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Time of India
17 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Ji Hyun Woo shocks fans with divorce twist in 'The First Lady' - oh, the drama!
Eugene, Ji Hyun-woo, Lee Min-young A Poster That Screams Intrigue - What's Brewing in This Political Rollercoaster? Imagine a glamorous party scene: Eugene as Cha Soo Yeon in a sparkling red dress, champagne in hand, ready to become the first lady . But her husband Hyun Min Chul, portrayed by the charismatic Ji Hyun Woo , shoots her an icy glare. Then there's the mysterious secretary Shin Hae Rin (Lee Min Young), standing upfront with a plotting vibe. The poster shows everyone looking in different directions, hinting at clashing ambitions and secrets. It's like a desi family saga mixed with high-stakes politics - think 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham' with presidential drama! The caption hits hard: "The moment when I should have been happiest, the greatest misfortune came to me." Oof, that's a punch to the gut. The Plot Thickens - Divorce Drama Just Before Inauguration? 'The First Lady' unleashes a bombshell: a president-elect demanding divorce from his wife just 67 days before taking office. Eugene dazzles as Cha Soo Yeon, the kingmaker achieving her dream, only for everything to shatter when Hyun Min Chul turns the tables. It's a storm of power struggles, family secrets, and intrigue in those tense pre-inauguration days. Picture the shock - celebrating victory one second, facing divorce papers the next. The team captured a web of love, betrayal, and ambition through the poster's subtle glances, promising a plot that'll grip you like those intense Indian soap episodes where family bonds snap. Premiere is set for September 24, 2025, at 10:20 p.m. KST - perfect timing for some festive bingeing around Diwali. Star Power Alert - Meet the Leads Bringing the Heat Eugene, debuting in 2002 with 'Loving You' and captivating in hits like 'The Penthouse', embodies Cha Soo Yeon with graceful poise and hidden anxiety - perfect for a woman on the edge! Ji Hyun Woo, starting in 2003 and juggling acting with music in band The Nuts, plays the commanding yet turbulent Hyun Min Chul. His roles in 'Beauty and Mr. Romantic' or 'Young Lady and Gentleman' show his range from romantics to intense figures. Lee Min Young adds spice as the loyal secretary with an enigmatic aura - she's the wildcard flipping the script. This trio is explosive, mixing experience and fresh vibes, evoking Bollywood ensembles where everyone hides agendas.
CTV News
a day ago
- Sport
- CTV News
Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson addresses domestic violence arrest and apologizes to boyfriend
Sha'Carri Richardson reacts after the first heat of the women's 200-meter semifinal at the U.S. Championships athletics meet in Eugene, Ore., Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr) Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson addressed her recent domestic violence arrest in a video on social media and issued an apology to her boyfriend Christian Coleman. Richardson posted a video on her Instagram account Monday night in which she said she put herself in a 'compromised situation.' She issued a written apology to Coleman on Tuesday morning. 'I love him & to him I can't apologize enough,' the reigning 100-meter world champion wrote in all capital letters on Instagram, adding that her apology 'should be just as loud' as her 'actions.' 'To Christian I love you & I am so sorry,' she wrote. Richardson was arrested July 27 on a fourth-degree domestic violence offence for allegedly assaulting Coleman at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. She was booked into South Correctional Entity in Des Moines, Washington, for more than 18 hours. Her arrest was days before she ran the 100 meters at the U.S. championships in Eugene, Oregon. In the video, Richardson said she's practicing 'self-reflection' and refuses 'to run away but face everything that comes to me head on.' According to the police report, an officer at the airport was notified by a Transportation Security Administration supervisor of a disturbance between Richardson and her boyfriend, Coleman, the 2019 world 100-meter champion. The officer reviewed camera footage and observed Richardson reach out with her left arm and grab Coleman's backpack and yank it away. Richardson then appeared to get in Coleman's way with Coleman trying to step around her. Coleman was shoved into a wall. Later in the report, it said Richardson appeared to throw an item at Coleman, with the TSA indicating it may have been headphones. The officer said in the report: 'I was told Coleman did not want to participate any further in the investigation and declined to be a victim.' A message was left with Coleman from The Associated Press. Richardson wrote that Coleman 'came into my life & gave me more than a relationship but a greater understanding of unconditional love from what I've experienced in my past.' She won the 100 at the 2023 world championships in Budapest and finished with the silver at the Paris Games last summer. She also helped the 4x100 relay to an Olympic gold. She didn't compete during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 following a positive marijuana test at the U.S. Olympic trials. ___ Pat Graham, The Associated Press
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Jeremiah McClellan details decision to commit to Oregon Ducks over Ohio State Buckeyes
