From 2014 to the present: this blog is dedicated to reporting Olympic news: Winter, Summer, & Special. And also devoted to praying for the SOULS of the athletes, officials, spectators, etc that ALL may know Jesus Christ as their personal Lord & Savior ! Great athletic bodies only last for so long. Our souls in Christ last forever !
Sunday, February 15, 2026
🙏"Lindsey Vonn shares new hospital update with amputation still on the table"
"For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord." — Jeremiah 30:17
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Speaking medically—not emotionally—the actual likelihood of amputation after a severe tibia fracture like the one described for is generally low, but not zero.
Here's what determines real risk:
A complex tibia fracture becomes amputation-risk primarily when there is:
• Major arterial damage (loss of blood supply)
• Severe soft-tissue destruction
• Uncontrolled infection
• Compartment syndrome that cannot be reversed
• Bone that cannot be reconstructed after multiple attempts
In modern trauma centers, limb-salvage rates for severe open tibia fractures are typically 85–95% successful, meaning amputation occurs in roughly 5–15% of the most extreme cases. That percentage drops further when:
• The patient is otherwise healthy
• The injury is treated quickly
• Care is happening in a high-level surgical facility
• The patient has strong vascular status
From what's publicly described (external fixator in place, multiple surgeries, no confirmed vascular loss), this sounds like a Gustilo type III fracture scenario, which is serious but still commonly salvaged today.
The fact that surgeons are continuing staged reconstruction rather than discussing emergency amputation strongly suggests they believe the limb is viable.
In high-profile athletes treated in advanced European centers, I would estimate the realistic amputation probability is likely well under 10%, unless new complications (infection or vascular failure) develop.
Important perspective:
Surgeons often say "amputation is possible" in complex trauma because ethically they must prepare the patient for worst-case outcomes. That does not mean it is probable—it means it remains medically conceivable.
Based on the available description, this appears to be a limb-salvage pathway, not an amputation pathway.
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✝️"Beloved figure skating coach, former Team USA medalist gunned down in Starbucks drive-thru: reports"
"Gabrielle "Sam" Linehan, 28, was sitting in her car in the city's Tower Grove East neighborhood just after 10 a.m. Tuesday, when a suspect approached and opened fire, .."
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Another senseless
act of violence 👎😡
Saturday, February 14, 2026
🥇gold‑medal update for day8 (Sat Feb14, 2026) from the Winter Olympics
— covering the biggest
highlights & winners so far 🏅:
⭐ Major Gold Medal Performances Today
🇺🇸 Jordan Stolz (USA) – Men's 500 m Speed Skating: Stolz blazed to gold with an Olympic‑record time of 33.77 seconds in the men's 500 m, marking his second gold medal of these Games.
🇦🇺 Jakara Anthony (Australia) – Women's Dual Moguls: Anthony clinched gold in the inaugural dual moguls event, becoming the first Australian winter athlete to win two Olympic golds.
🇸🇮 Domen Prevc (Slovenia) – Men's Large Hill Ski Jumping: Prevc soared to victory to earn the gold medal in ski jumping's large hill individual competition.
🇳🇴 Norway – Women's 4×7.5 km Cross‑Country Relay: Norway powered to gold in the relay, finishing with a commanding lead.
📍 Other Notable Olympic News Today
The Games are deep into Day 8 with a flurry of medal events across speed skating, skiing, biathlon, and more.
Several nations continue beefing up their medal counts, with the U.S., Norway, Australia, and Slovenia among today's top achievers.
🎯 What's Coming Up
(Scheduled Medal Events)
Today's action also includes finals or decisive rounds in:
🏅 Women's sprint biathlon
🏅 Men's giant slalom alpine skiing
🏅 Women's skeleton
… along with hockey and short‑track speed skating medals still to be decided later in the day.
"Who is Ilia Malinin? 'Quad God' already among best skaters ever "| Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/who-ilia-malinin-quad-god-might-already-one-greatest-figure-skaters-all-time
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Figure skating is in Malinin's blood. Both his parents competed in the Olympics and have impressive resumes themselves. Combined, his parents have 17 national championships in Uzbekistan..."
