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NWSL Awards Race Heats Up Ahead of 2024 Olympic Break

SandJack TV — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 20:19:25 +0000

With less than three weeks before the Paris Olympics, official women’s basketball rosters are continuing to emerge in what’s shaping up to be an elite 12-nation tournament. Three teams — China, Puerto Rico, and Serbia — have yet to announce their players, while Nigeria and Germany still have to whittle their provisional lineups down before […]

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Paul Merca’s in the House, Olympic Trials Day 10: An amazing final day in Eugene with the “Hour of Power”!

SandJack TV — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:07:49 +0000

Concluding the 2024 US Olympic Track and Field Trials at Hayward Field with eleven finals packed into a 2 1/2-hour time frame, the event saw seven meet records set, with all but one occurring on the track. Speculation arose about whether the schedule was orchestrated by NBC executives, but one thing is undeniable – the […]

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Olympic Basketball Takes Shape as National Teams Post Rosters

SandJack TV — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 19:51:14 +0000

Less than three weeks remain before the Paris Olympics, and official women’s basketball rosters are being revealed for the elite 12-nation tournament. China, Puerto Rico, and Serbia are yet to announce their players, while Nigeria and Germany still need to finalize their lineups before the Summer Games begin. Canada, Australia, Spain, and Belgium recently announced […]

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Observations on the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials, Day 10: Hobbs Kessler Qualifies for Both the 800m and 1,500m Olympic Teams

SandJack TV — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 21:45:01 +0000

Olivia Miller’s tenth column on the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials focuses on Hobbs Kessler and his impressive racing. Olivia will share her favorite moments from Eugene in another piece this week. Starting August 1, 2024, Olivia will be providing us with a daily column remotely on the 2024 Paris Olympics until August 11, 2024. Hobbs […]

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McKenzie Long’s Olympic Dream Realized

SandJack TV — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 18:23:58 +0000

Olivia Miller survived “The Trials of Miles and Miles of Trials” (a quote from John Parker’s cult novel, “Once a Runner,” a must-read). For ten days, she wrote articles, one a day, for RunBlogRun, provided some thoughtful comments to me as I built my coverage daily on the sport, and survived the Mixed zone all […]

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Canada, Brazil Announce 2024 Olympic National Team Rosters

SandJack TV — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 19:59:12 +0000

Canada announced its official Olympic women’s national team (CanWNT) on Monday, making them the fourth team to finalize their 18-player lineup before the Wednesday deadline. Almost all players selected for the reigning Olympic gold medalists’ roster have previous Olympic experience, with Portland Thorns midfielder Jessie Fleming leading the team as captain. Last summer was challenging […]

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Carl Lewis Q&A after coaching Louie Hinchliffe to Olympic team

SandJack TV — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 14:47:21 +0000

An interview with the nine-time Olympic champion on every little thing from discovering the British sprinter to his teaching philosophy One of many highlights from the UK Athletics Championships – doubling up because the GB Olympic Trials – was Louie Hinchliffe changing into the nationwide males’s 100m champion and reserving himself a spot on the […]

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Simone Biles Leads Veteran-Heavy US Women’s Olympic Team

SandJack TV — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 20:14:02 +0000

Simone Biles is on her way to her third Olympics, leading a Team USA that includes several familiar faces. Also on the team are Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, and Jade Carey. Lee and Chiles were both part of the Olympic team three years ago, while Carey competed as an individual in Tokyo and won gold […]

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High drama for Paris contenders at thrilling Olympic trials

SandJack TV — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 19:06:30 +0000

The script was turned on its head within the males’s 800m, 400m hurdles and 3000m steeplechase within the UK Champs in Manchester on Sunday On a day of thrills and spills on the Microplus UK Championships in Manchester on Sunday (June 30), the lads’s 800m, 400m hurdles and 3000m steeplechase particularly have been stuffed with […]

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2024 British Olympic Trials: GB Championships, Day 1

SandJack TV — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 18:29:20 +0000

The British Trials have begun, and our eyes and ears there may be Stuart Weir. Right here is Stuart’s first column on the Trials! GB Championships Day 1 It was an extended day: 11.30am to eight.30pm. There have been heats and prelims, but additionally 12 finals. The occasion ended with the 2 100m finals. Darryl […]

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