There are a number of wide receivers on the Oregon Ducks roster who are looking to make a name for themselves and step into bigger roles on the offense this season. One of those players is redshirt freshman Jeremiah McClellan, who came to Eugene as a highly-rated 4-star recruit but was unable to crack the rotation in 2024. This year around, though, there are high expectations for McLellan, a 6-foot, 195 player who was rated as the No. 65 player in the 2024 recruiting class, as he contends for a start spot on the roster. While his focus may be on the upcoming season, we had the chance to talk to McClellan for the first time on Friday, offering us an opportunity to revisit National Signing Day in 2023, when he dramatically flipped his commitment from the Ohio State Buckeyes to the Ducks. Ultimately, why did he make the flip? 'It was basically just the connection that Coach Lanning and the staff have here," McClellan said. "I really just didn't feel like I had that connection at Ohio State. So the connection I have here, and the way Coach Lanning and Coach Terry, Coach Stein, and the guys that recruited me, it just felt like family here.' One of the guys who played a big role in McClellan coming to Oregon was wide receivers coach Junior Adams. Since then, Adams has moved on to take a job with the Dallas Cowboys, but in his stead, new WR coach Ross Douglas has done a great job of fostering that relationship and helping to build McClellan up. 'I hadn't really had any contact or anything like that with Coach Douglas, but getting to know him these last seven to eight months, I really love him as a coach," McClellan said. "He's a great coach.' There will be no shortage of competition for McClellan to carve out a portion of the target share this year, with guys like Dakorien Moore, Kyler Kasper, Justius Lowe, Malik Benson, Jurrion Dickey, and Gary Bryant Jr. all vying for touches as well. However, what we've seen early on from the redshirt sophomore has been impressive. Contact/Follow @Ducks_Wire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on to follow ongoing coverage of Oregon Ducks news, notes, and opinions. This article originally appeared on Ducks Wire: Jeremiah McClellan details flip from Ohio State to Oregon Ducks
The Guardian
6 days ago
- Sport
- The Guardian
The Paralympics are coming to LA. But has the US done enough to guarantee success?
Although he came up just short in one of the most thrilling events of last weekend's US Track and Field Outdoor Championships, Miguel Jimenez-Vergara could still take satisfaction in a crowd-pleasing performance. Competing for the first time at the famous Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, the 24-year-old waged a tense tactical war over 5000m with the US's fastest wheelchair racers. Entering the final lap, Jimenez-Vergara vaporized a tightly packed field with a ferocious acceleration that energized the crowd. Only one competitor could rise to the challenge: reigning Paralympic gold medalist Daniel Romanchuk. Jimenez-Vergara still led by a wheel as they rocketed through the final turn at more than 20 mph; Romanchuk caught him in the final 50m and won by a tenth of a second. It was an exhilarating show, and worthy of the big-league setting. But Jimenez-Vergara rejected attempts to spin it as a triumph. 'I just want to win,' he said. 'I'm not here to soak up the fans or soak up the atmosphere. I know you probably want me to say I'm excited to be at Hayward and get more visibility [for disabled athletes]. And we do need more eyes on us. But for me, I'll race in the parking lot. I just want to beat the guy next to me. I just want to be the best.' That sums up both the promise and the pitfalls of the weekend's historic championship. For the first time, USA Track and Field showcased America's Paralympic talent on the sport's biggest stage, side by side with their better-known, better-paid Olympic teammates. It's a clear win for parasports equity, one that recognizes disabled competitors as supremely gifted athletes rather than novelty acts. But it's a largely symbolic victory, and glaringly overdue. Achieving the type of success Jimenez-Vergara hungers for – global dominance in paratrack – will require more than splashy gestures toward inclusion. It will take a level of money and commitment far beyond what Team USA has previously invested in parasports. There's urgency to post a high medal count when the Paralympics come to US soil in Los Angeles three years from now. But time is short, and talk is cheap. 'Seeing the integration actually happen is really cool,' says sprinter Jarryd Wallace, a four-time Paralympian and longtime advocate for equity. 'It shows how much growth there has been. But in order to make the heights climb even higher, we've got to keep asking questions. No one really knows the right direction yet. We're finding out what the needs are, what the resources and opportunities are. And I think it's going to catapult us to places we've never seen US parasport before.' The places we have seen US parasport before can generously be described as third-rate. Until last year, national championships and Paralympic trials were routinely staged at high school and community-college tracks that lacked accessibility accommodations for the athletes, media hookups for journalists, and comfort amenities for the public. The stands (if there were any) were inevitably empty. The tracks themselves were often an embarrassment. 'The venues haven't been so great in the past,' says Tatyana McFadden, one of US paratrack's most recognizable stars and the winner of 22 Paralympic track and field medals, a US record. 'Long-jump pits have not been the right size. There have been holes in the track and not enough water for the athletes.' The 2024 national meet and Paralympic trials were held at top-notch facilities – but only after Paralympians filed a formal grievance following the 2023 national championships. Going forward, it'll be Hayward Field every year. 'It's nice when you can just go out and compete without worrying if there's a divot in your lane,' says McFadden. 