Olympic Rings And Other Things blog

With thanks to US Speedskating, here are notes from the recent Team USA Olympics Trials to set the team of skaters for MilanoCortina2026, including interviews/videos with Erin Jackson and the legendary Bonnie Blair.

Speedskating Into 2026 With U.S. Olympic Trials Just days after ringing in 2026, U.S. Speedskating hosted the long track Team USA Olympic Trials at The Pettit National Ice Center in the ...

Notes from the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 rain-soaked women's high jump final including Nicola, Maria, Yaroslava and Angelina.

Olympic High Jumpers Earn Medals, Chart Courses for LA28 at Tokyo 2025 World Championships The best quote heard in the media mixed zone at Tokyo 2025 came from Ukraine high jump phenom Yaroslava Mahuchikh on the event's closing ni...

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Tokyo Bound: Athletes and Japan National Stadium Prep for Sept. 2025 World Athletics Championships On a rainy night at Rio's 2016 Olympic closing ceremony, when Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe emerged as the Nintendo plumber renamed "Ma-...

Did you know there's a Musee Rodin pin for 2024? Who'da thought? Check it out on this fresh post.

Musée Rodin and its Five-Ringed Connections My expectations were simple for a premier visit to Mus é e Rodin , one of Paris' main museums skipped during prior travels. What a treat!...