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...while one Olympian may be gone, two still remain in senior tri-captain Caitlin Cahow and junior Sarah Vaillancourt...
...been careful what I wished for. For this Second Coming is even more monstrous than the past. It is hubris, overweening obnoxious arrogance, an inversion of all that was wrong with the past. It’s hard to blame them, with the world champion Red Sox and the Olympian Patriots. Of course, no one mentions the Celtics or Bruins anymore, mummified teams of a dead divinity. But it is really swinging from one pole of narcissism to another: first the eternal victim, now the eternal champion. Boston sports radio, infesting the airwaves and our morning dining halls, has been...
After the Olympics, Emily A. Hughes ’11 should be able to skate her way through freshman year at Harvard. The 2006 Olympian, 2007 U.S. National Championships Silver Medalist, and 2007-2008 Ec10 superstar sat down with FM after a performance at the charity benefit An Evening with Champions. The Apley Court resident spoke about the show, crazy skating outfits, and everyone’s favorite scary Russian, Oksana Baiul.1. Fifteen Minutes: What was it like to be a part of An Evening with Champions now that you’re a Harvard student?Emily Hughes...
...back to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, where she helped the squad take home a bronze medal. She is a preseason All-ECAC selection for the 2007-2008 season after making both the All-ECAC and All-Ivy first teams last year. Chu is a two-time Olympian herself, earning a silver medal at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. In her final season at Harvard, she received the Patty Kazmaier Award, given to the top women’s college player in the nation. She is now an assistant coach at Minnesota-Duluth. The Four Nations...
...Empire Games, which were held in her hometown of Sydney, finished third in the 220-yd. sprint and earned gold as a member of the 440-yd. relay team. Throughout her life, Wearne remained active in the Olympic movement. And at age 95, she was Australia's longest-lived Olympian...