Rachel Blount
Columnist | Sports
Phone: 612-673-4389
E-mail: rblount@startribune.com
Rachel Blount is a sports columnist and general assignment reporter, with a particular emphasis on Olympic sports.
Recent content from Rachel Blount
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A great U.S. team must get greater
With Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff leading the way, the U.S. team is faster than in 2004, but so is the rest of the world.
Jul 7, 2008 -
Olympic swimming trials: Phelps sets 2nd world record
Michael Phelps, Aaron Peirsol and Ryan Lochte showed just how fiercely they're ready to compete.
Jul 5, 2008 -
Olympic swimming trials: Must be something in the water
Dara Torres, at age 41, is at it again and still. She's expected to reach her fifth Olympic Games, this time as a member of the 400 freestyle relay team.
Jul 5, 2008 -
Olympic swimminig trials: Hoff doubles up on Phelps
The Baltimore swimmer trained with Michael Phelps, and Wednesday night won two races in record time. Phelps won one.
Jul 3, 2008 -
A first-time thrill for a three-time Olympian
Bernard Lagat, who became a U.S. citizen in 2004, will appear at his first Summer Games for his new country.
Jul 2, 2008 -
Gay blows field away (with wind's help)
U.S. runners, vying for spots on "the hardest team to make," lived up to that description in weekend trials. Among them: Tyson Gay, who ran the fastest 100 meters in history.
Jul 1, 2008 -
Soaring toward Beijing
Nervous ex-Gophers star Shani Marks won the triple jump on her third try and made the Olympic team.
Jun 30, 2008 -
Duluth to Beijing via Oregon
Kara Goucher won state track titles but had doubts she'd ever compete in an Olympics. A second place in the 10,000 got her there.
Jun 29, 2008 -
Ex-Gopher advances to final with 'ugliest' jump
Shani Marks was hoping for a "one and done," and that's what the triple jumper got with her personal-record 47 feet, ¾ inch.
Jun 28, 2008 -
Shani Marks: For the love of the jump
Triple-jumper Shani Marks has put her life on hold for four years, hoping to make it to the Beijing Olympics -- though she knows there's little chance for a medal.
Jun 24, 2008
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