FAYETTVILLE, Ark. – July 23, marks one year from the start of the summer Olympics right here on KARK. 23 athletes with Arkansas ties competed in 2016 and it’s expected there could be just as many in Tokyo. After medaling at her first Olympic games, pole vaulter Sandi Morris hopes to make…
HAVING had a taste of international competition, teenage pole vaulter Lauren Hyde-Cooling has set her sights on an even biggest stage – the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The 18-year-old Mt Pleasant resident, who has just returned from competing in the World Junior Championships in Finland, said it’s every athletes…
Olympic athletes risk the hottest weather in more than a century at the 2020 Tokyo Games as high summer temperatures in Japan’s capital highlight concern about holding global sporting events under extreme conditions. Tokyo is set to host its second Olympics in July and August, the hottest months in the…
