Kelly Catlin a silver medalist and member of the U.S. women’s pursuit team during the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, committed suicide on the Stanford University campus on March 7, 2019. She was 23 years old. Rob DeMartini USA Cycling chief executive released a statement on March 10 saying that the cycling community is sad […]
On Sept. 12, 2016, a Russian group specialized in cyber-espionage hacked the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) database. According to Daily News, the crew, known as the Fancy Bears, released the medical files of four American Olympians; tennis players Venus and Serena Williams, gymnast Simone Biles, and basketball player Elena Delle Donne. WADA confirmed the cyber-attacks, […]
This week, Aug. 14-20, 2016, people, like the newly appointed Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, may be taking note of an Olympic event other than the one in Rio de Janeiro – the Library Olympics. This summer, the librarians at the University of Dayton came together for their second annual Library Olympics. Events included the Journal […]