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A Little Roundup 03.31.22

3/31/2022

 

Olympic Sport Athletes In The News This Week

Youth golfer Mykhailo "Misha" Golod endured a 54-hour journey to leave Ukraine and make it to the U.S.
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Mykhailo Golod (PGA TOUR)
German road cyclist Tony Martin puts his London 2012 road cycling medal on the line to support Ukraine's children.

Former super heavyweight boxer and Kviv mayor Vitali Klitschko tells it like it T.I.S.

Junior biathlete Anna Krivonos puts her marksmanship to other use...against the invasion of Ukraine...

...while fellow Ukrainian biathlete Bogdan Tsymbal finds new priorities after Beijing 2022.

Ukrainian-Turkish swimmer Viktoriya Gunes takes a social media stand against Russia.

High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh on her recent world championship: "I have (Ukrainians) the opportunity to smile a little bit".

World Rowing checks in on Ukrainian rowers, including Olympians Olena Buryak and Igor Khmara.

"If I couldn't handle being not being good at something, how could I consider myself a successful person?" Meet youth swimmer Gerald Hodges.

Alpine skier Dave Ryding marks '100 years of modern slalom' in Murren.

How did Team Canada manage to secure its first FIFA World Cup appearance since 1986?

'The most decorated U.S. biathlete' Susan Dunklee says goodbye.

As expected, Olympic stars dot Team Korea's archery team for the 2022 season.

Olympians Finn Lynch and Annalise Murphy headlines Irish Sailing's 2021 season awards.

Pole vaulter Ernest Obiena headlines a list of nine Filipino athletes awarded International Olympic Committee scholarships. Recipients also include weightlifter Elreen Ando, boxers Rogen Ladon and Aira Villegas, wrestler Allen Arcilla, golfer Rianne Malixi, fencer Samantha Catantan, BMX cyclist Patrick Coo, and skateboarder Jericho Francisco.

Long sprint gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross joins the cast of The real Housewives of Atlanta.

​After setting up shop across the country, star swimmer Katie Ledecky is ready to focus on Paris 2024.

Zoe Deltrap is a four-time gold medalist at the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, sweeping all of her short track speed skating events. (in Dutch)

Team USA's female basketball players reflect on the impact of Title IX legislation.

Multiple big disappointments have only served to fuel Sandra Ygueravide's rise to be the current top women's 3x3 basketball player.

It's not just bobsledding: More than 70 Canadian artistic and rhythmic gymnasts file a request for an investigation into long-time coaching abuse allegations.

Freeskier Mathilde Gremaud talks Beijing 2022 gold: "I just didn't think it too much".

The British Athletes Commission names its new 2022 ambassadors, including modern pentathlete Joe Choong, gymnast Kristian Thomas, judoka Nekoda Smythe-Davis, swimmer Alice Dearing, and field hockey player Alex Danson.

U.S. tennis great - and Athens 2004 Olympian - Andy Roddick schools the new kids on anger etiquette.

It's 'Danish delight' as both Niklas Landin and Sandra Toft win handball's highest player award honors.

Olympics.com: Tokyo 2020 beach volleyball medalist Taliqua Clancy reflects on her indigenous heritage while representing Australia.
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Talqua Clancy (Getty Images)

Athletes Worth Watching 03.30.22

3/30/2022

 

Names in Olympic Sports Worth Keep an Eye On

Georgios Kougiomtsidis has eyes on Paris 2024 after taking his first major international title at the U23 European Wrestling Championships.
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Georgios Kougiomtsidis (uww.org)
Jamaica has another rising sprint star in Briana Lyston, who is now the second-fastest Jamaican junior in the women's 200 meters.
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Briana Lyston (Ricardo Makyn)
'One of the most exciting snowboarding prospects Britain has ever produced", Mia Brookes eyes Milano Cortina 2026 after missing Beijing 2022.
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Mia Brookes (BBC Sport)
Vitaly Guimaraes has new confidence after recent success in his burgeoning senior gymnastics career.
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Vitaly Guimaraes

Let's Get Social 03.29.22

3/29/2022

 

Some of the Best Social Posts from Olympic Sport Athletes This Weekend

Daria Bilodid is a proud Ukrainian.
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Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk highlights a colorful Ukraine.
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Camille Balanche is ready for the new season.
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Aurelien Giraud has a chat, in style.
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Swiss champions Marco Odermatt and Roger Federer have a meet-up.
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A Little Roundup 03.28.22

3/28/2022

 

Olympic Sport Athletes In The News This Weekend

Need some inspiration from sports? Valentyna Vereteska won the Jerusalem Marathon after a harrowing ordeal escaping Ukraine with her daughter.
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Valentyna Vereteska (Mahmoud Illean/Associated Press)
Olena Kostevych wins a European shooting championship amidst her nation's war against the Russian invasion. "...it's madness. Shoot only for sport..."

