Malinin thanks Washington, D.C., “just for being here” BY EMMA G. SCHAIBLE, NEWS EDITOR Award-winning figure skater and George Mason University student Ilia Malinin was recognized as the Public Relations Student Society of America’s 2026 Icons of DC Honoree Thursday…
Students and staff watch Malinin’s performance at the JC BY ISABELLA PEARLSTEIN, STAFF WRITER AND LOUIS VOLKER, COPY EDITOR Mason students packed the Johnson Center Friday as they eagerly awaited fellow Patriot Ilia Malinin’s gold medal-worthy performance. Several falls and…
By Chris Kernan-Schmidt, Columnist Following an investigation into systematic and state-sponsored manipulation of anti-doping laboratories, the Russian Federation was barred from competing in this year’s Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Russia was not permitted to send any athletes to…
By Natalie Heavren, Staff Writer The 2018 Winter Olympics have come and gone, and the countdown to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo begins. Team USA finished the games in fourth place overall with 23 medals, behind Norway, Germany, and…
By Natalie Heavren, Staff Writer Team USA won another nine medals since last week, although they remain in fifth place in the overall medal count. After winning four gold medals in less than a week of competition, only Mikaela Shiffrin,…
By Natalie Heavren, Staff Writer The United States is in fifth place in the 2018 Winter Olympics medal count with seven total — four gold, one silver and two bronze as of Feb. 13. Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Canada…
By Alexander Kenny, columnist Every four years, Americans tune to NBC to watch beautiful figure skaters, high-tech sled races, Shaun White, and dangerously fast downhill skiing, yet nobody knows what a triple Salchow actually is. We like the drama. We…