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Letter: 121 Olympic medals prove U.S. is great

Donald Trump wants to make America great again?

Perhaps he should ask the 558 U.S. athletes who just competed in the Rio Olympics (294 women and 264 men) if they think America is great.

These athletes won 121 medals — almost twice as many as the next top two countries, Britain and China. Eleven of these U.S. medals were for new Olympic records.

I firmly believe that American is great, and these incredible U.S. athletes resoundingly proved that point!

Gary R. Petersen, Richland

This story was originally published September 15, 2016 at 3:55 AM with the headline "Letter: 121 Olympic medals prove U.S. is great."

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