Outdoors

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Olympic Schedule

Looking to follow your favorite Oregonian’s quest for gold? 1859’s Olympic schedule has everything you need to track your favorite Oregon Olympians. Inside you’ll find each athlete’s schedule, including TV times when available.

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Dinghies in the Gorge

Long before they came back in smaller craft, the Spanish, the English and the French hoisted sails in the names of their crowns and pulled up the windy Columbia Gorge. Explorers first, they admired the sheer basalt cliffs, the towering pines and the plunging falls along her banks. As sailors, though, they took note of the strong wind in the Gorge.

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Disc Golf World Champion Avery Jenkins

Avery Jenkins, a University of Oregon graduate, made Eugene his home for the past seven years. He took a slice out of his busy worldwide touring schedule to chat with 1859.

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Russell Brown

Oregon Track Club Elite’s Russell Brown looks to build off his season-best runs earlier in 2012 with a berth on the Olympic team.

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Bridget Franek

Two-time world championship team member Bridget Franek is going for her first Olympic team in 2012. She told 1859 about her favorite restaurants in Eugene, her love of Oregon’s climate, and the storybook career she’s had so far.

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Julia Lucas

Oregeon Track Club Elite’s Julia Lucas is aiming for an Olympic berth in the 5,000 meters this summer. She talks to 1859 about her rebirth in track and field and how moving to Oregon saved her career.

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Two Ducks Set to Migrate to London

Two University of Oregon graduates put on an impressive show during the opening days of the Olympic Track and Field Trials at historic Hayward Field in Eugene—with both men breaking records. Portland native Galen Rupp (class of 2008) set a new Olympic Trials record in the men’s 10,000 meters, and Ashton Eaton, a 2010 U of O graduate who grew up in Bend, set a new world record in the decathlon. This achievement is widely considered to garner the record holder the title “greatest athlete in the world.”

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Geena Gall

Geena Gall just made the 2012 Olympic team in the women’s 800m and is a rising star in US middle-distance racing.