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A Little Roundup 03.14.24

3/14/2024

 

Olympic Sports Stars Making News...

Which Olympic sport athlete will win the 94th AAU James E. Sullivan award as the 'most oustanding athlete at the collegiate or Olympic level in the United States'?

Voting is NOW open for the 94th AAU Sullivan Award! You can cast your vote for □️

Caitlin Clark
David Taylor
Emery Lehman
Frederick Richard
Noah Jaffe
Madisen Skinner

□ https://t.co/yVx9EGUONI

Voting closes NEXT Tuesday, March 19th! pic.twitter.com/HWGWIDiHFu

— AAU Sports (@TheRealAAU) March 12, 2024
Alyson Annan, Savita, and Luciana Aymar are just some of the stars recognized by International Hockey Federation for International Women's Day.

'Ferocious, relentless, and unyieldling', basketball star Rudy Gobert has something to prove this year.

Team Turkey's volleyball star Eden Erdem gets honored with a statue in Istanbul.

Biathlon World has 'five burning questions' for Team Austria's Anna Gandler.

What 'advice for women in leadership' does Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry offer?

Archer Ane Marcelle dos Santos hopes to continue representing her community through another Olympics appearance.

Get 'face to face' with short track speed skater Park Ji Won with ISU.

Weightlifter Mattie Rogers' "soul-crushing injury" sees her Paris 2024 hopes die.

Meanwhile, Cook Islands' Luisa Peters recounts her start in weightlifting through two Olympics for IWF.

Congrats to gymnasts Nina Derwael, Valentina Georgieva, An Chang Ok, Charlize Moerz, and Ryu Sunghyun on their Paris 2024 qualification!

Are future women's beach volleyball stars from Qatar?

Mexico's Kenia Lechuga is World Rowing's 'rower of the month' for March 2024.

Team France's Laetitia Guapo has big hopes for the future of 3x3 basketball post-Paris 2024.

Lindsey Horan talks with FIFA​ about her hopes for Team USA soccer at this summer's Olympics.

"It feels amazing." Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo relishes a 'landmark' mass start cross-country skiing win.

More from FIS as freestyle skier Brittany Phelan has "big goals" following a first World Cup ski cross win.

Marten Luiten is a rising equestrian dressage star for Team Netherlands, starting in the sport working alongside his parents in the sport.

How does goalkeeper Andreas Wolff size up Team Germany's Paris 2024 qualification chances?

Who are some of the 'Olympic heroes' of women's sailing?

Petra Klingler is the next sports climber to be featured on IFSC Lounge live stream.

Badminton star Loh Kean Yew talks with Olympics.com on Cristiano Ronaldo, marriage, and more.

Call him 'mailman': Runner Josh Kerr delivers when it counts, and he's eyeing a big delivery in Paris.

What's on the mind of long sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke for the fast-approaching Olympics? Gold.

Rhasidat Adeleke: ‘Gold, I think everyone wants a gold medal’ https://t.co/qdNO85OXLO

— Irish Times Sport (@IrishTimesSport) March 7, 2024

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