For
@TheAthletic
, I profiled Canadian swimming sensation Summer McIntosh.
At just 17, McIntosh is setting world records and looks poised to be a major star at next summer's Paris Olympics.
My story:
#Paris2024
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#Olympics
FIGURE SKATING: 🇯🇵Yuzuru Hanyu records a score of 188.06 in the Men's Free Skate.
One of the best attempts at the Quad Axel you will ever see.
Yuzuru will always be a two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time World Champion.
🐐.
#Beijing2022
#FigureSkating
FIGURE SKATING: 🇯🇵Yuzuru Hanyu posts a score of 95.15 in the Short Program.
Despite not making that first jump and all of the injuries he's had to endure, it's still such a joy watching Yuzuru skate.
Always a two-time Olympic champion.
#Beijing2022
#FigureSkating
What a figure skating career for 🇯🇵Yuzuru Hanyu:
🥇🥇Olympic Gold
🥇🥇World Champion
🥇Four Continents Championship
🥇🥇🥇🥇Grand Prix Final
🥇World Team Trophy
🥇World Junior Champion
🥇Junior Grand Prix Champion
An absolute legend.
#Beijing2022
#FigureSkating
Joe Morgan’s Career Accomplishments:
- 10 time All-Star.
- 2-time World Series champion.
- 2-time NL MVP.
- 5-time Gold Glove Winner.
- Silver Slugger Award Winner.
Rest In Peace to a legend.
#Reds
#MLB
🇵🇷PUERTO RICO HISTORY🇵🇷
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn wins GOLD in the Women's 100m Hurdles.
She wins Puerto Rico's first medal of these Olympics, and the first gold in Athletics of the country's history.
History on the track.
#Tokyo2020
#TokyoOlympics
🇵🇭 GOLDEN MOMENT🇵🇭
Philippines' Hidilyn Diaz sets an Olympic record in the Women's Weightlifting 55kg event (224), winning GOLD 🥇.
The scenes of pure joy and emotion are why we love the Olympics.
#Tokyo2020
#TokyoOlympics
Serena Williams:
🎾23 Grand Slam singles titles
🎾73 career singles titles
🎾319 weeks at World No. 1
Roger Federer:
🎾20 Grand Slam singles titles
🎾103 career singles titles
🎾310 weeks at World No. 1
Both retire within weeks of each other.
Legends.
The Toronto Maple Leafs:
- Haven't won a Stanley Cup since 1967.
- Haven't won a Playoff Series since 2004.
- Lost three Game 7's to the Boston Bruins in the last decade.
- Lost to a goalie, who is a Zamboni driver.
Let that sink in.
#Leafs
#Canes
A Closing Ceremony tradition, the handoff of the Olympic flag to the Mayor of Paris, the next host city.
1,083 days until Paris 2024.
#Tokyo2020
#TokyoOlympics
On Dec. 21, 2018, Max Parrot was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
On Jan. 17, 2019, Parrot announced he had a 6-month course of chemotherapy.
In July 2019, Parrot announced he conquered Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
On Feb 7, 2022, Parrot won Olympic Gold.
What a story.
#Olympics
Draymond Green said the Golden State Warriors were going to play the Boston Celtics.
Miami Heat's Udonis Haslem just said "Thank you for the inspiration."
Game 7 on Sunday.
🥇HISTORY MADE🥇
Yuto Horigome skated as a kid at the Ariake Urban Sports Park.
Now, he is the first gold medalist in Olympic Skateboarding history.
What a day for Japan.
#Tokyo2020
#skateboarding
I hope tennis and sports fans are appreciating what we're seeing right before our very eyes with Novak Djokovic.
This is tennis on a whole other level, as he's chasing history that hasn't been achieved in 52 years.
We may never see something like it again.
#USOpen
Nick Nurse’s five-year run as head coach of the Raptors:
🏀NBA championship (2019)
🏀NBA Coach of the Year (2020)
🏀 227-163 record (.582%)
The best coach in Raptors franchise history.
Serena Williams’ IG post on Roger Federer:
“Our paths were always so similar, so much the same. You inspired countless millions and millions of people — including me — and we will never forget.”
The Queen of Basketball won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject.
In his acceptance speech, Ben Proudfoot calls on President Joe Biden to “bring Brittney Griner home.”
#Oscars
#WNBA
Eileen Gu and Mathilde Gremaud consoling Tess Ledeux, who lost her Dad this past January.
Just moments after the competition ended.
Such class, compassion and camaraderie amongst these athletes.
You love to see it.
#Beijing2022
#Olympics
Kylie Masse: "The whole time I was thinking, 'For the Girls, For the Girls.'"
Sydney Pickrem: "I was absolutely shitting myself."
Maggie Mac Neil: "I was trying to keep up and catch them."
