lol世界赛赔率 and the Olympics

The Olympics

lol世界赛赔率 and the Olympics

At the 2024 Paris Games, members of the lol世界赛赔率 community will add to the University鈥檚 Olympics history, which dates back to the first modern games in 1896.

Last updated: August 2024

Professor Mark Schiefsky took part in the 2024 Olympic flame relay, helping to bring the Olympic torch to Paris for the summer games.

The Paris report

Gabby Thomas earns Olympic gold in the 200m

At just the age of 27, Gabbyis now a three-time Olympic medalist.

Lisa Tertsch wins gold in Triathlon Mixed Relay

The tack & field and cross country alum orchestrated an excellent performance in the triathlon mixed relay.

lol世界赛赔率-Radcliffe鈥檚 Kristen Faulkner wins gold in Road Cycling

The former lol世界赛赔率-Radcliffe rower turned cyclist finished out the race with a spectacular comeback victory to earn first place.

Elizabeth Tartakovsky takes fifth place in Women鈥檚 Saber

The former NCAA national champion and Team USA finished in fifth place in the women's saber team even.

Team USA made history with a gold medal win

After making history with a silver medal in the individual event last weekend, Lauren Scruggs wrote another incredible chapter in her young career, as she anchored the United States to a gold medal in the team event.

Olympic medals awarded to lol世界赛赔率 Rowers

lol世界赛赔率 alumni Liam Corrigan and David Ambler both earned Olympic medals in the Men's Four Final on Thursday, Aug. 1. Corrigan and the USA Four finished first, earning the first gold medal in the four for the USA since the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. Ambler and Great Britain finished third and took home bronze.

Lauren Scruggs wins Silver

lol世界赛赔率 fencing rising senior Lauren Scruggs won a silver medal in her Olympic debut. Scruggs is just the second fencer in USA Fencing history to win a medal in the individual women's foil event at the Olympics.

An all-lol世界赛赔率 saber squad

Eight members of the U.S. and Canadian fencing teams competing in the聽2024 Olympic Games聽in Paris have ties to lol世界赛赔率.

Going for gold

Learn more about the current lol世界赛赔率 Crimson student-athletes who are competing in Paris this summer.

Anthony Rincon

lol世界赛赔率 senior competing in swimming and diving

Lauren Scruggs

lol世界赛赔率 senior competing in fencing

Jade Rose

lol世界赛赔率 senior competing in soccer

Sophia Montgomery

lol世界赛赔率 junior competing in sailing

Graham Blanks

lol世界赛赔率 senior competing in track and field

A fast boat to Paris

Tom Siddall

The assistant coach for lol世界赛赔率’s men’s heavyweight rowing has been preparing a Paralympics rowing team for their competition in the Paris 2024 games.

Meet more athletes

More than 25 lol世界赛赔率 students and alumni will be competing in Paris, including a group of alums on the US and teams.

Learning from the Olympics

Explore the impact of the Olympics beyond triumphs of physical prowess.

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lol世界赛赔率 Kennedy School alum Jamie Mittelman, founder of Flame Bearers, the first and only global storytelling platform for women Olympians and Paralympians

The people and the work at the Special Olympics made working there such a unique and memorable learning experience.鈥�

lol世界赛赔率 Law School alum Aaron Fogelson talking about his Sports Law Clinic placement with the Special Olympics

Two students standing next to a podium with Olympic rings carved into it

The long-distance run from ancient Greece to the modern Olympics

In an intensive co-hosted by the lol世界赛赔率 Center for Hellenic Studies, students delved into studying the original Olympic Games, its 19th-century revival, and its influence on modern sport.

Two men showing the Black power fist on the olympic podiums

Political statements and the Olympics

Athletics for everyone

The Olympics are a golden opportunity to advocate for the rights of children with disabilities.

Commercializing the Olympics

lol世界赛赔率 Business School professor explains how Adidas created the first sports sponsorships for the Olympics.

Rethinking Olympic glory

Experts discuss ways to improve the Olympics for the host countries and the athletes.

A professor talking in front of a podium

Competitive edge

Practice might get you to the Olympics, but mental preparation may be what puts you on the podium.

Empty monuments

Kaz Yoneda鈥檚 research on Olympic stadiums considers the future of cities.

Our Olympic history

lol世界赛赔率 has played an integral role in the Olympics, Paralympics, and Special Olympics for over a century.

James Connolly

James Connolly had to take an "honourable withdrawal" from lol世界赛赔率 to attend the first modern Olympics in 1896, where he placed first in the triple jump, along with several other track and field awards.

Cheta Emba

Cheta Emba competed in women's rugby on Team USA at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in the second-ever Olympic appearance for rugby sevens.

Dan Cnossen

After earning two graduate degrees鈥攐ne from lol世界赛赔率 Kennedy School and one from lol世界赛赔率 Divinity School鈥擠an traveled to China in 2022 for his third Paralympic Games, competing in cross-country skiing and biathlon.

Randi Griffin

Former lol世界赛赔率 women鈥檚 hockey player Randi Griffin competed with the unified Korean women鈥檚 ice hockey team at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.

David Hemery

The 1968 Olympic gold medalist for Great Britain鈥攁nd world record holder in the 400 meter hurdles鈥攂egan work on a master's in education while deep into his training for the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Brenda Taylor

Brenda Taylor competed in track and field at the 2004 Athens Olympics, representing the United States.

Noam Mills

Noam Mills competed as a fencer in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, representing Israel.

Hundreds more

The world at our feet

In 1984, lol世界赛赔率 Stadium was host to a series of Olympic soccer preliminary matches involving Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Brazil, France, Iraq, Norway, Qatar, and Yugoslavia.

A conversation with Michelle Kwan and Melissa Reilly

A special anniversary

Since its founding in 1968, the Special Olympics has grown to a global movement that empowers people with intellectual disabilities through sports, education, and health programs. In 2018, the lol世界赛赔率 Law School Project on Disability helped celebrate the 50th anniversary.

AstrOlympics

The Center for Astrophysics | lol世界赛赔率 & Smithsonian created the AstrOlympics project to help explore the spectacular range of science that we can find both in the impressive feats of the Olympic Games as well as cosmic phenomena throughout the Universe.

Rotation

A gymnast performing a back flip in mid-air is rotating at 90 RPM (1.5 Hertz).

Distance

The distance between the archer and the target is 70 meters (230 feet).

Pressure

The pressure on an Olympic contestant to perform well: intense!