Ben Shpigel

Dec 29, 2024 | nytimes.com | Ben Shpigel

Not even nine months after taking office, Mr. Carter rewarded the state that had powered his presidential triumph, deviating from business at the United Nations to tour the South Bronx and draw attention to some of America's worst urban blight. "It was a very sobering trip for me to see the devastation that has taken place in the South Bronx in the last five years," Mr. Carter said after his trip. "But I'm encouraged in some ways by the strong effort of tenant groups to rebuild.

Aug 9, 2024 | nytimes.com | Talya Minsberg |Ben Shpigel

[Estamos en WhatsApp. Empieza a seguirnos ahora] Ni bien había cruzado la línea de meta en los 200 metros planos el jueves por la noche, Noah Lyles parecía sin aliento. Tumbado de espaldas en la pista púrpura del Stade de France, tras terminar tercero en una carrera que había dominado durante los tres últimos años, tenía dificultades para respirar.

Aug 8, 2024 | vnexplorer.net | Ben Shpigel |Chang W. Lee

It took 14 years and 86 days to make an Olympic champion in skateboarding. By Ben Shpigel and Chang W. Lee The winner of the women’s park event on Tuesday has been skateboarding for about half of her life. So, not that long. Arisa Trew of Australia, who earned gold by navigating the contours of the tricky course faster and cleaner and more aggressively than the seven other finalists, is 14 years old. And 86 days.

Aug 8, 2024 | nytimes.com | Talya Minsberg |Ben Shpigel

Almost as soon as he crossed the finish line in the 200-meter dash on Thursday night, Noah Lyles looked winded. He lay on his back on the purple track at Stade de France, after finishing third in a race he had dominated for the last three years, and struggled for breath. Four days after winning a gold medal in one of the most thrilling endings to an Olympic sprint, Lyles took the bronze in the 200 and considered it, he said afterward, a remarkable achievement.

Aug 7, 2024 | nytimes.com | Ben Shpigel |Chang W. Lee

The winner of the women's park event on Tuesday has been skateboarding for about half of her life. So, not that long. Arisa Trew of Australia, who earned gold by navigating the contours of the tricky course faster and cleaner and more aggressively than the seven other finalists, is 14 years old. And 86 days. Of the eight finalists on Tuesday, six were teenagers, but only one was younger than Trew, who, like many of her competitors, dispensed and received hugs after each 45-second run.