strong> and Foster City’s \u003cstrong>Joshua Yuan\u003c/strong> will also be hitting the courts. Yuan has openly admitted that when he first started playing at South San Francisco’s Bay Badminton Center, he “didn’t like it, [but] my parents forced me to continue.” Gai also once said that her folks gave her the choice of tennis or badminton, and she landed on the latter because “tennis is too much sun.” Proof positive that wonderful things \u003cem>can\u003c/em> come from forcing your reluctant children to exercise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11948154\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11948154\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1486638855.jpg\" alt=\"Basketball player pumps fist and shouts in victory with crowd behind him.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1486638855.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1486638855-800x549.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1486638855-1020x700.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/GettyImages-1486638855-160x110.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors celebrates during the third quarter in Game 7 of the Western Conference first-round playoffs against the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center on April 30, 2023, in Sacramento. \u003ccite>(Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Basketball\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Warriors head coach \u003cstrong>Steve Kerr\u003c/strong> and \u003cstrong>Steph Curry\u003c/strong> are off to Paris. It’ll be Kerr’s second Olympics, having coached at the 2021 Tokyo Games, but Curry’s first time. Grant Hill, managing director of USA Basketball, said Curry was “almost giddy” when he found out he’d make the cut. Show ’em how it’s done, Chef Curry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hayward’s \u003cstrong>Chelsea Gray\u003c/strong> and Walnut Creek’s \u003cstrong>Sabrina Ionescu\u003c/strong> will be holding things down on the women’s team. Gray already has a gold medal from Tokyo and is probably about to get another — the USA women’s basketball team has won for the last seven consecutive Olympics. Ionescu is a perfect addition to keep that roll going. Last year, she set an NBA record at the annual 3-point competition, scoring 37 out of a potential 40 points.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Decathlon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It takes a special kind of (masochistic?) competitor to choose the decathlon as their sport of choice. After an entire day of sprinting, running, long jump, shot put and high jump competitions, athletes have to roll right on back the next day to run hurdles, throw discus, do pole vault, throw javelins and, oh yes, partake in more running.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep an eye on \u003cstrong>Harrison Williams\u003c/strong>, a 6-foot-5-inch Stanford graduate who’s competing in his first Olympics. He spent his entire time at Stanford breaking the university’s decathlon records, so fingers crossed he can perform similar feats in Paris.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Discus\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Technically, he’s on Team Lithuania, but \u003cstrong>Mykolas Alekna\u003c/strong> will be repping UC Berkeley at the 2024 Games, too. The psychology student is already a well-known athlete in his home country, but his profile is rising across the U.S. because of the low-key manner in which he keeps performing extraordinary feats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April, Alekna broke the oldest world record in track and field when he threw the discus nearly 244 feet. Needless to say, Alekna’s gold prospects are pretty solid — especially when you consider that his dad, Virgilijus Alekna, won gold medals for discus throwing at both the Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 Olympics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993809\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993809\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/fencing-scaled-e1720808587710.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing fencing gear sits on a log in a wooded area. He is smiling and casually holding a foil.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexander Massialas in San Francisco, May 2020. \u003ccite>(Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Fencing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Like Mykolas Alekna, \u003cstrong>Alexander Massialas\u003c/strong> had some sizable shoes to fill — his father, Greg, was on the American fencing teams that competed in the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games. Also like Alekna, Massialas — born and raised in San Francisco — is not struggling to keep up with his talented pop. The Stanford University graduate is already in possession of three Olympic medals — a silver he won in 2016 and two bronzes he earned as part of the men’s fencing team in 2016 and 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Massialas’ most notable teammates from those last two games is \u003cstrong>Gerek Meinhardt\u003c/strong>, who, in 2008, became the youngest athlete to ever compete on a U.S. Olympic fencing team. Raised in San Francisco, Meinhardt found his love of fencing early in life and via a family friend who coached the sport. That coach? None other than Greg Massialas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Maia Chamberlain\u003c/b>, born in Menlo Park, is headed to her first Olympics as the women’s saber replacement athlete. Though she studied architecture at Princeton and now lives in New York, Chamberlain still considers the Bay Area “home turf”; she started out her Olympic year with a national gold medal at the January North American Cup in San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Gymnastics\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Stanford University sophomore \u003cstrong>Asher Hong \u003c/strong>is heading to Paris in search of gold this month, having placed first on rings in the Olympic trials. And it’s no wonder — head to \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C9L6DYZumnV/?hl=en\">Hong’s Instagram page\u003c/a> to see some of his truly astonishing physical feats. The 20-year-old will be accompanied by fellow Stanford gymnast \u003cstrong>Khoi Young\u003c/strong> who’ll be acting as an alternate for the U.S. team.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Hammer Throwing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley graduate \u003cstrong>Camryn Rogers\u003c/strong> will be spinning at high speeds and hurling hammers with her trademark strength and precision for Team Canada. You’ll want to root for her anyway — Rogers is the reigning world champion, has a day job working as a special education advocate, and considers her fellow Cal athletes as a second family. The \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> once called her “the Stephen Curry of her sport — dominant and engaging and likable.” Rogers is someone you can’t help but cheer for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993810\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993810\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/Daniela-M-scaled-e1720808561524.jpg\" alt=\"A tanned woman kite boarding in open water.