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A Little Roundup 08.25.22

8/25/2022

 

Which Olympic Sports Athletes Have Been In The Recent News?

Marta Kostyuk remains vocal about the fraught situation on the WTA Tour regarding Ukrainian support and fellow tennis players from 'aggressor nations'.
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Marta Kostyuk
Update: Belarusian Victoria Azarenka out of the U.S. Open's charity tennis event.

A good week for tennis player Coco Gauff: Want to see a day in her life? Or maybe just read how she is 'ready for greatness'?

Ambition and retirement: Tennis icon Serena Williams is the first guest on Meghan Markle's Archetypes podcast.

Curious for more details about rugby sevens Olympian and tabloid star Greg O'Shea's time on Love Island U.K.?

With Tim and Jonelle Price, Team New Zealand is feeling 'confident' ahead of the equestrian eventing world championships coming soon.

Tina Rahim is not only the first Australian boxer competing in a hijab, she's also 'not nice in the ring'.

Rab Wardell won the Scottish national mountain biking championship...two days later, he passed away.

More BBC: Evie Richards reflects on her mountain biking journey as she readies to defend her world title.

From Rome 2021 to Rome 2022, a scientific analysis of David Popovici's 100 meter freestyle world record, courtesy Swimming World.

It's sure a summer of change for swimming star Simone Manuel.

It took a while for Greco-Roman wrestler Deni Nakaev to process his recent and historic U20 World Championship medal.

Olympians Olaf Tufte and Maike Diekmann help promote World Rowing in Zambia through a joint project with the World Wide und for Nature.

Olympic karate medalist Damian Quintero talks 'Dragon Ball' and Goku inspiration, and more, with Men's Health Spain. (in Spanish)

Jailed basketball star Brittney Griner gets possible...um, help?...from an unexpected source.

Basketball star Luka Doncic gets a Slam feature story, along with his 'Luka 1' brand of sneakers.

Team Canada's Sarah Nurse and Team USA's Trevor Zegras are EA Sports NHL's cover athletes for the new season. p.s. Nurse is the first woman so honored...

Meanwhile, can Marie-Philip Poulin and Team Canada win a third-straight ice hockey global championship?

Olympians Meghan Duggan (ice hockey) and Elana Meyers Taylor (bobsled) help lead the Women's Sports Foundation on a mission to Capitol Hill.

Olympic bobsled medalist Alexandra Burghardt scores track sprint success again with a relay gold at the European Championships.

Former Team Great Britain decathlete Ben Gregory 'fighting for his life' after a roadside accident.

London 2012 javelin champ Thomas Roehler...budding sports photographer?

Lightning Bolt: I'm actually surprised track sprint legend Usain Bolt didn't try this trademark earlier.

World 400 meter hurdles champion Alison dos Santos is happy to be 'opening doors' back home with his global success.

40-year-old Alpine skier Akira Sasaki hasn't had a World Cup race in eight years, but he has Milano Cortina 2026 in his sights.

Team Denmark soccer star Nadia Nadim senses an 'uncertain future' for her native Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, Team Great Britain's Ellen White looks back on London 2012 and its spark for her soccer career and the sport in England.

'Perseverance at its finest'...Lino Munoz sets a determined example to participate at the World Badminton Championships.

Golf superstar and Tokyo 2020 Olympian Rory McIlroy joins a team to launch 'tech-based' TMRW Sports.

Margot van Geffen shares her thoughts on Team Netherlands' recent field hockey World Cup win.

Will triathlete Alistair Brownlee's impressive form this past weekend bode well for the Ironman World Championship later this year? 

Team Bahrain's inclusion of Gor Minasyan and Lesman Paredes on their upcoming Asian Weightlifting Championships team probably a harbinger of more similar nationality changes in the sport.

So...are you curious about Olympic all-around gymnastics champion Sunisa Lee's earnings?

Brody Malone is the new male standard-bearer for Team USA gymnastics, and he's still getting used to the attention.

'Fully transformed' Konnor McClain's national gymnastics title can be attributed to a newly-found sense of confidence.
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Konnor McClain (Mike Carlson/AP)

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