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“I have won every event that I have entered,” she said. “It’s been very easy for me to be world champion, which I do not feel [like], simply because no one my age was doing it.” [embedded content] ExploreKeep moving: A few benefits of exercise at any age The viral world champion has been lifting […]

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“I have won every event that I have entered,” she said. “It’s been very easy for me to be world champion, which I do not feel [like], simply because no one my age was doing it.”

ExploreKeep moving: A few benefits of exercise at any age

The viral world champion has been lifting weights for nearly 15 years, a hobby she shared with her husband, Dick.

“I wasn’t that adventurous on my own, but together we’d do anything,” she said. Skiing, jumping out of airplanes — for 61 years, their adventures were numerous and always memorable.

They met in 1959, but it took three months for Dick to work up the courage and ask her out.

“I fell for him immediately,” she added.

After a romantic date to see “Ben-Hur,” they were in love and got married two years later in ’61. Decades later, once the training was well underway, his support motivated her to gold.

“I remember my first meet. I was very nervous, scared spitless,” Kuehn laughed.

The inspiration to train came after Kuehn was diagnosed with a low-bone density disease. Weight lifting was meant to build her bone strength back up.

“I started weight lifting, both my husband and I, in my 80s because I had osteopenia,” she said. “I was 85 the first time I competed.”

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Dick has since passed, but the near-centennial weight lifter doesn’t do the workouts alone. When it comes time to break a sweat, her friend Peggy is there training by her side.

“Peggy fills the gap that I have without Dick,” She said. “Dick was my biggest supporter. He was all for it, and he was always on the front row rooting me on.”

So what does it take to be a 95-year-old powerlifter? Just keep moving.

“I have no idea what the secret is that I am 95 and still healthy,” she said. “Just keep moving. Don’t sit on the sofa and watch TV or be on your phone. Move as much as you can. That’s the only advice I have.”

Kuehn plans to compete until she’s 100 years old.

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Upon the event’s conclusion, the State or UT securing the highest count of gold medals will be declared the winner. Over 800 athletes from 22 States and UTs from across the country will compete for medals at KIBG 2025. Khelo India Beach Games 2025 sports list Beach soccer Pencak silat Sepaktakraw Beach kabaddi Beach volleyball […]

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Upon the event’s conclusion, the State or UT securing the highest count of gold medals will be declared the winner.

Over 800 athletes from 22 States and UTs from across the country will compete for medals at KIBG 2025.

Khelo India Beach Games 2025 sports list

  • Beach soccer
  • Pencak silat
  • Sepaktakraw
  • Beach kabaddi
  • Beach volleyball
  • Open water swimming

Pencak silat, a type of martial arts sport, will see the highest participation at the KIBG, with 22 teams set to compete for medals from May 20 to 23.

Sepaktakraw, or kick volleyball, will feature 17 teams and will be the only discipline hosted at Diu Beach, with all other events taking place at Ghoghla Beach.

Open water swimming will see 10 teams in action, while beach volleyball and beach kabaddi will feature eight teams each. Beach soccer rounds out the programme with participation from seven teams.

The KIBG 2025 will be the third Khelo India event of the year after the Winter Games and recently concluded Youth Games.

Where to watch Khelo India Beach Games 2025 live

Live streaming of the Khelo India Beach Games 2025 will be available on the Prasar Bharati Sports YouTube channel. KIYG 2025 will be telecast live on the DD Sports TV channel in India.

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Virginia men’s and women’s track and field teams closed out a thrilling weekend of competition at the 2025 ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in which the Virginia women won the first women’s team title since 1987 and the sixth team title in program history scoring a total of 93 points at […]

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Virginia men’s and women’s track and field teams closed out a thrilling weekend of competition at the 2025 ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in which the Virginia women won the first women’s team title since 1987 and the sixth team title in program history scoring a total of 93 points at Kentner Stadium on the campus of Wake Forest University on Saturday (May17).

Back-to-Back-to-BACK 

  • Margot Appleton won her third straight ACC Outdoor 1500-meter title fending off Silvia Jelelgo of Clemson in second.
  • Appleton edged out Jelelgo clocking 4:11.28 to the Clemson Tiger’s 4:11.61.

Setting a High Bar

  • Celia Rifaterra continued her undefeated season winning the women’s high jump competition clearing a personal-best 1.86m/6-1.25.
  • After clearing the first two bars on her first attempt, Rifaterra began clearing on her third attempt.
  • Rifaterra is just the second Virginia woman to win gold in the women’s high jump alongside Ann Blair from 1983.
  • Carly Tarentino equaled her personal best of 1.80m/5-10.75 to tie for second place in the competition. She cleared each of her three bars on her first attempt at each height before knocking the bar down at 1.83m/6-0.
  • For their performance, both Rifaterra and Tarentino earned first team All-ACC honors.

