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Gabby Douglas Postpones Return to Gymnastics After Testing Positive for COVID: ‘I’m Crushed’

by admin | Feb 26, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Gabby Douglas’ return to gymnastics has been postponed after she tested positive for COVID. The three-time Olympic medalist announced the news a day before the 2024 Winter Cup in Louisville, Kentucky, where she was scheduled to compete on beam, floor, and vault....

Iowa’s Caitlin Clark Considering Playing Five College Seasons

by admin | Feb 28, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark revealed Monday that she is considering delaying her professional career for another season as she might use her COVID year of eligibility. As a junior, Clark will play at least one more collegiate season before declaring for the...

Two-time European 800m champion retires from running, citing long COVID

by admin | Nov 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Two-time European 800m champion and Swiss 800m record holderSelina Rutz-Büchel announced her retirement on social mediaWednesday, citing long COVID. Rutz-Büchel is a two-time European indoor champion in the 800m, winning titles in 2015 and 2017. During her 12-year...

West Ham goalkeeper Sophie Hillyerd on POTS, the condition ‘that nobody else can see’

by admin | Oct 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW

West Ham United goalkeeper Sophie Hillyerd says that the last 12 months have been like nothing she’s ever experienced before. “Nobody can tell,” she told ESPN. “When you’re having a bad day, they think, ‘Why is she struggling...

Mikaela Shiffrin’s Olympic prep has included covid, isolation, tears — and relief

by admin | Jan 29, 2022 | Representation, SEW

The Olympics were only five weeks away, and the most prominent Team USA athlete was sequestered in a hotel room in Austria, reduced to doing pull-ups on her bed frame and lunges with a single 15-kilogram plate and knocking on the wall to say hi to her mother in the...

Two Big Ten women’s basketball games canceled because of COVID-19 protocols

by admin | Dec 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Two Big Ten women’s basketball games scheduled for Thursday have been canceled because of COVID-19 protocols, it was announced Monday. No. 21 Iowa’s game at Penn State has been called off because of positive COVID-19 test results in the Nittany...

Dec 20 – Dec 26, Highlights and Lowlights

by admin | Dec 26, 2021 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights

? This week our highlight goes to snowboarder Chloe Kim who has now officially qualified for the Olympics! ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to Covid which has affected the competition int he skiing world in particular this...

‘I just got used to being sick:’ How long-haul COVID has cost WNBA star Asia Durr two seasons

by admin | Dec 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW

That Friday in June 2020 was like so many other days. Asia Durr and her personal trainer were at the gym, working out and doing physical therapy for the hip injury that had limited the WNBA’s No. 2 pick in her rookie season. Read More

Asia Durr announces return to basketball after 2 seasons wiped out by COVID-19

by admin | Nov 16, 2021 | Representation, SEW

It’s hard to find a professional athlete hurt worse by COVID-19 than Asia Durr. The No. 2 overall pick in the 2019 WNBA draft missed both the 2020 and 2021 seasons due to a lingering case of the coronavirus. A former Louisville standout, Durr dealt with...

Women’s world boxing championships postponed amid COVID-19 pandemic

by admin | Nov 11, 2021 | Representation, SEW

The women’s world boxing championships have been postponed from next month to March 2022 because of restrictions in place amid the coronavirus pandemic, the International Boxing Association said. AIBA said late Wednesday that teams were finding it difficult to...
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