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A Little Roundup 12.13.21

12/13/2021

 
With two Olympic golds from Tokyo 2020 and only 19-years-old, the future is bright for dynamic long sprinter and middle-distance racer Athing Mu.
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Athing Mu (WorldAthletics.org)
More World Athletics: Long jumper Ivana Vuleta (nee Spanovic) is ready to make sure her new name is on podiums, too.

Steeplechaser Genevieve Gregson recalls her injury-plagued Tokyo 2020 appearance in AthletesVoice.

Former Olympians Yiech Pur Biel (running) and Daniela Bartekova (shooting) set to (re)join the IOC.

Track star Allyson Felix is interviewed by fencer Ysaora Thibus for Cero Magazine.

Veteran Team USA track cyclist Christina Birch has a new gig - astronaut-in-training with NASA.

Veteran snowboarder Nick Baumgartner is still going strong at age 40: "I'm having so much fun so far this season."

Federcia Brignone is now the winningest female Italian Alpine skier in World Cup history.

"It's amazing, a big surprise": Marcos Moneta is the Rugby Men's Sevens Player of the Year. Fellow Olympic medalist Anne-Cecile Ciofani is the women's.

Road cyclist Mark Cavendish experiences a harrowing home invasion with his family.

Team Australia scores a historic Olympic curling qualification for Beijing 2022.

Time's 'Athlete of the Year': Another day, another honor for star gymnast Simone Biles.

Meanwhile, Team Canada gymnast William Enard had his own bout of anxiety to face ahead of the recent World Championships.

Swimmer Caeleb Dressel and gymnast Sunisa Lee earn Sports Illustrated's 'Athlete of the Year' honors.

Australian swimmer Maddie Groves levels deeper abuse accusations behind her withdrawal in her sport.

"Embarrassed and ashamed": Rio 2016 golfer Thorbjorn Olesen cleared of charges after a tumultuous flight in 2019.

Tokyo 2020 basketball gold medalist Jayson Tatum talks Olympics, Boston Celtics, and more on the Knuckleheads podcast.

Pyeongchang 2018 skeleton bronze medalist Laura Deas aims for more, despite the season's rough start.

London 2012 tennis Olympian Bernard Tomic may be down in the rankings, but he's not out yet.

And, Sydney 2000 tennis medalist Monica Seles recalls her first encounter with future greats Venus and Serena Williams sisters.

Roman Vlasov has found new fire in his search for a third Olympic wrestling title at Paris 2024.

Roisin Upton is a field hockey player for Team Ireland to watch as the team looks to improve upon 2021's breakthrough year in next year's World Cup.

Can Team France become a power in short track speed skating...through its relay teams?

​"Weightlessness and freedom" are what keeps ski jumper Markus Eisenbichler coming back for more.

Australian soccer star Samantha Kerr: "Sam being Sam" confronting a pitch invader makes the social media rounds.

Women's ice hockey stars Hilary Knight, Marie-Philip Poulin, and Jenni Hiirikoski, among others, set to appear in landmark NHL 22 video game.

Tatler Asia names a handful of Filipino Olympians to its list of 'Most Influential People' for 2021, including weightlifter Hidlyn Diaz, gymnast Carlos Yulo, golfers Miguel Tabuena and Yuka Saso, and boxers Nesthy Petecio, Carlos Paalam, and Eumir Mucial.

After Tokyo 2020 gold, 'the goddess of weightlifting', Kuo Hsing-chun completes a strong year with a Vogue cover and another world title.

"Sometimes the sport retires you." Arthur Lanigan-O'Keefe reflects on his retirement from modern pentathlon with the Irish Examiner.
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Arthur Lanigan-O'Keefe (Brendan Moran, Irish Examiner)

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