Olympics

To celebrate International Education Week, WRUF is publishing profiles of UF student-athletes all week. From the first time he swam competitively, Oskar Lindholm knew he wanted to come to America to swim in college. Swimming has been the Dane’s passion his whole life.  Why America? One of Lindholm’s biggest draws …

To celebrate International Education Week, WRUF is publishing profiles of UF student-athletes all week. The journey and transition from Germany to Gainesville is not easy. That is unless you’re Florida Gators swimmer Eric Friese. Friese made the move from Potsdam, Germany, just outside of Berlin, to Gainesville to swim in college …

The 2022 U.S. Swimming National Championships kicked off on Tuesday, and the gators came ready to swim. With 22 current and former UF swimmers in attendance, they have been representing the swamp well. Through two days of competition, the Gators have collected three gold medals. Women Grabbing Gold Through the …

The International Olympic Committee reinstated Jim Thorpe as the sole gold medalist from the 1912 Stockholm Olympics in the pentathlon and decathlon on Thursday. The IOC stripped Thorpe, who played minor league baseball from 1909-1910, of his medals in 1913 after he broke existing amateurism rules. The reinstatement comes on …

The International Olympic Committee has urged all sports to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes and teams from international competitions. Following this statement, more and more sports are enacting bans on the country. The sentiment is to have Russia banned from sports. Russia Banned From World Cup Russia is barred from …

Amid Russia’s invasion into Ukraine the IOC is taking action. Significantly, the governing body are urging other sports federations to exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes from future international events. Furthermore, the IOC is urging all international federations to cancel or relocate all sporting events in Russia and Belarus. FIFA Other …

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics concluded on Sunday. Now, Beijing is the first city to host both the summer and winter games. Medal Count Norway led the way with 37 overall medals; 16 gold, 8 silver, and 13 bronze. Russia was not far behind finishing with 32 overall medals; 6 …

Former Gator DeLisha Milton-Jones will enter the 2022 Women’s basketball Hall of Fame. DeLisha Milton Entering HOF DeLisha Milton- Jones is a former college athlete from the University of Florida. As a Gator, she was known for being a well-rounded player. In her time at Florida she added many accolades …

Ocala native Erin Jackson took home Gold in the 2022 Winter Olympics. Jackson, a University of Florida alumni,  now holds a gold medal for the 500-meter speedskating event. With a time of 37.04 seconds, she became the first Black woman to win a gold medal in speedskating. The 29-year-old now …

Sometimes you have to give something great up to gain something greater. That’s what happened as a trio of speed skaters hailing from Ocala: Brittany Bowe, Erin Jackson and Joey Mantia qualified for the Beijing Olympics. Flashback to the United States Olympic Trials in January, Jackson, a UF engineering graduate, …