by Katharine Lyon | Aug 17, 2016 | Mormon, Olympians
After a successful first week of the Olympics, three LDS Olympians won medals in their events. With more LDS Olympians currently competing, here’s a mid-week update of events and tweets from Mormon Olympians. Taylor Sander: Men’s Volleyball, USA When he’s...
by Katharine Lyon | Aug 15, 2016 | Mormon, Olympians
15 August 2016 After the first week of competition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Mormon Olympians are competing all across the board. From medals to qualifying races, and from volleyball to shot put, here are where Mormon Olympians stand after week one of the Rio 2016...
by Katharine Lyon | Aug 10, 2016 | Mormon, Olympians
10 August 2016 While many LDS Olympians have started to compete in their events, many other LDS Olympians are currently in Rio training for their events next week, checking out other sports, and taking selfies with famous athletes. Luckily for viewers, these LDS...
by Katharine Lyon | Aug 8, 2016 | Mormon, Olympians
August 8, 2016 With the Olympics already in full swing, athletes from all over the world are competing for gold. From rugby to volleyball, here’s how members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are currently fairing in their respective events:...
by Katharine Lyon | Jun 13, 2016 | Mormon, Olympians, Other Mormon Athletes
Canadian gymnast Jackson Payne needs to catch a break. After winning his first overall Canadian gymnastics title in 2011, he left the senior men’s national gymnastics team to serve a two-year mission in South Korea for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,...
by Keith L. Brown | Feb 23, 2014 | Olympians
A standard definition of the word “force” is strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement. Force is something that Olympians such as figure 8 skaters Gracie Gold and Ashley Wagner must contend with in the execution of their routines as they...