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Tatyana McFadden wins 8th Chicago Marathon
Chicago Tribune Doctors told Tatyana McFadden earlier this year that part of her recovery from blood clots should include exercise. Her response: “Why not do a couple more marathons?” McFadden won her seventh straight women’s wheelchair race and eighth overall at the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, breaking her own course record in 1 hour, 39 minutes, 15 seconds. She…
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Nastia Liukin talks values and hard work on SMU campus
The Daily Campus Nastia Liukin spoke to a full auditorium about her experience as an Olympic gymnast and how she discovered who she is outside of the gym. A crowd of roughly 150 college students and community members gathered at the Hughes-Trigg Theatre to hear the athlete and SMU alum speak Tuesday night. The lecture…
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Jump, Jive, and Thrive
Olympic gymnasts Nastia Liukin, Laurie Hernandez, and Shannon Miller, among other will be part of a an evening of gymnastics, dance, and music all to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation on October 8th.
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4-Time Olympic Medalist David Boudia Announces Return To Diving, Eye On 2020 Olympics
TeamUSA Seven-time USA Diving athlete of the year and three-time Olympian David Boudia announced on Tuesday that he will return to competitive diving, ending his one-year break from the sport following the Olympic Games Rio 2016. Boudia said he decided in January that he would return to the sport and in June decided to “pull the trigger.”…