Gold for Christiana Ellina

  • Christiana Ellina won the women’s javelin throw on her sixth and final attempt in the competition throwing for 52.44m/172-0.
  • Ellina brought home the first ACC gold medal and first team All-ACC honors in the women’s javelin since Meghan Briggs in 2010.

Freshman Phenom

  • Maya Rollins won the silver medal in the women’s 100-meter hurdles clocking 13.42.
  • Rollins already owns the freshman record in the event which she set in the prelims of 13.33. Her time also ranks third all-time in program history.
  • For her performance, Rollins earned first team All-ACC honors.

Hurdle Dominance

  • Alex Sherman brought home the bronze medal in the men’s 400-meter hurdles clocking a new personal best of 49.98.
  • Sherman’s time broke the Virginia record which previously stood at 50.02 by Steve Delice in 2010.
  • His time ranks 17th in the NCAA and eighth in the east region this season.
  • This marks the third consecutive year in which Sherman has made the podium at the ACC Outdoor Championships, winning the silver medal in the event a year ago and bronze in 2023.

More Notable Performances

  • Virginia went three for three qualifying to the final of the women’s javelin with Christiana Ellina, Abigail Meckes and Siobhan Loughney.
  • Ellina won gold while Meckes (42.61m/130-3) and Loughney (42.23m/138-6) finished seventh and ninth.
  • Emily Alexandru ran a strong race in the women’s 400-meter hurdles clocking a new personal-best 58.13. In her first ACC Outdoor final, Alexandru finished fifth and earned second team All-ACC honors. She moves up to No.7 all-time in program history.
  • Lily Hulland earned second team All-ACC honors in the women’s triple jump finishing fifth with her mark of 12.89m/42-3.50 (+3.0).
  • On her third event of the weekend, Estel Valeanu finished fourth in the women’s discus throwing for 55.93m/183-6.
  • Both men’s and women’s 4×100-meter relay teams recorded season best times. The women’s quartet of Ariel Fletcher, Lola Kolawole, Sophia Akpan and Sarah Akpan just missed the podium by one spot finishing fourth in 44.30. The four tied for the fifth fastest time in school record.
  • The men’s contingent of Evans White IV, Jacob Garnett, Jerlan Fish and Peter Djan combined efforts to stop the clock at 40.91.
  • Will Daley grabbed a point in the men’s 1500-meters clocking 3:46.49 for eighth place.
  • In the men’s 110-meter hurdles, Peter Djan ran his way to a seventh-place finish crossing the line in 13.97.
  • Running a season-best 23.13, Sarah Akpan finished sixth to earn important points for the team and second team All-ACC honors.
  • After winning the women’s 1500-meters, Margot Appleton returned to the track in the women’s 5000-meters. Appleton was the top Cavalier finisher in seventh place with her time of 15:52.55.

  • Not far behind Appleton was Jenny Schilling (15:53.43) and Gillian Bushee (16:04.33) in ninth and 13th place, both recording new personal best times. With their times, Schilling moves up to No.3 all-time while Bushee moves up to No.6 in program history.

  • The 4×400-meter relay team of Sarah Akpan, Ariel Fletcher, Emily Alexandru and Brooke’Lyn Drakeford ran a season-best 3:33.14 to finish in sixth place and secure the team title for the Cavaliers. Their time ranks third in program history.

Thursday/Friday ACC Medalists & All-ACC:

  • Jenny Schilling won the women’s 10,000-meters clocking 33:22.34.
  • Keyandre Davis won the bronze medal in the men’s hammer throw with a new personal best mark of 67.12m/220-2. With his mark, Davis moved up to No.5 all-time in program history.
  • John Fay (63.72m/209-1, 6th) and Annika Kelly (64.81m/212-7 PB, 4th) earned second team All-ACC honors in the men’s and women’s hammer throw. Kelly also broke her own school record which she set earlier in the season.
  • Estel Valeanu earned second team All-ACC accolades in the women’s shot put throwing for 16.47m/54-0.50 to finish fifth.

