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Tag Archives: 2024 Paris Olympics
AAPIs (and some Asian Canadians) in the 2024 Paris Olympics: A Retrospective
After watching the 2024 Paris Olympics which closed last week, I definitely felt that AAPI athletes had a high profile. That led me to decide to create this retrospective on AAPI (and some extent, the Asian Canadian) presence in the … Continue reading
US Table Tennis Gains visibility during the Paris Olympics
US Table Tennis, a sport in the US that has faces many struggles and in which the US has never medaled, has gotten a huge lift in visibility during the Paris Olympics. This viral video from the day of the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Sports
Tagged 2024 Paris Olympics, Amy Wang, Anthony Edwards, Kanak Jha, Lily Zhang, Rachel Sung, Stephen Curry, table tennis
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Sunny Choi and other AAPI to watch in the Paris Olympics
The Wife, Brother-in-law, and I watched the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony last night, and what struck me as cameras panned over the Team USA boat was that there were a fair number of Asian faces. We have talked about gymnasts … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Local, San Francisco Bay Area, Sports
Tagged 2024 Paris Olympics, Logan Edra, Sunny Choi
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Asian Americans Gymnasts in the Paris 2024 Olympics: Sunisa Lee, Asher Hong, Leanne Wong, and Tiana Sumanansekera
A number of Asian Americans are representing the US in Gymnastics at the 2024 Paris Olympics. 2020 Olympic all-around Champion Sunisa Lee is returning. Stanford Gymnast Asher Hong is on the men’s Squad. Leanne Wong is a travelling alternate while … Continue reading
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Tagged 2024 Paris Olympics, Asher Hong, gymnastics, Leanne Wong, mens gymnastics, Sunisa Lee, Tiana Sumanasekera
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Leanne Wong: Student, Entrepreneur, and Possible Olympic Gymnast
1) Pre-med student 2) business owner 3) college gymnast trying to make it into the Olympics – Leanne Wong is all three! I first learned about her story from this ESPN article. She is an elite level gymnast, having achieved … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Business, Sports
Tagged 2024 Paris Olympics, gymnastics, Leanne Wong, Olympics
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