Sometimes a silver medal is but a silver lining, a small consolation for an Olympic athlete who failed to achieve their goal of gold or bust. Other times, though, silver can be proof of internal ...
The United States won the medal count race at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. Team USA and China both won 40 gold medals, but the United States won more overall medals by a large margin, 126-91. Team ...
On or off the track, Anna Cockrell has never been good at slowing down. After graduating from the University of Southern California with her Masters degree in May and winning two NCAA track and field ...
On Saturday, Cockrell lined up for the first heat in the women’s 400-meter hurdles at Olympic Stadium. A top-three finish would ensure advancement to the semifinals. “It was a lot of, ‘Oh, my goodness ...
LOS ANGELES — She had waited a painful seven weeks for this afternoon. USC junior Anna Cockrell, the two-time NCAA 400-meter hurdles runner-up, trusted her coaches, trusted her trainers. She had done ...
The moment has called for bold action, and Anna Cockrell cannot shrink away from it. As a movement calling for racial justice was spread across America, Cockrell wanted to do her part to create change ...