by admin | Jul 29, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Any time Katie Ledecky swims a personal best, it’s a notable accomplishment. Ledecky, the 10-time Olympic medalist, swam the fastest 400m individual medley of her career for her third victory in as many nights at the U.S. Championships in Irvine, California, on...
by admin | Jul 27, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Katie Ledecky extended her 12-year win streak in her trademark event by winning the 800m freestyle on the first day of the five-day U.S. Swimming Championships in Irvine, California, on Tuesday. Ledecky, who owns the 29 fastest times in history in the event, clocked 8...
by admin | Jul 10, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to Sandra Douglass Morgan who was hired as the first Black female team president in the NFL’s history. 👎This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to whoever drugged Canadian swimmer Mary Sophie Harvey at the...
by admin | Jul 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Mary-Sophie Harvey, a Canadian swimmer and Tokyo Olympian, shared Wednesday on Instagram that she was drugged on the last night of the World Championships last month. “At this time I wasn’t aware of what got inside of me, I just remember waking up the next morning...
by admin | Jun 30, 2022 | Representation, SEW
One of the fallbacks for radio hosts when the local teams aren’t performing well — which is almost always nowadays — is to raise this question: “Who is the greatest athlete to represent the Washington area?” Or, as the pundits now like to call it, “the DMV.” It is a...
by admin | Jun 27, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The U.S. shattered the record for world swimming championships medals, winning eight more on the final day to finish with 45. It held the previous record of 38 from 2017. The U.S. closed out competition Saturday with gold in the men’s 50m backstroke (Justin Ress, who...
by admin | Jun 23, 2022 | Representation, SEW
A Team USA Artistic swimmer was dramatically rescued by her coach after she appeared to faint in the water during the world aquatics championships in Budapest on Wednesday. In harrowing images, 25-year-old Anita Alvarez could be seen floating toward the bottom of the...
by admin | Jun 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Katie Ledecky won a record-extending 17th swimming world title with a comfortable victory in the 1,500m free in Budapest on Monday. With this latest gold medal, Ledecky also tied fellow American Natalie Coughlin for the women’s record of 20 career medals at the...
by admin | Jun 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Katie Ledecky is more interested in lap times than medal counts. She was satisfied with both at the world swimming championships on Monday. Ledecky took gold in the 1500m freestyle for her 20th career world medal, tying Natalie Coughlin for the female record. Ledecky,...
by admin | Jun 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW
FINA, the world governing body for swimming, has voted to effectively ban transgender women from participating in women’s swimming competitions. The vote — with 71.5% approval at the FINA Extraordinary General Congress 2022 in Budapest — was the latest salvo in...
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