'It's good to be treated like elite athletes. We deserve this.' US paraathletes also deserve the same pay as their non-disabled peers, and they've made some progress on that front – since 2021, Paralympic medal bonuses have been equivalent to Olympic bonuses (they were one-fifth as large previously). But performance-based compensation in other major para events continues to lag. So do stipends for travel, training, equipment, and living expenses. Given their relative dearth of resources, US paratrack athletes have compiled an admirable record of international success. While they haven't matched the preeminence of their Olympic comrades – who have led the world in track medals (overall and gold) at every Olympics since 1992 – US Paralympians have brought home 212 track medals this century, more than every nation except China. They hold dozens of world records. It's an impressive ledger, but other countries have been catching up or surging ahead in recent cycles. Since 2000, China has won twice as many Paralympic track medals as the United States. Brazil has invested heavily in parasports since hosting the 2016 Paralympics; last summer it nearly matched Team USA in overall track medals and won the same number of golds. Great Britain, Russia, and European countries have vastly expanded their paraathletic recruitment and training initiatives. And nearly every nation has unified their para and able-bodied track programs into a single governing body – a step the United States took belatedly this year, when US Track and Field absorbed the paratrack wing. That organizational merger formalized a de facto fusion that's been happening for decades. US Paralympic and Olympic athletes routinely train and travel together, share coaches and sponsors, and regard each other as peers. 'I moved to the Olympic Training Center in 2005, and Al Joyner was my coach,' says April Holmes, a trailblazing Paralympic sprinter who now serves as interim CEO of SafeSport USA. 'I trained with all of his [Olympic] athletes. There was already a conversation back then – 'Why aren't our Nationals together?' The administration finally caught up to what was happening on the track.' 'The rest of the world has been doing it, and we should be doing it too,' adds shotputter Josh Cinnamo, a world record-holder and member of Team USA's Athletes Commission. 'If we're going to speak like we're one organization, then let's be one organization.' Nobody in the US wants to see China dominate Team USA on the Paralympic track in three years. But it may take the Americans longer than that to catch up. While top-tier US paraathletes such as McFadden, Romanchuk, Ezra Frech, Hunter Woodhall, and Brittni Mason can compete with anyone in the world, America's talent pipeline is nowhere near as productive on the Paralympic side as on the Olympic side. 'We are missing a bridge between junior level competition and the international level,' says retired Paralympian Amanda McGrory, a seven-time medalist who now provides color commentary on NBC Universal's paratrack coverage. 'After you win your state or regional championship, there's nowhere to go. Where do you find a coach? How do you make that jump from high school or collegiate competition to the world-championship level? There hasn't been a lot of direction for most people. That's where we really need some support.' Jimenez-Vergara illustrates the obstacles athletes face. After piling up national championships and international medals in his teens, he floundered for several years, training on his own with sporadic coaching. 'I was trying to get to the Tokyo Paralympics, but I didn't know how,' he says. 'It just wasn't happening. I just didn't have the speed.' He might have remained stuck if his old junior coach hadn't brokered an introduction to US Paralympic track coach Joaquim Cruz. That eventually led to a berth at the US Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California, which made an immediate and dramatic impact. 'I stopped viewing myself as just a wheelchair racer,' Jimenez-Vergara explains. 'Being around all the sprinters, the throwers, the jumpers, I realized that I am a track athlete. That meant I had to act like one. I had to start doing the track things these other guys had been doing for years and years.' He took advantage of the personal trainer, gym, nutritionist, sports psychologist, and other forms of support he'd always lacked access to. The effects became clear in 2023, when Jimenez-Vergara won a gold and two silvers at the Parapan American Games, a standard proving ground for emerging US Paralympians. This season he's staged a running back-and-forth duel with his one-time idol, Romanchuk, typified by the tight finish in last weekend's 5000m. By 2028, he may be ready to challenge for a Paralympic podium. There are plenty of prospects like Jimenez-Vergara who are still out there floundering, and the USATF hasn't yet built a system for finding and developing them. It will take an aggressive recruiting blitz for the US to have any chance of running down the Chinese. 'USA Track and Field has an established model of how to identify talent and get them to the next level,' McGrory says. 'And I think that's replicable on the Paralympic side. China has done a really good job at discovering and developing young talent. It makes them hard to catch. But that's where USA Track and Field can help.' 'USATF just needs to do what they do well,' adds Wallace. 'They just need to lean in to who they are.' Bringing the Para Track Nationals to Hayward Field was a necessary first step, but not a sufficient one. Team USA still has a lot of race left to run. Larry Borowsky is the editor of Amplitude, a national lifestyle magazine for amputees.
