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A Little Roundup 02.13.23

2/13/2023

 

Olympic Sports Stars Are Making News

A special team of select youth players from Ukraine make an emotional mark in peewee ice hockey.
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Ukrainian Select and Boston Junior Bruins players (Jacques Boissinot/Canadian Pess)
United World Wrestling mourns the passing of nine wrestlers in the unprecedented earthquake hitting Turkey.

Retired biathlon great Erik Lesser assesses the early start of the current world championships.

"Quite shy" Ellia Smeding had once feared the spotlight, but with her rise in speed skating, also has her confidence risen.

Landmark weightlifter Nooh Dastgir Butt finds himself at unfortunate odds with Team Pakistan officials, jeopardizing Paris 2024 hopes.

A true sisterhood bond has powered the success of Team Canada freestyle skiers Justine, Chloe, and Maxime Dufour-Lapointe.

Is "playful" Arnaud de Lie a future Peter Sagan-esque star of road cycling?

Count triathlon stars Vincent Luis and Kristian Blummenfelt as curious but positive to the Ironman Championship move from Kona to Nice.

Strike: Christine Sinclair and her Team Canada soccer colleagues stand firm against pay inequality...for a short time at least.

A longtime Middlesbrough F.C. fan gets on a video call with Tokyo 2020 Olympian Riley McGree to talk World Cup soccer, 'Boro', and more.

Israeli Tokyo 2020 Olympian Nicol Zelikman opens up on mental trauma she experienced in her rhythmic gymnastics career.

Shot putter Sophie McKinna "gutted" with the untimely theft of her kit.

Track & Field News looks at the rise of 'late bloomer' hammer thrower Janee' Kassanovoid.
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Heptathlete Anna Hall's move to the professional ranks has been easier watching her boyfriend, tennis player Ben Shelton do the same.

Citius: What were Yared Nuguse's immediate thoughts on breaking the American indoor mile record?

Tennis player Alexander Bublik makes headlines on the court...for his mid-match temper tantrum.

Speaking of tennis...are there any significant career retirements to watch for this year?

Peruvian Eduardo Romay is up for the challenge of Indian club volleyball's 15-point system.

Will Luxembourg gymnast Quentin Bradenburger have as successful a senior experience as in juniors?

Never mind: Short track speed skating star Arianna Fontana looks set to remain with Team Italy.

She may not be at USA Basketball's current training camp, but star Brittney Griner is staying connected.

Basketball superstar and Olympic champion LeBron James makes a young fan's night.

Can swimmer Hwang Sun-woo lead Team Korea to a landmark relay gold at the Asian Games this year?

"I'm a completely different person than I was at the start of 2022." Swimmer Daniel Jervis is the 'leader of Attitude's 'Attitude 101' sport category.

A sober Olympic champion diver Matthew Mitcham makes an adult career pivot.

Snowboarders Zoi Sadowski-Synnott and Mark McMorris are Slush Magazine's 2022 'Riders of the Year'.

More snowboarding as FIS​ looks at the success of social media for Team Austria's athletes.

BMX star Logan Martin pens a new children's book, Logan's Big Move.

Speaking of books...what does figure skater Nathan Chen's One Jump At A Time and Wei Skates On say about his perspective on his own journey?

And speaking of Team USA figure skaters...Isabeau Levito chats with Olympics.com on her rise in the sport: "It doesn't feel like real life".
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Isabeau Levito (Melanie Heaney/U.S. Figure Skating)

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