Gabby Douglas said Sunday she was a little confused when she logged onto her computer after winning her second gold medal in three days and discovered people were debating her pulled-back hair.The positive teenager is the first African... full story ![]()
Olympic gold medal gymnast Gabby Douglas will appear at UNC Pembroke's Givens Performing Arts Center on Feb. 25.
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MEXICO CITY — Soraya Jimenez, the weightlifter who a gold medal in 2000 in Sydney to become Mexico's first female Olympic champion, has died of a heart attack. She was 35.The Mexican Olympic Committee released a statement Thursday saying it was "in mourning" following Jimenez's death.After retiring from weightlifting because of various injuries, Jimenez became a sportscaster...
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Billy Mills, who rocketed to the world stage when he won a gold medal in the 1964 Olympics, will be a medal winner again this week when he meets with President Barack Obama.
rapidcityjournal.com (3 months and 8 days ago)
1Olympic Gymnast Gabby Douglas will speak Monday at UNC-Pembroke's Givens Performing Arts Center about her life in gymnastics, perseverance and how her life has changed since winning gold at the Summer Olympics. She will take questions from the audience at the end of the program.
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When Gabby Douglas went on David Letterman right after winning the all-around at the 2012 Olympic Games, she told the show host (and First Lady/health food advocate Michelle Obama) that her big food splurge post finals was...
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American track star Jesse Owens was posthumously awarded the congressional gold medal by President George H. W. Bush. Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Soraya Jimenez, the weightlifter who a gold medal in 2000 in Sydney to become Mexico's first female Olympic champion, has died of a heart attack. She was 35. The Mexican Olympic Committee released a statement Thursday saying it was "in mourning" following Jimenez's death. After retiring from weightlifting because of various injuries, Jimenez became a...
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HUNTINGTON -- It may not be showing in prime time at your house, but in Brian and Melissa Massey's world, the U.S. women's gymnastic team's gold medal winning performance at the Summer Olympics in London is still some must-see TV.
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AP Kim Yu-na was in a class all her own ahead of the Vancouver Olympics, so far superior there was no way anyone was going to steal that gold medal from her.
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