Author Profile for Diana Carag

Publications by Diana Carag

• 16 Couples Say ‘I Do’ During Olympic Games

  Published on Friday August 22, 2008 at 12:21 pm by Diana Carag

  By Susan Tart, UNC Journalism Student
  Sixteen couples - four sets of the lucky number eight for the Chinese - pledged their love on the Olympic Green Friday.
  For the past two years, Lenovo engineers have been preparing for the Olympics. Director of Lenovo Olympic Sponsorship Leon Xie says these employees sacrificed a lot.
  “Lots of them postponed [...]

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• Athletes Blog During The Olympics For The First Time

  Published on Thursday August 21, 2008 at 3:19 pm by Diana Carag

  By Susan Tart, UNC Journalism Student
  For the first time ever, athletes are allowed to blog during the Olympic Games.
  U.S. weightlifter Carissa Gump and Peruvian Tae Kwon Do artist Peter Lopez are using the Internet to stay in touch with their fans at home.
  “It’s just easier to do that than write you know lots of emails [...]

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• Winston-Salem Man Creates Golden Goggles

  Published on Thursday August 21, 2008 at 12:29 pm by Diana Carag

  By Lisa O’Donnell, Media General News Service
  David Weathers helped put some of the sparkle in swimmer Michael Phelps’ trophy case.
  Though 14 Olympic gold medals may dominate Phelps’ collection of hardware, he also owns several Golden Goggle awards, which Weathers made in the basement of his home in Winston-Salem.
  The Golden Goggle Awards are presented each year [...]

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• Olympic Star Connects With Local Cancer Victim

  Published on Monday August 18, 2008 at 10:49 pm by Diana Carag

  By Steve Sbraccia, NBC17 Reporter
  WAKE FOREST, N.C. — An Olympic star who helped guide the United States to its first and only soccer victory in Beijing has a deep, emotional connection to the Triangle.
  Stuart Holden, a midfielder for the U.S. Olympic team, was inspired in part by the memory of a young cancer patient he [...]

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• Olympic Gold Medalist Coaches Cary Gymnasts

  Published on Friday August 15, 2008 at 7:35 pm by Diana Carag

  By Jaclyn Asztalos, NBC17 Reporter
  There are some young gymnasts at Impact Athletics in Cary learning from one of the best.
  “I went to the 1992 Olympics and I went on bars. Six judges gave me perfect tens,” Olympic medalist and Coach Li Lu said.
  Lu won the gold for the uneven bars and the silver on the [...]

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• Olympians and Paralympians Coming To Cary

  Published on Friday August 15, 2008 at 12:51 pm by Diana Carag

  CARY, N.C. — The Lenovo Olympic Athlete Celebration, a gathering of Olympians and Paralympians - past and present - from throughout North Carolina, will be held October 1 at the Embassy Suites in Cary.
  The annual banquet, which grew out of last year’s U.S. Olympic Festival 20th Anniversary Banquet, will celebrate the accomplishments of North Carolina [...]

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• UNC Student Journalists: Fencing Is A Family Affair

  Published on Thursday August 14, 2008 at 4:30 pm by Diana Carag

  By Susan Tart, UNC Journalist Student
  Every family has its feuds, but not all families take it out on each other with swords.
  For many of the athletes of the USA fencing team, the sport is a family affair.
  “We’re just so ingrained in the sport, we love it to death,” said USA fencer, Keith Smart.
  He and his [...]

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• UNC Student Journalists: Athletes Live It Up In Beijing

  Published on Thursday August 14, 2008 at 3:58 pm by Diana Carag

  By: Susan Tart, UNC Journalist Student
  When you’re working hard trying to win an Olympic medal, it’s important to schedule some down time.
  Beijing’s vibrant nightlife offers athletes somewhere to play when they’re not competing. But they don’t go to just any night spot; they go to where they get the red carpet treatment.
  “Whenever you come to [...]

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• Cary Orthodondist Remembers Winning Olympic Medal

  Published on Wednesday August 13, 2008 at 6:40 pm by Diana Carag

  By: Chris Cowperthwaite, NBC17 Reporter
  CARY, N.C. — While the United States continues its quest for more Olympic medals, a Cary orthodontist is recalling the silver he won more than 40 years ago.
  To hear all about the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, all you’ve got to do is come in to get your braces tightened.
  Dr. Gary Dilley won the [...]

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• Phelps Sets Career Mark With 11 Record Gold Medals

  Published on Tuesday August 12, 2008 at 10:35 pm by Diana Carag

  BEIJING - Michael Phelps won the men’s 200-meter butterfly and not even an hour later helped lift the U.S. 4×200m freestyle relay team to victory, becoming the winningest athlete in Olympic history now with 11 gold medals - and counting.
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