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The Sports Moment

The Sports Moment

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“The Sports Moment” is your ticket to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Washington Post sports reporter Ava Wallace will take you behind the scenes of the biggest stories gripping the sports world: the personal triumphs, crushing defeats, new world records and whatever else Paris has in store. Ava will be joined by a deep bench of Post colleagues, breaking down the latest developments and what not to miss.

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Behind the boom in U.S. women's pro soccer

Nov 20, 202418 min

This Saturday, the two best teams in the National Women’s Soccer League face off in the championship. The NWSL is booming after years of scandal and struggle. Today on this special episode of "Post Reports," how the league became so successful and what it shows about the potential for women’s sports

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Good luck, L.A.

Aug 11, 202415 min

It’s the last day of the Summer Olympics. Host Ava Wallace reflects with reporter Rick Maese and columnist Jerry Brewer on the most memorable moments from Paris and what the success of these Games means for the future of the Olympics – including in L.A. in 2028.

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The per-capita winners of Paris

Aug 10, 20248 min

The United States has led in the total medal count at every Summer Olympics since 1996 in Atlanta. But who’s on top if you put those medals in proportion with relative population?

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A covid surprise on the track

Aug 9, 202418 min

It was clear something was wrong with Noah Lyles when he came in third in his signature race. Then he revealed he had covid. Ava Wallace talks with The Post’s Adam Kilgore and Barry Svrluga about what that twist says about the legacy of the pandemic at the Paris Olympics.

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Crying at the race walk

Aug 8, 202419 min

There’s so much more to the Olympics than sports. But if you don’t attend in person, you might never know. Ava Wallace talks with features writer Dan Zak about the cultural oddities of the Paris Games – including those magical “hospitality houses.”