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A Little Roundup 03.09.23

3/9/2023

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Olympic Sports Stars Are Making Headlines...

Tennis player Marta Kostyuk's dedicates her first-ever WTA Tour title to "all the people who are fighting and dying" in her home Ukraine.
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Marta Kostyuk (Daniel McEnrue/ATX Open)
Youth fencer Andrii Cherkashyn resorts to a public online fundraiser to support his training as a refugee from the war in his native Ukraine.

Olympics.com: How is fencer Ysaora Thibus 'giving a voice to women in sports'?

ATP tennis player Dennis Shapovalov has something to say about the 'gender gap' in tennis prize money.

Who were '10 young players who impressed' during the European qualifiers to this year's FIBA Basketball World Cup?

Team Spain basketball legend Paul Gasol gets a special retirement honor from the Los Angeles Lakers.

Should Team Fiji be concerned with any signs from the recent rugby sevens loss in Vancouver?

FIH interviews Team Chile's field hockey captain Camila Caram to talk her start in the sport, and more.

Swimming great Petria Thomas gets a special role for the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games.
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"I'm really happy with that swim". Summer McIntosh underscores her rivalry with Katie Ledecky.

Team New Zealand's Brianna Edwards offers a personal take on her soccer team's Pride participation.

Will Park Ji Won and Suzanne Schulting fulfill expectations as star attractions at this weekend's short track speed skating worlds?

Olympian Aleksandar Kukolj appears on the MMA Institute podcast to talk judo, a 'secret recipe', and more. (in Serbian)

Abdullah Mohd al Marri knows that now the 'real hard work begins' with Paris 2024 equestrian jumping qualification secured for Team United Aran Emirates.

Did Kunlavut Vitidsarn 'come of age' with a recent defeat of badminton's top-ranked player?

Get to know Team Finland's ice hockey star Nelli Laitinen in a wide-ranging IIHF interview.

Biathlon World has 'five burning questions' for Team Sweden's rising star Tilda Johansson.

Is Sabrina Maneca-Voinea a new hope for Team Romania gymnastics after recent World Cup success?

A 'killer mindset' allows Team Great Britain's iQFOiL sailing specialist Sam Sills to handle the pressure of a 'sudden death world'.

What will wrestler Iakub Shikhdzhamalov name his now-signature move that 'broke the internet'?
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Chloe Abbot isn't just an up-and-coming 400-meter runner, she's also a singer with The Voice talent.

Tenishia Thornton is a 'pioneer in Maltese history' with her world youth weightlifting championship win.

Double Olympian Marcus D'Almeida reaches a milestone ranking in archery for himself and Team Brazil.

Former competitive rower Lisa Farthofer breaks ten (!) world records on an 'adventure' in the Antarctic.

BMX star Sarah Walker is set to make an appearance as a guest driver at a rally car race later this month.

Team Poland's Maja Wloszczowska (mountain biking) and Natalia Niedzwiedz (BMX) share a hope that the European Games this summer in Poland helps drive popularity for their events.

Image chats with canoeist Jenny Egan on 'her story so far': sports memories, women in sports, and more.
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Jenny Egan (c/o Image/Jenny Egan)
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