‘Trans non-binary’ athlete to represent US in women’s track event at Paris Olympics
With the Summer Olympics just around the corner, the United States will send hundreds of top athletes to Paris, France, to compete for the gold medal in red, white and blue. Some of these athletes identify as “trans non-binary,” prefer “they/them” pronouns, and were onceHarming transgender people“ On Sunday, 29-year-old middle-distance runner Nikki Hiltz won […]
Simone Biles says Bears allowing her husband, Jonathan Owens, to skip training camp practices for Olympics
Gymnast Simone Biles will be returning to the Olympics this year, and her husband, Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens, will be there to watch in person. As expected, the seven-time medalist won the U.S. Olympic Trials over the weekend and qualified for the tournament. However, it was unclear whether Owens would be able to take […]
Transgender Runner Qualifies for Olympics in Record Time
A transgender/non-binary American runner qualified for the Paris Olympics in record time, but there’s more to the story than mainstream headlines suggest. Nikki Hiltz earned a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team on Sunday in the women’s 1,500 meters with a time of 3:55:33, the second-fastest time ever by an American in the event and […]
Will a Chinese doping scandal ruin the Olympics?
With just weeks to go until the Paris Olympics, Chinese swimmers have become embroiled in the latest state-sponsored doping scandal. of scheme From East German steroids 50 years ago to the recent mass falsification of urine tests in Russia, things may change, but CorrosiveThe demoralizing effect on clean athletes will never change: after years of […]
USA Olympics Gymnastics Team Roster Set, Simone Biles Takes On Third Trip
Simone Biles, Suni Lee and Jordan Chiles react after the fourth day of competition at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Gymnastics Trials at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 30, 2024. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) OAN’s Brooke MalloryMonday, July 1, 2024 3:37 PM Gymnast Simone Biles is making her Olympic return and the overwhelming […]
Quincy Wilson, 16, becomes youngest male track athlete to represent US in Olympics
Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old American track and field star, announced on social media that he will be competing in the Olympics. As a member of the 4×400-meter relay team, Wilson will become the youngest athlete to represent the United States at the Olympics. Jim Ryun (1964) and Erion Knighton (2021), both 17 years old, were […]
Simone Biles returns to US women’s gymnastics team for Paris Olympics: ‘definitely our redemption tour’
Simone Biles has rejoined the 2024 U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team after withdrawing from competing at the 2021 Olympics in Japan. At 27, Biles is the oldest American woman to be selected for an Olympic gymnastics team since the 1950s. Biles is set to marry Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens in the spring of 2023, […]
Simone Biles earns 2024 Olympics spot with US gymnastics trials win
MINNEAPOLIS — Simone Biles will be back at the Olympics and with the intense spotlight that comes with it. The gymnastics superstar made her third appearance on the sport’s biggest stage with an easy victory at the U.S. Olympic Trials on Sunday night, earning the lone automatic berth on the five-member women’s team with a […]
From classroom to podium: The journey of US student athletes to the Olympics
Student-athletes competing in the Olympics in Paris this summer face the monumental challenge of training for their sport while also attending college classes. The university sends many students to compete representing the United States and other countries, but it requires collaboration between coaches and exceptional dedication and time management from students to achieve their athletic […]
Simone Biles in position to make 2024 Olympics
MINNEAPOLIS — Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Simone Biles’ more than decade of redefining what’s possible in gymnastics is how she’s stayed healthy all the while. She knows the danger that lurks around every turn, every twist, every landing. Blocking it all out and forging ahead may be her greatest skill, and it was […]