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Kyle Dake ’13 Repeats Olympic Bronze
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No other wrestler has repeated the same Olympic medal since Buvaisar Saitiev of Russia in the ’04 and ’08 games.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/olympics/)
No other wrestler has repeated the same Olympic medal since Buvaisar Saitiev of Russia in the ’04 and ’08 games.
Taylor Khibb ’20 closed out the Olympic triathlon mixed relay with the fastest anchor leg of the race, securing the silver medal for the U.S.
Michael Grady ’19, a former heavyweight rower at Cornell, is an Olympic gold medalist.
Jeanna Diaz ’10 designed the U.S. women’s gymnastics team’s Olympic uniforms, which sparkle with more than 47,000 Swarovski crystals across each athlete’s eight-leotard set.
“That year at Cornell gave me so much perspective in my life, both academically and athletically,” Chen said. “I think I grew the most in that one year at Cornell. Just being in that unfamiliar situation helped me grow as a person, and therefore as an athlete and a skater.”
Seven Cornellians – six athletes and a coach – will compete in the Beijing Winter Olympics.
While five Cornellians represented the United States at this year’s Summer Olympic Games, Taylor Knibb ’20 and Kyle Dake ’13 each managed to find their way onto the podium.
Five Cornellians will join Team USA at the Tokyo Olympics this month.
Karen Chen ’23 isn’t letting the pandemic slow her down. After placing 4th at the World Figure Skating Championships, she is training for a spot on the U.S. women’s Olympic team.
Dear Mayor Myrick,
I hope your February break has been going well. It’s been a few weeks since I saw you driving through the Commons. I waved at you, but you pretended not to notice. I’m going to act like that never happened, because I have bigger issues that I want to address today. Since the last time we’ve met, I’ve been watching a lot of this Winter Olympics — dozens of sports that I never knew existed two weeks ago have now consumed my entire life.