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Overland Park discus thrower hopes to return to Olympic stage Overland Park discus thrower working to return to the Olympics and last updated 2021-04-14 20:06:11-04 OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Mason Finley is hoping to return to the Olympic stage this year. He hasnt wasted a second of the last year, in the hopes of getting on the podium in Tokyo, Japan. "Ive been training my whole life for this, and Im ready to lay it all on the line," Finley said. Finley finished 11th out of 12 discus thrower...

Saturday, April17 at WCHS - Interrupted last spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 version of the Wilson County Track & Field Championships have been scheduled Saturday, April 17 at Wilson Central High. Plans call for the boys and girls pole vault to be held 4 PM Friday, April 16 at Lebanon Highs Clifton Tribble Field with all other events slated for Wilson Central beginning Saturday morning at Wildcat Stadium. Admission is $5 per person. The following field events will open at 10 AM an...

Running Rings Around the Empire: The 1908 Olympics Statues in Nenagh, County Tipperary, of three Olympic gold medalists from or with Nenagh connections. Left to right, 1908 Olympians Matt McGrath, Johnny Hayes, and Bob Tisdall, who won a gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics in ­­Los Angeles. (Photo courtesy Nenagh Olympic Athletic Club) By Roger McGrath, Contributor In 1908, as the world’s attention focused on the Olympic Games in London, Britain had decide...

However, national 100m record holders in the mens and womens categories, Amiya Kumar Mallick and Dutee Chand, respectively, have confirmed their participation in the season-opening track competition.

Photo Credit: IANS IANSLive Dubai, Feb 11 (IANS) Para-athletes Devender Kumar and Nimisha Suresh Chakkungalparambil clinched a gold medal each as India started their campaign at the 12th Fazza International Championships - Dubai 2021 World Para Athletics Grand Prix on a strong note, winning six medals on the opening day. To get full access of the story, click here to subscribe to IANS News Service © 2021 IANS India Private Limited. All Rights Reserved. The reproduction of the story/photograph...

Pushed out. but the supporters are very much in play, and this is why. every single voter is going to have a card like this. and looking a it closer, you can see that on the front they will write their first preference. if your candidate is unviable, you get to flip the card over, and you write your second preference. now, this is going to be amid a lot offi inwrangling and discus, because maybe some groups want to come together to make a viable candidate or the viable candidates reaching out to...

>> god bless them all. welcome to the world. a bulldog named thor hammers the competition in the national dog show. >> and the best in show tonight is the bulldog. >> oh, my goodness. look. >> nobody more surprised. >> i dont think thor wanted a hug there. >> i doengts thats how thor was feeling. >> hes the god of thunder. >> he doesnt hug people. >> thor beat out more than 2,000 dogs to take best in show to the obvious surprise of his handler. more than 20 million americans tuned in to the an...

We have new reporting this morning on the ukraine pressure campaign. "the new york times" reports while rudy giuliani was pushing for an investigation into the bidens, the presidents personal lawyer was also trying to sign business deals in ukraine for hundreds of thousands of dollars. and there are also new questions this morning about that phone call ambassador gordon sondland reported he had with president trump. its the call republicans and the president have used as a defense to push back o...

Heres jeanne moos. >> reporter: looking at this, you may see a president tossing keep america great hats. but maybe president trump sees a greek olympian hurling a discus. after all, he tweeted out this doctored image of his own head attached to the chiselled torso of rocky balboa. heres the original. instead of doing sit-ups or pumping iron, president trump tends to just pump his fists. critics compared the president to homer simpson checking out his reflection and imagining impeccable pecs. >>...

The white house controls the tickets for that area. it could be as much as 500 tickets, one source told cnn. those are going to -- some were given to the rnc to be dispersed. some were going to the campaign. others were dispersed through the cabinet agencies. so senior leadership, political appointees at those agencies could give them to friends and family. the dnc said they did not receive an allotment of tickets. thats another reason why this is being considered a potentially partisan event be...