Congrats to the many athletes and their coaches for a sensational Olympics. In particular, I wanted to note the following previously named Immigrants of the Day:
Hugh McCutcheon - Coach of gold medal US men's volleyball team
Nastia Liukin - Winner of all around gold medal in women's gymnastics
Kirsty Coventry - Gold medal winner and new world record holder in 100m backstroke
Alexander Artemev - Bronze medal in men's gymnastics
Tony Azevedo - Member of silver medal winning men's water polo team
Anna Tunnicliffe - Gold medal in sailing
Susan Francia - Gold medal in rowing
Phil Dalhausser - Winner of gold in beach volleyball
Liang Chow - Coach of gold medalist Shawn Johnson
Martha Karolyi - Coach of silver medalist US women's gymnastics team
Well done!
Jenny Lang is the coach of silver medalist US women's volleyball team and she is from China.
Posted by: ycart | August 27, 2008 at 06:55 AM
Greg:
Ms. Coventry is being talked about more here in the US than back home in Zimbabwe...she I believe is a Permanent Resident of the US.
Posted by: George Chell | August 26, 2008 at 10:25 AM
Raj - I made her an immigrant of the day because she has lived in the US for several years. Please check my post on her.
Posted by: Greg Siskind | August 26, 2008 at 09:44 AM
Hi Greg,
Kristy coventry is from zimbabwe.
Thanks
Posted by: Raj | August 26, 2008 at 09:09 AM
Thanks Vish. Just made the correction.
Posted by: Greg Siskind | August 26, 2008 at 09:02 AM
hi Greg ,
Liang Chow is Shawn Johnson's coach not Nastia
Thanks
Posted by: vish | August 26, 2008 at 08:49 AM