US EditionPublished • loading... • Updated
Eagan’s Peterson sisters are back at the Olympics
Tabitha and Tara Peterson pursue their second and third Olympics while managing careers and motherhood; Team Peterson aims for a first U.S. women's curling Olympic medal.
- On Thursday in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Tara Peterson and her sister balance their jobs and motherhood while competing for Team Peterson’s Olympic medal shot.
- Team Peterson qualified via the U.S. trials in Sioux Falls and a December Olympic qualification event in British Columbia, with Tabitha Peterson skipping since 2019.
- This Olympics builds on Tara Peterson's second and Tabitha Peterson's third Games, with four junior titles and a 2021 World Championships bronze, and Tabitha's 2016 mixed doubles bronze with Joe Polo.
- The U.S. women's curling team begins Thursday against South Korea and Sweden, with no Olympic medal yet in the program's history.
- For the Peterson family, curling stretches back decades to George 'Doc' Skelly, with the sisters contemplating whether to continue after these Olympics, as they have pondered in the past.
Insights by Ground AI
18 Articles
18 Articles
Pine Journal+16 Reposted by 16 other sources
Eagan’s Peterson sisters are back at the Olympics
It was 60 years ago that George Skelly moved to Roseville and joined the St. Paul Curling Club. He relocated from Winnipeg, Manitoba, to attend radiology school and was determined to continue the sports he grew up playing. “He was a great athlete,” said his daughter, Gaye Skelly-Peterson. That’s Gaye as in “Jay,” the way former Toronto Maple Leafs winger player James Gaye Stewart pronounced it. Yes, Gaye is named after Stewart. Skelly was a good…
Coverage Details
Total News Sources18
Leaning Left0Leaning Right8Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution62% Right
Bias Distribution
- 62% of the sources lean Right
62% Right
C 38%
R 62%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
