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A Little Roundup 12.01.22

12/1/2022

 

Olympic Sports Athletes Are In The News...

Fleeing the war in Ukraine with his family to Canada, 16-year-old Sasha Kaplin thrives in judo.
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Sasha Kaplin (r) (Paul Hollingsworth/CTV)
Beach volleyball player Chris McHugh shares his sports journey with schoolchildren in Torquay,

More Australian Olympic Committee: surfer Stephanie Gilmore is the 2022 New South Wales 'Athlete of the Year', for the third time.

The British Olympic Association's Athletes' Commission is complete with the confirmations of Abigail Irozuru (track & field), Lloyd Wallace (freestyle skiing), Non Stanford (triathlon), Alex Danson-Bennett and Georgie Twigg (field hockey), and Kristian Thomas (gymnastics) to the next term.

USA TODAY: Who are the youngest-ever Olympians?

​And who is the 3x3 basketball MVP from the 2022 World Tour?

Alpine skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle aims to have fun while competitive, and to inspire a new generation.

'Emerging star' Teun Boer begins a diary with ISU for the current short track speed skating season.

London 2012 fencer Laurence Halsted offers his Opening Ceremony kit up for auction, supporting The True Athlete Project.

Olympic kayakers Eric and Rebecca Gidens take their homegrown brewery to the people.

Neither pre-final favorites Alex Yee nor Hayden Wilde made it to the top podium spot at triathlon' season-ending championship,but they have 'no regrets'.

A new documentary looks at the 'fairytale' romance of BMX racers Sam and Alise Willoughby, and its unique challenges.

Olympic sports stars Joel Embiid, Arike Ogunbowale, Sabrina Ionescu, and Haleigh Washington (basketball), Scottie Scheffler (golf), Sydney McLaughlin and Noah Lyles (track & field), Conor McDavid and Sarah Nurse (ice hockey), Midge Purce (soccer), and Alex Hall (freestyle skiing) are included in Forbes'  '30 under 30' list in sports for 2022.

Olympic freestyle skier Antti Ollila presents new short film "Dusk" showcasing favorite tricks and features.

What's Radomir Sliz's 'agenda for future success' after a first recent Challenge Cup gymnastics medal?

Tokyo 2020 basketball player Kayla Alexander reflects on a hectic 2022 with the CBC.

Reports paint a dire environment that jailed basketball star Brittney Griner might be facing in Russia.

Track cyclist Matthew Richardson, swimmer Alex Saffy, and rower Jacqui Swick headline the Western Australia Institute of Sport end-of-year awards.

Is Summer Mcintosh a serious contender to challenge swimming great Katie Ledecky in the 400m free?

1990s Team Australia swimming star Lisa Curry reveals a struggle with Atrial fibrillation, and more.

Olympics.com: Young rhythmic gymnastics star Sofia Raffaeli is "like a volcano ready to erupt".

How has triple jumper Naomi Metzger used her 'artistic talents' to further her track & field success?

'A lifetime of sporting activity' may the secret to marathoner Nienke Brinkman's 'sudden' rise to success.

Before the team made it all the way to gold, World Curling profiled Team Denmark's 'fun girls of curling' as they made their way through the European Championship.
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Team Denmark curling (Celine Stucki/WCF)

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