J. Sexauer returns a volley from R. Sneath in Pickleball II last summer Olympians, As we near year's end, we are scheming for 2024! We've had to use the pink end of the Dixon Ticonderoga on a few scheduled events this fall, but we are sharpening our pencils and drawing up some ideas for the coming year! Read more and daydream below: Table of Contents: 1. Coming Up - A Look at New Events for the Olympics and Our Olympics alike 2. Honorable Mentions - Biathlon 3. What's next? Ideas for 2024 4. Ongoing - Pickleball Singles Coming Up - Paris 2024! I t's going to be another Olympic year, with the IOC taking the Olympic Games to Paris. Starting with the Tokyo Games, it has been a behind-the-scenes goal of Our Olympics to hold competitions for the new sports and events in the same year they debut in the Olympics. Think back to several of Our events from 2021: Skateboarding , Surfing , and who could forget Karate ? Let's take a closer look at what's new for Paris: New...

  Matt and Renee fear no opponent; bravely take on Lori and Scott Olympians, We're in the dog days of summer, or monsoon season here in Arizona, but heat be darned, the sporting action is on the upswing. After a few quiet months, long term tournament S! are getting underway and we have another new tournament on the horizon. Most importantly, anyone can still sign up for the pickleball tournaments if they'd like . It doesn't matter where you live! Table of Contents: 1. Ongoing report on Pickleball Singles 2. Invitation / Ongoing report to Pickleball Doubles 3. Invitation to Badminton Doubles 4. Call for Sporting Stories Ongoing - Pickleball II: Singles O ur original long term tournament got going in July at Trane Park in La Crosse under cloudy skies and fair temperatures before the crucible of competition turned it into a clear and sweltering day. Lori Nigon, Artski and Jennifer Sexauer, Ryan Sneath, and even Commissioner Gustave Sexauer were in attendance. Also, Je...

  Maggie Bennett passes the bar...s Olympians, As is our M.O. when friends, a venue, and a equipment converge in the Venn Diagram of sport, we stage an event. Just that happened this last weekend at Santa Monica's Muscle Beach. Read on for what we got up to, plus updates on the long term Pickleball event. Just finished: Gymnastics IV I t was the domain for bulging biceps and triceps last weekend in Santa Monica. Happening upon Santa Monica's Muscle Beach, our four gymnasts seized the day, checking off three events from the current slate of men's gymnastics events in the Olympics. (That's true, the women and men compete in mostly different apparatus events in the Olympics, and women don't even have the same number of event opportunities as the men.) Rings First up, the four took to the air on the rings. It was a chore getting boosted up to a high starting position. G. Sexauer started off with an almost L-sit. Bennett managed some swinging, and K. Sexauer wrapped up t...

What's to come. (Photo provided by PKL) Sports: the final frontier. These are the endeavors of Our Olympic Games. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new events. To seek out new life and new activities. To boldly do what no one has done before! Our long term mission: Pickleball I: Singles O ne of the fastest growing sports continues to take Earth by storm. When will it be added to the Olympics? LA '28? Somewhere '32? We don't know, but it seems to be inevitable. It's called pickleball , and it's not just for old people. In fact, alums from Harry Spence Elementary may remember learning it from Mr. Holman. Starting in 2023, and with a goal to finish by the time it gets added to the Olympic Games, we will be having our most ambitious and lengthy tournament style event, yet! Read on for the Devil (it's in the details) Anyone anywhere can sign up to join in the pickleball tournament. Athletes will be sorted into nearby clusters to play matches in a round-...

Alli Stradiotto of Team Texas running in Big Bend National Park Olympians,   We've entered a new year and are anticipating an event soon in Tuba City, but until then, let's check in on the winners of the 3000m Team Run, and find a wrap up of 2022, including our first ever Athlete of the Year  at page bottom. Just Finished:  Athletics XIV: 3000m Team Race L asting November through December, the 3000m Team Race was another remote event which encouraged runners to rep their home state and send in their times. A throwback to Olympic events a century ago, the state teams (and Belgium) were scored based on the finishing positions of its runners. Al Peterson started off the competition with a blistering, sub 14 minute run, making Minnesota the first team on the board. Wisconsin then joined in the fun, and kept it neck and neck with MN until the end. Vermont, Arizona, and Belgium entered some notable times, but in the final few days of 2022, Team Ohio sent in three of the five fa...

Sweeping the medals at Curling I Olympians,   The 3k run is still going on through the end of the month, and our song contest and curling have just ended. Coming up NOW! - Athletics XIV: 3000m Team Race - Anywhere! T wo weeks in and we've already had a few runners sending in times for their 3k runs. Last check of the leaderboard showed Team Wisconsin in the lead after a tandem effort by Lori Nigon and Artski Sexauer. You can participate early and often, too! Just run a 3k and send in your time, and if you run again and improve, send in your new time! Competition ends at the end of the month. Just Finished: Curling I: Teams of 4 W hat's that cold weather state with all plenty of ice and Celtic rock sliding notoriety? Oh right, New Mexico! This past weekend, five athletes timidly shuffled onto the ice in their tennis shoes for what turned into a three end game of curling! After some warming up (and cooling down on the ice after loosing their balance), manager J. Boege's Z...

Newly Minted Medals Olympians,   The music event has entered the voting rounds and we can now turn our attention to one of the darkest months of the year, and a new event to liven it up. NOW though November 30th- Athletics XIV: 3000m Team Race - Anywhere! I n honor of Turkey Trots everywhere, and our highly successful 5km remote running event in 2019, we bring you the 3000m Team Race as an event anyone anywhere can enter this month. A throwback to the 1912 through 1924 Olympics, the 3000m Team Race included teams of three or more running a 3k race. In Our competition, you can participate simply by sending in your timed 3k run from anytime this month. The times will then be put on a leaderboard , and each region's team will score points from its top three finishers. Teams will be determined by the region where you reside, not who you run with or where you run. Regions are divided by US states and other countries. FAQ: How can I be sure that I'll have a team of at least 3 from ...