All-ACC Finishes:
The Cavalier men and women accumulated a total of 14 All-ACC performances over the course of the meet:

  • First team men: Keyandre Davis (HT), John Fay (HT), Alex Sherman (400mH)
  • First Team women: Emily Alexandru (400mH), Margot Appleton (1500m), Christiana Ellina (JT), Celia Rifaterra (HJ), Maya Rollins (100mH), Jenny Schilling (10,000m), Carly Tarentino (HJ)
  • Second team women: Sarah Akpan (200m), Lily Hulland (TJ), Annika Kelly (HT), Estel Valeanu (SP, DT)

The Smithfield Commonwealth Clash
The Smithfield Commonwealth Clash, originally called the Commonwealth Challenge (2005-2007), has been a part of the UVA-Virginia Tech rivalry since 2014. It is an all-sports, points-based program with the Commonwealth Clash trophy presented to the winning school each year for its dominance in head-to-head competitions. In men’s and women’s track and field, the points are awarded to the team that finishes highest at the ACC Championships. Virginia has already clinched the title; the Cavaliers get the point on the women’s side while the Hokies take the men’s point. With one more opportunity (baseball) to earn points, Virginia has a total of 14 points while Virginia Tech has 7 points.


Final Team Standings:

Women:

1. Virginia – 93

2. Louisville – 89

3. Clemson – 86

4. Florida State – 73

5. Duke – 72

6. California – 61

7. Miami – 51

8. North Carolina – 48

9. Stanford – 46

9. Virginia Tech – 46

11. NC State – 45

12. Notre Dame – 38

13. Pittsburgh – 23

14. SMU – 13

15. Wake Forest – 13

16. Georgia Tech – 11

17. Syracuse – 8
18. Boston College – 3

Men:

1. Duke – 86

2. North Carolina – 82

3. California – 79.83

4. Virginia Tech – 78.33

5. Florida State – 74

6. Clemson – 70

7. Pittsburgh – 61

8. Louisville – 50,33

9. Miami – 50

10. NC State – 40

11. Stanford 38.5

13. Wake Forest – 28

13. Virginia – 25

14. Notre Dame – 20

15. Syracuse – 19

16. Georgia Tech – 15

Up Next
Virginia will continue the championship portion of the season with the NCAA East Regional in Jacksonville, Fla. Wednesday (May28) through Saturday (May 31) before heading to Eugene, Ore. for the NCAA Outdoor Championships Wednesday (June 11) through Saturday (June 14).





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Men & Women sweep WAC Outdoor as women also complete triple crown

Story Links ARLINGTON, Texas — Utah Valley University’s men and women swept the WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday at Maverick Stadium, giving the women back-to-back outdoor titles and the WAC Triple Crown with their earlier wins in both cross country and indoor track & field. Both teams left little doubt as the […]

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ARLINGTON, Texas — Utah Valley University’s men and women swept the WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday at Maverick Stadium, giving the women back-to-back outdoor titles and the WAC Triple Crown with their earlier wins in both cross country and indoor track & field.

Both teams left little doubt as the day pressed on. The Wolverine women entered the Championship Saturday with 92 points and finished with 208, a commanding victory over second-place UT Arlington with 153 points. The men started the final day of action with 83 points, to 45 from UT Arlington, and finished the meet with 221.5 points. Grand Canyon finished second with 170.5 points.
Cameron Franklin and Gabe Remy each captured a trio of gold medals on Saturday.

Remy won the men’s 100 and 200-meter dashes, breaking the school record in both. He ran the 100 in 10.09 seconds, which puts him 13th in the country and ninth in the West. After the meet, he was named the Men’s Most Outstanding Track Athlete of the Meet. Kade Thompson was the runner-up in the 100, recording a PR and the No. 3 mark in UVU’s top 10 with a time of 10.27 seconds that slots him currently at No. 42 in the West. Remy’s 200-meter time of 20.41 seconds is the No. 7 spot in the West and 10th in the country. Thompson finished fourth and Franklin was fifth in the 200.

Franklin won the men’s 400-meter dash and was the second leg on both gold-winning 4×100 and 4×400 relay squads. The 4×100 opened the day on the track as UVU’s men made it back-to-back with a time of 39.31 that slots them at 10th in the West and 20th in the country. Gavin Stafford, Franklin, Thompson, and Remy were the quartet in the 4×100. In the 4×400, Franklin was joined by Isaiah Archer, Bode Jensen, and Max Clemons. That relay squad finished in 3:09.20 for a new school record.

