Tag:
Gold Medal
Chappaqua, NY
Sports
US Women's Hockey Beats Canada For Gold With Chappaqua Watch Party Cheering On (
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Red, white, and blue filled a New York performing arts center as residents gathered to cheer on the US women’s hockey team and their goalie with local ties as they beat Canada for the gold medal. Fans streamed into the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center in Westchester County, NY, shortly after doors opened at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19, for the 1 p.m. matchup against Canada to support Team USA — and standout goalie Aerin Frankel, who once attended Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua before transferring to Shattuck-Saint Mary’s School in Minnesota. Organizers decorated the space wi…
Dunellen, NJ
Sports
Dunellen Olympic Gold Medalist Announces Pregnancy
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, a Middlesex County track star who won four gold medals at two Olympics, announced she is expecting her first child. "Made a human with my favorite human 🥹," McLaughlin-Levrone wrote on Instagram with photos of her and husband, former wide receiver Andre Levrone. "Oh, how we have prayed for you… and the Lord has answered!! You are our greatest blessing and are already so loved. We are eagerly waiting to meet you! 🫶🏽🤍 Cool parents loading…" At the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, McLaughlin-Levrone won gold in the 4x 400 meter relay and the 400 meter hurdles. She followed th…
Bethesda, MD
Sports
Bethesda's Katie Ledecky Extends 1,500 Free Undefeated Streak With World Championship Gold
Maryland's Katie Ledecky continues to rewrite the record books. The Bethesda native added some new hardware to her trophy case, claiming another gold medal at the swimming world championships in her signature event in Singapore. Ledecky, 28, easily outpaced the field, and was in line to challenge her own world-record in the 1,500-meter freestyle final on Tuesday, clocking in at 15:26.44, the fifth-best time in the event's history. 15 years of 1500m freestyle DOMINANCE from Katie Ledecky.📺: Peacock | #AQUASingapore25 pic.twitter.com/DwHnRtbtxn — NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympi…
Mount Vernon, NY
Sports
Motorcade, Ceremony Celebrates Mount Vernon's Own Olympic Gold Medalist Rai Benjamin
An Olympic gold medalist from Westchester will be presented with the key to his home city at the end of a day-long motorcade held in his honor following his standout performance in Paris. A motorcade celebrating Mount Vernon native Rai Benjamin, who won gold in the men's 400-meter hurdles on Friday, Aug. 9 at the Paris Olympics, began on Tuesday, Sept 10 at 9 a.m. at Mount Vernon High School and will continue into the afternoon hours. The motorcade will stop at all 16 schools within the Mount Vernon City School District before arriving at Memorial Field at 431 Garden Ave. a…
Alexandria, VA
Sports
Alexandria Native Noah Lyles Wins Bronze In 200-Meter Final While Battling
Covid-
19: Reports
Virginia native Noah Lyles sprinted his way to a bronze medal in his signature race and was wheeled out after revealing a COVID-19 diagnosis. Lyles earned the medal in the 200-meter race before laying on the track and motioning for water on Thursday after the race. The Alexandria resident - who notoriously suffers from asthma - then had to be helped off the track in a makeshift wheelchair. He later revealed that he tested positive for the virus two days earlier and has been hydrating and quarantining until the race. Lyles finished the race milliseconds after gold medalist Lets…
Edison, NJ
Sports
NJ Hurdler McLaughlin-Levrone Close To Olympic Gold Repeat With Support From Family, HS Fans
New Jersey hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone is cruising right to the gold. The Dunellen native is ten hurdles and one lap around the track from potentially achieving a very rare Olympic feat. McLaughlin-Levrone, who turned 25 on Wednesday, Aug. 7, coasted into the finals of the track and field women's 400-meter hurdles at Paris 2024, dominating her semifinal race on Tuesday, Aug. 6. The Union Catholic Regional High School graduate clocked a time of 52.13, which was the best in all three heats and the fastest time ever in an Olympic semifinal. A two-time Olympic gold medalist, McLaughlin-…
West Chester, PA
Sports
PA Rower Justin Best Proposes To Girlfriend At Paris Olympics
Justin Best is on a hot streak. The 26-year-old American rower from Pennsylvania dropped down to one knee after winning the gold at Paris 2024, and proposed to his girlfriend of nine years, Lainey Duncan. Best was joined by his teammates, who helped score the team's first gold medal in 60 years, along with family members holding thousands of yellow roses, to pop the question Monday, Aug. 5. Click here for footage of the proposal from TODAY. According to PEOPLE, each of the 2,738 roses represented a day that the couple used Snapchat to communicate over the course of their nine-year relatio…
Gaithersburg, MD
Sports
Maryland's Katie Ledecky Sets Olympic Record In Signature 1,500-Meter Race At Paris Games
Maryland's own Katie Ledecky is seeing gold (again), after setting a new Olympic record in her signature 1,500-meter freestyle event in Paris. Ledecky, 27, who was born in DC and raised in Bethesda, cruised to victory with a time of 15:30.02, representing the first of possibly many gold medals at the Games. 1500 final tonight 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/iqRlKWirjq — Katie Ledecky (@katieledecky) July 31, 2024 She is now the first female swimmer to claim a gold medal in four Olympic Games. With plenty of time to bolster her unrivaled resume. 🐐 No words to be added😱 #Paris2024 pi…
Arlington, VA
News
Gold
! Arlington's Torri Huske Wins 100-Meter Fly At Paris Olympics
Torri Huske has done it. The Team USA swimmer from Arlington took the gold in the 100 meter butterfly in 55.59 at the Paris Olympics Sunday, July 28. TORRI HUSKE FOR THE GOLD IN PARIS IN THE 100M FLY! 😤#ParisOlympics pic.twitter.com/ckLow7dvLp — On Her Turf (@OnHerTurf) July 28, 2024 Huske beat her teammate, Gretchen Walsh, by 0.04 seconds. Walsh took silver. In Tokyo, Huske missed out on a medal by 0.01 seconds. Huske has been swimming with the Arlington Aquatic Club since she was about 6 years old and later went on to swim for Yorktown High School. She currentl…
Westminster, MD
Business
Gold Medal Flour Products Recalled Due To Salmonella Contamination
General Mills is recalling Gold Medal flour products after Salmonella has turned up in testing. The company announced on Friday, April 28 a voluntary national recall of 2-, 5- and 10-pound bags of its Gold Medal Unbleached and Bleached All Purpose Flour with a “better if used by” date of March 27, 2024, and March 28, 2024. The recall is being issued for the potential presence of Salmonella Infantis, which was discovered during sampling of the 5-pound bag product, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said. No other types of Gold Medal Flour are affected by this recall. Co…
White Plains, NY
Business
Gold Medal Flour Products Recalled Due To Salmonella Contamination
General Mills is recalling Gold Medal flour products after Salmonella has turned up in testing. The company announced on Friday, April 28 a voluntary national recall of 2-, 5- and 10-pound bags of its Gold Medal Unbleached and Bleached All Purpose Flour with a “better if used by” date of March 27, 2024, and March 28, 2024. The recall is being issued for the potential presence of Salmonella Infantis, which was discovered during sampling of the 5-pound bag product, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said. All other types of Gold Medal Flour are not affected by this recall…
