Pan Am Games

June 10, 2019 0

More than just a sports competition, the Pan Am Games is a place to see future Olympians and Olympic events. First held in 1937, and every four years since…

Olga Kotelko

April 3, 2019 0

Olga Kotelko was one of the world’s greatest athletes. Kotelko could be the poster child for late bloomers. In 1999, at 77, she entered her…

Lilly King

March 20, 2019 0

Lilly King is queen of the breaststroke. A senior at Indiana University, King is the current world record holder in the 50m and 100m breaststroke. …

The largest biennial sports and humanitarian event  – the Special Olympics World Games – gets underway today in Abu Dhabi. No other organized event in…

Aleksandr Karelin

February 19, 2019 0

“The loser is usually the one who is ready to lose.  Fight, overcome difficulties, control your emotions – and you will win.” Aleksandr Karelin is the…

Abebe Bikila

November 5, 2018 0

Running barefoot, Abebe Bikila won the 1960 Olympic marathon.  Wearing shoes, he successfully defended his gold medal four years later. The first East African to…