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A Little Roundup 08.14.23

8/14/2023

 

Recent News Features on Olympic Sports Athletes

Team Ukraine star swimmer Mykhailo Romanchuk sees this season as the "most difficult year" in his career. (in Ukrainian)
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Mykhailo Romanchuk (AP)
GQ South Africa: Champion swimmer Chad le los was 'destined to have a story to tell'.

"I am NOT RETIRING!!" Team Australia swimming great Kyle Chalmers does some explaining.

​Team Japan's 'Nadeshiko' women's football team is 'back on the global map' with their performance at the FIFA Women's World Cup.

Grieving over loss was just part of Katrina Gorry's impactful evening in Team Australia's FIFA World Cup quarterfinal win.

And that quarterfinal win? Team Australia's 'Matildas' keep on breaking audience records...

Olympic road racer David Millar gets some heat for his 4x4 love.

"I don't have to choose, do I?" Mountain bike world champion Tom Pidcock sees a future on the road still.

Is Team USA's 'Olympic dynasty' in danger in women's water polo?

Mathis Henno leads a strong French presence on the World U19 Men's Volleyball Championship 'dream team'.

Runner Tim Cheruiyot still has some championship title goals: "If you ask for number one, you will be given number one".

BBC: Get to know Megan Keith, a former orienteering athlete now headed to the World Athletics Championships as a long-distance runner.

Team USA sprinter Noah Lyles practices some manifestation.

Suddeutsche Zietung looks at 'the woes' currently facing javelin thrower Johannes Vetter, still returning from injury that has derailed his elite form. (in German)

Meanwhile, has fellow German javelin thrower Julian Weber figured out the right mental approach to secure a senior global podium place finally?

And more javelin! How did Tokyo 2020 champion Neeraj Chopra help 'lift' all of Indian sport?

Pole vaulter Armand Duplantis, hurdler Femke Bol, and runners Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Keely Hodgkinson are four top European athletes to watch at the World Athletics Championships.

Running great-turned-sports administrator Paul Tergat sees lots of potential in Kenya's rugby sevens future on the women's side.
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The Off the Podium podcast has an 'amazing' interview with Olympic triathlete Simon Whitfield.

Also...Solveig Livseth and Lotte Miller are proving that the 'Norwegian method' in triathlon can produce success on the women's side too.

Can tennis legend Venus Williams help others manage through dreaded 'tennis elbow'?

Belgian tennis player Greet Minnen shares the dark side of being a publicly LGBT-out athlete on tour.

Gymnast Andrew Steele adds an all-around element to a surging Irish team at the upcoming worlds.

Whoa...London 2012 boxer Felipe Verdejo-Sanchez is convicted in double murder charges.

Is London 2012 champion Anthony Joshua 'carrying the heavyweight division' in boxing these days?

Team USA B-girl Sunny Choi talks breaking on the latest Keep the Flame Alive podcast.

Olympics: Surfer Griffin Colapinto talks reaching the number one ranking, golf, siblings, and more.

Meanwhile, fellow surfer Ethan Ewing gives fans an update on his 'devastating' injury in Tahiti.

That Liz Cambage incident that caused her stepping down from Team Australia's basketball squad ahead of Tokyo 2020 just won't go away quietly...

Olympic champion basketball-er James Harden makes a striking return visit to China.

Team USA's Montreal 1976 women's basketball team is enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame alongside Dwyane Wade, Tony Parker, Pau Gasol, and others.

Arionas Kolitsopoulos is the first Greek wrestler to finally win a world U17 title, in any class.
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Arionas Kolitsopulos (UWW)

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