All posts tagged "olympics"

Runner Maddy Price Reaches Olympic Dream Five Years After Losing Her Dad To Cancer

Crystal Dunn ‘Still On Cloud Nine’ After U.S. Women’s World Cup Title

By Jonathan Tannenwald The Philadelphia Inquirer WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) Now that the World Cup is over, Crystal Dunn is back to...

Women’s Team Jumping Next Step Towards Equality, Combined To Follow

dpa, Berlin WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) Women are now soaring off large hills as female ski jumpers debut as a women’s team...

How A 4-foot 11 Gymnast Transformed Into A World-Class Weightlifter

By David Briggs The Blade, Toledo, Ohio WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) Alyssa Ritchey may be 4-foot-11 and weigh just 108 pounds but...

Estee Ackerman, LI Table Tennis Phenom, Spreading The Word

By Kenny Dejohn Newsday WWR Article Summary (tl;dr) Meet the teen Ping Pong champ with an eye on the 2020 Olympics. Newsday...

Chinese Pro Women’s Hockey Team Makes Stop In Anchorage For Exhibition Game

By Stephan Wiebe Alaska Dispatch News, Anchorage WWR Article Summary (tl;dr)