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'Woke' Olympians Come Up Short

Gwen Berry of Team United States competes in the Women's Hammer Throw Final on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on Aug. 03, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

By    |   Wednesday, 04 August 2021 07:14 AM EDT

Did athletes on the U.S. Olympic team concentrate too much on "woke" messaging during this summer’s Tokyo Games at the expense of winning?

While the final verdict is still being tallied as to America’s overall success, it seems as if some of the most vocal Olympians before the Games began ended up turning in subpar performances once they had to actually perform:

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