David Kendziera’s Olympics motto has been ‘BELIEVE,’ a fitting mantra for an unsponsored hurdler who has defied expectations dating back to his high s

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TOKYO — If you’ve ever failed to make a high school sports team, David Kendziera is probably your Olympic spirit animal. Kendziera — who finished 12th in the 400-meter hurdles Sunday after failing to advance to the final — was cut as a sophomore by a hurdles coach at Prospect High School after a one-day tryout. It was a blow to the teen, who had been discouraged from joining the sprinters a ...

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