Tagged: summer olympics

New Report Reveals: More Than $750,000 Has Been Raised For Rio Athletes’ Training & Travel Expenses on GoFundMe

August 5, 2016 @ 3:45 pm By Samantha Hurst |

With the 2016 Summer Olympic Games set to kick off this evening in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, crowdfunding platform GoFundMe announced more than $750,000 has been raised for athletes’ training and traveling costs. GoFundMe CEO Rob Solomon shared: “More and more, athletes and sports teams—from Little… Read More

British Devon Sailor Launches PledgeSport’s Campaign to Pay His Way to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games & Sailing World Cup

November 27, 2014 @ 9:44 am By Samantha Hurst |

Seeking to fulfill a life-long dream, Devon sailor, Ben Cornish, launched a crowdfunding campaign on PledgeSport to raise enough funds so that he may attend the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics in 2016. According to Western Morning News, the 23-year-old has been a member of the British… Read More

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