Meanwhile, five-time Olympian Daina Gudzineviciute donates her Sydney 2000 shooting gold medal to "Stronger Together" in support of the Ukrainian sports community.

Tennis player Alexandr Dolgopolov on enlisting in the Ukrainian army: "You just live hour by hour and minute by minute".

Retiring Olympic tennis medalist Ashleigh Barty hopes to "contribute more in other ways" now with more time away from the court.

Meet the newest teenage tennis sensation on the WTA Tour, Czech Linda Fuhrvitova.

​Nagano 1998 gold medalist and tv commentator Tara Lipinski has thoughts on Beijing 2022's infamous women's figure skating competition.

At the World Figure Skating Championships, men's skater Vincent Zhou gets his 'happy ending' to a rough few months.

Team Ireland puts an official end to the 2020-22 Olympic cycles with an athlete awards gala.

Wrestler Bajrang Punia's battle with the Wrestling Federation of India is a window to larger tension between athletes and their governance.

The "era of Charlotte Kalla as an elite cross country skier" comes to an end.

Mountain biker Cory Wallace took advantage of Covid-19 travel restrictions to bike Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Four-time Olympic gold medalist Lisa Leslie shares the precarious position supporters of fellow basketball star Brittney Griner find themselves in with their (potential) voices.

Beach volleyball player Aleksandrs Samoilovs reflects on his (not over) career with Volleyball Mag.

Three-time Olympic medalist sailor Hannah Mills sees her SailGP experience as a global way to help discuss marine sustainability.

Team Great Britain's bobsled program is definitely on the upswing after Beijing 2022, according to brakeman Greg Cackett.

Quentin Fillon Maillet and Marte Olsbu Roeiseland star in biathlon's respective men's and women's season highlights.

Karrie Webb: Nice to hear a golf 'legend' talking passionately about Olympic inclusion.

​Speed skaters Joey Mantia, Brittany Bowe, and Erin Jackson get a 'Parade of Champions' in Florida.

Team USA: BMX riders Alise Willoughby and Hannah Roberts on how cycling has progressed for women.
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Who is the "next great showman of shot putting" Nick Ponzio? World Athletics takes a look.

Long jump great Brittney Reese talks under-appreciation and retirement (?) on The Citius Mag podcast.

Wondering about long-distance runner VIvian Cheruiyot? No, she hasn't retired yet, and has plans on Paris 2024, and beyond.

Look at a 'day in the life' of judoka Raz Hershko.

Olympic snowboarding legend Shaun White makes it to the Oscar Awards...with an important 'plus one'.

Irish rugby sevens Olympian Greg O'Shea shares Mothers' Day thoughts.

Singaporean badminton player Loh Kean Yew won a world championship, in part thanks to lessons learned from Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen.

Road cyclist Nicolas Roche takes a last look at his time on Ireland's Dancing with the Stars.

Eritrea's road cyclist Biniam Girmay has a historic victory for African sport with his sprint finish at the elite men's Gent-Wevelgem race this weekend.
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Biniam Grimay (Luca Bettini/SpintCyclingAgency 2022)

They Are The Champions: 2022 Figure Skating Worlds

3/27/2022

 

Who Are The 2022 World Champions in Figure Skating?

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The 2022 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Montpellier, France from March 21 - 27.

​Check out the men's, women's, pairs, and ice dance champions below.

​Congrats to all!

Shoma Uno won the men's title (AFP-JIJI)
Kaori Sakamoto is the women's champion (AFP-JIJI)
Alexa Knierim & Brandon Frazier won the Pairs title (Pascal Guyot/AFP via Getty Images))
Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron won the ice dance competition (Getty)
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