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Olympian Nastia Liukin lives by motto “never quit on a bad day”
Marquette Wire Nastia Liukin is a five-time Olympic gymnastics medalist, the 2008 Olympic all-around champion, and was named 2008 athlete of the year by multiple organizations. But, Oct. 12 at the Weasler Auditorium, she told students the most important event in her life was her career-ending fall at the 2012 Olympic trials. Liukin spoke about…
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Laurie Hernandez Regained Her ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Domination
SELF Last week on Dancing With The Stars, gymnast Laurie Hernandez and partner Val Chmerkovskiy had a rude awakening: They earned a score of just 25 for their performance, going from a perfect score the week prior to the second lowest score in the group. Ouch. It came as a shock to the seemingly unstoppable…
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Tatyana McFadden with Newsweek
Newsweek Tatyana McFadden, 14 times a Paralympic wheelchair racing medallist, has led a life that demands questions. The problem, you find, when speaking to the 27-year-old is one of knowing where to start. With her Paralympic medal haul? Her lawsuit against US school boards to allow competition between disabled and regular student athletes? Her brief…
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Laurie Hernandez Talks Dancing With the Stars!
InTouch Olympian Laurie Hernandez takes a break from her hectic schedule to talk to In Touch about joining Dancing With the Stars season 23, revealing it has been a “dream come true” and DWTS was even one of her motivations for participating in the Olympics! “The mirror-ball is right up there with a gold medal,”…
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