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...Star and pillar of the Chinese national team, his angular face can be seen on everything in China from Coke billboards to Visa ads. His annual endorsement income last year was estimated at $36 million, more than triple that of the next highest-paid Chinese sports pitchman, hurdler Liu Xiang...
...Rosenthal’s freshman year roommate—who is now a doctor—does not recall talking about medicine with Rosenthal while the two lived together in Thayer. Instead, he recalls Rosenthal’s excellence in academics and in track as a hurdler, and describes Rosenthal as an “extremely good student [who was] very serious about his education.” As Rosenthal took and enjoyed premed courses like Organic Chemistry, he still found it hard to let go of the idea of becoming a teacher. His father was a high school science...
...ECAC Championships, which is a meet mainly for individual rather than team competition, also took place this past Saturday and Sunday, at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Complex in Boston. “It’s been a very long indoor season,” said hurdler Dara Wilson, who lead the Ivies last week in the 60-meter hurdles with an 8.76-second finish. “I think, given all of those things, [Saturday] was a pretty strong day for us.” Harvard senior hurdlers Shannon Flahive and Dara Wilson both finished...
...definitely a sprinter and hurdler,” she says. “That’s definitely my strength. I had to learn that you can’t use your speed and strength directly in the technical events. It’s more about relaxing and visualizing. It’s a very different mindset...
...staying in Boston and considering continuing to train as a hurdler,” Flahive says. “It’ll be great to stick around and stay involved with the program. We’re just going up from here. It’s just getting started...