The Perplexities of Caster Semanaya (from the Rio Archives, August 2016)
Jeff Benjamin with Caster Semanaya Originally posted on August 18, 2016 Reposted on July 2, 2018 We repost this because, ...
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Considering Rio 2016, Take a Drive Down Memory Lane as I Recall the Highlights and Lessons Learned in Brazil
This is a fun audio. I left Rio on August 25, and headed to Frankfurt. On the way to the ...
Antti Ruuskanen’s Seventh Place Was Finland’s Best Spot In A Not So Good Olympics
Antti Ruuskanen, Finland; Photo: Deca Text & Bild Scandinavian Report Day 9 Antti Ruuskanen's seventh place was Finland's best spot ...
The Games Of The XXXI Olympiad, The Mercurial 4x100m Relay, U.S Women Soar; U.S. Men Baffled Again
While the US Women's 4x100 meter skirted with disaster, and came out with a gold medal, the US Men's 4x100 ...
How Usain Bolt excited social media over a javelin throw
Usain Bolt, 100 meters, photo by PhotoRun.net Usain Bolt won the 100m, 200m and anchored th4 4x100m team to victory ...
The Olympics has a heckling problem – its name is Twitter
Finally, Zac Neel says what must be said. Twitter is cool, fun, exciting, but we have to use commons sense ...
Silver medal for Julius Yego as Kenya miss medals in the men’s 1500m
Matt Centrowitz takes gold, Taoufik Makhloufi silver, Nick Willis bronze, photo by PhotoRun.net Wambui, Semenya, Niyonsaba, photo by PhotoRun.net Kenya ...
2016 Olympic Track and Field, Fearless Picks and Predictions, Day 10, AUG 21
Galen Rupp, my pick for bronze medal, hotter the race, better for Galen, photo by PhotoRun.net Meb Keflezighi, the worse ...
Norway’s Grøvdal top-10 in two events in Rio
Karoline Grøvdal, Norway; Photo: Deca Text&Bild Karoline Grøvdal did Norway proud. Running in both the 10,000m and 5,000m, Grøvdal ran ...
EME NEWS, OLYMPIC GAMES 8TH DAY
Jenn Suhr, photo by PhotoRun.net Day Eight was a tremendous day in Engenhao Stadio Olimpico. The pole vault, the 200 ...
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