Update: Kaillie Humphries took gold in the Monobob in Beijing. Cheryl Simundson had grown accustomed to the rhythms of silence and celebration whenever her daughter, Kaillie Humphries, was in a competition. At the Olympics, Humphries preferred insulating herself, tapping into a deep focus that already had brought the Canadian bobsledder […]
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Life after gold: An Olympic champion reflects on her Yale years
Sarah Hughes ’09 is no stranger to defying anticipations. At 16, the determine skater competed at the 2002 Salt Lake Metropolis Winter Olympics, leaping above favorites Michelle Kwan and Irina Slutskaya to choose the gold medal with an impeccably poised lengthy program (which, at the time, was also the most […]
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Akane Hosoyamada ’15 is competing for Team Japan in her second vacation the Olympics. She initially competed in the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Game titles. Photograph courtesy of the Japan Ice Hockey Federation. As a young female growing up in Banff, Alberta, Canada, Akane Hosoyamada ’15 spent a lot of […]
Mikealea Shiffrin presents keynote speech at Gold Medal Gala in New York
Mikaela Shiffrin will get to the finish location following finishing the initially operate of an women’s Planet Cup giant slalom in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, Sunday, March 21, 2021.Marco Trovati/AP In the continue to and peaceful minute just ahead of a slalom operate commences, it’s not advised for skiers to make a […]