The Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France for two weeks and four days, concluded Sunday, Aug. 11, and was an enormous success. There are comments in sports on page 9. Here is a bit of history, understanding, and reasons to hold the Modern Day Olympic Games. These modern games were...
Country Total Gold Slvr BrnzUnited States 126 40 44 42China 91 40 27 24Great Britain 65 14 22 29France 64 16 26 22Australia 53 18 19 16Japan 45 20 12 13Italy 40 12 13 15Netherlands 34 15 7 12Germany 33 12 13 8Korea 32 13 9 10Canada 27 9 7...
Year Country Total Gold Slvr Brnz2024 USA 126 40 44 422021 USA 113 39 41 332016 USA 121 46 37 382012 USA 104 48 26 302008 USA 112 36 39 372004 USA 101 36 39 262000 USA 93 37 24 321996 USA 101 44 32 251992 EUN* 112 45 38...
By Steve Groth While in Florida last Winter, I met athletes from Denmark who were part of the Danish national canoe team. They came to Satellite Beach, Fla., for eight weeks, February through March to prepare for the Summer Olympic Games. I met Rasmus Knudsen, one of the athletes, at...
Athens, Greece, 1896Paris, France, 1900St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A., 1904London, United Kingdom, 1908Stockholm, Sweden, 1912Berlin, Germany, 1916 (canceled)Antwerp, Belgium, 1920Chamonix, France, 1924Paris, France, 1924St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1928Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1928Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.A., 1932Berlin, Germany, 1936Cancelled due to WWII, 1940, 1944London, United Kingdom, 1948Helsinki, Finland, 1952Melbourne, Australia, 1956Rome, Italy, 1960Tokyo, Japan, 1964Mexico...
By Woodrow Carroll Occasionally, when surfing the web, one comes across an interesting bit of reading. One interesting article was on Olympic Games athletes who died before their time. All too often it was a war or military conflict that brought about death. The individuals were in the modern Olympic...
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Shooting: • Kozeniesky Lucas, Silver Medal; • Tucker Mary Carolynn Silver Medal 10m Air Rifle Men: • SHANER William, Gold Medal. Skeet Women: • ENGLISH Amber, Gold Medal Trap Mixed Team Shooting: • BERNAU Madelynn Ann, Bronze Medal; • BURROWS Brian, Bronze Medal Trap Women’s...
By Al Benson A U.S.A. competitor in the Tokyo, Japan Olympic Games triathlon is a familiar face to Fox Valley United Methodist members. Kevin McDowell was in Geneva High School when he started attending Aurora’s Flowing Forth United Methodist Church (UMC), said his former pastor and now UMC Prairie Central...
Lauren Carlini, 7, of Aurora, former West Aurora High School girls' volleyball star, recently was selected as an alternate for the USA women's volleyball team in this year's Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
There are reasons that Olympic Games are special events. They are sports, however, they transcend sports generously. Communities see the value in countries competing for a sense of national pride, however, the drama, excellence, and competition every four years, or twice every four years if you include both summer Olympic...
Decisions on playing games have been highly important the last 18 months with the COVID-19 pandemic. It is more than playing games. It is sickness and health. The International Olympic Committee made the correct decision to hold the Olympic Games beginning July 21 in Japan, which already had been postponed...
Two Northern Illinois University physics professors will discuss the physics of the Summer Olympic Games at a fun online STEM Café at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 14. The online STEM Café is free and open to the public. Registration and more information at go.niu.edu/Olympics. Associate professor Jahred Adelman said, “There’s...
