Tag: Ariana Kukors
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181: Ariana Kukors Smith: A Conversation About Lia Thomas & Transgender Athletes
On this edition of Road Trippin’, the crew welcomes Ariana Kukors Smith to the show. She tells you what it’s like for her to root for transgender swimmers (including now NCAA Champion Lia Thomas) while at the same time feeling deep empathy for those women who are now losing to trans athletes. A former world…
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A shadow hangs over the U.S. swim nationals
Two months ago, Olympian Ariana Kukors Smith sued USA Swimming, former Seattle-area coach Sean Hutchinson and others in Orange County Superior Court. Smith, who swam at the London Olympics in 2012, alleged Hutchinson groomed and molested her when she was a minor while the sport’s domestic governing body looked the other way. The coach denied…
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As USA Swimming Grapples With Sexual Abuse, Athletes Cite Lack Of Female Coaches
Congressional committees have been looking into the issue of sexual abuse in Olympic sports, with a particular focus on gymnastics. Now stories of alleged abuse are emerging in swimming. Last month, former Olympic athlete Ariana Kukors Smith sued her former coach, Sean Hutchinson, for allegedly abusing her. She also sued USA Swimming and the U.S.…
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Olympic swimmer Ariana Kukors Smith talks sexual abuse
One of the recurring lines that Ariana Kukors Smith says she heard from her swim coach Sean Hutchison was that she was “the most impressive person” he had ever met. Watch this video on YouTube Watch this video on YouTube Watch this video on YouTube Watch this video on YouTube Watch this video on YouTube
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Swimming coach says he reported Sean Hutchison misconduct rumors years ago
A Southern California swim coach said he had reported rumors of former Team USA assistant swim coach Sean Hutchison being in a forbidden relationship with a U.S. champion swimmer at an Olympic training center years ago, CBS Los Angeles reports. The revelation about Hutchison comes after the swimmer, Ariana Kukors, said this week that he sexually abused her when…
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My Story | Ariana Kukors
Any swimmer will tell you about the black line on the bottom of every pool . . . the line that we follow day after day. We develop a relationship with that line; it holds our hopes and our dreams, but it also holds our fears. If only that black line could talk, it would…
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Ariana Kukors teams up with Komen Puget Sound
Former Olympic swimmer and world record holder Ariana Kukors has been busy training in California since she came out of retirement to take a shot at one more Summer Olympics. She returned to Seattle this week to support a cause that’s very close to her heart. See King5
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USC Alumna Ariana Kukors Trains for Next Olympics
A former world-class swimmer announced that she would come out of retirement and try her hand at the Olympic Games once again. Ariana Kukors thought she was finished swimming after she participated in the 2012 Olympics, but her passion for the sport made her rethink her decision and led her to train for the 2016…
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Olympian Ariana Kukors ‘un-retires,’ making a comeback
See King5 She has been our colleague, our friend, and a local businesswoman. It has been the life, after swimming, for Ariana Kukors. She spent the Sochi Olympics serving as a special correspondent for our local newscasts. It was there, while watching the Olympic cauldron, that something sparked within the 25-year-old. “(We) were standing together…