Kali McEuen won gold in the women’s 400-meter hurdles and was the runner-up to teammate Quincy Bonds in the 100-meter hurdles. McEuen ran the 400mH in 58.63 for the gold and ran the 100mH in 13.48 seconds with a time that currently moves her into 44th in the West. McEuen totaled three silvers, with two more coming in the relays in addition to the 100mH. Bonds finished in 13.28 to back up her 60mH gold at the indoor championships. She was also fifth in both the 100 and 200. Also winning gold was Ella Hopper in the women’s 400-meter dash in 53.67 seconds.

Mo Guled added a second gold to his weekend, dominating the men’s 5,000-meter race with a time of 14:05.86, nearly 40 seconds in front of the second-place finisher. The 5k win comes after Thursday’s gold in the 10,000. Wyatt Mortenson earned the bronze, and Gilbert Olivas also picked up three team points with his sixth-place finish. In the women’s 5k, Anna Martin—Thursday’s 10k winner—took third and was followed by teammates Caila Odekirk and Oakley Olson—Friday’s steeplechase champion— in fourth and fifth. Elisabeth Ferrell finished seventh, and Ari Trimble was eighth as the five combined for 18 points, despite not having a top-two finisher.

In the women’s discus, Grace Degarimore earned silver in her first outdoor conference championships with a mark of 48.01, and Karsten Deakin also picked up two points after finishing seventh. On his final discus throw of the day, Trevor Hill improved his finish from bronze to silver, hitting 51.49 meters for a new personal record and an enhancement on the No. 3 mark in the school record book. Nick Forsyth earned bronze in the men’s javelin, with his best throw of 59.99 meters coming on his first attempt of the day. Cole Johnson took fourth in the javelin for the Wolverines after also recording a Top 10 PR in the decathlon, which wrapped up on Friday.

Aubrey Tasker earned three team points after taking sixth in the women’s high jump, and Aiden Garnett placed fourth for the men in the high jump. In the triple jump, Benati Louvouezo took fourth in his first outdoor championship as a collegian, earning five team points with a jump of 14.42 meters, which tied him for the third-best mark of the day. Noah Peterson was also fourth in the pole vault.

The women’s relays both won silver medals, with the 4×100 squad of Bonds, Hopper, McEuen, and Whitney Fisher running it in 45.30 seconds to set a new school record. Fisher, McEuen, Gabriele Dabb, and Hopper ran the 1600-meter relay in 3:44.71, which slots in as the fifth-best time in the program’s top 10. In total, Utah Valley won 15 event gold, nine silver, and six bronze medals during the three-day meet.

The 2025 NCAA West Preliminary Rounds participants will be announced next Thursday, May 22nd, with the regionals in College Station, Texas May 28-31.
 
 
Utah Valley Medals

Gold Silver Bronze
Men’s 4×100 (Stafford, Franklin, Thompson, Remy) Jocelyn Phillips, Pole Vault Caleb Ream, 3k Steeplechase
Men’s 4×400 (Archer, Franklin, B. Jensen, Clemons) Caleb Washington, Long Jump Katelynn Emmons, 3k Steeplechase
Gabe Remy, 100m Abdulsalam Farah, 3k Steeplechase Nick Forsyth, Javelin
Quincy Bonds, 100mH Grace Degarimore, Discus Wyatt Mortenson, 5,000m
Gabe Remy, 200m Trevor Hill, Discus Anna Martin, 5000m
Cameron Franklin, 400m Women’s 4×100 (Bonds, Hopper, McEuen, Fisher) Eddie Garcia, Hammer
Ella Hopper, 400m Kali McEuen, 100mH
Kali McEuen, 400mH Kade Thompson, 100m
Cameron Jacobs, 3k Steeplechase Women’s 4×400 (Fisher, McEuen, Dabb, Hopper)
Oakley Olson, 3k Steeplechase
Mo Guled, 5,000m
Mo Guled, 10,000m
Elyssa Shaw, Hammer
Kelsi Oldroyd, Javelin
Grace Williams, Pole Vault

                 
 

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Dak Prescott inked a historic four-year, $240 million extension with the Cowboys just days before the 2024 NFL season kicked off. The extension included an $80 million signing bonus. With this deal, Prescott became the NFL’s first-ever member of the $60 million club. Now that the ink is dry, how does the deal stack up […]

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Dak Prescott inked a historic four-year, $240 million extension with the Cowboys just days before the 2024 NFL season kicked off. The extension included an $80 million signing bonus. With this deal, Prescott became the NFL’s first-ever member of the $60 million club.

Now that the ink is dry, how does the deal stack up with earnings in other sports in 2025? According to a recent ranking, Prescott has landed among the top 10 highest-paid athletes on the planet.

