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A Little Roundup 08.21.23

8/21/2023

 

Olympic Sports Stars In The News

"I repeat, athletes are responsible..." Team Ukraine Anastasia Merkushina has strong opinions on the idea of the 'neutrality' of Russian athletes.
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Anastasia Merkushina (c/o Sport24)
Ukrainian javelin thrower Arthur Felfner has high hopes to make the final at this week's World Championships: "To get to the final, I will be very satisfied and happy".

Olympic champion Sebastian Coe gets a third term as World Athletics president. Is Barcelona 1992 medalist Ximena Restrepo a candidate for next-in-line?

Katie Snowden is enjoying her 'mountainous rise to the top' of British middle-distance running.

Will 'improved fitness' push Team Canada runner Moh Ahmed back to a global podium?

New York Times: Runner Nikki Hiltz carries a community's representation with her to 'the top of track'.

Toronto Star: 'The pursuit of perfection' is what drives decathletes Damian Warner and Pierce LePage.

More Canada as the men's 4x100 track squad is 'locked on target' for a championship repeat.

​Team Great Britain sprinter Adam Gemili 'turned to food' after a run of poor form.

Helsinki 1983 champion Steve Cram looks back with Athletics Weekly​ on his landmark title.

Brandie Wilkerson talks 'big wins, learning from losses, and making a positive impact' in beach volleyball.

Captain Gilly Okumu has high hopes for Team Kenya's chances at women's field hockey qualification for Paris 2024.

Meanwhile, the 'outsanding' awards from the 2023 field hockey Asian Champions Trophy are awarded.

Boxer Harry Garside goes broad and gets deep on his career and more in the latest Let's Talk episode.

Alyce Woods' 'win well' journey has her seeing success as a kayaker, and as a person.

Team USA looks at how Michelle Sechser and Mary Jones Nabel became a powerhouse rowing pair.

Triathlete Vasco Vilaca admits to the current supremacy of rival Alex Yee.

Team Australia swimmer Shayna Jack admits she'll be keeping secrets on the lead up to Paris 2024.

Jason Lezak is SwimSwam's 'most clutch' swimming relay performer over the last two decades.

A month after his team debut, soccer superstar Lionel Messi is still 'flying high' with Inter Miami.

Retired FIFA Women's World Cup star Carli Lloyd reflects on that stellar hat trick moment in 2011.

Ona Battle's 'intelligence, dynamism, and class' helped power Team Spain to the top of the soccer world.

Interested in owning fencing champion Olga Kharlan's unique 'Barbie' replica?

Reuters: 'American breakers are ready for Paris 2024 spotlight'.

More specifically, ESPN goes 'inside' Team USA B-girl Sunny Choi's Paris 2024 ambitions.

Who does Olympics think are 'athletes to watch' at the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup?

How did a Tokyo 2020 'snub' push Team Australia's Josh Giddey to success with Boomers basketball?

Is basketball star James Harden headed to China after the NBA?

Rising youth road cyclist Miles Liebenberg has the advantage of a father who's been close to the action.

Star road cyclist Remco Evenepoel confirms honoring his pro team contract...but has future conditions.

FIVB: Aime Topete 'represents the future of Mexican volleyball'.

USA TODAY asks what's next for gymnastics champion Simone Biles after her 'dominant return'.

Gymnast Elisabeth Seitz has 'refreshed personal clout' in Team Germany's squad as the Worlds approach.

Team Germany tennis player Andrea Petkovic's latest podcast appearance was 'one for the ages'.

Tennis player Holger Rune's thirst trap - er, workout video - draws some attention in tennis circles.

Even more tennis...Vanity Fair​ takes a look at the 'never been hotter' state of Team USA tennis.

And...Haute Living gets into the tennis coverage act with a feature on American Taylor Fritz, for whom 'the sky is the limit'.

Tennis great and Sydney 2000 Olympian Pat Rafter talks with Stuff​ on what life has been like post-tennis.

CNN: 'Superhuman' runner Faith Kipyegon hopes to 'inspire women across the globe'.

Weightlifter Wes Kitts talks to NBC about his career, family support, and 'hometown' sport culture.

Sailors Malte and Anastasiya Winkel: 'A marriage forged in the fire of 470 competition'.
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Anastasiya and Malte Winkel (World Sailing)

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