Tag: Olympic medalist

Olympic Volleyball Player Brutally Attacked in Los Angeles

Olympic silver medalist Kim Glass said she was attacked over the weekend by a homeless person in downtown Los Angeles. In gruesome videos uploaded on Instagram, Glass said she was struck by a metal pipe the man was wielding. “As I was leaving lunch, I was outside and I was saying goodbye to a friend,…


British Swimmers Make Relay History; US Doesn’t Even Medal

TOKYO—For the first time in more than a century, Britain claimed a relay gold at the Olympic pool. The United States, shockingly, didn’t even make the podium. A dynamic quartet carried the British to a dominating victory in the men’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay Wednesday. Tom Dean, the 200 free gold medalist led off and 200…


2016 Medalist Prenot Fails to Advance at US Swim Trials

OMAHA, Neb. —Josh Prenot failed to advance from the preliminaries of the 200-meter breaststroke at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials Wednesday, a bitter blow for the silver medalist from the 2016 Rio Games. Prenot said he’ll take at least the next year off to “see if I forget how much I currently hate” the sport….


Olympic Medallist Found Guilty in $200 Million Cocaine Smuggling Plot

Australian Olympic silver medalist Nathan Jon Baggaley, and his younger brother, were found guilty of trying to smuggle $200 million worth of cocaine into Australia. Nathan, 45, a world champion kayaker, and brother Dru Anthony Baggaley, 39, were found guilty by the Brisbane Supreme Court on Thursday for plotting to smuggle 650 kg (1,433 lbs)…