A high-school writer I mentored a few years ago was the star sprinter for his school’s track team, and one day, out of curiosity, I asked about the sliver of time between a runner getting into the starting block and the starter’s pistol going off. One of the things I enjoy most in watching almost … Read more
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Tara Davis-Woodhall and Hunter Woodhall’s love story might as well be acted out in Netflix’s next rom-com. The pro athletes are are competing in the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer, but back in 2017, Tara and Hunter met for the first time at a track meet. The couple broke down the details about the … Read more
His first surgical operation was completed around February, 1936. The technology for female-to-male surgeries was limited; the first phalloplasty wasn’t performed until that fall, in Russia. Koubek never described his procedure except to say that it “did not hurt me at all.” After the second operation, a nurse led him to the men’s ward, where … Read more
Olympic sports bodies criticized World Athletics on Friday for promising to pay US$50,000 for each track and field gold medal won at the Paris Olympics. Last week’s move by the track body and its president Sebastian Coe broke with tradition because the International Olympic Committee does not pay prize money, though many state governments and … Read more
Olympic track and field athletes always need to keep their eyes on the prize, but now, that prize could be $50,000. World Athletics announced Wednesday that it would pay prize money to track and field gold medalists in the upcoming Paris Olympic games, with payments for silver and bronze medalists starting in the 2028 Olympics … Read more
