Olympic.org put together a multi-sport highlights video. It’s not yet on their YouTube channel as I post.
It looks quite the success.
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Month: October 2018
Jim Thorpe’s shoes at the Olympics
Associated Press named him the “greatest athlete” from the first 50 years of the 20th century.
Here’s a great story – triumphing over racism and adversity.
James Francis Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk): Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as “Bright Path” … was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist.
A member of the Sac and Fox Nation, Thorpe became the first Native American to win a gold medal for the United States.
Considered one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports, he won Olympic gold medals in the 1912 pentathlon and decathlon, and played American football (collegiate and professional), professional baseball, and basketball.
He lost his Olympic titles after it was found he had been paid for playing two seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in the Olympics, thus violating the amateurism rules that were then in place. In 1983, 30 years after his death, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) restored his Olympic medals. …
Nike sponsors runner Justin Gallegos
Worlds podium training
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Biles on Vault
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Riley McCusker – Bars
Hurricane Michael Gymnastics clinic
Doc Ali is donating all proceeds to the USA Gymnastics Florida Recovery Fund managed by the United States Gymnastics Coaches and Owners Association (USGCOA).
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2. Deal with nerves during competition
3. Be mentally strong through adversity in competition
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Hurricane Michael Relief Clinic: Get Your Mind Right for Competition ($25.00)
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Miss Val’s Madison Kocian rap
USC pays $215m over gynaecologist sex abuse claims
The proposed settlement would compensate students who saw gynaecologist George Tyndall, whom hundreds of women have accused.
It comes a day after 93 women filed a lawsuit against the school, alleging it ignored complaints for decades.
Mr Tyndall has denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged with a crime. …
China – USA relations
Very good in Doha.
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