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A Little Roundup 05.02.22

5/2/2022

 

Olympic Sport Athletes in the Headlines

Ukrainian karate star Stanislav Horuna may get to keep his auctioned Olympic medal, after all.
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Stanislav Horuna (Ukrainian Karate Federation)
Azerbaijani London 2012 Olympian Nataliya Mustafayeva remains in Ukraine to assist her junior charges despite the on-going war by Russia.

​Ukrainian BMX, mountain biking, and track cyclists training in Switzerland recently received a special visit from Thomas Bach and other Olympic officials.

Ukrainian tennis player Maria Kostyuk has thoughts about excluding Russians and Belarusian from play.

Tennis legend - and Barcelona 1992 medalist - Boris Becker receives a prison sentence for debt evasion.

Diver Liam Stone opens up to Team NZ about his 'dedication through adversity' as he looks to make another national team.

'Cowbells and cheers'...Claire Cuzan might have had the largest support team at Team USA's swimming trials last week.

Meanwhile, Kristof Milak confirmed his headline star status at Hungary's swimming championships, despite illness hampering his lead-up.

Freestyle skier Jakara Anthony is the 'Athlete of the Year' at the 2022 Snow Australia Awards.

Cross-country skiing star Jessie Diggins leads an athlete charge at Capitol Hill to discuss climate change.

IBA presents "interesting facts" about Chinese Taipei boxer Lin Yu-ting ahead of the Women's World Championships.

Can Loena Hendrickx teach a couple of YouTubers to figure skate in two hours?

Olympic medalists Janja Garnret and MIho Nonaka headline "The Wall: Climb for Gold" as the documentary follows four sport climbers striving for Tokyo 2020. (check local streaming listings)

Consider Taishu Sato as clearly against modern pentathlon's pending equestrian portion elimination.

Taekwondo youth athletes Daniela Espinoza and Mauricio Ramirez eye Paris 2024 after their Rosario 2022 medal success. (in Spanish)

"Why I love table tennis", by 'popular players'...

Will her fourth-place Tokyo 2020 finish be a 'good thing' for middle-distance runner Jemma Rekkie as she looks ahead to the 2022 season?

Double Olympic softball medalist Tracey Freeman is certainly an advocate for the sport returning to the Games for Brisbane 2032.

Olympics.com: Badminton champion Viktor Axelsen talks family, unlocking his 'full potential', and more.

More badminton: Carolina Marin confirms her return from injury with a sixth European championship.

Between double Tokyo 2020 gold and impending motherhood, judoka Clarisse Agebegnenou hasn't given herself much down time.

Star Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin opens up on the memories of her father for The Players' Tribune.

Go in-depth on London 2012 boxing champion Katie Taylor, from ahead of her landmark bout at Madison Square Garden. (p.s. she won.)

More boxing: Team Great Britain's Lauren Price and Karriss Artingstall forge a new template for training while turning professional.

Olympic stars Sidney Crosby, Patrick Kane, and Marie-Philip Poulin headline the NHL players' annual poll of the best ice hockey players.
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Equestrian dressage rider Edward Gal "steps back" from competition.
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Edward Gal (Peter Nixon)

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