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As the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games come to a close, here is a brief list of just some of the athletes who used the world stage as a platform to point to God. 1. Sydney McLaughlin Not only did U.S. Olympian Sydney McLaughlin win the gold medal for Team USA in the 400-meter hurdles, but the 21-year-old also set a world record with a time of 51.46.After McLaughlin’s win, she said that it was made possible by “just trusting the process and giving the glory to God.”The outspoken Christian posts about her faith often on her Instagram. “Let me start...

Ryan Crouser and Joe Kovacs can heave a 16-pound ball farther than just about anyone else. Meanwhile, their lives have become track and field’s version of a buddy flick.[...snip...] Crouser got the best of Kovacs again at the indoor championships on Saturday in Staten Island, putting his shot 72 feet 10 3/4 inches to Kovacs’s 70 feet 2 1/2 inches. [...snip...] “You don’t have to worry about the implement or the elements or even a team,” said Crouser, who is 6-foot-8 and about 320 pounds. “It almost gets addicting to measure your progress so accurately. All that matters is pure...