BILES SHINES, BUT LEE AND CHILES ARE HOT ON HER TAIL, AS U.S. GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS GET UNDERWAY
Simone Biles competes on the beam during the 2021 U.S. Gymnastics Championships on June 4, 2021 in Fort Worth, Texas. Two weeks ago it was Jordan Chiles. On Friday night, Sunisa Lee stepped forward to make her claim to a spot on this summer’s U.S. Olympic women’s gymnastics team. With all-world Simone Biles presumed […]
IN TURN TO THE NBC BOOTH, KARI MILLER-ORTIZ IS EAGER TO BRING SITTING VOLLEYBALL CLOSER TO FANS
By Joanne C. Gerstner Kari Miller-Ortiz, the U.S. Paralympic sitting volleyball team’s mainstay libero for more than a decade, knew the perfect time to retire was after winning gold at the 2016 Rio Games. She wasn’t walking away from sitting volleyball, just transitioning to new opportunities.She never imagined her path would lead to becoming a […]
RAISING THE BARR
Mark Barr takes his sport very seriously, but not himself. The longtime competitive swimmer completed his first triathlon only two years ago, yet he has rapidly improved, won two national championships and will soon represent the United States in his first International Triathlon Union (ITU) Paratriathlon World Championships Oct. 22 in New Zealand. Yet when […]
ALLYSA SEELY, MARK BARR EARN ELITE PARATRIATHLETE OF THE YEAR HONORS
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Triathlon today recognized Allysa Seely (Glendale, Ariz.) and Mark Barr (Davis, Calif.) as its 2018 Elite Paratriathletes of the Year, after both went undefeated in the 2018 ITU World Paratriathlon Series and capped their seasons with world titles. Kelly Elmlinger (San Antonio, Texas) and Brad Snyder (Baltimore, Md.) were named Paratriathlon Development [&
AFTER THE STORM: HOW THE TEAM USA FAMILY LIFTED UP ALUMNI AFFECTED BY CATASTROPHIC HURRICANES
When Nia Abdallah returned to her house after the flood, she found traces of water from corner to corner, like an unwelcome visitor.Floors were soaked. Puddles settled in kitchen drawers. The walls were beginning to mold, and the smell permeated the air. Fish were swimming in her backyard pool, displaced like she was by the […]