Profile of Team Toyota Athlete Daryl Homer, Heading to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. New York City, July 2021: From the Bronx to Harlem and now on his way to Tokyo, fencer and Olympian Daryl Homer beat the odds and became the first American in over 100 years to win silver in individual men’s…
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Profile of Team Toyota athlete Jarryd Wallace, a two-time Paralympic Track & Field athlete from Athens, Georgia Heading to Tokyo Athens, GA – June 2021: At the recent 2020 U.S. Paralympic Team Trials for cycling, swimming and track and field in Minneapolis, Jarryd Wallace finished first in the 100 meter sprint and will now…
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March 2020 – Greece & Japan: After the flame was originally lit in front of the ruins of the Temple of Hera in Ancient Olympia earlier this month, the week long stay in Greece ended with a special hand over to Tokyo ceremony at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. Then the flame was transported by a special…
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Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad concluded her 48-hour swim benefiting Tri-State area superstorm Sandy victims to the enthusiastic cheers of hundreds of onlookers and supporters spectators gathered Thursday morning around a 40-yard pool set up in NYC’s Herald Square in front of Macy’s. “It honestly was tougher than I ever imagined it to be,” the 64…
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