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A Little Roundup 03.14.22

3/14/2022

 

Recent Headlines Featuring Olympic Sport Athletes

"Usually when you lose a fight, there's another day." Wrestler Zhan Beleniuk contemplates his new role defending Ukraine from the Russian invasion.
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Zhan Beleniuk (Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters)
Inside the Games looks at the "experiences of life under the Russian invasion" for Ukrainian Olympians, including boxer Wladimir Klitschko and karateka Stanislav Horuna.

Ukrainian gymnast Illia Kovtun: "Good and justice will definitely win over evil and madness".

And, Al Jazeera checks in on Ukraine's gymnasts stuck in geopolitical limbo.

Alexander Volkov: The fight for Ukraine includes a Seoul 1988 basketball gold medalist.


Ukrainian tennis players persevere alongside Russians as the BNP Paribas Open gets underway.

More from The New York Times: Marathoner Mykola Nyzhnyk left training in Kenya to serve on the front lines in Ukraine.

After a fourth-place finish at Tokyo 2020, 800m runner Peter Bol is determined to 'go one better' at this year's World Championships.

Marathoner Brigid Kosgei has 'a dream' to help ensure girls have access to education back home.

Meanwhile, long-distance runner Joan Chelimo honors fallen Agnes Tirop with 'Tirop's Angels'.


Olympic champion hurdler Karsten Warholm gets a cover story in L'Equipe. (In French, paywall)

Sprinter Mujinga Kambundji and sprint hurdler sister Ditaji take a different approach to sibling rivalry.

Would-be Tokyo 2020 tennis player Coco Gauff is a voice of reason for her home state of Florida.

Irishwoman Kellie Harrington reflects on how her Tokyo 2020 Olympic boxing success has changed others' reactions to her.

The 'Kohei Uchimura Final' closes a career for perhaps the best-ever men's gymnast.

Tennis champion Naomi Osaka relates to fellow champion Serena Williams' travails at Indian Wells.

Rhys McClenaghan on YouTube: "How I Became a Gymnast".

Clare Egan, Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, Sebastian Samuelsson, and Johannes Kuehn are biathlon's new Athletes' Committee members for 2022 - 2026.

Rugby sevens star Gayle Broughton announces a surprise retirement at only age 25.

Will freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy partner with diver Tom Daley on fighting homophobia?

Tokyo 2020 golf champion Nelly Korda sidelined with blood clot.

Double Olympic medal-winning freestyle skier Mathilde Gremaud recounts her emotional Beijing 2022 experience: "I started crying and it didn't stop for half an hour".

Olympics.com: Beijing 2022 ice hockey breakout star Juraj Slafkovsky has NHL dreams and inspirations.

Can Tokyo 2020 table tennis medalist Doo Hoi-Kem lead Hong Kong to World University Games success?

Ysaora Thibus and Race Imboden are a fencing power couple, and are "as photogenic and cool as they are passionate and committed". (in French)

After a resurgence in confidence after an eighth-place finish at Beijing 2022, figure skater Loena Hendrickx is looking to perform as "well as possible" at the upcoming Worlds.
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Loena Hendrickx (Getty Images)

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