Olympic Sports Athletes Making Headlines...Award Season Edition!
Swimming World: Swimmer Mykhailo "Misha" Romanchuk 'is using the pool to raise awareness' for what's happening in his Ukrainian homeland.
Misha Romanchuk (Giorgio Scala/deepbluemedia/Insidefoto)
Swimming great Ian Thorpe offers comment on FINA's transgender athlete policy.
Tokyo 2020 champion Sunisa Lee announces an intent to defend her gymnastics title at Paris 2024.
2022 world balance beam gymnastics champion Hazuki Watanabe finds it 'all a bit surprising'.
Australian basketball pro Isaac Humphries becomes one more, rare, publicly out LGBTQ current athlete.
Who will win the World Rugby Men's and Women's Players of the Year awards for 2022?
Olympic champion Joseph Choong and Michelle Gulyas headline the UIPM Awards as the modern pentathletes named 'Best Pentathletes' for 2022.
Champion judokas Teddy Riner and Clarisse Agbegnenou are both, 'at their own pace', ready to start working toward a home Paris 2024 Games.
Double Olympic trampoline champion Rosie MacLennan may not have decided yet on a Paris 2024 run, but 'her deep love for her sports abides, and always will'.
Tennis player Coco Gauff's 'star continues to rise' with the success of a signature shoe deal.
Teenage weightlifting sensation Karlos Nasar finds himself under a 'cloud of criminal charges' as the World Championships near.
Diving legend Greg Louganis has - possibly - put some of his Olympic medals up for auction.
Track cyclist Sophie Capewell shares the need for more talk on supporting athletes during periods.
Ice hockey star Abby Roque talks Native American heritage with Team USA.
U.K. golfer Olivia Mehaffey shares her mental health challenges with BBC.
How did Leslie Soltero block out the anxiety of a championship match in her home country? The taekwondo athlete had 'psychological/physiological' control.
Table tennis 'legend' Achanta Sharath Kamal headlines a list of 25 athletes - including several Olympic sports stars - honored at India's annual sports awards.
Speaking of Kamal, he and boxer Mary Kom headline the appointments of the first-ever Athletes Commission for India's Olympic Association.
Triple jumper Ana Peleteiro sees an improved version of herself in 2023 after a return from maternity break. (in Spanish)
Athens 2004 medalist long sprinter Ana Guevara now sports minister for Mexico, offers her support for a Mexican host for the 2036 Summer Games.
On Running: Champion distance runner Hellen Obiri runs a marathon.
Olympic runner Ben Blankenship spearheads "fostering sustainable environments and programming" within track & field.
Long hurdler Sydney McLaughlin and sprinter Noah Lyles are U.S. Track & Field's top athletes for 2022.
CNN: How is runner Nikki Hiltz making running more inclusive for LGBTQ people?
Middle-distance runner Peter Bol is Western Australia's 'Young Australian of the Year'.
Who are the men's and women's finalists for World Athletics' Athlete of the Year 2022 awards?
The Roommates Rant: Hear the latest from high jumper Brandon Starc and discus thrower Matt Denny.
Dressage star Charlotte Fry named FEI Best Athlete, as eventer Alice Casburn and show jumper Muthoni Kimani share the spotlight as well at equestrian's 2022 FEI Awards.
Tokyo 2020 champion Sunisa Lee announces an intent to defend her gymnastics title at Paris 2024.
2022 world balance beam gymnastics champion Hazuki Watanabe finds it 'all a bit surprising'.
Australian basketball pro Isaac Humphries becomes one more, rare, publicly out LGBTQ current athlete.
Who will win the World Rugby Men's and Women's Players of the Year awards for 2022?
Olympic champion Joseph Choong and Michelle Gulyas headline the UIPM Awards as the modern pentathletes named 'Best Pentathletes' for 2022.
Champion judokas Teddy Riner and Clarisse Agbegnenou are both, 'at their own pace', ready to start working toward a home Paris 2024 Games.
Double Olympic trampoline champion Rosie MacLennan may not have decided yet on a Paris 2024 run, but 'her deep love for her sports abides, and always will'.
Tennis player Coco Gauff's 'star continues to rise' with the success of a signature shoe deal.
Teenage weightlifting sensation Karlos Nasar finds himself under a 'cloud of criminal charges' as the World Championships near.
Diving legend Greg Louganis has - possibly - put some of his Olympic medals up for auction.
Track cyclist Sophie Capewell shares the need for more talk on supporting athletes during periods.
Ice hockey star Abby Roque talks Native American heritage with Team USA.
U.K. golfer Olivia Mehaffey shares her mental health challenges with BBC.
How did Leslie Soltero block out the anxiety of a championship match in her home country? The taekwondo athlete had 'psychological/physiological' control.
Table tennis 'legend' Achanta Sharath Kamal headlines a list of 25 athletes - including several Olympic sports stars - honored at India's annual sports awards.
Speaking of Kamal, he and boxer Mary Kom headline the appointments of the first-ever Athletes Commission for India's Olympic Association.
Triple jumper Ana Peleteiro sees an improved version of herself in 2023 after a return from maternity break. (in Spanish)
Athens 2004 medalist long sprinter Ana Guevara now sports minister for Mexico, offers her support for a Mexican host for the 2036 Summer Games.
On Running: Champion distance runner Hellen Obiri runs a marathon.
Olympic runner Ben Blankenship spearheads "fostering sustainable environments and programming" within track & field.
Long hurdler Sydney McLaughlin and sprinter Noah Lyles are U.S. Track & Field's top athletes for 2022.
CNN: How is runner Nikki Hiltz making running more inclusive for LGBTQ people?
Middle-distance runner Peter Bol is Western Australia's 'Young Australian of the Year'.
Who are the men's and women's finalists for World Athletics' Athlete of the Year 2022 awards?
The Roommates Rant: Hear the latest from high jumper Brandon Starc and discus thrower Matt Denny.
Dressage star Charlotte Fry named FEI Best Athlete, as eventer Alice Casburn and show jumper Muthoni Kimani share the spotlight as well at equestrian's 2022 FEI Awards.
Charlotte Fry (FEI)
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