Young runners like Armani Allen sit on the ground outside the Forest Hills Community Center and pass around medals won by an Olympic marathoner named Meb Keflezighi. He and his Meb Foundation charity are partnering with the Pepperjack Kids Running Program this year. Nearly 250 other students in 4th through 8th grade are participating in…
Tag: olympian
Cancer-surviving Puerto Rican teen savours last Olympic hurrah
William Flaherty is only 17 but the Puerto Rican ski racer already knows Wednesday’s slalom race will likely be his last Olympic appearance, as a “saddening” forced retirement from the sport approaches. Though Flaherty will compete in the world junior ski championships in Canada in March after the Beijing Games, his thoughts will then immediately…