Tag: misfortune
What happened to the Finnish basketball promise? Lotta-Maj Lahtinen’s top contract was canceled as a result of a terrible misfortune
23-year-old Lotta-Maj Lahtinen was injured at the worst possible moment. Starting a professional career in Europe was postponed due to a nasty knee injury. One of Finland’s most promising basketball…
Catherine Bardon, the flower, misfortune and the dictator
In her new novel and after the success of her saga “The Uprooted”, Catherine Bardon recounts today the overwhelming fate of Flor de Oro Trujillo, the daughter of one of…
Looking misfortune in the face
Theodore Gericault. — ‘Monomaniac of theft’ (circa 1820). Walking through the streets of Paris this winter, I was haunted by a portrait. It was an unknown man painted around the…
The blackest moment in Antti Vikström’s career hits the Olympics – a rare misfortune gave an archer an important lesson
At the Olympics, two of Vikström’s bow guns broke their lower blades. After the Tokyo Games, the equipment manufacturer changed from American to Korean. Tokyo Olympics, July 28, 2021. Archery…
Outraged on team radio, Max Verstappen wins the Barcelona F1, thanks to Ferrari’s huge misfortune
The sixth F1 race of the season was run in Barcelona. Red Bull took a double win, with Max Verstappen rising to the top of the World Series. Alfa Romeon…