Sunday, 31 July 2016

Just posted - Rio Olympics: Olympian Trevor Moore loved the water; it’s where he was last seen

Olympian Trevor Moore loved the water; it's where he was last seen
 
Rio Olympics
Olympian Trevor Moore loved the water; it's where he was last seen

The morning Trevor Moore disappeared started like so many others. He had a way of cramming as much into every day as possible. He'd just returned a few days earlier from the Virgin Islands, where he was teaching young sailors how to navigate the water. Moore, 30, was uniquely qualified and understood sailing better than most. He was a member of the U.S. Olympic sailing team at the 2012 Summer Games less than three years earlier.

As usual, Moore had no intentions of sleeping in on the morning of June 25, 2015. He and his fiancée, Libby Patton, had dinner with friends the night before. Moore had just finished spray-painting his bike. He had several house projects in the works.

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Just posted - Rio Olympics: How a U.S. discus thrower’s ‘freshman 15’ turned into more than 100 pounds

How a U.S. discus thrower's 'freshman 15' turned into more than 100 pounds
 
Rio Olympics
How a U.S. discus thrower's 'freshman 15' turned into more than 100 pounds

Before he'd locked up a spot on the U.S. Olympic team, before the scale told him he weighed 437 pounds, before nagging injuries almost forced him to abandon his dream, Mason Finley was a young boy rifling through his father's closet. He unearthed some heavy discs and took them to his father.

"I asked him, what the heck are these?" Finley recalled. "I had never seen anything like it. I thought it was cool."

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