Английская Википедия:2019 Aurora Games
The 2019 Aurora Games was a female international multi-sport event that was held between 20 and 25 August 2019 in Albany, New York, United States of America. Planned to be a biennial event, the Times Union Center served as host venue. Albany shall also serve as host city for the 2021 and 2023 Aurora Games.[1]
The Aurora Games, designed as a multisport women's version of the Laver Cup,[2] has in addition featured musical performances, food tastings, sports clinics, autograph sessions and the “Conversations with Champions” series of seminars. The keynote speaker for the Aurora Games was Judge Rosemarie Aquilina,[3] who presided over the case of the disgraced USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.[4]
The Games
Sports
The 2019 Aurora Games programme featured seven sports. Team and individual competitions consisted of athletes from 15 countries participating as part of All-star teams known as Team Americas and Team World. Said teams were led by honorary captains Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Nadia Comăneci with the teams competing for the Babe Didrikson Zaharias Trophy. Team Americas captured the first Trophy, defeating Team World in six of the seven events.
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Results
Event | Winning team | Results | Attendance | Notes |
Basketball | Team World | 85-77 | 2,517 | 15 assists by Laia Palau[5] |
Beach Volleyball | Team Americas | 3 matches won 1 match lost |
3,291 | Gold medal game won by April Ross and Alix Klineman[6] |
Figure Skating | Team Americas | 192.5 (Americas) 182.5 (World) |
3,634 | Team Americas prevailed in the short program with a score of 79.0 In the long program, Team Americas won with a score of 113.5 Alysa Liu became the first American woman to land a quadruple lutz in competition[7] |
Gymnastics | Team Americas | 158.5 | 4,210 | Balance Beam, Artistic Floor and Aesthetic Gymnastics won by Team Americas Power Tumbling won by Team World Parkour had a tie score of 34 |
Ice Hockey | Team Americas | 3-1 | 2,851 | Team World Goal by Annina Rajahuhta Team Americas Goals by Hannah Brandt, Kali Flanigan and Taylor Marchin[8] |
Table Tennis | Team Americas | 5 Matches won 0 matches lost |
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Tennis | Team Americas | 3 matches won, 2 matches lost | 3,920 | Bianca Andreescu Шаблон:CAN defeated Victoria Azarenka in a 6-2 final to win the fifth and deciding game[9] |
Rosters
Team Americas | Team World |
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Team Americas
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- Honorary captain: Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Team World
THIS IS AN INCOMPLETE LIST
- Honorary captain: Nadia Comăneci
Name | Sport | Position | Weight | Nationality | Notes |
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Шаблон:Sortname | Tennis | N/A | Шаблон:Convert | Шаблон:BLR | Gold medalist at 2012 Summer Games |
Шаблон:Sortname | Tennis | N/A | Шаблон:Convert | Шаблон:SUI | Runner-up in mixed doubles at 2015 US Open |
Шаблон:Sortname | Gymnastics | N/A | Шаблон:Convert | Шаблон:JAM | Gold medalist in Balance Beam at 2016 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship |
Шаблон:Sortname | Tennis | N/A | Шаблон:Convert | Шаблон:ESP | Number 1 ranking in WTA during September 2017 |
Шаблон:Sortname | Figure Skating | Ladies | Шаблон:Convert | Шаблон:Flagicon Russia | 4th place at 2019 European Figure Skating Championships |
Athlete Advisory Committee
The Athlete Advisory Committee is chaired by Donna de Varona.[10]
Name | Title | Nationality | Notes |
Tenley Albright | Advisory Board Member | Шаблон:USA | Medalist, 1952 and 1956 Winter Games |
Doug Beal | Advisory Board Member | Шаблон:USA | Former CEO, USA Volleyball |
Jane Blalock | Advisory Board Member | Шаблон:USA | Former LPGA golfer, Legends Hall of Fame, Founder and CEO of Legends Tour |
Nadia Comăneci | Advisory Board Member | Шаблон:ROM | 9-time medalist, 1976 and 1980 Summer Games |
Bart Conner | Advisory Board Member | Шаблон:USA | 2-time medalist, 1984 Summer Games |
Chris Evert[11] | Advisory Board Member | Шаблон:USA | 18-time Grand Slam Champion |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee | Advisory Board Member | Шаблон:USA | 6-time medalist, 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Games |
Nancy Kerrigan | Chair-Figure Skating | Шаблон:USA | 2-time medalist, 1992 and 1994 Winter Games Winter Games |
Ilana Kloss | Advisory Board Member | Шаблон:RSA | CEO, World Team Tennis |
Marti Malloy | Advisory Board Member | Шаблон:USA | 1-time Medalist, 2012 Summer Games |
Shannon Miller | Chair-Gymnastics | Шаблон:USA | 7-time Medalist, 1992 and 1996 Summer Games |
Digit Murphy | Advisor Board Member | Шаблон:USA | Former NCAA coach: Brown Bears, 2-time champion, 2013 and 2015 Clarkson Cup |
Judy Murray | Advisory Board Member | Шаблон:SCO | Tennis coach, motivational speaker |
Monica Seles | Chair-Tennis | Шаблон:SRB | 9-time Grand Slam Champion |
Kelli Stack | Chair-Ice Hockey | Шаблон:USA | 2-time medalist, 2010 and 2014 Winter Games |
Broadcasting
During May 2019, ESPN announced that it was to serve as the exclusive broadcast home for the inaugural Aurora Games.[12]
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