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Sport: Para track and field Hometown: Clarksville, Maryland  Age: 28 What She Did This Year: McFadden won her seventh straight Chicago Marathon in October, breaking her own course record with a time of 1:39:15. Earlier this year she swept her events at the World Para Athletics Championships, winning the 200-, 400-, 800- and 1,500-meter to…

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…

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…

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.