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Stanley Redwine previously served on the international stage as the USA men’s coach at the 2022 IAAF World Outdoor Championships, and a USA assistant coach for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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The 20-year-old Grain Valley native, who trained in Blue Springs, said on social media last week that a toxic coaching environment at the University of Utah negatively affected her mental health. “The abuse often happened in individual coach-athlete meetings," she wrote.
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Aleah Finnegan, Leanne Wong, and Lynnzee Brown all trained at Great American Gymnastics Express, known as GAGE, in Blue Springs. One of them has already qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
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The Native American athlete from Oklahoma made his athletic mark in collegiate, Olympic and professional sports.
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The Kansas City coach under the biggest spotlight right now is not Andy Reid of the Chiefs, or Mike Matheny of the Royals. It’s the coach of the U.S. women’s national soccer team.
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After winning a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, track star Courtney Frerichs returns to the University of Missouri - Kansas City on December 19 to address the graduating class.
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Known as the “Mother of KU Women’s Athletics,” Mawson initiated athletics for women at KU in 1968.
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Courtney Frerichs took home silver in her second Olympic bid, while a Canadian sprinter with Kansas ties claimed gold in the men's 200-meter sprint.
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Chris Nilsen's family set their clocks to rise in the predawn hours to watch him compete in Tokyo, and say they're thrilled with his performance.
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Trapshooter Derrick Mein has one more shot at an Olympic medal in Tokyo when he teams up with Kayle Browning, who won a silver medal in the women's competition. Then he has his sights set on Paris in 2024.
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The road to the Olympics for the Honduran Men's soccer team came at the expense of the U.S. Men's National team, leaving Kansas Citians with Honduran connections only one team to cheer for in Tokyo.
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Kara Eaker and Leanne Wong arrived in Japan as alternates on the Women's Gymnastics team, prepared to compete if one of their teammates suffered an injury or became ill. Instead, they were quarantined after Eaker tested positive for the coronavirus.