by admin | Dec 14, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova will stick to her reduced World Cup schedule this season, making it unlikely she’ll become a threat to Mikaela Shiffrin’s bid for the overall title. Initially a slalom specialist, Vlhova became the first overall champion from Slovakia...
by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW
German speed skater Claudia Pechstein will become the second person to compete in eight Winter Olympics, and the oldest woman ever to compete at the Winter Games at nearly 50 years old. Pechstein, a nine-time Olympic medalist, qualified for the Beijing Olympics in the...
by admin | Dec 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Nearly four months after U.S. gymnast Suni Lee won an Olympic gold medal, it was gone. Well, not gone. She just couldn’t put her hands on it. After a whirlwind 10 days in Tokyo, and just a few weeks on campus at Auburn, where she is a freshman, the 18-year-old Lee...
by admin | Dec 9, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Amid lingering international concern over the safety of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on Wednesday defended the organization’s handling of her situation and dismissed suggestions that the IOC should take more...
by admin | Dec 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Suni Lee may have already achieved her lifelong goal of becoming an Olympic gold medalist, but that doesn’t mean she’s slowing down anytime soon. The 18-year-old gymnast became the first Hmong-American to earn the prestigious honor at the Tokyo Olympics...
by admin | Dec 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
There will be someone new leading the U.S. women’s gymnastics team at the Paris Olympics. Tom Forster, the high-performance director, is stepping down at the end of the year. The announcement Wednesday comes four months after the Tokyo Games, where the Americans...
by admin | Dec 7, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Even by weightlifting standards, Emily Campbell’s silver medal-winning lift at the Tokyo Olympics was a striking piece of Olympian theatre. With her hair in two Team GB-themed blue and red buns, she completed the lift, dropped the 161kg weight, then fell to her knees,...
by admin | Dec 6, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Boxer Irma Testa, who took home a bronze medal for Italy at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, has come out as queer. Testa, 23, won a bronze medal in the women’s featherweight category at this year’s summer Olympics, after previously competing in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Read...
by admin | Dec 6, 2021 | Representation, SEW
American Erin Jackson lost a 500-meter World Cup race for just the second time this season on Saturday, hesitating after what she thought was a false start. Andzelika Wojcik of Poland won in 36.775 seconds at the Utah Olympic Oval. Angelina Golikova of Russia was...
by admin | Dec 6, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Kaillie Humphries won the women’s monobob at the World Cup stop Altenberg, Germany, on Saturday – just two days after becoming a U.S. citizen. It was a whirlwind week for Humphries. After competing in the qualifying runs in Altenberg on Tuesday, she flew to Los...
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