Olympics - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com The Nation's Oldest Black Collegiate Newspaper Mon, 26 Aug 2024 02:25:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-NewHilltopLogo-32x32.jpg Olympics - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com 32 32 248273635 The Women and Stories That Made for the Perfect Olympic Podiums https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2024/08/26/the-women-and-stories-that-made-for-the-perfect-olympic-podiums/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-women-and-stories-that-made-for-the-perfect-olympic-podiums Mon, 26 Aug 2024 13:00:00 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=19998 Victoria is a senior TV and film major with a minor in theater arts. She loves film and sports and hopes to enter the entertainment field as a talent representative.

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]]> 19998 Howard University Alumna Jessika Gbai Represented HBCU Athletics at the 2024 Paris Olympics https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2024/08/19/howard-university-alumna-jessika-gbai-represented-hbcu-athletics-at-the-2024-paris-olympics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=howard-university-alumna-jessika-gbai-represented-hbcu-athletics-at-the-2024-paris-olympics Mon, 19 Aug 2024 13:00:00 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=19945 After participating in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, Jessika Gbai discusses the underrepresentation of HBCUs in sports.

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]]> 19945 Team USA Prepares for Final Week of Winter Olympics https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2018/02/24/team-usa-prepares-for-final-week-of-winter-olympics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=team-usa-prepares-for-final-week-of-winter-olympics Sat, 24 Feb 2018 17:05:24 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=11117 By: Brianna Sims, Assistant Sports Editor @bri_simsxo   The 2018 Winter Olympics are underway in Pyeongchang County, South Korea, from Feb. 9 to Feb. 25. Over 2,925 athletes representing 90 nations are competing to bring home the gold. Norway is currently in first place with a total of 29 medals, Canada is close behind with […]

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]]> 11117 Alice Coachman: The First Black Female Olympic Gold Medalist https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2017/02/16/alice-coachman-the-first-black-female-olympic-gold-medalist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alice-coachman-the-first-black-female-olympic-gold-medalist Thu, 16 Feb 2017 05:30:34 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=9029 By Ayanna Alexander, Contributing Writer Posted 12:30 AM EST, Thurs., Feb. 16, 2017 Track star Alice Coachman made history as the first Black woman to win an Olympic Gold medalist at the 1948 London Games. Setting the high jump record at roughly 5-foot-6 and 1/8 inches, Coachman claimed the victory. Though she broke many records in […]

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]]> 9029 Black Girl Magic: The Summer of Firsts in the Olympics https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2016/09/03/black-girl-magic-the-summer-of-firsts-in-the-olympics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=black-girl-magic-the-summer-of-firsts-in-the-olympics Sun, 04 Sep 2016 00:29:43 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=7055 By Nichole Hutchinson, Sports Staff Writer Posted 8:30 PM EST, Sat, Sept. 3, 2016 From Simone Manuel’s graceful and confident swimming to the triple-medal U.S. women victory in the 100 meter hurdles, African-American women took the spotlight in the 2016 Olympics in Rio. With the Olympics beginning on Saturday, Aug. 6, African-American Olympians, specifically the women, began […]

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