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1187\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniela Moroz during day 4 of the Paris 2024 sailing test event in Marseille. \u003ccite>(Clive Mason/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Kiteboarding\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For those wondering if there’s a more peculiar Olympic activity than hammer throwing, the answer to that might be kiteboarding. After all, this sport involves humans strapping small boards to their feet, large sails to their bodies, and then throwing themselves at bodies of water. One of those humans is \u003cstrong>Daniela Moroz\u003c/strong> from Lafayette, a six-time Formula Kite World Champion who won her first at the age of 15. This is the first year that kiteboarding has been included in the Olympics, and Moroz is thrilled to face the new level of competition. “I am ready for the challenge,” she recently stated on \u003ca href=\"https://www.danielamoroz.com/about\">her website\u003c/a>, “and I can’t wait to experience everything that will happen along the way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Long Jump\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Born and raised in the East Bay, \u003cstrong>Malcolm Clemons\u003c/strong> — a current student at the University of Florida in Gainesville — can’t believe how far he’s come. In a recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C9P7piJujMT/?img_index=1\">Instagram post\u003c/a>, the long jumper wrote: “From a kid with big dreams in East Oakland, California to an Olympian — what a journey. I thank God for everything. Thank you to my family for all the love and support and to everyone in my village who believed in me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993814\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993814\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/Okeefe-scaled-e1720808653971.jpg\" alt=\"A female marathon runner smiles broadly with her arms outstretched, partially wrapped in an American flag. She has a patch of blood on the front of her shirt.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fiona O’Keeffe smiles after placing first during the 2024 US Olympic Team Trials in Florida last February. \u003ccite>(Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Marathon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Long-distance runner \u003cstrong>Fiona O’Keeffe\u003c/strong> hails from Davis, graduated from Stanford, and qualified for this year’s Olympics in record time. The fact that the Olympic trial was her first ever professionally run marathon? No biggie, apparently. “There was some level of fear of the unknown,” O’Keeffe told NBC. “But I was really excited to just go run the marathon and see what I could do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When O’Keefe crossed the finish line \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CitiusMag/status/1754617970481885495\">bleeding through her track top\u003c/a>, she took it with characteristic stoicism. “Yes, the red stuff on my bib was blood,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fiona_okeeffe/p/C2-7w6-LeGf/?img_index=2\">she later explained on Instagram\u003c/a>. “[I] made the rookie move of stashing a gel in my sports bra and proceeding to drench myself with water on the course, resulting in a little chafing situation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Rowing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ben Davison\u003c/strong> has been based in Oakland since 2019 and trains with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.californiarowingclub.com/about\">California Rowing Club\u003c/a>. This will be his second Olympic competition, having competed in the U.S. Men’s 8+ in Tokyo in 2021. He’ll be cheered on by the many rowers he trains as an assistant coach at the Oakland Strokes rowing club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another Oakland-based rower heading to Paris is \u003cstrong>Sorin Koszyk \u003c/strong>who last year won the men’s championship singles race in record time. \u003ca href=\"https://usrowing.org/rosters/2023-senior-national-team/sorin-koszyk\">Koszyk’s U.S. Rowing profile\u003c/a> says, “Sorin enjoys spending time with friends and Jenga.” Someone had better have a tower lined up for him at the end of this.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Skiff\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you’re not a boaty person, you might not yet know what a skiff is. Technically, skiffs are any small, open, flat-bottomed sailboats. In the Olympics, the Men’s and Women’s Skiff category describes humans operating in pairs, hanging off the side of skiffs, going at ludicrously high speeds while operating a series of wires and pulleys. Skiff looks extremely challenging, but try telling that to San Francisco’s \u003cstrong>Hans Henken\u003c/strong>, who’s competing in the Olympics for the very first time. He and teammate Ian Barrows are currently ranked second in the world and are clearly not to be trifled with — especially when you consider Henken has a master’s degree from Stanford in aeronautical and astronautical engineering. 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After marrying his college sweetheart in 2023, Murphy credited his new wife with much of his success. “I think she’s someone who definitely gets me just motivated about life,” Murphy told \u003cem>People\u003c/em> magazine. “She’s super optimistic, and I think that’s just been really helpful for me in terms of my approach to the sport.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Evgenii Somov\u003c/strong>, who was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and moved to Oakland in 2022 after swimming for the University of Louisville, will compete in Paris as an “Individual Neutral Athlete” in the 100-meter breaststroke. Since Russian (and Belarussian) athletes were banned from this year’s Olympics due to the war in Ukraine, Somov has improbably qualified and will race without any state support. 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Denise’s achievements were impressive — at 43 years old, the fourth-degree black belt won a national championship. That, and her work ethic in general, has provided Nickolas with nonstop inspiration since he was a kid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s where I learned about hard work,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.marinij.com/2024/07/08/how-east-bay-taekwondo-fighter-cj-nickolas-became-a-gold-medal-contender-at-the-paris-olympics/\">he told the \u003cem>Marin Independent Journal\u003c/em>\u003c/a> earlier this year. “I wanted to work harder than her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nickolas’ prospects at the Olympics are pretty good. He’s currently ranked number two in his weight class and entering the games focused and confident — just like his mom.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Water Polo\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area has a ridiculous amount of female talent in the water polo category this year. There’s \u003cstrong>Jewel Roemer\u003c/strong>, who hails from Martinez and competes for Stanford. 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