Emil Iversen is suited for the season.
Bernadette Szocs poses.
Hi Max!
Hi Sage!
Hi Mujinga!
Double Cynthia Edition!Will Paula Moltzan make it to Beijing 2022 and become the oldest first-time alpine skiing Olympian for the United Sates in 70 years? Mathilde Gros is a double European Champion in track cycling's kierin event and targeting France's first Olympic gold in the sport after 21 years. Wrestler David Taylor is ready to take on champ Jordan Burroughs - the world at Tokyo 2020. Canadian Cynthia Appiah is on a mission to represent in bobsledding. Ina return to training, sprinter Cynthia Bolingo is learning to "live in this moment" in the aftermath of personal loss, injury, and frustration.
Did you know? Leonard Bernstein's Olympic Hymn was created for the 1981 Olympic Congress. The work's orchestration was by arranger Hershy Kay...whose birthday was today, November 17, in 1919. Olympic Hymn was the last work he completed. Tokyo 2020 shares a feature on Georgia Taylor-Brown, top triathlete headed to her first Olympics after a successful 2020 season despite the pandemic. Table Tennis' #RESTART series finished its mid-point in Weihai as China's Fan Zhendong wins his fourth World Cup title. This follows compatriot Chen Meng's first win in the women's competition. The NBA looks set to allow its stars to compete at Tokyo 2021. Take that, MLB and NHL. More basketball: Team Argentina stalwart for men's basketball Luis Scola isn't ready to retire yet, according to The Olympic Channel. The International Swimming League nears its second season conclusion with three world records in the semifinals: Adam Peaty's 100 meter breaststroke 55.49, Kira Toussaint's 50 meter backstroke 25.60, and Caeleb Dressel's massive 100 meter IM 49.88. Swimmers were ready for 2020!
Via the AP, Venezuelan fencer Ruben Limardo reveals the financial effects that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused him as he looks to continue training. Good news for Tokyo 2020 tennis as Dominic Thiem is on board, finally. It's been frustrating to watch / listen top players not give much value to Olympic competition. They all need to watch what it has meant to those who do compete to appreciate the unique opportunity it presents. Rosie MacLennan gives thanks to her coach for her and Canada's trampolining success, and, at Tokyo 2021, seeks to add to her two gold medals.
Adam Hames is ready for bobsled season in Germany.
Jennifer Abel is ready for more.
Giovanni Tocci gets arty.
Entitled, "Figure Skaters in Flight"
Mattia Busato is ready.
Happy Friday the 13th!
Wear a mask!
Bobsledder Luke Marcus Dawes remembers.
Snowboarder Nevin Galmarini finds himself in autumn,
Eva Caldo has a fun moment in training.
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