Friday, February 13, 2026
The Winter Olympics 2026 medal count by country as of today (Friday, February 13, 2026
— based on the latest official standings reported on February 13/14 (Milan‑Cortina Olympic Games). This list includes all nations that have won at least one medal so far in the 2026 Winter Olympics.
🏅 2026 Winter Olympics Medal Table (as of Feb 13–14, 2026)
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
Norway 8 3 7 18
Italy 6 3 9 18
United States 4 7 3 14
Japan 3 3 8 14
Austria 3 6 3 12
Germany 4 4 3 11
France 4 5 1 10
Sweden 4 3 1 8
Canada 0 3 4 7
Switzerland 4 1 2 7
Czech Republic 2 2 0 4
South Korea 1 1 2 4
China 0 2 2 4
Australia 2 1 0 3
Slovenia 1 1 0 2
New Zealand 0 1 1 2
Poland 0 2 0 2
Bulgaria 0 0 2 2
Great Britain 1 0 0 1
Kazakhstan 1 0 0 1
Latvia 0 1 0 1
Belgium 0 0 1 1
Finland 0 0 1 1
🔢 Total medal-winning nations so far: 23.
📍 Notes:
Italy and Norway are tied on total medals (18 each), but Norway leads on gold count.
Japan has made a strong showing with 14 total medals including 8 bronzes.
Several countries — including Great Britain, Kazakhstan and Belgium — have earned their first medals of these Games.
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🧑🎿 Athlete Counts by Country — 2026 Winter Olympics (Milano Cortina)
Country / NOC Number of Athletes
Albania 4
Andorra 7
Argentina 8
Armenia 5
Australia 54
Austria 117
Azerbaijan 2
Belgium 30
Benin 1
Bolivia 1
Bosnia & Herzegovina 5
Brazil 15
Bulgaria 20
Canada 210–211
Chile 4
China 126
Chinese Taipei 9
Colombia 1
Croatia 14
Cyprus 2
Czech Republic 114
Denmark 39
Ecuador 1
Eritrea 1
Estonia 32
Finland 103
France 162
Georgia 8
Germany 189
Great Britain 55
Greece 5
Guinea‑Bissau 1
Haiti 2
Hong Kong 4
Hungary 15
Iceland 4
India 2
Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) ~20 (competing without national designation)
Iran 4
Ireland 4
Israel 10
Jamaica 7
Kazakhstan 36
Kenya 2
Kosovo 2
Kyrgyzstan 2
Latvia 68
Lebanon 2
Liechtenstein 8
Lithuania 17
Luxembourg 2
Madagascar 2
Malaysia 1
Malta 1
Monaco 1
Mongolia 3
Montenegro 2
Morocco 2
Netherlands 39
New Zealand 17
Nigeria 1
North Macedonia 4
Norway 80
Pakistan 1
Philippines 2
Poland 60
Portugal 3
Puerto Rico 1
Romania 29
San Marino 1
Saudi Arabia 2
Serbia 3
Singapore 1
Slovakia 53
Slovenia 37
South Africa 5
South Korea 73
Spain 20
Sweden 110
Switzerland 175
Thailand 3
Trinidad & Tobago 7
Turkey (Türkiye) 8
Ukraine 46
United Arab Emirates (UAE) 2
United States 232–233
Uruguay 1
Uzbekistan 2
Venezuela 1
📌 Notes:
• Figures come from multiple official and widely reporting sources; some tallies differ slightly (e.g., USA and Canada listed with minor variation depending on source).
• "Individual Neutral Athletes" refers to athletes from countries (notably Russia and Belarus) competing under a neutral status due to international sanctions — usually counted separately from official country delegations.
• There are 93 NOCs with athletes at these Games.
"Lindsey Vonn undergoes third leg surgery since Olympic crash "- ESPN
https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/47899225/lindsey-vonn-undergoes-third-leg-surgery-olympic-crash
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Vonn posted an update on Instagram that included photos of her giving a thumbs-up sign in her hospital bed with a metal frame attached to her leg..."
🥇 Gold Medal Winners – Day 6 (Feb 12, 2026) Winter Olympics Italy
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Freestyle Skiing – Men's Moguls: Cooper Woods (Australia) — won gold in a dramatic finish over Canada's Mikael Kingsbury by tiebreaker in scoring.
