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No One Does Fencing Quite Like Daryl Homer
Richmond Times-Dispatch No one in the sport of fencing does what Daryl Homer does. No one in the sport fences quite the way Homer does. No one in fencing combines the quickness, agility, creativity, balance, footwork — almost balletlike — aggression and power in quite the manner of Homer. All that could help him…
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Michal Smolen Qualified To Rio!
Canoe/Kayaker, Michal Smolen, will be joining his father/coach in Rio as he just qualified to the 2016 Olympic Games! Congratulations Michal!
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In Cuba, The Climbing Is Irresistible
Sasha DiGiulian for National Geographic One of the world’s top female rock climbers explores Cuba’s complex climbing potential. When we first start hiking to the cave all we can see is flat terrain with a perimeter of limestone cliffs in the distance. It isn’t until we veer down a discreet dirt path to an unanticipated…
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With Citizenship Finally Secured, Michal Smolen’s Olympic Dreams Are Close To Reality
TeamUSA You don’t need to look far to find an American frustrated by the gridlock in Congress. Michal Smolen would seemingly be one of those people. Born in Poland but raised in North Carolina since he was 10, Smolen emerged in 2011 as one of the United States’ best whitewater kayakers. That year, at age…
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American Fencing’s best shot at Gold
The New Yorker Daryl Homer says that he lives in Harlem because “it’s halfway between Mom and practice.” Mom lives in Hudson Heights, near the Bronx, where Homer grew up; practice is at the Manhattan Fencing Center, on West Thirty-ninth Street, where, on a recent Friday night, he stretched while listening to the new Kanye…
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