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Special Olympics Missouri receives Healthy Community designation
Special Olympics Missouri recently received a designation as an official “Healthy Community” from Special Olympics International. SOMO is now one of 19 organizations internationally recognized with the distinction. “Special Olympics Missouri is committed to ensuring those with intellectual disabilities have the opportunity to thrive in every area of their life,” said Megan Davis, SOMO health …
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Lisa Carrington scores seventh successive K1 200m world championship crown
Kiwi paddler Lisa Carrington has powered to her seventh consecutive victory in the K1 200m final at the canoe sprint world championships in Hungary. The star kayaker and two-time defending Olympic champion won by nearly two seconds and remains undefeated in the discipline since 2012. Carrington’s road to the final in Szeged had been a …
U.S. basketball roster named for FIBA World Cup, includes one Olympian – OlympicTalk
The U.S. men’s basketball team’s 98-94 exhibition loss to Australia on Saturday snapped a 78-game win streak in major international tournaments and exhibitions, a first defeat for a roster of NBA players since the 2006 FIBA World Championship. The U.S. led by as much as 10 in the third quarter before an Australian team sparked …
Kim Rhode triumphs over theft on road to record-breaking Olympic bid – OlympicTalk
Kim Rhode arrived at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, missing a few things. The six-time Olympic shooting medalist had nearly all her equipment stolen prior to her trip earlier this month after her bag was nabbed from her father’s car. “I lost everything but my vest and my gun,” Rhode said in Lima …
Simone Biles wins sixth U.S. all-around title, ties record – OlympicTalk
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Simone Biles left the GOAT leotard at home. She brought a double-double and a triple-double to the U.S. Gymnastics Championships instead, winning her sixth national all-around title in a runaway. Biles hit a skill that no woman has ever done, for a second straight night of competition — this time a triple twisting …
Dalilah Muhammad breaks 400m hurdles world record – OlympicTalk
DES MOINES, Iowa — Dalilah Muhammad broke a 16-year-old world record in the 400m hurdles at the USATF Outdoor Championships on Sunday. Muhammad, the Rio Olympic champion, clocked 52.20 seconds on a wet track to take .14 off Russian Yuliya Pechonkina‘s mark from 2003. “My coach kept telling me it was there,” Muhammad, whose previous best was …
Australia’s Kyle Chalmers claims silver at world swimming championships
Updated July 25, 2019 22:02:20 Australia’s Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers has fallen just short of claiming gold at the world swimming titles after finishing second to American Caeleb Dressel in the men’s 100 metres freestyle final in Gwangju, South Korea. Chalmers came home strongly in the second lap to produce a personal best time of …
Katie Ledecky Drops Out of 2 World Championship Races Due to Illness
Washington-born Katie Ledecky, the pacesetter for women’s long distance swimming, withdrew from two world championship events following a surprising second-place finish on Sunday to Australian Ariarne Titmus. For top swimmers, the 2019 world championship meet is a dress rehearsal for the Tokyo Olympics, which start in one year. Ledecky, a Bethesda native, had not been …
Rio Olympics: Ex-governor says he paid $2m bribe
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Sérgio Cabral celebrated Rio’s successful bid with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2009 A former governor of Rio de Janeiro says he helped pay a $2m (£1.6m) bribe to secure the Olympic Games for the Brazilian city in 2016. Sérgio Cabral told a judge the payment was made …
Creating healthy athletes at Special Olympics Indiana
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – “I think people with special needs don’t always comprehend what they really need to take care of their own self.” Special Olympics Indiana athlete Nicholas Herran knows his heath is a priority before, during and especially after the Summer Games. “So many athletes come and feel like they only need to …