Alpine Skiing – Women's Super-G: Federica Brignone (Italy) — clinched gold with a time of 1:23.41, completing a remarkable comeback from injury.
Speed Skating – Women's 5000 m: Francesca Lollobrigida (Italy) — claimed her second gold of the Games, edging the field by just 0.10 seconds
Short Track Speed Skating – Women's 500 m: Xandra Velzeboer (Netherlands) — won the final in 41.609 seconds after setting a new world record in the semis.
Snowboard Halfpipe – Women's: Choi Ga-on (South Korea) — took gold, denying American Chloe Kim a historic third straight Olympic title
👎Disgraceful "Eileen Gu garners backlash for commenting on Trump’s statement while representing China " - Local News
https://wfin.com/fox-sports/eileen-gu-garners-backlash-for-commenting-on-trumps-statement-while-representing-china/
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She chose to play for a country responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of its own people and that is running concentration camps right now, instead of the country where she was born and given opportunity."
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Day 4 Olympics Update 🥇🎿🏒
Notable Day 4 Highlights
Slovenia won ski jumping
mixed team gold.
Sweden captured mixed
doubles curling gold.
Austria claimed gold
in the women's alpine
team combined.
Norway's Klæbo took
his seventh Olympic gold.
USA posted a big hockey win over Canada and added multiple medals in skiing and luge. 🇺🇸
Monday, February 9, 2026
🇺🇸🎿"Amazing Moment Olympic Downhill Skier Breezy Johnson Breaks Down in Tears During National Anthem After Winning Gold Medal for Team USA "
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/02/gold-medalist-breezy-johnson-breaks-down-tears-during/
"Breezy Johnson raced to gold in the women's downhill, edging Germany's Emma Aicher by four hundredths of a second and Italy's Sofia Goggia by more than a half second to stand atop an Olympic podium for the first time," NBC News reported..."
Winter Olympics update,Day 3
the latest triumphs from the
Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
Monday, February 9, has been a day of incredible records & historic firsts.
Today's Gold Medal Winners (Day 3)
|---|---|---|---|
* Speed Skating ⛸️ (Women's 1000m) | Jutta Leerdam, Netherlands, new Olympic record (1:12.31) -her first gold
*Alpine Skiing 🎿 (Team Combined) Franjo von Allmen & Tanguy Nef Switzerland - 1st-ever gold🥇 in this new Olympic event
*Freestyle 🎿(Women's Slopestyle) Mathilde Gremaud,Swiss🇨🇭
Successfully defended her title
*Snowboard 🏂 (Women's Big Air) Kokomo Murase, Japan's first-ever gold in women's snowboarding.
*Ski Jumping (Men's Normal Hill)
Philipp Raimund | Germany,
Won with a dramatic final jump of the night.
Current Top Standings (G-S-B)
* Norway: 3-1-2 (6 Total)
* Switzerland: 3-1-1 (5 Total)
* Japan: 2-2-3 (7 Total)
* Germany: 2-1-1 (4 Total)
* United States: 2-0-0 (2 Total) 🇺🇸
"Lindsey Vonn’s father wants her to retire after her Olympic crash | " AP News
https://apnews.com/article/lindsey-vonns-father-olympics-crash-e8d93eccc6858f62d4da8993505da018
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CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn's father said Monday that the American superstar will no longer race if he has any influence over her decision and that she will not return to the Winter Olympics after breaking her left leg in the downhill over the weekend.."
"Lindsey Vonn breaks silence on heartbreaking 2026 Olympics leg- breaking crash: 'No regrets'"
https://nypost.com/2026/02/09/sports/lindsey-vonn-breaks-silence-on-heartbreaking-2026-olympics-crash-no-regrets/
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The gold medal-winning Olympian spoke out for the first time since the scary tumble she took over the weekend, revealing she sustained a complex tibia fracture in a lengthy post on Instagram to her fans.
"Yesterday my Olympic dream did not finish the way I dreamt it would. It wasn't a story book ending or a fairy tail, it was just life," Vonn wrote. "I dared to dream and had worked so hard to achieve it. Because in Downhill ski racing the difference between a strategic line and a catastrophic injury can be as small as 5 inches.
