Olympics | Courtney Thompson: “Losing sucks”

Back in the USA, the Olympic setter talks about the gold medal match, her punch in the nose and her next volleyball assignment. A Volleyblog Seattle exclusive.

For a very long stretch, Courtney Thompson and her Olympic teammates knew nothing but winning.

A 2012 World Grand Prix championship after going undefeated in 14 matches across three continents. Winners of seven straight Olympic matches, dropping just two sets along the way.

Local Olympian Courtney Thompson powered by 2 big inspirations

Volleyblog Seattle is back from vacation (in Grand Tetons National Park).

This morning, our extended profile about University of Washington Olympian Courtney Thompson is featured on the front page of The Seattle Times ...

The article features comments from Hugh McCutcheon, Jim McLaughlin, Dawn Colston, Linda Thompson, Steve Thompson, and--of course--Courtney.