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Yuna Kim Wikipedia

Yuna Kim Wikipedia

His rivalry with a different Brian, Brian Boitano, turned the 1988 Olympic games into a so-called “Battle of the Brians.” In this photo, Button was practicing in Moritz, Switzerland, for the Winter Olympics in 1948. He’s credited as the very first figure skater to land a double Axel in competition and also performed the first triple jump in 1952. South Korea’s Yuna Kim performs for the duration of Thursday’s free of charge skate. Sotnikova’s technical score of 75.54 dwarfed Kim’s…

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Shifting College Sports Landscape Could Bring Finish To Us Olympic Dominance

Shifting College Sports Landscape Could Bring Finish To Us Olympic Dominance

Immediately after the heated competition of the Games, the ceremony organizers tried to make an atmosphere of relaxation for the athletes and spectators, acknowledging that the “atmosphere was far tenser than usual.” And the Japanese organizers have now passed the torch to the next city hosting a Summer Games – Paris. The closing ceremony in Olympic Stadium was pretty relaxed, and maybe most poignantly, it aimed to show the athletes a smaller taste of ordinary life in Japan –something they…

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