After every round in Deodoro Olympic stadium at the Rio Olympics, athletes are required to go through the Mixed Zone. It's the media equivalent of running the gauntlet. Athlete on...
https://youtu.be/Gw5FN-LDSSs The Rio Games was an emotional rollercoaster. It was an overwhelmingly emotional for Great Britain's Nick Skelton, who won the individual gold after an epic career comeback. It was...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3QzI5Hb_fw It was previously unheard of in an Olympic Games: six horses jumping off for the gold medal. But then it was a previously unheard of depth of field, too....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brXU2nQV_lE There was a lot of crying in Rio today. Show jumping legend Nick Skelton (GBR) stood atop the Individual Final podium, as the British national anthem played, and wiped...
Some 11,551 athletes will compete in the 2016 Rio Games, contesting 306 events in 28 different sports. All come to Brazil with the same dream—Olympic glory. But only a fraction...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2AP6RRrBjM Imagine you’re speeding down a highway in Porsche. Only you can’t see because it’s raining… No, scratch that. You’re blindfolded! Heading toward a brick wall at Mach speed. And...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZ1z-Nvgi2c This week, American show jumper Lucy Davis, 24, jumps on the biggest stage of her career, to date, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As an Olympic rookie, riding on...
They strode into the packed stadium at Deodoro Olympic Park in Rio de Janiero, picked up a gallop, and took a long lap before the clang of the start bell....
Rebecca Howard and Riddle Master are back following a 10th place finish in the individual eventing final at Rio. The sole Canadian in the final, Howard and her 15-year-old Canadian...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brXU2nQV_lE The British Dressage Team is currently in the process of defending its Olympic gold medal, and yet, still made time to make quite the fashion statement. Each of the...
Disclaimer: This written piece (no, not calling it an article) is full of drooling, lack of sleep thanks to a crazy online streaming schedule and loads of objectification. Take it...
William Fox-Pitt is a five-time Olympian and an amazing athlete. He's also batsh*t insane. Let’s examine the evidence... First, there was the whole coma-to-Rio in ten months thing. Most people...
Alex Hua Tian is no stranger to the big stage. At the age of 18, he became the youngest rider in Olympic Eventing history when he competed in the 2008...
Sixty-five competitors, 23 movements and one random soundtrack, another thrilling day of Olympic Eventing Dressage comes to a close. Here’s where things stand. It’s a horse race between the top...
Put three individuals in a room and ask them what color the sky is and you're bound to get different answers. People are funny like that. That's not the case...
Say, you wanted to incite a furor of media attention on Day One of the Olympics. Naturally, you'd recruit a few your most diabolical friends and evil acquaintances to ponder your...
Consider this your highlights reel from Day One of Eventing dressage in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. Now let's hope no one gets shot. Jessica Phoenix draws first in the order,...
Between the stage diving dancers, supermodel Gisele's strut down the world's longest catwalk, and a moving dedication to Mother Earth, there was much to applaude and enterain in last night's...
Eventer Camilla Kruger had a goal: represent her native Zimbabwe in the Olympics. The African nation of 15 million has never had an equestrian athlete qualify for the Olympic Games,...
Zika, severe water pollution, political crisis and rising security concerns—just when the Rio Games could use a little positive press comes another blow: The city needs more money. Brazil's Interm Governor...
