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A Little Roundup 12.21.23

12/21/2023

 

The Stars of Olympic Sports Are Making Headlines

Curler Eve Muirhead has the 'spirit of sport' for 2023. And acknowledged by long jump champion Greg Rutherford!

STORY | Eve Muirhead wins Britain’s National Lottery Spirit of Sport Award

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— World Curling (@worldcurling) December 13, 2023
Outsports names curler Bruce Mouat as its 'Male Athlete of the Year' for 2023...and Sha'Carri Richardson as its 'Female Athlete of the Year'.

World Athletics reflects on long-distance runner Ron Clarke'sfirst world record, career, and more.

More from World Athletics as track & field stars Faith Kipyegon, Armand Duplantis, Noah Lyles, and Kelvin Kiptum answer some quickfire questions for Inside Track.

Double Olympic javelin medalist Fatima Whitbread headlines the BBC's Sports Personality Awards along with soccer star Mary Earps.

Who are newer names Team USA may look to in order to restore it to former 'glories' in women's soccer?

What does biathlete Lovro Planko think of his first-ever top 10 finish in a World Cup race?

Road cyclist Amanda Spratt recaps her 2023 season - and a successful Tour de France - with SBS Sport.

Tadej Pogacar confirms an aggressive summer schedule for 2024 ahead of Paris 2024, with both the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France road cycling events on deck.

Congrats to Beijing 2008 sailing medalist Isabel Swan, new president of the Panam Sports Athletes Commission (while also training for a run at Paris 2024)!

Will a big end to this calendar year be a boon to freestyle skier Reece Howden's 2023-24 season hopes?

For former Olympic rower Pete Reed, advocating for wheelchair accessibility and awareness is personal.

Meanwhile, World Rowing looks back at the career of champion rower Peter-Michael Kolbe.

Who made it to FIBA's 'World Tour 2023 Team of the Season' in men's 3x3 basketball? Team USA's Jimmer Fredette and more...

Meanwhile, MVP Henny Reistad of Norway headlines the 2023 Women's World Championship All-Star honors for team handball.

What were 2023's 'top swimming races' according to World Aquatics?

"Two wonderful human beings" in Sarah Robles and Mary Theisen Lappen exemplify the tight and emotional race of Olympic qualification in weightlifting.

Sport climber Emma Hunt is looking forward to a landmark focus on speed at the next World Games.

Viktor Axelsen's in-tournament turnaround in form confirms his 'monumental legacy' in badminton.

Team Canada's golfers look to carry on 2023 momentum into next year's prime opportunities to represent the red-and-white.

​Who will win the IJF Judo Awards 2023? Online voting is open through January 31st...

Henrik von Eckermann, Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, and Oliver Townend headline 2023's final world rankings in equestrian's Olympic disciplines.

"It's breathtaking." Thiraphat Sata and Sunita Chaiyapantho are excited at the prospect of debuting Team Thailand in luge at the Youth Winter Olympic Games.

Champion figure skater Robin Cousins talks to The Guardian about his 'double life as a gay Olympian'.

London 2012 champion boxer Oleksandr Usyk gets some key advice from fellow Olympic great Evander Holyfield in preparation of a highlight bout next year. (in Ukrainian)

ICF looks at canoeist Saman Soltani's fraught path to the Refugee Team after leaving Iran.

Team USA's Cutter Gauthier looks to make amends for a World U18 Championship disappointment at next years World Juniors in ice hockey.

Iszmail Muszukajev, Bose Tosun, and Gabriel Rosillo are United World Wrestling's 2023 'breakout performers'.

Olympic champions Mary Lou Retton (gymnastics) and Dave Baumgartner (wrestling) are both honored for their contributions to the U.S. Olympic movement.

1984 Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton, multi-world and Olympic medals wrestler Bruce Baumgartner and Dale Neuburger, treasurer for World Aquatics, will be recognized by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Endowment.https://t.co/7pVjt7c0Ea

— SportsTravel (@SportsTravel) December 18, 2023

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