WHDD-BREAKFAST CLUB SPORTS TUESDAY FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The Salisbury Winter Sports Association (SWSA) is hosting the U.S. Junior Nationals this year at Satre Hill on Indian Cave Road in Salisbury, Connecticut for the Ski Jump Competition. Mohawk Mountain Ski Area in Cornwall will be the site for the Nordic Combined competition. This exciting National Olympic styled event begins Tuesday, February 22, and concludes on Saturday, February 26.

This event offers the rare opportunity for a close-up view of some of the best young athletes from across the country competing in these challenging sports, that we usually only see on TV. The U.S. Junior Nationals include separate individual and team scoring jumping competitions and cross-country ski races for the Nordic Combined titles. Nordic Combined adds a cross-country ski race to jump results to determine winners. Podium ceremonies for the winners of each event immediately follow each set of competitions. Best of all, this exciting sporting event is free of charge.

Check https://jncjn2022.com for updates, schedule changes, and additional information

Medina Spirit Stripped of 2021 Kentucky Derby Win

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Medina Spirit is no longer the winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby. The colt, who died unexpectedly in December, was officially disqualified by Kentucky racing officials on Monday for failing a drug test after winning the race.

Medina Spirit is only the third horse in the race’s 147-year history to receive such a penalty after finishing first. The decision means the colt’s owner, Amr Zedan, will not collect the $1.8 million first-place check, which was never paid out and will now go to Mandaloun’s owner, Juddmonte, the racing and breeding enterprise founded by Prince Khalid bin Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, who died last year.

Churchill Downs, the track in Louisville, Ky., that hosts the Derby, said in a statement that it now recognizes Mandaloun as the winner of the 2021 race, adding, “We look forward to celebrating Mandaloun on a future date in a way that is fitting of this rare distinction.”

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