Tag: Olympics

  • Nation & World

    Meet Harvard’s 2022 Beijing Olympians

    The University will be well-represented by six athletes at the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, beginning Friday in Beijing. Under the flags of Canada, Switzerland, and the United States, as…

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    Emerance Maschmeyer, Dan Cnossen, Nick Abruzzese, and Rémi Drolet.
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    Making a splash

    Harvard student swimmer David Abrahams wins silver in his first Paralympics in Tokyo.

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    David Abrahams swimming.
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    Give her some space

    The Gazette spoke with Harvard psychologist Michael Hollander about the toll anxiety can take on performance and what must change to ensure athletes get the help they need.

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    Simone Biles.
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    Hey, I know that sprinter in the 200!

    Harvard is sending a range of competitors, both current students and alumni, to the Olympic/Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

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    Medal or no medal, a golden opportunity

    Harvard star Ryan Donato ’19 will skate for USA hockey in the Winter Olympics, upholding a family tradition.

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    Ryan Donato '19
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    Dream journey

    Varsha Varman is a step closer to reaching her goals thanks in part to financial aid from Harvard.

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    Eli Dershwitz’s road to the Olympics

    Harvard sophomore Eli Dershwitz represented the United States at the Summer Olympics in the men’s saber fencing competition in Rio de Janeiro. While he didn’t win a medal this time, Dershwitz said the intense training and discipline required to make it to Brazil gave him the confidence to succeed at Harvard and the drive to…

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    Playing without rules

    Eugen Dimant, who studies corruption in sports, discusses the implications of charges on Monday by the World Anti-Doping Agency that Russia has a massive, state-run doping operation in its athletic programs.

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    Security in Sochi

    With public attention focused on the potential for unrest around Sochi to disrupt the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia, the Gazette spoke with Timothy Colton, Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, about the region, security preparations, and the roots of unrest.

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    A league of her own

    Harvard freshman Christina Gao is also a top-ranked figure skater, and is doing so well in competitions that she’s taking a leaving from school to train for the Olympics.

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    Harvard represented at Olympics

    Harvard will be well-represented at the upcoming 2012 Olympics in London, as nine athletes and one coach will compete at the games beginning July 27.

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    In the swim of things

    The men’s and women’s teams teach lessons to the community in the spring and fall to help fund their training trips in winter.

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    Sisters in arms

    Qualification for the NCAA Championships has become something of a ritual for recent members of the Harvard women’s fencing team, a far cry from the sports origins on campus dating back to 1888, but not far removed from the year the team officially came into being in 1974.

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    Harvard fencer Emily Cross to represent U.S. in Beijing

    The United States Fencing Association (USFA) announced this week that rising senior Emily Cross has been selected to the U.S. team for the upcoming 2008 Olympics in China.

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    Victor Cha looks at Olympic politics

    Victor Cha, director of Asian affairs on the National Security Council from 2004 to 2007 and a former Olin National Security Fellow at Harvard, returned to campus last week (Feb. 14) to talk about the surprisingly forceful “soft power” of sport in the realm of international relations and diplomacy.

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    Chu on Harvard: ‘I wish I could stay here forever.’

    Harvard women’s hockey forward Julie Chu retired from figure skating pretty much before she’d begun. At the tender age of 8, when she was still finding her balance on the ice, Chu opted instead for the rigors of the puck and stick. It proved to be a sage decision. Since swapping out the patterned twirls…

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