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A Little Roundup 05.04.23

5/4/2023

 

A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In The News

Team Ukraine's Taras Khimich leads fellow modern pentathletes in criticizing the UIPM for allowing a return of Russians to competition.
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Multiple successes at the latest gymnastics world cup stop 'has brought (Team Ukraine's Illia Kovtun more than gold medals'.

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Retired Olympic gymnast Sergio Sasaki finds a new career with Cirque du Soleil.

Joel Rintala is the inaugural field hockey 'Hat Trick Hero' in a new FIH video series.

Paula Badosa talks tennis and role models in the latest Glamour Espana. (in Spanish)

Interview: 'Jannik Sinner is ready for tennis superstardom'.

Tennis great Serena Williams revealed some family news along with her Met Gala appearance.

Speaking of which...multiple other Olympic sports athletes joined Serena Williams on the Met Gala red carpet this year, including fellow tennis players Roger and Mirka Federer, Andy Roddick, and Matteo Berrettini, and baskteball players Russell Westbrook, Brittney Griner, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and Dwyane Wade. And freestyle skier Eileen Gu!

​Team Greece basketball star Giannis Antetokounmpo waxes 'philosophical about 'failure''.

Forbes' 'World's 10 Highest-Paid Athletes' list for 2023 is topped by soccer stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, and includes fellow Olympians LeBron James and Kevin Durant (Basketball) and tennis' Roger Federer.

Tokyo 2020 boxing medalist Harry Garside finds himself in some legal trouble upon return from 'reality'.

UWW​: 'Can anybody stop the American juggernaut' at the Pan-American Wrestling Championships this weekend?

Olympics: Do you think you know judo legend Teddy Riner?

College sophmore standout Mara Braun is a new possible addition to Team USA's 3x3 basketball national pool of players.

Stars Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wai earn entries into the 2023 Badminton World Federation Hall of Fame.

Essentially Sports: Jessica Springsteen continues to make a name for herself in equestrianism.

Nordic combined great Eric Frenzel 'makes a seamless transition from athlete to coach'.

Helm Stories: Want to find out the background to short track speed skater Itzhak de Laat's helmets?

Who are the athletes to watch at the opening stop in Zagreb of the international rowing season?

Meanwhile, rowing legend Steven Redgrave opens up on his 'debilitating' testosterone diagnosis.

World Aquatics looks back at swimmers Dezso, Eva (nee Szekeley), and Andrea Gyarmati, the only father, mother, and daughter in the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

BMX champion Twan van Gendt gets a key new role at the UCI World Cycling Center mentoring trainees.

Cold as Balls: Snowboarder Scotty James shows comedian Kevin Hart 'how to handle the ice'.

​Team Great Britain bobsledders Brad Hall, Arran Gulliver, Taylor Lawrence, and Greg Cackett, along with skeleton champion Matt Weston make a visit to Buckingham Palace for tea and cake.

Former bobsledder and luger Matthias Bohmer and World Cup winner Maria Luise Rainer get new critical luge roles in advance of Milano Cortina 2026.

World Athletics: Samuele Ceccarelli is now the latest surprise global track sprint champion for Team Italy.

R.I.P.: Team USA's Rio 2016 sprint star Tori Bowie passes away at age 32.

Middle-distance runner Kelly Holmes, figure skater Adam Rippon, and soccer star Megan Rapinoe are amongst 'seven LGBTQ+ athletes who came out & changed the game'.
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How did figure skaters Solene Mazingue and Marko Gaidajenko of Team Estonia bounce back from serious injury to Mazingue to appear at the recent World Championships.

"Playing in the Olympics is the dream of every player..." Team Kenya's Veronica Adhiambo has big national team goals after seeing success on the club level.
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