Penny Oleksiak: "I've accomplished this history with girls who mare making history."
🇵🇭BOXING SILVER🇵🇭
Philippines' Nesthy Petecio wins SILVER in the Women's Featherweight competition.
It is the Philippines' third-ever silver medal in Olympic Boxing.
Philippines has two Olympic medals in Tokyo, the first being gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz.
#Tokyo2020
#Olympics
🇯🇵 HISTORY MADE 🇯🇵
A day after Yuto Horigome won gold, it's Nishiya Momiji's turn to take the top prize.
She becomes the first woman Olympic champion in skateboarding, at just 13 years old.
🇧🇷's Rayssa Leal gets silver.
🇯🇵's Nakayama Funa gets bronze.
#Tokyo2020
#JAPAN
🥇NATE THE GREAT🥇
🇺🇸Nathan Chen wins OLYMPIC GOLD in Men's Figure Skating Singles, a score of 218.63.
Chen becomes the first American to win 🥇 since Evan Lysacek in 2010.
Anyone who skates to Sir Elton John deserves GOLD.
What a performance.
#Beijing2022
#FigureSkating
Here is
@tim_micallef
and
@Sid_Seixeiro
interviewing John Herdman on
@timandfriends
in 2018.
Herdman believed on that day Canada could qualify for the 2022 World Cup.
Four years later,
#CANMNT
qualified and could finish No. 1 in CONCACAF.
Full video:
Some personal news:
Starting today, I am excited to announce that I have joined
@TheAthletic
as their newest full time Associate Editor (News).
Thrilled to be working alongside talented writers and editors, committed to high-quality sports stories.
#MondayMotivation
#sports
On Aug. 6, 2021, the Canadian Women's National Team won the Olympic gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
On Nov. 16, 2021, the Canadian Men's National Team takes the lead in CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying, defeating Mexico 2-1.
Canada👏Is👏A👏Soccer👏Country👏
#CANMNT
#WCQ2022
🇯🇲TRIPLE GOLD🇯🇲
Elaine Thompson-Herrah wins GOLD in the Women's 4x100m Relay, along with Briana Williams, Shericka Jackson, and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.
Thompson-Herrah joins "Flo Jo" and Usain Bolt as the sprinters to win 100m, 200m, 4x100m at the same Olympics.
#Tokyo2020
Coco Gauff calls the match with her next opponent, Sloane Stephens, a "full circle moment."
Coco's first memory was inviting Sloane to her 10th birthday party:
"All my friends were excited that professional tennis player Sloane Stephens was at my birthday."
#USOpen
Kyle Beach: "Everyone knew in that locker room."
Says that Nick Boynton and Brent Sopel are "100% telling the truth" when they said everybody knew in that locker room.
"I knew I wasn't alone. I cannot thank them enough."
✍️ New Words
@TorontoStar
✍️
If you follow the Toronto Blue Jays, you’ve come across superfan Matt Harvey (
@halladayfan32
) who uses his platform to spread positivity among fans, and to share what it’s like living with autism.
#StarTogether
#BlueJays
🇲🇦STEEPLECHASE HISTORY🇲🇦
No Moroccoan man had ever won gold in the 3000m Steeplechase, until today.
Soufiane El Bakkali becomes the first man from Morocco to win the Olympic 3000m Steeplechase.
Pure joy. Raw emotion.
What the Olympics are all about.
#Tokyo2020
#Olympics
Some personal news:
Starting this week, I am excited to announce that I will be working as a freelance associate editor with
@Sportsnet
.
Thrilled to be working alongside the talented writers, editors, and staff at SN in this role.
#UnitedbySport
#sports
Terry Fox is a Canadian hero. He touched so many lives across this country with his Marathon of Hope for cancer research. His legacy remains alive with the annual Terry Fox Run.
Terry is my vote for the new $5 bill.
🇨🇦REDEMPTION ACHIEVED🇨🇦
The last time
#CANWNT
defeated
#USWNT
was March 11, 2001 at the Algarve Cup.
7,441 days later, the Canadian Women are VICTORIOUS against the USA on the international stage and are off to the Olympic Gold Medal Game.
Medal. Colour. Changed.
#Tokyo2020
Eliot Grondin was 16 and Meryeta O’Dine was 20 when they competed in Pyeongchang four years ago.
O’Dine suffered a concussion in training.
Grondin placed 36th.
Four years later, both Grondin and O’Dine are Olympic Medalists in Snowboard Cross.
What a story.
#Olympics
🏆ACAPULCO. CHAMPION.🏆
🇪🇸Rafael Nadal defeats 🇬🇧Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-4 to win the
@AbiertoTelcel
Title.
This is Rafa’s 91st ATP Title and 25th on hard courts.
