Stacy St. Clair

Stacy St. Clair has been a general assignment reporter with the Chicago Tribune since 2007. Before that she reported for the Daily Herald, the Dayton Daily News and The Topeka Capital-Journal. She has received numerous national honors for her work. Stacy has a journalism degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia, with minors in American politics and Spanish.

USA’s Kamal Bey, in blue, wrestles Kyrgyzstan’s Akzhol Makhmudov, falling 4-1 in a men’s 77kg Greco-Roman 1/8 final match, Aug. 6, 2024, at Champ de Mars during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Chicago-area wrestlers Kamal Bey and Joe Rau lose their 1st Olympic matches — but the door isn’t closed on Rau’s medal yet

August 7, 2024 at 7:56 a.m.

Chicago-area wrestlers Kamal Bey and Joe Rau had nearly identical Olympic debuts Tuesday morning, yet one of them still has a shot at a medal and the other is taking...

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