Word: olympian
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Even with the loss of Olympian Emily Cross ’08-’09, the women’s foil made a strong showing at the invitational, posting wins over Sacred Heart, 5-4, North Carolina, 7-2, and Vassar...
...Such Olympian angst may be moot. IOC insiders believe Rio's bid is gaining favor (South America has never hosted an Olympics). Around the Rings, an American publication that exclusively covers the Olympic movement, tagged Rio as the favorite in its final ?Power Index? ahead of decision day. ?Rio has been able to deliver an emotional edge to its appeal that other bids haven?t matched,? says Around the Rings editor Ed Hula. Perhaps the President can up the ante. After insisting that health care business would prevent him from trekking to Copenhagen to personally lobby...
Year after year, the admissions office waxes poetic about the virtues of a "well-rounded class"—a class whose members have every expertise imaginable, from the International Math Olympian to the internationally ranked pole vaulter. And for the most part, they must have succeeded: everyone has a friend of a friend with an obscure talent honed to perfection...
Year after year, the admissions office waxes poetic about the virtues of a "well-rounded class"—a class whose members have every expertise imaginable, from the International Math Olympian to the internationally ranked pole vaulter. And for the most part, they must have succeeded: everyone has a friend of a friend with an obscure talent honed to perfection...
...favorite to win the Games. So why, less than three months before the vote, is the Olympic governing body of the U.S. ticking off the very officials who will decide Chicago's fate, in a move that could cost an American city the Games? (See pictures of U.S. Olympian Dara Torres...