Paralympian Nichols new head of Women’s Sports Foundation

NEW YORK — The Women’s Sports Foundation has selected five-time Paralympian and six-time Paralympic medalist Alana Nichols as its new president. Nichols takes over for Elana Meyers Taylor, a three-time Olympic medalist in bobsled, and will serve a one-year term, the organization announced this week. Nichols, who suffered a traumatic spinal cord injury while snowboarding