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Sunday, February 8, 2026
Saturday, February 7, 2026
2.7.26 Winter Olympics update 🥇
Olympic Results (Feb 7, 2026)
• Men's Downhill (Alpine Skiing):
Swiss 🇨🇭 skier Franjo von Allmen won gold 🥇 with a time of 1:51.61 — the first gold medal of the 2026 Winter Games.
Silver: Giovanni Franzoni (Italy)🇮🇹, Bronze: Dominik Paris (Italy).🇮🇹
American 🇺🇸Kyle Negomir
finished 10th (best U.S. result).
• On the first full competitive day of the Games, Sweden's🇸🇪 Frida Karlsson won gold 🥇 in the women's skiathlon with teammate Ebba Andersson taking silver; Norway's 🇳🇴 Heidi Weng took bronze.
Other
Great Britain's mixed doubles curling team (Bruce Mouat & Jenn Dodds) has been unbeaten and continues strong. China's Eileen Gu qualified for a freeski slopestyle final after a fall. �
The Guardian
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Thursday, February 5, 2026
"A Secret Indian From the Soo Was America's First Winter Olympic Flag Bearer -" Michigan Enjoyer
https://enjoyer.com/taffy-abel-americas-first-winter-olympic-flag-bearer/
"The secret that came out long after his playing days ended was this: Taffy Abel was a Native American. He was a member of the Ojibwe Sault Ste. Marie tribe on his mother's side, but his parents hid that fact when he was a child because they didn't want Taffy and his sister to be forcibly sent to an Indian Boarding School..."
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Monday, February 2, 2026
Oops "Olympic Gold Medalist Sha'Carri Richardson Arrested for Violating 'Super Speeding' Law | "
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/02/olympic-gold-medalist-shacarri-richardson-arrested-violating-super/
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"I really want to work with you, sir. I am a law-abiding citizen," she said. "Sir, please don't allow me to go to jail. Please. Please, sir."
The words kept flowing.
"Please, sir. I'm begging you. Don't take me to jail. I will do everything. My tire, I cannot go to jail. I promise you, I don't want to go to jail. I'm right here. I have a team here. I have a coach, everything. I was not intentionally doing anything."
Friday, January 23, 2026
🎿 But she chose China 👎‘I Don’t Believe in Limits.’ How Eileen Gu Became Freestyle Skiing’s Biggest Star –"
https://dnyuz.com/2026/01/22/i-dont-believe-in-limits-how-eileen-gu-became-freestyle-skiings-biggest-star/
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Then there is Eileen Gu.
Gu, the double-Olympic champion who made the controversial decision to represent China instead of her native U.S. at the 2022 Beijing Games, is wearing a sleek black ski suit, embroidered with her gold personalized logo and an army of serpents—it's the Year of the Snake on the Chinese lunar calendar.."
Thursday, January 15, 2026
'Skater Whose Parents Died in DC Mid-Air Collision Is on His Way to the Olympics – "
https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/01/11/ice-skater-whose-parents-died-in-dc-mid-air-collision-is-on-his-way-to-the-olympics-n2198025
'American figure skater Maxim Naumov, who lost both of his parents – who were also his coaches – in the January 29, 2025 mid-air collision over the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is on his way to the Winter Olympics..."
Saturday, January 10, 2026
Feb6 "When will the 2026 Winter Olympics start? Dates, location, what to know"
"The 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina are set to begin on Feb. 6, and will run until Feb. 22. The Winter Paralympic Games will then begin on March 6 and will run until March 15.."
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Sunday, December 21, 2025
"Lindsey Vonn was once the world's fastest skier. At 41, can she do it again?"
https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/olympics/lindsey-vonn-was-americas-fastest-skier-41-can-rcna248534
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On Friday, she was dominant during the women's downhill race in St. Moritz, Switzerland — the first of the World Cup season — easily winning gold. It was her first major victory since 2018. At 41, she became oldest Alpine skier in history to win what's known as a World Cup race. It was a key precursor performance ahead of the Olympics.."
Thursday, July 31, 2025
"China's Yu Zidi, 12, makes debut at world swim championships - "ESPN
https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/45832813/china-yu-zidi-12-makes-debut-world-swim-championships
"World Aquatics, the governing body of world swimming, has an age limit of 14. However, swimmers are allowed to compete if they are younger if their times surpass a qualifying standard..."
