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A Golden Summer

The start of a new school year in Kentucky causes sports fans to start dreaming about ball games in the bluegrass.

But the end of the summer was nothing short of spectacular for the Kentucky Wildcats who represented the USA in the Olympics in Tokyo. Eleven Wildcat athletes earned medals, and eight of those medals were pure gold.

The eight gold medals earned under the banner of the Big Blue Nation ranked above the other nations of Cuba, New Zealand, Canada, and Brazil that earned a respective seven apiece for their national totals.