Winter Olympics still going on over in Beijing and I was wondering last night when Canada beat us in Ice Hockey… are those gold medals even pure gold? The answer is NO! Kind of… According to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), all gold and silver medals are required to be at least 92.5 percent SILVER…
More good news for Connecticut over in Beijing. On Wednesday another CT athlete won a medal for Team USA. Lindsey Jackbellis from Roxbury, CT took home the GOLD MEDAL in the women’s snowboard cross final. It’s the first gold medal for Team USA in the 2022 Winter Olympics. Lindsey is 36-years-old and competing in her…
If you’ve been watching any of the Winter Olympics in Beijing or scrolling your social feeds you’ve probably noticed the backdrop for the big air ski jump isn’t quite the winter wonderland that some other host countries have. It’s 3 giant silos that resemble some sort of factory or power plant. They actually used to…
11,000 miles away from Connecticut in Beijing the 2022 Winter Olympics are happening with a number of local athletes competing. And now Team U.S.A.’s first medal of these winter games was won by one of our own here in CT! 24-year-old Julia Marino from Westport won the silver medal in the women’s slopestyle snowboarding event.…
You may have seen R.O.C. listed in the medal count and when watching the events. Everyone is confused. But it’s Russia. This same confusion just happened during the Summer Olympics last year. Russia got banned for doping, so all the Russian athletes are now competing under the banner, “Russian Olympic Committee” Instead of the actual…
The Winter Olympics in Bejing are coming up in February. One of the biggest events, Ice Hockey, now has four players with Connecticut ties. Here are the four players who found out on Thursday night they will be competing on the U.S. Olympic hockey team… Goalie Strauss Mann from Grennwich. Went to Brunswick School in…