"Olympic" sports

[tapintoamerica]

And now the University of Delaware's leadership is in a very awkward position.

 

[da man]

And now the University of Delaware's leadership is in a very awkward position.

Sounds like Chrissi might have been in a few awkward positions.

 

[micropolitan guy]

That's a critical job at curling competitions!

Bonspiels man, bonspiels.

 

[dixiehack]

The SafeSport complaint was filed after she was named head of USA Swimming.

https://swimswam.com/chrissi-rawak-...s-new-ceo-after-safesport-complaint-surfaced/

 

[Twirling Time]

Bonspiels man, bonspiels.

I simultaneously hate and love how curling mashes up languages. More love then the other though.

 

[DanOregon]

The real crime here is the quote in the third graph.

U.S. offers $10M for arrest of former Olympian

 

[da man]

This is not an Olympic year, but those sports most people only pay attention to every four years are still going on. So here's a place to talk about them.

And yes, I know I'm likely to be the only one posting (and probably reading) here.

To start, the Winter Games are just a year away, and there is a name you will likely be hearing a lot as they approach.

Jordan Stolz, a 20-year-old kid from Wisconsin, has absolutely dominated speedskating for the past two years. He's won the 500, 1000 and 1500 at back-to-back world championships. Three weeks ago on his home track in Milwaukee, he set a record with his 18th consecutive World Cup victory.

The streak ended when he finished second by 0.05 seconds in the 500 on the meet's last day, after winning the 1000 and 1500. He said the order of the races, with the 500 coming last, made the difference, noting the shorter races are usually first and saying when he tires his stamina stays up but he loses a little of his burst.

This week, with the 500 on the first day, he was back in form, winning his usual three gold medals at the meet in Poland, though his win in the 1500 was by the slimmest of margins -- .004 seconds, as determined by a photo finish.

He's not quite Eric Heiden -- you won't see him in the 5000 or 10,000 -- but he might be the best American speedskater since then.

The world championships ended today -- and Stolz finished without a gold medal. But that wasn't totally unexpected after Stolz spent much of February battling pneumonia and strep throat. He raced in the meet in Poland referenced above following two weeks off from training, but withdrew from the last two World Cup events.

Still, he took two silvers and a bronze this weekend at the worlds, and is still atop the World Cup standings, winning seven of his 10 500 races, all five of his 1,000s and five of his six 1,500s. He is fully expected to be the favorite in all three of those events next year in Milan.

 

[HanSenSE]

Former Auburn swimmer.
But a courtesy title? Really?

 

[da man]

The indoor track and field world championships were last weekend, and... well, I didn't watch them live as I was distracted by basketball and friends visiting from out of town.

But I did watch the meet over the past couple of nights. Most of the Olympic medalists from last year weren't there, including America's big guns. The ones who did show for the most part did what they were supposed to in that situation. Grant Holloway won his third consecutive indoor title in the 60 hurdles, for example, and Jakob Ingebrigtsen won double gold in the 1,500 and 3,000 in the absence of U.S. medalists Grant Fisher, Cole Hocker and Yared Nuguse, and his British nemesis, Josh Kerr.

Still, the U.S. had a strong meet even without its stars, getting a 1-2-3 sweep in the men's 400, a surprising gold from Claire Bryant in the women's long jump and convincing victories in the men's and women's 4x400 relays, among other medals -- and the rise of what looks like a real star continued in Nanjing as Josh hopey capped a spectacular indoor season with a world title in the 800.

Last summer, hopey finished an agonizing fourth at the Olympic Trials and watched the Games from home, but this year, he's broken the American record indoors twice. His latest record of 1:43.24 is the second-fastest time in history behind only Wilson Kipketer's 28-year-old world reecord of 1:42.67. hopey now owns two of the four fastest indoor times ever. Watch out for him in the coming months leading up to the outdoor worlds in September.

 

[Gym Beam]

I caught some of it on Peacock. Wonder how the long trip affected the U.S. athletes. Nanjing isn't close to anywhere. I really enjoyed the relays at the end, though!

 

[Twirling Time]

Former Auburn swimmer.
But a courtesy title? Really?

They're a little old-fashioned on the shores of Lake Geneva.

 

[tapintoamerica]

The real crime here is the quote in the third graph.

U.S. offers $10M for arrest of former Olympian

I especially like his list of aliases:
Among his aliases, according to the FBI, are "El Jefe," "Public Enemy" and "James Conrad King."