Friday, July 18, 2025
Friday, April 4, 2025
Sunday, January 12, 2025
‘Hot embers were raining down’: US swimmer Gary Hall Jr. says he lost 10 Olympic medals in Palisades wildfire |" CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/09/sport/gary-hall-jr-loses-olympic-medals-in-palisades-wildfire-spt/index.html
"Hall, known for his speed and showmanship, represented the US in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics. He won 10 Olympic medals, including five gold medals. He also won three gold and three silver world championship medals."
Saturday, January 4, 2025
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Monday, September 9, 2024
Saturday, September 7, 2024
Alfie Hewett loses thrilling Paralympic wheelchair tennis final to Japan's Tokito Oda
"Alfie Hewett was unable to complete a career 'Golden Slam' in singles, failing to convert a gold-medal point as he lost a thrilling Paralympic wheelchair tennis men's singles final.
The 26-year-old was beaten 6-2 4-6 7-5 by Japan's Tokito Oda at Roland Garros."
Friday, September 6, 2024
"Swimmer Trischa Zorn is the most successful athlete in the history of the Paralympic Games, having won 55 medals, including 41 gold medals, over seven Paralympics."
https://usopm.org/swimmer-trischa-zorn-won-an-amazing-55-paralympic-medals/#:~:text=Swimmer%20Trischa%20Zorn%20is%20the,she%20won%20seven%20gold%20medals.
"Swimmer Trischa Zorn is the most successful athlete in the history of the Paralympic Games, having won 55 medals, including 41 gold medals, over seven Paralympics."
"Dutch Paralympics tennis star sobs after fumbling gold medal with first major loss in four years"
"Wheelchair tennis juggernaut Diede de Groot was on the wrong end of a huge upset on Friday as Yui Kamiji won their gold medal showdown at the Paralympics in Paris."
"Paralympic gold 'stuff of dreams' for Hewett & Reid"
https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/articles/cwy3qkwkk4go
"Alfie Hewett says winning his first Paralympic gold medal alongside Gordon Reid is "the stuff of dreams".
The Britons defeated Japan's Tokito Oda and Takuya Miki 6-2 6-1 in the wheelchair tennis men's doubles decider at Roland Garros.
It completes a career 'Golden Slam' for Reid and Hewett in doubles, where they are the dominant force in the men's game."
paralympics ! "Magnificent Maskill wins third gold in Paris": Great Britain's Poppy Maskill claimed her third gold medal
https://www.bbc.com/sport/swimming/articles/cq6rdnyng70o
paralympics ! "Magnificent Maskill wins third gold in Paris": Great Britain's Poppy Maskill claimed her third gold medal of the Paralympics in Paris by winning the women's S14 100m backstroke."
Thursday, September 5, 2024
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
"Hunter Woodhall watched his wife become Olympic champion in Paris. Now, it’s his turn to win gold at the Paralympics"
" He was born with a fused right ankle and a condition called fibular hemimelia, which affected his left leg. Just before he turned one, he had both his legs amputated from the knees down..."
Sunday, September 1, 2024
"Jason Tabansky reaches gold at the Paralympics he was supposed to miss"
https://www.worldarchery.sport/news/201791/jason-tabansky-reaches-gold-paralympics-he-was-supposed-miss
"Jason Tabansky reached his career milestone, as he clinched the Paris 2024 Paralympics gold. The 41-year-old archer of the USA defeated China's Han Guifei 134-131 in the W1 men's final.
Only nine weeks ahead of the Games, he wasn't even qualified for the Games. Only the withdrawal of Australia's Chris Davis opened his door to compete in Paris and make the Paralympic debut.
The rest is a fairy tale."
"Israeli swimmer celebrates silver medal at Paralympics during ‘pain’ of tragic day"
"Ami Dadaon takes second place in 150m individual medley, as Mark Malyar finishes 5th in 200m individual medley; tennis players Adam Berdichevsky, Sergei Lysov knocked out of Games.."
