Friday, August 23, 2024
Convent of the Sacred Heart HS | San Francisco, California
Vol. 31, Iss. 1
Olympics Overview Incredible athletes at the Paris Olympics shining through these ladies. Congrats Rebeca, Jordan and Copy Editor and Sports Editor Simone!” his year’s 2024 Sum“In all honesty, I didn’t nomer Olympics brought tice the significance at first athletes from around because it just seemed so nor200 different nations to Paris mal,” Shimizu said. “Then I to participate in the games. heard about it later and it was Eighteen athletes who comsaddening that it took this peted in the Paris Olympics long but at the same time that came from the is what makes 25 schools in it so special.” the Sacred Heart A n ot h e r network across female aththe US and Canlete Sydney ada. McLaughlinAmong this Levrone is group is ninean American time swimming hurdler and gold medalist sprinter who Katie Ledecky, competes in who graduated the 400 meter from Stone Ridge hurdles. She School of the Sawon gold in cred Heart in the 2020 and Bethesda, Mary2024 Sumland, and gradumer Olymated in 2015, pics, as well according to as the 2022 RSCJ. Two other World AthletOlympic swimics Champimers, Phoebe onship. She Bacon and Erin recently broke Gemmell, are her own CREATIVE COMMONS also alumni of OLYMPIC Rings displayed in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. This summer was the first Olympic games where most world reof the events were held in the city, such as holding swimming events in the River Seine. Stone Ridge. Havcord for the 400 ing so many Olymmeter hurdle at pians, especially headline career at the age of six at the in Rio in 2016. Having had the Paris Olympics with a makers like Ledecky, from Bannon’s Gymnastix in Hous- three ACL injuries she stayed time of 50.37 seconds. Sacred Heart schools is in- ton, Texas with Coach Aimee determined which led to her Out of the 257 athletes from spirational for current Sacred Boorman. She rose to fame gold medal victory, according the USA, 65% are first-time Heart Athletes, according to in 2013 at the age of 16 when to Olympics. medalists, and overall, 44 athsophomore Siena Kane. she won two gold medals at Many congratulated the “I was impressed that Ka- the Antwerp Championships. three floor podium winners letes won multiple medals, intie Ledecky went to a Sacred This is where she introduced on this moment including cluding 13 who won multiple Heart school and I think it’s to the world her incred- former First Lady Michelle golds. U.S. athletes competed amazing that our school com- ible skill in her floor routine Obama. Chiles’ medal has re- in 47 out of 48 sports offered munity has so many connec- named “The Biles”, according cently been revoked but at the and Team USA medaled in 34 tions to the Olympics,” Kane to the FIG. time Michelle Obama stated of those. Team USA finished said. “She is also a great role “I respect her as an ath- in a post on the social me- off with 126 medals, 40 of model for aspiring female lete and as a person,” sopho- dia platform X: “I’m still not those being gold, according to athletes.” more Arria Shimizu said. “I over this beautiful moment Ledecky was one of the 24 think all the gymnasts are of sisterhood and sportsman- US Olympic and Paralympic US female athletes that won very talented athletes and they ship! You can just feel the love Committee. Catherine Spalding and Andrea Scott
T
gold during the 2024 games, which outranks the number of female gold medalists from the prior Olympics. Simone Biles also made a gold medal appearance at this year's Olympic games, winning three gold medals and one silver medal with her routines. Biles began her gymnastics
all worked very hard to get to where they are now, especially Simone.” Rebeca Andrade, a Brazilian gymnast, won a gold medal in the women’s floor final alongside Simone Biles winning silver and Jordan Chiles winning bronze. Andrade’s first Olympics was
If you are interested in joining the Broadview...