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A Little Roundup 01.20.22

1/20/2022

 

A Look at Recent Headlines on Olympic Sport Athletes

Jaqueline Mourao has been to seven Olympic Games, across both Summer and Winter in mountain biking, biathlon, and cross-country skiing. She's qualified for her eighth. (in Portuguese)
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Jaqueline MourĂ£o (Richard Heathcoate/Getty Images)
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Four Team USA athletes - speed skater Erin Jackson, Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin, cross-country skier Jessie Diggins, and ice hockey player Abby Roque - headline Sports Illustrated's 2022 Olympic coverage. 

Setter Antoine Brizard and outside hitter Kim Yeon-Koung named Volleyballworld's 'Best of 2021'.

Meanwhile, the 'Best FIFA Football Awards' for 2021 honorees include Olympians Christiane Endler, Christine Sinclair, and Cristiano Ronaldo.

GQ Australia: Soccer player Josh Cavallo is "ready to take on the world" after publicly coming out as gay.

Brian O'Neill is headed to Beijing 2022 after a surprise call-up to Team USA's ice hockey squad, after a "treasured" Pyeongchang 2018 experience.

"I'm aiming to make some waves over there": New Zealand speed skater Peter Michael looks toward his second Olympics at Beijing 2022.

Simidele Adeagbo relishes a historic moment in sliding sports for Africa with a special monobob victory.

Team Jamaica will have historic representation in three bobsled events at Beijing 2022: 4-man, 2-man, monobob.

And they'll have Caribbean company, as Trinidad & Tobago's Axel Brown has qualified his 2-man as well.

More bobsled: Greg Cackett visualizes an Olympic medal as 4-man brakeman to Brad Hall and after a strong season raising hopes.

21-year-old slalom skier Lucas Braathen of Norway is one to watch as he makes a historic mark at Wengen last weekend.

How did badminton star Andders Antonsen spend his holidays? Watch part I and II.

Pyeongchang 2018 champion snowboarder Chloe Kim talks with Time on fame, (not) trying to fit in, and adjusting to fame in the lead-up to her title defense.

Get to know snowboarder Seamus O'Connor on the cusp of his second Olympics. "The Olympics are overwhelming, eye-opening and non-stop, totally different than anything else you'll experience in sport."

A burgeoning skateboarding hotbed? Itzel Granados is one of many athletes staying put in Mexico City.

Can Jarl Magnus Riiber's Nordic combined dominance this season lift him past his fourth place finishes at his last Olympics?

"Winter Tracks": At Beijing 2022, Donovan Carrillo will be Mexico's first Olympic figure skater in 30 years.

Can anyone defeat heavy favorite moguls skier Mikael Kingsbury at Beijing 2022?

"I think I am a little bit of a showwoman." Freestyle skier Sarah Hoefflin looks to defend her gold medal.

Will freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy make it to a third Olympics despite recent injury and Covid-19?

Winter Olympic debutants Haiti and Saudi Arabia are among the expected unexpected national teams to compete in Beijing 2022's Apline skiing.

Three-time Olympic short track speed skater Allison Baver in trouble over alleged financial fraud that connects to Hollywood and actor Elijah Wood.

​The future of Latvian short track speed skating rests on Robert Kruzbergs, who's headed to Beijing 2022.

Is disgraced swimmer Sun Yang headed toward cosmetic mogul status next?

Can shooter Manu Bhaker "stay happy" and "bounce back from Olympic disappointment" with a busy Asian Games and Commonwealth Games 2022?

Gymnast Nicola Bartolini and tennis ace Matteo Berrettini steam up the pages of Icon's latest edition, "celebrating Italian talents and style".

Meanwhile, "humble" Carlos Alcaraz gets the cover story treatment from Vanity Fair Espana. (in Spanish)

Will Olympic tennis quarterfinalist - and model - Camila Giorgi stop home favorite Ashleigh Barty's run at the Australian Open?

How did Poland become a ski jumping nation?

Road cyclist Sam Bennett is "back and rarin' to go" as he looks ahead to a new season after injury.

More Ireland: Boxer Kelly Harrington's Tokyo 2020 gold medal run wins her the Irish Independent​'s 'Magical Moment of the Year'.

Australian kayaker Aly Bull is using surf lifesaving to help move past Tokyo 2020 disappointment and work toward Paris 2024.

Team USA curler Nina Roth trained for Beijing 2022 while working full time as a nurse...in a pandemic.

Curler Kaitlyn Lawes reflects on her Olympic experience as her third Games approaches: "...it's all about the experiences, enjoying the opportunity and moments with my teammates".
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Kaitlyn Lawes (WCF)

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