Wildfires are raging across Southern California and are causing many residents to face devastating losses, including Olympic champion swimmer Gary Hall Jr. The 10-time Olympic champion, who grew up in Arizona, had all of his possessions, including his 10 Olympic medals, destroyed in a house he was renting in Pacific Palisades, California.
For Hall of Fame swimmer Gary Hall Jr., those losses included the pinnacle of his life's work—his 10 Olympic medals, which he believes were lost with his home in the Palisades fires. Hall described his harrowing escape from the fire's path on Tuesday to CNN's Erin Burnett.
Arizona swimming legend and 10-time Olympic medalist Gary Hall Jr. lost his home in the Southern California fires
The two-time Olympic and five-time World champion will receive new medals after the LA fires destroyed all his trophies in his Pacific Palisades home.
Olympic gold medalist Gary Hall Jr. will receive replicas of the 10 medals he lost to the Los Angeles wildfires last week, the International Olympic Committee said.
TELL US WHAT YOU KIND OF SAW YESTERDAY AND WHAT YOU’RE SEEING NOW THIS MORNING WHEN WE FIRST DESCENDED INTO THE AREA, WE CAME OFF THE GRAPEVINE CAME INTO THE GREATER LOS ANGELES, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ... U.S. Olympian Gary Hall Jr. won 10 Olympic medals ...
Olympic gold medalist Gary Hall Jr. revealed in an interview this week that he lost all of his belongings, including his medals, after his home burned down in the California wildfires.
Hall Jr. said he didn’t want to leave the medals behind, but the Pacific Palisades resident had no other choice as his home burned down.
The International Olympic Committee announced it will replace 10 medals left behind by Gary Hall Jr. as he fled the fires in Los Angeles County.
U.S. Olympic swimmer Gary Hall, Jr. has "lost everything" including the 10 medals he won at the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Games. He said the devastating
Get top local stories in Southern California delivered to you every morning. Sign up for NBC LA's News Headlines newsletter. "We have also learned that a great Olympian, Gary Hall Jr., has lost his medals in the fire. The IOC will provide him with replicas."
The IOC will replace the 10 medals that American swimmer Gary Hall Jr. lost when the California wildfires destroyed his home last week.