MAY 25, 2021 • TWINCITIES.COM
OLYMPICS
Ready or not, skateboarding takes its show to the Olympics DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The hotel door opens and, fast as that, the sound of polyurethane clicking across concrete begins. The rhythmic grrr...
Simone Biles dials up the difficulty. ‘Because I can.’ The Olympic gold medalist’s new vault is so dangerous that gymnastics, for now, limits the scoring rewards for trying it. Biles says that’s...
MAY 24, 2021 • CHICAGOTRIBUNE.COM
What's a Yurchenko double pike? Simone Biles shows us, making history in the process Simone Biles made history during the U.S. Classic gymnastics competition Saturday by becoming the first woman to attempt a Yurchenko double...
MAY 24, 2021 • LATIMES.COM
Morning Skate Report 5/24
MAY 24, 2021 • YOUTUBE
St Louis Cardinals: Matthew Liberatore playing with Olympic team The 2020 Olympics are happening this summer and the St Louis Cardinals are going to be represented by Matthew Liberatore. One aspect of the...
MAY 24, 2021 • REDBIRDRANTS.COM
Simone Biles dominates U.S. Classic in Indianapolis with never before completed double-pike Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles shocked the world in Indianapolis on Saturday when she landed a Yurchenko double pike at the U.S. Classic...
MAY 24, 2021 • INDYSTAR.COM
Team USA baseball roster: Matt Kemp, Matt Wieters among players picked for Olympic qualifying Several former All-Stars headline Team USA's Olympic qualifying baseball roster.
MAY 24, 2021 • SPORTINGNEWS.COM
Former Olympian Bode Miller, wife Morgan reveal gender of expected child
Olympic gold medalist Bode Miller and his wife, Morgan, revealed Monday they are expecting a baby girl later this year.MAY 24, 2021 • FOXNEWS.COM
Japan speeds up vaccine rollout 2 months ahead of Olympics Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is determined to hold the Olympics in Tokyo after a one-year delay and has made an ambitious pledge to finish...
MAY 24, 2021 • PENNLIVE.COM
Mesa skateboarder Jagger Eaton falls short of Olympic berth Zion Wright wins Dew Tour men's park event Sunday, vaulting onto the U.S. Olympic team and knocking Mesa's Jagger Eaton out of contention.
MAY 24, 2021 • AZCENTRAL.COM
Wieters, Frazier, Kemp on U.S. roster for Olympic qualifying CARY, N.C. — Pitchers Homer Bailey, Edwin Jackson and David Robertson, catcher Matt Wieters, infielder Todd Frazier and outfielders Matt Kem...
MAY 23, 2021 • TRIBLIVE.COM
IOC vice president faces backlash saying Olympics are on, no matter virus Coates said what the IOC and local organizers have been trying to persuade the Japanese public about for months: The postponed Olympics with...
MAY 23, 2021 • WASHINGTONTIMES.COM
How Paralympian Oksana Masters Keeps Beating the Odds Masters is one of the world's most accomplished athletes, having won eight Paralympic medals in three sports. In Tokyo, she has her sights s...
MAY 23, 2021 • SI.COM
Wieters, Frazier, Kemp on US roster for Olympic qualifying
Pitchers Homer Bailey, Edwin Jackson and David Robertson, catcher Matt Wieters, infielder Todd Frazier and outfielders Matt Kemp and John Jay were among 28 players announced for a...MAY 23, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ready or not, skateboarding takes its show to the Olympics
The questions being asked at one of skateboarding's last major qualifying events for the Olympics in July are whether the Olympics are ready for skateboarding and whether skateboar...MAY 23, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Olympic swimmer plans marathon swim for cancer research NEW SHOREHAM, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island native and Olympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel plans to swim from the mainland to Block Island this summ...
MAY 23, 2021 • OLEANTIMESHERALD.COM
IOC VP gets backlash saying the Tokyo Olympics are on no matter what — ‘Absolutely, yes’ — even if there’s a state of emergency in Japan If John Coates was trying to stir controversy, he succeeded. An International Olympic Committee vice president, Coates was asked a few days...
MAY 23, 2021 • MCALL.COM
IOC VP gets backlash saying the Tokyo Olympics are no matter what — ‘Absolutely, yes’ — even if there’s a state of emergency in Japan If John Coates was trying to stir controversy, he succeeded. An International Olympic Committee vice president, Coates was asked a few days...
MAY 23, 2021 • CHICAGOTRIBUNE.COM
IOC VP gets backlash saying Olympics are on, no matter virus
Comments from an IOC vice president saying the Tokyo Olympics will go on even if the city is under a COVID-19 state of emergency have stirred a backlash in JapanMAY 23, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Simone Biles proves she's the G.O.A.T in world of gymnastics The Olympic champ won all-around in U.S. Classic.
MAY 23, 2021 • STARTRIBUNE.COM
Best friends Natalia Grossman, Brooke Raboutou rep Team USA atop climbing World Cup podium in Salt Lake City Natalia Grossman of Salt Lake City and best friend and Olympic qualifier Brooke Raboutou gave Team USA a rare pair on an IFSC World Cup podi...
MAY 23, 2021 • SLTRIB.COM
Simone Biles makes history by nailing a difficult new vault in her 1st gymnastics competition since 2019 Reigning world and Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles drilled the Yurchenko double pike — historically done only by men — during her v...
MAY 23, 2021 • MCALL.COM
Simone Biles makes the extraordinary look routine in her first competition since 2019 Biles turned in another unprecedented performance as she returned to competition at the U.S. Classic.
MAY 23, 2021 • WASHINGTONPOST.COM
Simone Biles Makes History Landing Yurchenko Double Pike Simone Biles became the first woman to land a Yurchenko double pike while at the U.S. Classic, marking the first time the gymnast has compet...
MAY 23, 2021 • SI.COM
World Athletics approves 23 Russians to compete as neutrals
World Athletics has declared 23 Russian track and field athletes eligible to compete under a neutral flag ahead of the Tokyo OlympicsMAY 22, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
