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Donate, opens in a new tabThere 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...
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...
Newby, who has won two Paralympic silver medals, is one of the U.S. co-captains at the Parapan American Games.
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...
Bremer honed his skills at Kalamazoo College before going on to become a Paralympian with the U.S. CP team.
Hatz was feeling off this summer despite performing well at the track and field world championships.
Bennett, who turned 50 earlier this month, plans to retire after 2024, though he’ll never truly put down his bow.
The Michigan native looks to build off his strong performance at the world championships this summer.
Coming off a Paralympic silver, Cook and the U.S. women are eyeing another Paralympic berth at the Parapan Am Games.
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...
The 2020 Paralympic silver medalist has been balancing his training with preparing for the birth of his first child.
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....
Since Jackson last raced at the Pan Am Games in 2015, she’s taken up ice speedskating and won an Olympic gold medal.
Edwards is set to become the first Black player to take the ice for U.S. women’s hockey team at the Rivalry Series.
Over the past 50 years, hip-hop has gone from the parties of the Bronx to Paris, with U.S. breakers leading the way.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Nick Mayhugh for Team USA Athlete Voices
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,...
