Word: olympians
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Though goaltending is a strength, Harvard will take a noticeable hit after graduating defenseman and former Olympian Caitlin Cahow ’07-’08. The team will look to its strong leadership, impressive speed, and now-experienced sophomores to fill that void...
...John Woo, the Hong Kong director (A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Hard Boiled) who made good in Hollywood with the crackerjack Face/Off. Surly men in overcoats trudge through a nightscape with very busy meteorology: when it isn't pouring rain there are snowflakes everywhere, like the residue from an Olympian pillow fight. And down these gaudily monochromatic streets a strong, scarred man comes into closeup: Max Payne, renegade...
...Olympian MISTY MAY-TREANOR injured during Dancing with the Stars Lindy Hop. Should've gone with the jitterbug, Misty...
...Suddenly, going to a prestigious college seemed unimpressive, and this depressing consciousness only intensified over the course of the Games. At every event, I asked my fellow guides, “If I started now, is there any sport I could still be an Olympian in? Maybe handball? Sure, the rules are a bit different, but I’ve been playing on and off since I was five! Curling? All it takes is a broom! Hurdling? Hold out your arm—I can jump over that...
...never allowed her to do, which doubled as a list of all the things she planned to check off in the near future: skiing, horseback riding, ice skating, rock climbing, and a whole slew of other activities I considered fundamental to my youth. In one sense, the young Olympian had already led an incredibly full and accomplished life, but, in another sense, she was only starting at age 16 to experience life as most of us have known it since childhood...