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Dak Prescott Beats Lionel Messi in Highest-Paid Athletes Ranking

In a May 15 article by Forbes, Prescott was ranked as the fourth highest-paid athlete on the planet, beating out soccer star Lionel Messi by $2 million. The breakdown claims that out of his $137 million total earnings, he made the majority from his $127 million salary with the Cowboys, while $10 million came from off-field income.

Prescott’s earnings were boosted by a “quirk on the calendar,” allowing him to restructure his deal and receive much of his pay as a bonus rather than salary, getting the money into his account faster. As a result, his salary effectively doubled for the season. While the contract’s total value remains unchanged, the payment schedule was adjusted.

Meanwhile, Forbes reports that Messi’s 2025 earnings total $135 million, with $60 million coming from on-field play and $75 million from off-field ventures. That figure is just $2 million short of Prescott’s earnings.

Prescott’s Salary Trails Three Other Athletes

While still an enormous, unconventionally high haul for the Cowboys quarterback, Prescott still trailed three other athletes in the ranking. Boxing star Tyson Fury beat Prescott by almost $20 million, earning $146 million.

Ahead of the boxing star is none other than Warriors point guard Steph Curry. Forbes reports that Curry’s earnings are less from the Golden State Warriors than Prescott’s from the Dallas Cowboys, but Curry more than makes up for it with his off-court ventures. Curry brings in $156 million in total earnings, nearly $30 million more than Prescott’s $127 million.

The highest-paid athlete in the world, edging out everyone, including Prescott, is 40-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo. His total earnings of $275 million more than double Prescott’s $127 million and quadruple his league-leading $60 million salary on average.

Prescott’s placement on a list alongside Ronaldo, Curry, and other top-paid athletes offers a counterpoint to those who say NFL athletes are not paid as much as in other sports.

However, getting placed on a top earnings list puts pressure on Prescott to elevate from his 30th-best rating in QB+ metrics by PFSN. Will Prescott follow through in 2025?

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Photo: PVK Jadran/Vuk Ilić Primorac handed over the crown, and Vladimir Gojković returned the Montenegrin champion title to Škver on his return. The Jadran M:tela water polo players are celebrating the trophy after defeating their Boka Kotorska rival in the third match of the final series – after two victories on five points, everything is […]

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Primorac handed over the crown, and Vladimir Gojković returned the Montenegrin champion title to Škver on his return.

The Jadran M:tela water polo players are celebrating the trophy after defeating their Boka Kotorska rival in the third match of the final series – after two victories on five points, everything is now settled in the regular season (11:9).

The team from Novi thus reached their 13th title since Montenegro became independent and ended the season with one trophy, as Primorac won the Cup at the end of 2024.

The third game also brought drama. Primorac opened the derby better and led 5:2 in the second quarter, but then the hosts went on a 6:0 run in a period of almost 11 minutes in which Vjekoslav Pasković’s team failed to score.

Jadran led 8:5, Primorac reduced the lead to 8:7 through Nemanja Vic and the phenomenal Đorđije Stanojević, and then the game was goal for goal.

The new champion could have gone three points clear on several occasions in the last period, Primorac could have evened the score, and Uroš Vučurović put an end to the uncertainty with a goal four seconds before the end.

Vučurović scored after a timeout by Gojković after a foul was called on Dragan Drašković with 23 seconds left. There were huge protests from the Kotor fans about the referee’s decision, and coach Pasković was sent off, but Jadran didn’t look back…

Dmitrij Holod, Aleksandar Ivović and Vuk Milojević were double scorers, Vučurović, Danilo Radović, Đorđe Lazić, Matija Sladović and Danilo Stupar scored once each.

Stanojevic stood out for Primorac with four goals, while Nika Shushiashvili scored twice.

JADRAN M:TEL – PRIMORAC 11:9 (2:4, 4:1, 4:3, 1:1)

Herceg Novi – Swimming pool at Škver. Spectators: 1.000. Judges: Mišković, Ivanovski.

Jadran M:tel: Đurović (six saves), Holod 2, Vučurović 1, Obradović, Vujović, D. Radović 1, Lazić 1, Gojković, Ivović 2, Sladović 1, Milojević 2, V. Radović, Stupar 1, I. Radović.

Primorac: Masaro, Brguljan, S. Cetkovic, Susijasvili 2, Murisic, Draskovic, Matkovic 1, Janovic, Vico 1, Brkic, P. Cetkovic, 1, Stanojevic 4, Vuckovic, D. Cetkovic.


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