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Mark Kiszla: Colo-RAD-oh! Soccer stars Swanson, Horan and Smith give America its first big kick of Summer Olympics
NICE, France – Let the domination of Colorado women at the Olympic Games begin. Mallory Swanson, Lindsey Horan and Sophia Smith saw no need to wait for the torch to be lit at the Opening Ceremony to start kicking butt and taking names on the soccer pitch. Three stars born and raised in our little corner of the world shook Zambia with some Rocky Mountain thunder in a rousing 3-0...
Coloradans in the Games: Looking back and ahead as those with state ties compete in the Paris Olympics
- Boulder’s Taylor Knibb crashed multiple times in rainy conditions, finishing 19th in a field of 34 in the 32-kilometer cycling time trial. “It was an experience,” Knibb told Cycling Weekly. “The first third was great. The middle one, that’s where it all went wrong. And then the third one it was more survival than anything else. I was fully blind, my Garmin fell off on the first one. I’m like, ‘Well, here we go!'”
Colorado players shine for US women's team in Olympic soccer opener
NICE, France — Two members of the U.S. women's soccer team from Colorado led them to a commanding win in their opening game at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Mallory Swanson of Highlands Ranch scored two goals less than 70 seconds apart in the 24th and 25th minutes of the match, increasing Team USA's lead to a commanding 3-0 over Zambia. That would end up being the final score of the Group B match in Nice.
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