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13-Year-Old Momiji Nishiya Wins First-Ever Gold Medal in Olympic Street Skateboarding

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Currently, Japan ranks first in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic leaderboards with 10 gold medals, and the US and China closely follow with 9 gold medals each. The most interesting part of this storyline is that one of Japan’s gold medals belongs to 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya, who just won the first-ever women’s street skateboarding event. Related: Spotlight On: Sky Brown, Eleven-Year-Old […]

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Jesse | July 28, 2021
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Jessie Diggins Pulls Off Historic World Cup Overall Cross-Country Crown

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Minnesota native Jessie Diggins secured the United State’s second World Cup overall crown in cross-country skiing.  Jessie ended the 40-year drought for the United States in the sport, and she is the first American woman to secure the championship. Diggins trains in Stratton during the offseason. Jessie Diggins joins Vermont’s Olympic legend Bill Koch, who won in 1982, as the only […]

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Nick Retterer | March 11, 2021
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USA’s 1st Male Skiing Olympic Gold Medalist, Bill Johnson, Goes Off Life Support

“He has no physical use of any part of his body. He has difficulty even raising his head. His mind is still very keen but his body has literally shut down.” – Bill Johnson’s mother America’s first ever downhill gold medalist & first ever alpine skiing gold medalist, Bill Johnson, has decided to go off life support.  Bill was a man […]

Miles Clark | January 22, 2013
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