Olympic Games Begin for Medford Resident
Former MHS Track Star Competing in Long Jump for Bermuda
The Olympics have begun and Medford resident and former MHS track star, Arantxa King, is in Beijing for her first Olympic Games.
King, an 18-year-old Stanford University student, is competing in the long jump for Bermuda, a country in which she has dual citizenship. The long jump competition begins on Tuesday, August 19, at 9:40AM and concludes on Friday, August 22, at 7:20PM.
King is pictured at left with her fellow Olympic teammates from Bermuda. From left to right: Mary Beth Aitken, Flora Duffy, King, Kiera Aitken, Roy Allen Burch, Jill Terceira, Tyrone Smith, Heidi Mello, Martin Allen, Neil de ste Croix, and Gerry Swan. Photo courtesy Bermuda Olympic Association.
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