"The swimmer told Israel's Sport 5 broadcaster shortly after the race that he was heavily weighed down by the tragic news out of Israel that day, including the murder of six hostages by Hamas in Gaza and the killing of three police officers in the West Bank."
seems nitpicky unless it was a close finish "Australian Paralympics runner Jaryd Clifford stripped of bronze medal after he’s disqualified from race: ‘I’m shattered’"
https://nypost.com/2024/09/01/sports/2024-paris-paralympics-australian-runner-jaryd-clifford-stripped-of-bronze-medal-disqualified-after-t13-5000m-final/
"An Australian Paralympic runner was disqualified and stripped of his bronze medal for breaking a "fundamental rule" inches from the finish line during Saturday's race.
Jaryd Clifford, who is legally blind, was left "gutted" after officials deemed the Aussie and his guide, Matt Clarke, were not connected by the tether when the pair crossed the finish line during the Men's T13 5000m final.
Runners and their guides are required to hold the tether, a 20-inch-long band with handles on both ends, until the end of the race."
reinstated "Amputee swimmer wrongly disqualified over little-known rule as chaos descends on Paris pool"
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/paralympics/article-13801921/Paralympic-Games-amputee-swimmer-wrongly-disqualified.html
"Paralympic Games: Amputee swimmer wrongly disqualified over little-known rule as chaos descends on Paris pool
- Ahmed Kelly was wrongly disqualified from his Paralympic swimming heat
- The Iraq-born Australian did a butterfly stroke during his freestyle leg
- Officials had overlooked the fact that butterfly is permissible during freestyle"
Saturday, August 31, 2024
"Paris 2024: USA and Netherlands seek to defend wheelchair basketball titles"
"USA are aiming for a third straight gold medal but face plenty of competition"
ONLY 8'1" "Morteza Mehrzadselakjani, the tallest Paralympian in history, goes for his third gold medal at 2024 Paris Paralympics"
"Mehrzad was diagnosed with acromegaly at a young age – a condition causing excess growth hormone. As a teenager, a pelvis fracture caused by a bicycle accident stopped his right leg from growing, making it shorter than his left and making it difficult to walk..."
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/30/sport/morteza-mehrzadselakjani-paralympics-spt-intl/index.html
"No bed, no problem for world's second tallest man Morteza Mehrzad as he sets his sights on Paralympic hat-trick"
Friday, August 30, 2024
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Thursday, August 15, 2024
"Bombshell 'conflict of interest' claim emerges in Jordan Chiles Ana Barbosu Olympic medal dispute after USA star was stripped of her Paris bronze "
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/olympics/article-13740793/Jordan-Chiles-Olympic-medal-dispute-USA-Ana-Barbosu.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
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The head of the panel that ruled Jordan Chiles should lose her Olympic bronze to a Romanian athlete has represented Romania's government in legal disputes for years, it has emerged.
...
Romania took its case to CAS, saying that the United States' inquiry was not made within the one-minute window stated in the rules. Romania argued that the Americans missed that time limit by four seconds.
After the ruling on Saturday went against Chiles, the U.S. later countered it had video evidence that coach Cecile Landi made the appeal 47 seconds after Chiles' initial score was posted, well within the time limit.."
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
OLYMPICS 2024: USA WON MOST MEDALS, CHINA 2nd
"This was also the USA, which topped the table with a staggering 126 medals in total, steaming ahead of China, which claimed 91..."
POPULATION CHINA 1.412 billion (2022)
Population USA 333.3 million (2022)
OLYMPICS 2024: USA & CHINA tied for MOST GOLD MEDALS
"The USA and China share the title of the most gold medals, claiming 40 each. It was a close call, with Team USA's women's basketball claiming victory in the final event of the Games to ultimately tie with China. In third place was Japan (20), then Australia (18), France (16), Netherlands (15) and Great Britain (14). .."
Who had MOST MEDALS PER CAPITA ? OLYMPICS 2024
"According to stats from Eurosport, the country that won the most medals per capita was Grenada, which had a total of two, but a population of just 112,000. In second place it was Dominica, which had one from its population of 67,000, and St Lucia came third, with two medals across its 184,000 population... "
👍✝️🥇"Gold Medalist Yemisi OgunleyTurns Olympic News Conference Into Worship Concert, Sings Powerful Praise to Jesus "
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/gold-medalist-turns-olympic-news-conference-worship-concert/
"I just lifted my hands and prayed before my final attempt, and I wanted to have a good last round," Ogunleye said. "Then after that throw and realizing it would maybe be good enough for gold, I thought, 'Thank you, Jesus.'"
