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Olympian Reveals Heartbreaking Injury Curse
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Publication by EssentiallySports | September 22, 2026 | Edition #727 |
Hey Athletic Fans,
Just when it looked like the comeback was complete, injury struck again. A gymnast who fought her way back from a career-threatening Achilles tear to have a standout NCAA return is now dealing with heartbreak all over again, in what's becoming a familiar pattern.
Also today, a three-time Olympic champion is back on the marathon circuit, lining up in Berlin nearly a year after her last race.
All that and more in today’s edition of Essentially Athletics.
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Christopher Melenciano broke a 30-year-old deaf world record to win the 100m at the Japanese Deaf Athletics Championship, a stunning mark from the Dominican sprinter. Watch below 👇
On this day in 1988, Matt Biondi bounces back from his agonizing one-hundredth-of-a-second loss in the butterfly days earlier, leading wire-to-wire to win 100m freestyle gold in an Olympic record 48.63.
Teammate Chris Jacobs completes an American sweep of the podium with silver, the sixth time the US has gone 1-2 in this event at the Olympics.
It's the first individual gold of Biondi's career and the start of a golden stretch that nets him five golds, a silver, and a bronze across eight unforgettable days in Seoul.
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