Filippo Ganna
Sakura Yosozumi of Japan competes in the women's park skateboarding finals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Hugo Barrette of Team Canada waits to compete during the track cycling men's sprint at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Izu, Japan. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson, of Britain, reacts after falling during a heat in the heptathlon women's 200-meter at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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Daiki Hashimoto, of Japan, performs on the horizontal bar during the artistic gymnastics men's apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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German coach Claudiu Pusa watch from the side during the women -70kg bronze medal judo match at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
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South Africa's Olympic soccer team members, wearing face masks, leave the training venue in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Monday, July 19, 2021. Two South African soccer players have become the first athletes inside the Olympic Village to test positive for COVID-19. The Tokyo Games open on Friday. (Kyodo News via AP)
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Britain’s Tao Geoghegan Hart is backdropped by the gothic cathedral as he celebrates with teammates after winning the Giro d'Italia cycling race, in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. In one of the most exciting final stages of a Grand Tour, British rider Tao Geoghegan Hart won the Giro d’Italia on Sunday, edging out Australian Jai Hindley by just 39 seconds. (Marco Alpozzi/LaPresse via AP)
Geoghegan Hart beats Hindley to Giro title by 39 seconds

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Italy's Filippo Ganna competes during the 14th stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race, an individual time trial from Conegliano to Valdobbiadene, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)
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Slovakia's Peter Sagan celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the tenth stage of the Giro d'Italia cycling race from Lanciano to Tortoreto, Italy, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. (Gian Mattia D'Alberto/LaPresse via AP)
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Italy's Filippo Ganna wears the pink jersey of the race overall leader as he celebrates on the podium after winning the opening stage of the Giro d'Italia, tour of Italy, cycling race, an individual time trial from Monreale to Palermo, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. (Gian Mattia D'Alberto/LaPresse via AP)
World champion Ganna wins opening time trial at Giro

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