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What Still Motivates Veteran Luger Emily Sweeney?
In her fifteenth season in luge, two-time Olympian Emily Sweeney wants to keep learning how to slide faster.
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Ryan Cochran-Siegle Talks About A Positive Mindset, His Olympic Silver Medal & Focus For The 2023/2024 Ski Season
The longtime skier talked about overcoming his disappointing year and having a clear and positive mindset in ski racing.
Jessie Diggins Is Prioritizing Her Mental Health This Season
Jessie Diggins is about to begin her twelfth season racing fulltime on the FIS Cross Country World Cup Tour. The three-time Olympic medalist is in northern Finland — about a nine-hour drive north of Helsinki — with the U.S. team prepping for the tradit...
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Ski Racer Wife Paula Moltzan and Ski Tech Husband Ryan Mooney Make for a Great Team
Strategizing on the race courses, Paula Moltzan and Ryan Mooney are a cohesive team. They also happen to be married.
Mikaela Shiffrin Kicks Off New Season, Motivated for Record-Tying, Sixth Overall World Cup Title
Mikaela Shiffrin will enter the start house high above the Austrian Tyrol village of Sölden on Saturday morning, as motivated as ever to ski at the supreme level that everyone has become so accustomed to expect.Starting her 13th FIS World Cup season an...
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A Quiet Confidence Leads Taekwondo’s Evan Medell Into Parapan Am Games
There is no doubting the confidence of Evan Medell. The 26-year-old from Grand Haven, Michigan, has earned the right to have that level of self-assuredness due to the success he’s had both nationally and internationally.It isn’t a cockiness, either. He...
Para Swimming's Jamal Hill: How I Embraced My Disability And Became A Paralympic Medal Swimmer
My journey to becoming a Paralympic athlete started with a secret — a secret I carried for more than a decade. At the age of 10, I was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT), a hereditary neurological condition that affects my peripheral nerves, maki...
Eric Newby, U.S. Wheelchair Rugby Team Seeks Paris 2024 Berth With Win In Santiago
Newby, who has won two Paralympic silver medals, is one of the U.S. co-captains at the Parapan American Games.
Drew Bremer Has Grown Into A Key Veteran As U.S. 7-a-Side Soccer Team Aims For Another Parapan American Games Medal
Bremer honed his skills at Kalamazoo College before going on to become a Paralympian with the U.S. CP team.
A Late Prosthetic Fix Has Beatriz Hatz Back On Track Heading Into Parapan Am Games
Hatz was feeling off this summer despite performing well at the track and field world championships.
‘Archery Addict’ Eric Bennett Aims For His Fifth Paralympics Via The Parapan American Games
Bennett, who turned 50 earlier this month, plans to retire after 2024, though he’ll never truly put down his bow.
Powerlifter Bobby Body Feeling Confident Heading Into First Parapan Am Games
The Michigan native looks to build off his strong performance at the world championships this summer.
Mindy Cook Dreams Big, On And Off The Goalball Court
Coming off a Paralympic silver, Cook and the U.S. women are eyeing another Paralympic berth at the Parapan Am Games.
Building On Worlds Breakout, Para Shooter YanXiao Gong Heads Into Parapan Am Games With Momentum
Going into the Para shooting world championships two months ago in Lima, Peru, American shooter YanXiao Gong has a sense of what was to come.“I usually get a general ‘feel’ of my upcoming performance within a time frame as a larger competition approach...
For Para Judoka Ben Goodrich, Parapan Ams Flag Bearer Nod Is Both ‘Humbling’ And ‘Exciting’
The 2020 Paralympic silver medalist has been balancing his training with preparing for the birth of his first child.
2023 ParaPan American Games by the numbers
240240 athletes will represent Team USA at the 2023 Parapan American Games. 92 women and 148 men will compete in 16 of the 17 sports during the 10-day competition....
From Wheels To Ice And Back To Wheels, Olympic Champ Erin Jackson Readies For Her Return To The Pan Am Games
Since Jackson last raced at the Pan Am Games in 2015, she’s taken up ice speedskating and won an Olympic gold medal.
Team USA’s Laila Edwards Is Set For A Historic Debut In The Women’s Hockey Rivalry Series
Edwards is set to become the first Black player to take the ice for U.S. women’s hockey team at the Rivalry Series.
The History of Breaking
Over the past 50 years, hip-hop has gone from the parties of the Bronx to Paris, with U.S. breakers leading the way.
U.S. Karatekas Ariel Torres and Sakura Kokumai's Kata Gold Medals Mean More Than You Know
USA Karate’s Ariel Torres and Sakura Kokumai don’t worry about their sport’s fight to be in the Olympics. Likewise, the pair of karatekas don’t focus on their past performances. Instead, they choose to stay present and focus on their future growth.On a...
Three U.S. Squash Athletes Combine to Make History In Santiago
SANTIAGO, Chile — U.S. Squash received the message that their sport is on the program for the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 loud and clear. Team USA’s Olivia Weaver (nee Fiechter), Amanda Sobhy and Marina Stefanoni finished with gold, silver and bronz...
Athlete Voices
My Body Has Always Performed, Why Is This Time Different?
Kaillie Humphries for Athlete Voices. As far back as I can remember, I have always wanted kids. Being a mother was on my list of things I wanted to achieve, alongside being an Olympic gold medalist. I was 17 years old, when I started the sport of bob...
Black Excellence All-Around
2022 marked a historic moment for the world of gymnastics. For the first time, three black women – Jordan Chiles, Konnor McClain and Shilese Jones – topped the podium at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships. In January 2023, Ari Chambers sat down with th...
Brad Is A Dad
Coming In Fifth At The Tokyo Paralympics Was A Blessing
You know how in movies, superheroes typically have that origin story? The thing that led to them going on and becoming the superhero that they are? When I placed fifth in the T63 high jump at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and watched three medalists take ...
I'll Make Them Listen
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U.S. Men's Gymnasts Have Something To Say
The stage is set for the U.S. men's gymnastics team on Saturday night. A five-person squad will be announced, revealing the athletes who have secured their spots on Team USA's world championships team.Among the top contenders are Olympian Yul Moldauer,...
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