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Suni Lee Wins All-Around Gold at Tokyo Olympics

Suni Lee won gold in the Tokyo Olympics women's individual all-around gymnastics final on Thursday. For her best event, the uneven bars, Lee performed one of the most difficult routines in the world, clinching her a score of 15.4, the highest of the night.Lee's win comes just two days after Simone Biles dropped out of the U.S. gymnastics team and individual finals to focus on her mental health. Biles's exit cleared the way for Lee to step up and sweep gold.Lee, an 18-year-old Hmong American, con...

info@hypebae.com (HYPEBAE) Thu, 29 Jul 2021 HYPEBAE
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Korean Archer An San Receives Sexist Comments for Her Short Hair

Despite having won two gold medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, South Korean archer An San is receiving anti-feminist comments from social media users back home for her short hair.An anonymous individual published a blog post on an online community site that reads, "Women who attend women's universities and have a short cut are 90 percent likely to be feminist... That's why I don't support her. I extremely hate feminists [...] Women nowadays intentionally don't have short cuts because they don't ...

info@hypebae.com (HYPEBAE) Thu, 29 Jul 2021 HYPEBAE
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Atlanta Spa Shooter Sentenced to Life in Prison, Won't Be Charged With Hate Crime

The man accused of fatally shooting eight people -- six of whom were Asian women -- at three Atlanta-area massage parlors was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.The shooter, Robert Aaron Long, pleaded guilty to 23 charges in a Cherokee County court on Tuesday. He was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences plus an additional 35 years. Prosecutors intended to seek the death penalty but accepted Long's plea deal as the swiftest path to justice. Puzzlingly, Long will...

info@hypebae.com (HYPEBAE) Wed, 28 Jul 2021 HYPEBAE
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UPDATE: Paris Hilton Denies Pregnancy Rumors

UPDATE (July 27, 2021): Paris Hilton has responded to a Page Six report alleging that she is expecting her first child with her fiancé, Carter Reum. The socialite released a new episode of her podcast, This Is Paris, addressing the rumors."I also woke up to about 3,000 texts. All my iPhones are blowing up...I've heard from people I haven't heard from in years." she began. "I am not pregnant," she clarified, only after joking that she's expecting triplets. "I am waiting until after the wedding....

info@hypebae.com (HYPEBAE) Tue, 27 Jul 2021 HYPEBAE