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Healthy Former Olympic Swimmer Dies Suddenly at 43: ‘So Much Shock’

A British former Olympic swimmer has tragically died suddenly at just 43 years old, her devastated family has revealed. Helen Smart's family announced that she passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday. Smart represented Team Great Britain as a swimmer at the 2000 Sydney Olympics under her maiden name Helen Don-Duncan. She…

U.S Olympic Gold Medalist Dies Suddenly at 32

American Olympic gold medalist Tori Bowie has tragically died suddenly at just 32 years old. The celebrated runner won three Olympic medals at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. Bowie’s death was announced Wednesday by USA Track and Field and confirmed by her management company. No cause of death was given. Her…

Multiple Medal-Winning Olympic Athlete Dies Suddenly at 35

World-renowned Olympic rowing star Angel Fournier Rodriguez has died suddenly at just 35 years old. Rodriguez was Cuba’s most successful rower in history and has won multiple world championship medals in his career. Rodriguez passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, March 16 in Texas where he had recently moved to, World…

Russia Banned from World Cup & Olympics ‘in Full Solidarity with All People Affected in Ukraine’

Vladimir Putin suffered another huge blow today when Russia was banned from the Olympics and the soccer World Cup and UEFA championships. On Monday, FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, and UEFA, the sport’s European governing body, announced Russian national teams and club teams have been banned from all competitions “until…

Al Sharpton: Pelosi Is Trying to ‘Normalize’ Communist China’s ‘Very Brutal Behavior’

Far-left activist Al Sharpton has turned on Nancy Pelosi, accusing the Democrat House speaker of attempting to "normalize" the Chinese Communist Party's "very brutal behavior." As Slay News first reported, Pelosi issued a warning to American Olympic athletes, urging them not to "speak out" and "anger" China's dictatorship. “I would…

GOP Slams ‘Bootlicker’ Pelosi for Caving to Chinese Communist Party

Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has been blasted by the GOP after she appeared to cave to the Chinese Communist Party. Pelosi caused outrage after she warned U.S. athletes at the Olympic Games in Beijing not to "speak out" and "anger" China's brutal regime. “I would say to our…

Lawmakers Grill NBC over Communist China’s Influence on Winter Olympics Coverage

Two Republican lawmakers are demanding to know whether NBCUniversal’s coverage of the 2022 Winter Olympics is being influenced by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Reps. Robert Latta (R-OH) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) wrote a letter (pdf) to NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell and President of Olympics and Business Gary Zenkel…