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Year After Losing Leg In Shark Attack, Connecticut Woman Heading To Paralympics
Ali Truwit is taking her inspiring spirit to the world stage. The 24-year-old Connecticut native, from the Fairfield County town of Darien, set off for Paris on Friday, Aug. 16, where she’ll represent Team USA in the Paralympic Games later this month. It’s a remarkable turn for the Yale University graduate, coming just over a year after she survived a near-fatal shark attack in the Caribbean. Earlier Report - Shark Attack Update: Details Emerge On Darien Woman Who Lost Part Of Leg In Caribbean As previously reported by Daily Voice, Truwit was snorkeling near a resort in the Turks and Ca…
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'Time For A Parade': Olympic Gold Medalist Rai Benjamin Set For Hero's Welcome In Westchester
A Westchester County native's spectacular gold medal win may prompt upcoming festivities in his home city upon his return from the Paris Olympics, officials hinted. Mount Vernon's own Rai Benjamin won gold in the men's 400-meter hurdles on Friday, Aug. 9, in front of his friends and family, upgrading the silver medal he won for the same race at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The 27-year-old champion clinched the gold medal after finishing the event in 46.46 seconds, beating Norway's Karsten Warholm, who took silver, and Brazil's Alison dos Santos, who took bronze. During those …
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Community Welcomes Home Hudson Valley Olympic Gold Medalist
Members of an Orange County community gathered to welcome home a local Olympic gold medalist as she returned from the Tokyo Games. Stefanie Dolson was welcomed back by members of the Greenville community and State Police officers, New York State Police said on Tuesday, Aug. 3. State Police from Troop F joined the Greenville Community (Orange County) in welcoming back home Olympic Gold Medalist... Posted by New York State Police on Tuesday, August 3, 2021 Dolson is a graduate of Minisink High School. The 29-year-old played center for the Team USA basketball team. She won the gold medal…
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Swimmer From Westchester Wins Medal At Olympics
A former high school swimming standout in the Hudson Valley can add a new accomplishment to her resume after earning a medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Early on Wednesday, July 28 in Tokyo, the 19-year-old Kate Douglass, a Westchester native who starred for Pelham High School, won the bronze medal in the 200-meter individual medley, behind Japan’s You Ohashi and her teammate at the University of Virginia, Alex Walsh. In earning the bronze medal and a spot on the podium, Douglass posted a personal best time in the pool with a 2:09.04 finish. Her time was less than .50 seconds behind Walsh’s fin…
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NY Athlete Will Serve As Team USA Flag Bearer At Olympic Opening Ceremonies
WNBA legend Sue Bird, a UConn alum and New York native, can add a new impressive checkmark to her already impressive resume of accomplishments. Bird, age 40, a basketball icon who hails from the hamlet of Syosset in Nassau County on Long Island has been chosen to serve as one of Team USA’s flag bearers at the Opening Ceremony of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics on Friday, July 23. Bird becomes the second American women's basketball player to carry the flag, joining now coach Dawn Staley, who carried it while a player in the 2004 Olympics. “I know this isn’t about me," Bird said in a statement. "Th…
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These Hudson Valley Athletes Will Be Competing At Olympics
Some of the Hudson Valley's top athletes will be wearing the red, white, and blue in Tokyo as they represent the country at the upcoming summer Olympic Games in Japan. The summer games will include more than two dozen athletes from New York - featuring a group of prominent players from the Hudson Valley - who are looking to etch their marks in history with an Olympic medal. Athletes from the region set to compete for medals are: Patrick Kilvehan, age 31, of West Nyack, who will be making his Olympic debut after playing baseball and football at Rutgers University before being drafted by t…
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NBA Legend Kobe Bryant, Daughter Among Nine Killed In Helicopter Crash
This story has been updated. NBA legend and former Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant was among nine people, including his teenage daughter, killed in a helicopter crash in southern California, authorities said. The crash happened just northwest of downtown Los Angeles at about 9:45 a.m. Pacific time on Sunday, Jan. 26. The private chopper burst into flames after crashing amid foggy conditions in the hills over Calabasas. The cause of the crash is under investigation. Initial reports had listed the number of casualties as five. In an afternoon press conference, the Los Angeles…
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Northern Westchester Teen Hockey Star Goes High In NHL Draft's First Round
An 18-year-old from the area was one of the first players selected in the National Hockey League Draft. Northern Westchester's Trevor Zegras, a two-way forward who starred on the US Under 17 national team, was taken with the ninth pick in the first round by the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night, June 21 in Vancouver, British Columbia. "I really wanted to go to whatever team wanted me the most," the 6-foot, 175-pound center from Bedford said. "I'm thrilled with Anaheim and I'm happy to be a Duck." Zegras has signed a National Letter of Intent to play collegiate hockey at Boston Univer…
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