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424 claims analyzed Last updated 2026-02-20

Credibility summary

Well-Supported 22 (5.2%) Disputed 0 (0%) Misleading 14 (3.3%) Unverified 388 (91.5%)

Of the 36 claims in Sports with evidence either way, 61% held up.

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214 d ago · nytimes.com Sports

Dealing with failure is part of the job for elite athletes

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VELOCITY 0.1/hr SCORE 1.00 OPEN ANALYSIS
214 d ago · nytimes.com Sports

Snowboard cross star Lindsey Jacobellis crashed in the final stretch of a race at the 2006 Games in Torino Italy losing her lead and gold medal

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214 d ago · nytimes.com Sports

Lindsey Jacobellis did not make the finals in 2010 and 2014

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214 d ago · nytimes.com Sports

Boon Sport Muay Thai Shorts are handmade in Thailand

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214 d ago · lowyinstitute.org Sports

Sporting institutions should think carefully about selective bans before implementing them

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214 d ago · reuters.com Sports

IOC said Heraskevych remained banned from competing but allowed to keep credentials

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214 d ago · Sports

The 27-year-old was barred and told he would be stripped of accreditation

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214 d ago · nytimes.com Sports

Super Bowl halftime show is viewed by upward of 100 million people each year

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214 d ago · nytimes.com Sports

U.S. beats Italy to reach Olympic mixed doubles curling final

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214 d ago · nytimes.com Sports

They learned to make pasta e ceci and he now whips it up with ditalini for his teammates

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214 d ago · nytimes.com Sports

Jason Brown diverted a family trip to Greece to Rome for a daylong eating extravaganza

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214 d ago · nytimes.com Sports

Jake Adicoff recalled taking a cooking class as a child while vacationing with his family in Italy

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214 d ago · nytimes.com Sports

He won a gold medal the next day he went back every night

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214 d ago · nytimes.com Sports

The night before his first event he visited a local restaurant and sampled tortellini carbonara

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214 d ago · nytimes.com Sports

Derek Parra recalls a visit to Padua Italy in 1996 for Inline Speed Skating World Championships

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214 d ago · nytimes.com Sports

Who competed in Alpine skiing at the 2006 Games in Turin Italy panned pasta served in athletes village there as horrible

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214 d ago · nytimes.com Sports

All-out carbo-loading of decades past has made way for a more nuanced approach for elite athletes

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214 d ago · nytimes.com Sports

Carbo-loading is now based on evidence practice and research according to Mr Baum

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214 d ago · nytimes.com Sports

Chris Plys said they eat a lot of pho

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214 d ago · nytimes.com Sports

The Irish came with caseloads of porridge

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