Not even three months after becoming a U.S. citizen, Kaillie Humphries brought home a gold medal. The monobob gold she won on Monday was her third overall (two-man in 2014 and 2010, when she was representing Canada). Her 1.54-second margin of victory i…
Kamila Valieva Says ‘Contamination; By Her Grandfather’s Medication Led To Positive Drug Test
The latest in the ongoing saga of Kamila Valieva and her pre-Olympics failed doping test includes her lawyers saying that the 15-year-old skater failed because of contamination from her grandfather’s medication. Indeed, part of the Russian’s defense is…
VIDEO: US Olympic Bobsledder Aja Evans On Coming Out Of Retirement To Compete In Beijing
Team USA bobsledder Aja Evans came out of retirement to compete in the Bejing Olympic Games. Evans originally competed in the 2018 Olympic Games and announced her retirement shortly after. “It was kind of a decision I made for myself, I think that so m…
Kamila Valieva Cleared To Compete After Failed Drug Test
The IOC has said that “in the interest of fairness to all athletes” there will be no medal ceremony if Russian teenager Kamila Valieva places in the top three in the women’s individual figure skating competition. The organization added that it will “or…
US Olympic Bobsledder Chris Mazdzer On Risk On Injury In Sport
Team USA bobsledder Chris Mazdzer and three-time Olympic competitor will be returning for his fourth Olympic Games in Bejing. Before the season started Madzer was in an accident that broke his foot, making it difficult for him to prepare. He didn’t let…
VIDEO: US Olympic Biathlon Star Jake Brown On Being A Multi-Sport Olympian
Jake Brown is ready to compete for Team USA’s biathlon team at the Beijing Olympic Games. Biathlon is a sport that combines cross country skiing and rifle shooting, but Brown had to do a lot more than that to prepare for the Olympics. “We’re not just c…
Jamaican Bobsled Team Hopes To Medal At Beijing Winter Olympics
A member of the Jamaican bobsled team has high hopes for the Olympics—so high, in fact, that they have never been matched. Indeed, Sheffield Hallam University student Ashley Watson is part of the four-man bobsled team competing in Beijing, and he think…
U.S. Snowboarder Chloe Kim Notches Second Straight Gold Medal
Twenty-one-year-old American snowboarder Chloe Kim notched her second straight Olympic gold medal in the halfpipe at the 2022 Beijing Games on Thursday. Kim scored 94 points to take the lead in the field of 12 on the first of her three runs—a lead to w…
Nathan Chen Wins First Olympic Gold Medal With Near-Perfect Performance
Target acquired! A near-perfect performance head and shoulders above the competition earned American Nathan Chen his first Olympic Gold medal in the men’s single skating competition. The favorite headed into Thursday’s event in Beijing, the 22-year-old…
VIDEO: US Olympic Bobsledder Sylvia Hoffman On Qualifying For Olympics
Team USA bobsledder Sylvia Hoffman is ready to compete at the Beijing Olympic Games. She believes that persistence is the main reason that she has made it this far. “I know it’s pretty difficult coming into a different sport, especially not doing any s…