by admin | Feb 15, 2022 | Representation, SEW
2022 U.S. figure skating champion Mariah Bell made her Olympic debut with this short program. She is the oldest U.S. Olympian to compete in women’s singles in 94 years. Read More
by admin | Feb 15, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Mikaela Shiffrin arrived at the 2022 Winter Olympics with the goal of competing in all five individual Alpine skiing disciplines, something she had never done before at the Winter Games. She’ll end up going one step further before the Olympic flame is extinguished....
by admin | Feb 15, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Canada-born Kaillie Humphries, winner of the first-ever Olympic gold in the monobob, says she “never gave up” on herself. It’s the third Olympic gold medal for the 36-year-old but the first while representing the US — Humphries switched...
by admin | Feb 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The Russian figure skating star at the center of doping questions at the Beijing Olympics will be allowed to continue to compete despite failing a doping test weeks ago, but officials will not conduct an awards ceremony or hand out medals in any event she wins until...
by admin | Feb 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Jamie Anderson and Julia Marino had their bubbles burst before qualifying began for women’s snowboard big air. Behind the scenes, these pandemic Olympics haven’t been what they hoped. “Just like a little bit tapped out,” Anderson said....
by admin | Feb 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Erin Jackson has ended the United States’ individual medal drought in speed skating, surging to a historic Olympic gold in the women’s 500m. The former roller derby skater from Ocala, Florida, who went off in the penultimate pair from the inside lane on Sunday night,...
by admin | Feb 13, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The son of U.S. bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor is with her every step of the way at the Winter Olympics. NBC’s cameras focused on an adorable cartoon figure of Nico affixed to Meyers Taylor’s shoe at the monobob event on Sunday in Beijing. Read More
by admin | Feb 13, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Lindsey Jacobellis looked at the final results and laughed. Not at the outcome, but at the birth years. Only one other rider – besides she and teammate Nick Baumgartner – in the snowboardcross mixed team final was born in the 1980s. All those younger snowboarders,...
by admin | Feb 13, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to Chloe Kim who not only won a gold medal in the women’s halfpipe but also became the first woman ever to win multiple golds in the discipline. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to Rory Dames and...
by admin | Feb 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s Winter Olympics will be decided not on the ice rink but by three women and three men at a boardroom table in a five-star Beijing hotel a short drive from the stadium where she thrilled the world this week. The 15-year-old...
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