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
👍🇺🇲🙏✝️"Gold Medalist Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Shares PRAYER She Offers to God Before Every Single Race -"
https://www.westernjournal.com/gold-medalist-shares-prayer-offers-god-every-single-race-real-deal/
"Whenever I step onto the track, it's always the prayer of God: 'Let me be the vessel in which You're glorified, whatever the result is.'"
Monday, August 12, 2024
WATCH: Golden Voyager at Olympics Closing Ceremony & Tom Cruise etc SEE YA IN 2 YEARS
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IT'S BEEN FUN blogging the events and more importantly Praying the Olympics. See you around, next time. Which will be the winter olympics in Italy 2026. Then Los Angeles 2028 ! I was at the 1984 L.A. Olympics because our family had just moved to L.A. that summer. It will be de ja vu !
Sunday, August 11, 2024
New Zealand "Cyclist Ellesse Andrews bags second gold medal of Paris Games" | RNZ News
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/olympics-2024/524836/olympics-cyclist-ellesse-andrews-bags-second-gold-medal-of-paris-games
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Ellesse Andrews has bagged her third medal of the Paris Olympics - a gold in the women's sprint cycling, her 'bonus' event.
It was Andrews' second gold medal of the Games and New Zealand's 10th...."
"Paris Olympics: Dutchman Harrie Lavreysen breaks GB medal streak as he takes gold in men's Keirin " | Cyclingnews
https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/olympic-games-2024/track-cycling-men-s-keirin/results/
"Harrie Lavreysen broke Team GB's exceptional winning streak in the men's Keirin when he delivered his third gold medal for the Netherlands at the 2024 Olympic Games on Sunday..."
"Olympics: Japan's Kiyooka, Kagami do freestyle wrestling gold double"
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/08/b9c38dcdb459-urgent-japans-kagami-wins-olympic-womens-76-kg-wrestling-gold.html
"Sabrina van der Sloot scored with less than a second on the clock as the Netherlands stunned the United States 11-10 for bronze in women's water polo on Saturday to deny the Americans a medal for the first time at the Olympics..."
"U.S. stunned by Dutch, MISS OUT on women's water polo medal - "ESPN
https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/40804924/us-stunned-dutch-miss-women-water-polo-medal
"Sabrina van der Sloot scored with less than a second on the clock as the Netherlands stunned the United States 11-10 for bronze in women's water polo on Saturday to deny the Americans a medal for the first time at the Olympics..."
"Hansen ends international career with another gold as Denmark wins men’s handball at Paris Olympics | "
https://www.crescent-news.com/2024olympics/hansen-ends-international-career-with-another-gold-as-denmark-wins-men-s-handball-at-paris/article_1ca62193-7b37-5ebc-b643-243885c6ebce.html
"Hansen ends international career with another gold as Denmark wins men's handball at Paris Olympics
Mikkel Hansen's international career ends with another Olympic gold medal as Denmark routed Germany 39-26 to win the men's handball title at the Paris Games''
The GOAT: " Eliud Kipchoge's greatness: He stops at km 31, waits for the last runner... and retires"
https://amp.marca.com/en/olympic-games/2024/08/10/66b7378422601d20288b4584.html
"The long-distance runner, considered the best marathon runner of all time with the permission of the late world record holder Kelvin Kiptum, was returning to the French capital to pursue a challenge, a dream: to become the only marathon athlete to win three consecutive Olympic titles.
The feat was enormous, given Eliud's seniority (39 years old)..."
Saturday, August 10, 2024
"Solfrid Koanda Was an Electrician: 3 Years Later, She Won First Olympic Gold for Norway in 52 Years"
https://barbend.com/solfrid-koanda-first-weightlifting-gold-medal-52-years-2024-olympics/
"Norway hadn't won an Olympic medal in weightlifting since 1972 (a lone gold) until Solfrid Koanda came calling. Koanda, just 25, was working as an electrician three years prior to the 2024 Olympics. Then she tried her hand at weightlifting..."
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