The Guardian
6 days ago
- Sport
- The Guardian
The Paralympics are coming to LA. But has the US done enough to guarantee success?
Although he came up just short in one of the most thrilling events of last weekend's US Track and Field Outdoor Championships, Miguel Jimenez-Vergara could still take satisfaction in a crowd-pleasing performance. Competing for the first time at the famous Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, the 24-year-old waged a tense tactical war over 5000m with the US's fastest wheelchair racers. Entering the final lap, Jimenez-Vergara vaporized a tightly packed field with a ferocious acceleration that energized the crowd. Only one competitor could rise to the challenge: reigning Paralympic gold medalist Daniel Romanchuk. Jimenez-Vergara still led by a wheel as they rocketed through the final turn at more than 20 mph; Romanchuk caught him in the final 50m and won by a tenth of a second. It was an exhilarating show, and worthy of the big-league setting. But Jimenez-Vergara rejected attempts to spin it as a triumph. 'I just want to win,' he said. 'I'm not here to soak up the fans or soak up the atmosphere. I know you probably want me to say I'm excited to be at Hayward and get more visibility [for disabled athletes]. And we do need more eyes on us. But for me, I'll race in the parking lot. I just want to beat the guy next to me. I just want to be the best.' That sums up both the promise and the pitfalls of the weekend's historic championship. For the first time, USA Track and Field showcased America's Paralympic talent on the sport's biggest stage, side by side with their better-known, better-paid Olympic teammates. It's a clear win for parasports equity, one that recognizes disabled competitors as supremely gifted athletes rather than novelty acts. But it's a largely symbolic victory, and glaringly overdue. Achieving the type of success Jimenez-Vergara hungers for – global dominance in paratrack – will require more than splashy gestures toward inclusion. It will take a level of money and commitment far beyond what Team USA has previously invested in parasports. There's urgency to post a high medal count when the Paralympics come to US soil in Los Angeles three years from now. But time is short, and talk is cheap. 'Seeing the integration actually happen is really cool,' says sprinter Jarryd Wallace, a four-time Paralympian and longtime advocate for equity. 'It shows how much growth there has been. But in order to make the heights climb even higher, we've got to keep asking questions. No one really knows the right direction yet. We're finding out what the needs are, what the resources and opportunities are. And I think it's going to catapult us to places we've never seen US parasport before.' The places we have seen US parasport before can generously be described as third-rate. Until last year, national championships and Paralympic trials were routinely staged at high school and community-college tracks that lacked accessibility accommodations for the athletes, media hookups for journalists, and comfort amenities for the public. The stands (if there were any) were inevitably empty. The tracks themselves were often an embarrassment. 'The venues haven't been so great in the past,' says Tatyana McFadden, one of US paratrack's most recognizable stars and the winner of 22 Paralympic track and field medals, a US record. 'Long-jump pits have not been the right size. There have been holes in the track and not enough water for the athletes.' The 2024 national meet and Paralympic trials were held at top-notch facilities – but only after Paralympians filed a formal grievance following the 2023 national championships. Going forward, it'll be Hayward Field every year. 'It's nice when you can just go out and compete without worrying if there's a divot in your lane,' says McFadden. 'It's good to be treated like elite athletes. We deserve this.' US paraathletes also deserve the same pay as their non-disabled peers, and they've made some progress on that front – since 2021, Paralympic medal bonuses have been equivalent to Olympic bonuses (they were one-fifth as large previously). But performance-based compensation in other major para events continues to lag. So do stipends for travel, training, equipment, and living expenses. Given their relative dearth of resources, US paratrack athletes have compiled an admirable record of international success. While they haven't matched the preeminence of their Olympic comrades – who have led the world in track medals (overall and gold) at every Olympics since 1992 – US Paralympians have brought home 212 track medals this century, more than every nation except China. They hold dozens of world records. It's an impressive ledger, but other countries have been catching