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A Little Roundup 01.17.22

1/17/2022

 
Veteran speed skater Claudia Pechstein is set for her eighth (!) Winter Games and become the oldest-ever Olympic female athlete.
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Claudia Pechstein (AP Photo)
Olympians top the list of Forbes' list of the highest paid female athletes for 2021, led by tennis aces Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams.

An "extremely disappointed" Novak Djokovic leaves Australia ahead of the Australian Open. Can we focus on tennis (and the vaccinated) now?

Spanish tennis star Paula Badosa talks confronting fears in El Pais Semanal. (in Spanish)

Freestyle skier Tess Ledeux aims to remain modest despite two real medal chances at Beijing 2022.

Defending Olympic moguls skiing champion Mikael Kingsbury of Canada reaches a career World Cup victory milestone.

Team USA moguls skier Kai Owens is close to returning to China, after leaving as an adoptee 16 years ago.

Olympics-bound luger Ashley Farquharson finds a hobby in her free time: friendship bracelets.

Team Great Britain Rupert Staudinger has the memory of a fallen colleague for Beijing 2022 inspiration.

By the way, Team USA 'sacrifice' and camaraderie happens within USA Luge, too, as Jayson Terdiman offers his superior sled to his once-rivals.

Team USA's Andrew Blaser set to make history as an out gay male skeleton Olympic competitor.

Olympic champion gymnast Sunisa Lee launches an activewear line with PrettyLittleThings.

And, teammate Jade Carey's "debut at (Oregon State's) Gill Goliseum was a triumph".

Can three-time Olympic ski jumping champion Kamil Stoch recover from injury in time for Beijing 2022?

Get to know rugby sevens star Jordan Conroy, currently a Dancing with the Stars contestant and a survivor of a rough, dramatic childhood.

John Shuster reflects on his Olympic past and future as he looks to Beijing 2022's curling tournament.

Tongan taekwondo star Pita Taufatofua gives an update on the weekend's volcanic activity back home.

"...I have the chance to do something special.": Slalom Alpine skier Alice Robinson looks ahead to her second Winter Games at only 20-years-old.

Can biathletes Dreeda Irwin or Paul Schommer bring the USA an Olympic medal in the one sport it hasn't won one in?

Suzanne Schulting is the undisputed leading medal hope for Team Netherlands short track speed skating at the upcoming Winter Games.

Team USA men's ice hockey features its youngest roster since the Lillehammer 1994 Games.

For Team Canada, meanwhile, might NHL veteran Eric Staal be available? "It's the Olympic Games. It's a special vibe. It's a spirit of the Games that is kind of unmatched by anything else."

Nerves may have affected Ghanian sprinter Benjamin Azamati at Tokyo 2020, but he sees it as a learning experience to build upon.

Sprint hurdler turned bobsledder Lolo Jones has a new podcast, Gold Medal Loser.

​From Pyeongchang 2018 spectator to Beijing 2022 contender: meet bobsled favorite Breanna Walker.

He came back after an eight year hiatus to swim at Tokyo 2020, and now Brent Hayden teases Paris 2024.

World medalists in ice dancing, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier open up on their growing confidence, mental health challenges, and more.

Meanwhile on the latest Unlaced with Chock and Bates podcast: How excited are the U.S. ice dancing champions for the upcoming Olympics?

Four-time equestrian show jumper Ludger Beerbaum "on the defensive" with alleged illegal training methods against a horse.

​Athens 2004 sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou serves as support for a victim of abuse in a sailing-related case stirring Greece.

Go "Behind the Scenes" with German Nordic combined star Terence Weber via fis-ski.com.

Veteran snowboarder Queralt Castellet knows how special it is to make a fifth Olympics as she looks ahead to Beijing 2022. (in Spanish)

Inspired by Team Great Britain's BMX success at Tokyo 2020, snowboard cross star Charlotte Bankes looks to Beijing 2022 to "give it my all".

​Snowboarder Anthon Bosch looks to put South Africa on his sport's map...and Beijing 2022's.
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Anthon Bosch (olympics.com)

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