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USA Canoe/Kayak add 14 Olympic qualifiers
By Mat Mikesell | BSU at the Games
Fourteen paddlers qualified for the U.S. National Whitewater Slalom Team in April, earning a way to the U.S. Olympic Team for the 2012 London Summer Games.
Of the 14 qualifiers, two-time Olympian Scott Parsons and Carolina Queen from Davidson College won two spots on the team after three days of timed races.
The qualifiers move on to compete at the Canoe Slalom World Cup in Cardiff, Wales, June 8-10.
Scott Parsons will compete in the 2012 Olympic Games. Photo courtesy: U.S. Canoe/Kayak.
Parsons had the fastest kayak run with a time of 93.96 seconds, which was good enough for first place on a three-man team.
“The level of competition is extremely high,” Parsons said. “If you come out with a win, it’s pretty incredible. I feel really fortunate on how I performed.”
Queen finished second in the women’s kayak trials.
From the men’s side, Benn Fraker, a 2008 Olympian, also topped the men’s single kayak team. Casey Eichfeld and Zach Lokken tied for second.
At the Cardiff races, five athletes will be determined for the U.S. Olympic Team in paddling men’s kayak, men’s single canoe, men’s double canoe and women’s kayak.
“We’re definitely in contention for a medal in men’s kayak and men’s canoe,” William Irving, national teams director said. “If our athletes can stay fast and close, anything can happen.”
Mat Mikesell is a junior journalism major at Ball State University covering badminton, canoe and sailing for BSU at the Games. Follow Mat and the BSU team at @MatMikesell, @bsuatthegames and www.facebook.com/bsuatthegames.
Information also provided by US Canoe/Kayak Marketing & Communications, www.usack.org.
Behind the Scenes
Life is beautiful
We were set on a mission to find a store full of Team USA gear. After getting sketchy directions to the store by someone that had just gone there and was wearing the apparel, we walked for nearly 30 minutes without a single sighting of the store. We kept on walking, determined to find this [...]
The Olympic flame lit a fire in me, too
I’m not going to sugarcoat it; as I sat on the plane to London two weeks ago, I wanted nothing to do with journalism. I was exhausted, burnt out. I was done. For the past month, I had been wracking my brain trying to figure out what else I could do with my life. Go [...]
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What happened yesterday at London 2012
Check back daily for our recap of Team USA happenings, including events competed in, medals won and Americans watching at home. August 11 recap by Stephanie Meredith: August 8 recap by Sarah Ellis: August 7 recap by Stephanie Meredith: August 6 recap by Emily Theis: August 5 recap by Liz Spangler: August 4 recap [...]
Interactive map of Olympic village
By Annie Gonzalez and Liz Spangler | BSU at the Games Click here to explore an interactive map of the London Olympic Village. Annie Gonzalez and Liz Spangler are senior journalism graphics majors at Ball State University. Follow Annie, Liz and the BSU team at @annie_gonz, @elspangler, @bsuatthegames and www.facebook.com/bsuatthegames.
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Photo of the day: Closing Ceremony in Victoria Park
Thousands gathered for the live screening of the Olympic Games Closing Ceremony Sunday in Victoria Park, London. Fans watched the performance on huge screens, danced to live music and rode the ferris wheel as London 2012 went out with a bang. View our full gallery from the Closing Ceremony celebration here. Photo by Valerie Carnevale.
Photo Gallery: Closing Ceremony
Thousands of people gathered in Victoria Park Sunday night to watch the closing ceremony. The park hosted the largest free viewing of the event. In addition to three large screens to watch the ceremony, there was a ferris wheel, zip lines, dance performances and live musical acts. Read our story from Victoria Park here. Photos [...]
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Memories of London 2012 from world travelers
By Katelynn Thys | BSU at the Games London Travelers share their opinions on what made London a great place to host the Summer Games. Katelynn Thys is a junior telecommunications and journalism major at Ball State University and features reporter for BSU at the Games. Follow Katelynn and the BSU team at @skyismylimit_kt, @bsuatthegames and www.facebook.com/bsuatthegames.
What was your favorite London 2012 moment?
By Charlotte Dunlap | BSU at the Games Olympic fans waiting in line for the live screening of the Closing Ceremony at Victoria Park, London, share their favorite moments from London 2012.
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Sports
- Indianapolis native leads, motivates Team USA to gold medal
By Andrew Mishler | BSU at the Games Even as her teammates partied inside their hotel and popped champagne bottles in celebration, U.S. women’ s soccer midfielder Lauren Cheney went to bed at 4:30 Friday morning a sober gold medalist. “I actually don’t drink,” she said. “So no champagne, but a little bit of dancing. [...]
- Rediscovering his Olympic dream: the Jared Frayer story
By Conor Hockett | BSU at the Games In 2008, Jared Frayer decided to give up the sport of wrestling—his Olympic dream was dead. After he finished serving as a training partner for the US Olympic wrestling team in Beijing, Frayer was heading back home to teach and coach high school wrestling in Florida. Helping [...]
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Features
Many sites, from playhouses to train platforms, inspire pilgrimages in the Olympic host city
This package was compiled by writers from BSU at the Games. Pilgrimage (n): “a journey, especially a long one, made to some sacred place as an act of religious devotion … as to pay homage.”—Dictionary.com The word pilgrimage often inspires images of religious relics and trips to the Holy Land. However, pilgrimages take many forms. [...]
10 ways to enjoy London after the Games are gone
By Jack Meyer | BSU at the Games Although the 2012 Olympics are coming to an end, tourists undoubtedly will still flock to London in great numbers to see all the city has to offer. For the past few weeks, network televisions streams have been flooded with images of London’s most famous landmarks—Tower Bridge, the [...]
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Closing Ceremony draws excitement, end to the Games in Victoria Park
By Emily Thompson | BSU at the Games It would be unlike London to go out without a bang. Although all of this year’s Olympic athletes had put their skills to the test by Sunday night, Victoria Park tried to recreate the energy of the Opening Ceremony. The park had the largest free screening of [...]
- The unsung hero of women’s soccer
By Tyler Poslosky | BSU at the Games Becky Sauerbrunn, an alternate defender for the U.S. women’s soccer team, was about to enter the most important game of her life. With 10 minutes remaining in the gold medal match between the U.S. and Japan, defender Rachel Buehler went down with an injury. In came Sauerbrunn. [...]
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