by admin | Oct 6, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Coco Gauff now has the longest women’s winning streak of the year, recording her 15th victory in a row on Thursday by defeating Tokyo champion Veronika Kudermetova in Beijing, 7-6 (5), 6-2. The previous-longest women’s winning streak of the year belonged to Iga...
by admin | Sep 26, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Nineteen months after Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s positive doping test kept the 2022 Beijing Olympics’ team figure skating medals from being awarded, nothing has been resolved. Valieva’s eligibility still is being debated, and the medals remain in storage....
by admin | Jun 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The International Skating Union will raise the minimum age for competitors in senior events from 15 to 17 to protect skaters’ “physical and mental health, and emotional well-being”. The decision comes after the controversy surrounding Kamila Valieva...
by admin | May 17, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Skate Mania isn’t much different than it was two decades ago when Erin Jackson first walked in. The sprawling wooden floor beneath fluorescent lights; the smell of brown leather roller skates; the snack bar; and the same teenage dreams inside four walls of painted...
by admin | Apr 29, 2022 | Representation, SEW
“Thank you China,” complete with a Chinese flag and a heart emoji, might seem like an innocuous enough farewell message from China’s Winter Olympics superstar Eileen Gu. After winning two gold medals, countless hearts and substantial fame and...
by admin | Apr 29, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin does not know what happened in Beijing. She can and did put on a brave face to deliver what she called a “generic” answer, but, she said, she truly doesn’t know. Shiffrin penned a piece in “The Players’...
by admin | Mar 22, 2022 | Representation, SEW
For all the lead-up talk about Mikaela Shiffrin‘s medal possibilities at the Olympics, she said at the end of her season that her primary objective was about all of the races before and after the Games. “I had quite a few goals, but my biggest goal was the overall...
by admin | Mar 16, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Mikaela Shiffrin increased her lead over Petra Vlhová in a close race for the overall title by winning the downhill on Wednesday at the World Cup Finals. Shiffrin had barely raced downhill this season — two World Cup events in December and then last...
by admin | Mar 14, 2022 | Guest Blogs, SEW
As the Russian invasion continues to escalate, Ukrainian athletes are showing the world they can persevere even with uncertainty at home. Ukraine has swept the podium twice at the Beijing Paralympics, earning several medals for their country. Iryna Bui led the charge,...
by admin | Mar 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
After the legal fight France’s Cecile Hernandez and Team USA’s Brenna Huckaby endured to reach Beijing, the turns, berms, and jumps ended up being the easy part. In the women’s snowboard cross final (LL2 classification) on Monday at the 2022 Winter Paralympics,...
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