The 2016 Summer Olympics are less than a month away. They begin August 5th in Rio de Janeiro. Sports commentator Art Thiel and KPLU’s Kirsten Kendrick have the story of one local athlete who’s just earned the chance to shine on the world stage. ‘A Great Story’ Jeremy Taiwo finished…
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Hood River teenager is recovering in a hospital Friday night after tripping over his cleats and falling face first on a javelin during a U.S.A. Track and Field event at Jesuit High School. His head coach Donnie Herneisen identified the 18-year-old as Parker Kennedy, a gifted…
South Africa’s Willem Coertzen and Hungary’s Gyorgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas both put in storming second-day performances to secure wins at the 39th Decastar combined events meeting on a sun-drenched Sunday (20) in Talence. Day two of action in the southwest of France also brought the IAAF Combined Events Challenge series to an…
La Pine’s pride in Olympic gold medalist Ashton Eaton overflowed onto letter boards at businesses across the city, after Eaton won the decathlon at the summer Olympic games in London. “Go Ashton Eaton — La Pine’s Olympian,” one sign read. Now, the city will recognize Eaton by renaming the portion…
Coming within inches of your greatest dream only to see it slip away can lead someone to dark and lonely places. Fortunately Trey Hardee, a decathlete, pole vaulter and Texas alumnus, took his crushing fourth-place finish in the decathlon during the 2008 Olympics as a source of inspiration for the future.…
