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Ready, Set, Gold! Launches Eight-Week Virtual Classroom Series for Spring Semester, Hosted by Top Olympians and Paralympians
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New Video Series Provides At-Home Fitness and Nutrition Tips for Students in All Grade Levels to Stay Active Every Monday Beginning March 1
Ready Set Gold! is fulfilling the additional need right now for our youth of keeping them plugged into a consistent community that understands what it takes to be resilient, intentional and hopeful when new and uncertain scenarios are thrown in front of them. LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) February 18, 2021 Ready, Set, Gold! (RSG!) is launching a new eight-week classroom series this Spring featuring tips and firsthand advice from Olympic and Paralympic athletes designed to help students in all grade levels to stay active while distance learning from home. Released every Monday beginning March 1 through April 26 (with the exception of March 29), each
Olympic long jump gold medallist confirmed as member of USOPC reform panel Wednesday, 3 February 2021
London 2012 long jump champion Brittney Reese has been confirmed as a member of the new Commission which will probe the state of the Olympic and Paralympic Movement in the United States.
The 34-year-old four-time world champion s nomination by Senator Roger Wicker was already known and has now been rubber-stamped.
Wicker had also previously named Beijing 2008 sailor John Dane, with the 70-year-old s selection also now announced.
The Olympians will be joined by two other selections - Denver Sports founder Robert Cohen and US Olympic Endowment chairman William Hybl - following an announcement from Wicker and fellow senator Jerry Moran.
Local athlete and veteran training to compete in upcoming Paralympic games
A LOCAL ATHLETE PROVING TO THE WORLD DISABLITES DONT HAVE TO HOLD YOU BACK. SHE S TRAINING TO COMPETE IN THE TOKYO PARALYMPICS HAPPENING IN AUGUST.
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COLORADO SPRINGS â A local athlete is proving to the world that having a disability doesn t have to hold you back. She s training to compete in the Tokyo Paralympics happening in August.
Melissa Stockwell, a U.S. Army veteran, lost her leg in combat while serving overseas in Iraq in 2004. While the 40-year-old once defended our country, she s lacing up her shoes to train and represent the stars and stripes on the world s biggest athletic stage.
Xiao and Moses to join US Congressional panel overseeing USOPC reform Thursday, 14 January 2021
Han Xiao, Karin Korb, Patty Cisneros Prevo and Edwin Moses are among the latest confirmed appointments to a Congressional Commission established by the Empowering Olympic and Amateur Athletes Act which will examine the United States Olympic and Paralympic Movement.
The four appointments were confirmed by Frank Pallone, chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee chair Jan Schakowsky and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee chair Diana DeGette.
A statement from the committee said Pallone made his appointments in close consultation with Schakowsky and DeGette.