ABC Airs Trump-Backed Patriot Games Finals, Awarding 2 $125,000 Scholarships
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Updated · The Guardian · Aug 14
ABC Airs Trump-Backed Patriot Games Finals, Awarding 2 $125,000 Scholarships
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 14
Summary
A one-hour prime-time special aired the Patriot Games finals after the competition was held earlier this week at a sports training facility outside Cleveland, Ohio.
Freedom 250, a White House-backed nonprofit, produced the event and funded $125,000 college scholarships for each winner in the boys’ and girls’ divisions.
One male and one female competitor from every state, plus some tribal nations and territories, advanced through qualifying events including hurdles, dodgeball, tug of war and a final obstacle course called the Patriot Course.
Kennadi Fuhrman and Rockwell Myers won after their opponents fell on the monkey-bar section known as American Traverse, with Trump presenting trophies and scholarship checks.
The broadcast extended the administration’s broader push for semiquincentennial-themed programming after other Trump-linked summer spectacles, including a White House UFC night and a National Mall state fair.