The 21-time Grand Slam remains unbeaten in 2022.
#RafaelNadal
𓃵
#Acapulco
Two guys can still celebrate, knowing they are the only two quarterbacks to beat Tom Brady in Super Bowls.
Eli Manning and Nick Foles.
#SuperBowl
#SuperBowlLV
🎾858 career WTA singles wins.
🎾367 career singles wins at Slams.
🎾23 Grand Slam singles titles.
🎾14 Grand Slam doubles titles.
🎾73 WTA singles titles.
🎾319 weeks at World No. 1.
🎾4x Olympic Gold Medalist.
Take a bow, Serena Williams.
What a career 🐐.
#USOpen
🇯🇲OLYMPIC HISTORY🇯🇲
Elaine Thompson-Herah wins GOLD in the Women's 200 metres.
She becomes the first woman ever to win the gold medal in the 100m and 200m at the same Olympics.
History on the track.
#TokyoOlympics
#Tokyo2020
Since turning pro in 2016, here are some of Alphonso Davies' accomplishments:
⚽️4x Bundesliga Champion🏆
⚽️Champions League🏆
⚽️FIFA World XI
⚽️3x 🇨🇦 Men's Player of the Year
⚽️🇨🇦's first
#FIFAWorldCup
goalscorer
A stellar 🇨🇦 athlete who represents the country so well.
#CanMNT
In his first intermission interview, Ron MacLean does not ask NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman about the Chicago Blackhawks' investigation into sexual assault allegations related to Brad Aldrich.
Not one question.
#StanleyCupFinal
On Monday, I will be starting a full-time job in sports media.
If there's one piece of advice I can give, it's to keep going and not let disappointment or rejection deter you from achieving your dreams.
Grateful for your support.
Can't wait to share.
#FridayMotivation
"It was awesome. It was the time of my life out there. Put fans in the mix and it's a whole different game."
David Ayres now has $500, his first NHL win, and gives a new meaning to being a Zamboni driver.
One of the best sports stories of 2020.
#Leafs
#Canes
🥇WOMEN'S BIG AIR HISTORY🥇
🇨🇳Eileen Gu posts a 94.50 in the final run, securing the GOLD medal in Women's Freestyle Ski Big Air.
Gu is the first to win the gold medal in Women's Freestyle Ski Big Air history.
🥈🇫🇷Tess Ledeux
🥉🇨🇭Mathilde Gremaud
#Beijing2022
#freestyle
Despite losing, Naomi Osaka still made time for the fans at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
She signed autographs and gave one lucky fan her towel.
Class and champion personified.
#USOpen
TEAM. DAMAR.
The medical staffs of the Bills, Bengals and University of Cincinnati Medical Center honored tonight at NFL Honors.
They saved Damar Hamlin’s life.
🏆1 Grand Slam title (2009 US Open)
🏆1 Grand Slam finalist (2018 US Open)
🏆1 ATP World Tour Finals finalist (2009)
🏆4 ATP Masters 1000 titles
🏆22 ATP titles
🥉Olympic Bronze (London 2012)
🥈Olympic Silver (Rio 2016)
🎾Best hug
Gracias🇦🇷Juan Martin Del Potro.
#delpo
Justin Champagnie went undrafted.
The Raptors 905 took a chance on him.
Champagnie played at Scotiabank Arena on Monday in the G League.
Tonight, with the Raptors, he put the team ahead and nearly got the game winner.
Showed a lot.
#Raptors
🥇🥇🥇Olympic Gold
🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇Winter X Games Champion
Shaun White pushed the sport of Snowboarding in ways not many people thought were imaginable.
Take a bow, Shaun.
What a career.
#Beijing2022
#Olympics
🇬🇧Andy Murray arrives at Sobeys Stadium for his practice ahead of
@NBOtoronto
.
At 36, Murray is still grinding in the twilight of his career.
Canadian tennis fans are lucky to watch him.
#NBO23
🇺🇸Simone Biles is the BRONZE MEDALIST in the Women's Balance Beam, securing her 7th career Olympic Medal.
But most important of all, Biles went out on her own terms and showed the importance of athletes preserving their mental health.
What an inspiration 🐐🐐🐐
#Tokyo2020
The Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup in 1967.
The Toronto Blue Jays won the World Series 26 years later in 1993.
The Toronto Raptors are NBA Champions 26 years later in 2019.
Hopefully we won’t have to wait 26 years for our next won.
#WeTheChampions
#WeTheChamps
🇧🇲TRIATHLON GOLD🇧🇲
In her fourth Olympic Games, Flora Duffy finally wins GOLD in the Women's Triathlon, posting a time of 1:55:36.
It is the first gold medal for Bermuda in the history of the Summer Olympic Games.
#Tokyo2020
#TokyoOlympics