up or surging ahead in recent cycles. Since 2000, China has won twice as many Paralympic track medals as the United States. Brazil has invested heavily in parasports since hosting the 2016 Paralympics; last summer it nearly matched Team USA in overall track medals and won the same number of golds. Great Britain, Russia, and European countries have vastly expanded their paraathletic recruitment and training initiatives. And nearly every nation has unified their para and able-bodied track programs into a single governing body – a step the United States took belatedly this year, when US Track and Field absorbed the paratrack wing. That organizational merger formalized a de facto fusion that's been happening for decades. US Paralympic and Olympic athletes routinely train and travel together, share coaches and sponsors, and regard each other as peers. 'I moved to the Olympic Training Center in 2005, and Al Joyner was my coach,' says April Holmes, a trailblazing Paralympic sprinter who now serves as interim CEO of SafeSport USA. 'I trained with all of his [Olympic] athletes. There was already a conversation back then – 'Why aren't our Nationals together?' The administration finally caught up to what was happening on the track.' 'The rest of the world has been doing it, and we should be doing it too,' adds shotputter Josh Cinnamo, a world record-holder and member of Team USA's Athletes Commission. 'If we're going to speak like we're one organization, then let's be one organization.' Nobody in the US wants to see China dominate Team USA on the Paralympic track in three years. But it may take the Americans longer than that to catch up. While top-tier US paraathletes such as McFadden, Romanchuk, Ezra Frech, Hunter Woodhall, and Brittni Mason can compete with anyone in the world, America's talent pipeline is nowhere near as productive on the Paralympic side as on the Olympic side. 'We are missing a bridge between junior level competition and the international level,' says retired Paralympian Amanda McGrory, a seven-time medalist who now provides color commentary on NBC Universal's paratrack coverage. 'After you win your state or regional championship, there's nowhere to go. Where do you find a coach? How do you make that jump from high school or collegiate competition to the world-championship level? There hasn't been a lot of direction for most people. That's where we really need some support.' Jimenez-Vergara illustrates the obstacles athletes face. After piling up national championships and international medals in his teens, he floundered for several years, training on his own with sporadic coaching. 'I was trying to get to the Tokyo Paralympics, but I didn't know how,' he says. 'It just wasn't happening. I just didn't have the speed.' He might have remained stuck if his old junior coach hadn't brokered an introduction to US Paralympic track coach Joaquim Cruz. That eventually led to a berth at the US Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California, which made an immediate and dramatic impact. 'I stopped viewing myself as just a wheelchair racer,' Jimenez-Vergara explains. 'Being around all the sprinters, the throwers, the jumpers, I realized that I am a track athlete. That meant I had to act like one. I had to start doing the track things these other guys had been doing for years and years.' He took advantage of the personal trainer, gym, nutritionist, sports psychologist, and other forms of support he'd always lacked access to. The effects became clear in 2023, when Jimenez-Vergara won a gold and two silvers at the Parapan American Games, a standard proving ground for emerging US Paralympians. This season he's staged a running back-and-forth duel with his one-time idol, Romanchuk, typified by the tight finish in last weekend's 5000m. By 2028, he may be ready to challenge for a Paralympic podium. There are plenty of prospects like Jimenez-Vergara who are still out there floundering, and the USATF hasn't yet built a system for finding and developing them. It will take an aggressive recruiting blitz for the US to have any chance of running down the Chinese. 'USA Track and Field has an established model of how to identify talent and get them to the next level,' McGrory says. 'And I think that's replicable on the Paralympic side. China has done a really good job at discovering and developing young talent. It makes them hard to catch. But that's where USA Track and Field can help.' 'USATF just needs to do what they do well,' adds Wallace. 'They just need to lean in to who they are.' Bringing the Para Track Nationals to Hayward Field was a necessary first step, but not a sufficient one. Team USA still has a lot of race left to run. Larry Borowsky is the editor of Amplitude, a national lifestyle magazine for amputees.
