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Keely Nicole Hodgkinson OLY (born 3 March 2002) [ 4][ 5] is an English middle-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 800 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [ 6] At the age of 19, she won the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, breaking the British record set by Kelly Holmes in 1995. [ 7] Hodgkinson proceeded to win silver medals at ...
In 1934, the breakfast cereal Wheaties began the practice of including pictures of athletes on its packaging to coincide with its slogan, "The Breakfast of Champions." In its original form, athletes were depicted on the sides or back of the cereal box, though in 1958 Wheaties began placing the pictures on the front of the box.
Female athletes of color have historically faced disproportionate scrutiny and discrimination when it comes to sex testing and false accusations that they are male or transgender, historians and ...
Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Mildred Ella " Babe " Didrikson Zaharias ( / zəˈhɑːriəs /; née Didrikson; June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who excelled in golf, basketball, baseball, and track and field. She won two gold medals and a silver in track and field at the 1932 Summer Olympics before turning to professional ...
The 2024 Paris Olympics belonged to women. These were the first Games in history to achieve gender parity in terms of having an equal number of women and men compete. Women shone on the world ...
Tri 2. 2009 Gold Coast. Tri 2. 2011 Beijing. Tri 2. Updated on 16 February 2017. Sarah Reinertsen (born 22 May 1975) is an American Paralympic triathlete and former track athlete. She was born with proximal femoral focal deficiency, a bone-growth disorder; her affected leg was amputated above the knee at age seven.
Since launching her fitness empire, Drain has amassed over 3.7 million Instagram followers, as well as a successful training program and numerous meal guides. Her Instagram success ...
Iris Floyd Kyle [ 22][ 23] was born on August 22, 1974 [ 22] in Benton Harbor, Michigan, [ 22] the fifth of six children. Her early athletic endeavors included running cross country, basketball (point guard), softball (shortstop) and volleyball. She was an All-American in basketball, and received a number of athletic scholarship offers.