Fairbanks curler Vicky Persinger has earned a place on the U.S. team that will compete in the Winter Olympics in China in February.
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Olympian Lydia Jacoby partners with swimwear company following NCAA rule change
Jacoby’s deal with Arena wouldn’t have been possible a few months ago because of a previous NCAA rule that prohibited college athletes from making money off of their image.
A musher from the world’s southernmost city is headed to Alaska to compete
Casares wants to run the 1,000-mile Iditarod but says his first challenge will be completing shorter, qualifying races like the Copper Basin 300 or the Yukon Quest 550.
Sealaska Heritage, Tlingit and Haida host training for Native Youth Olympics coaches
The games are based on hunting and survival skills that allowed the Inupiaq people to live in Arctic conditions.
Jacoby makes splash in World Cup
Jacoby won gold in the 100-meter breaststroke in the Summer Olympics this year, though that was in a 50-meter pool. World Cup races are in 25-meter pools.
Ironman triathlon is coming to Alaska for the first time with race in Juneau
The Ironman triathlon is coming to Juneau on August 7, 2022.
Seward’s Lydia Jacoby heads back to her hometown with 2 Olympic medals
Lydia Jacoby is headed back to 12th grade and another year of swimming for Seward High School.
Lydia Jacoby looked like a winner even before gold medal race, dad says
Jacoby’s father says he knew his daughter had the training to be able to win, and her mind was in the right place.
Kikkan Randall is returning to Anchorage to lead the club she grew up skiing in
Randall has been living in Canada but grew up in Anchorage and won an Olympic gold medal in 2018.
Skill and tradition honored at 60th anniversary World Eskimo-Indian Olympics
Alaska Public Media’s Jeff Chen photographed the 2021 World Eskimo-Indian Olympics last week on Thursday and Friday evening in Fairbanks. Here’s a snapshot.