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A Little Roundup 06.30.22

6/30/2022

 

Olympic Sports Athletes Making Headlines This Week

Pole vault legend and current head of Ukraine's Olympic committee Sergey Bubka thanks the 'Olympic solidarity' that is supporting his countrymen during the current war.
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Sergey Bubka (Getty)
How 'neutral' are Russian judokas that also hold military titles? Ukraine - and all of us - want to know...

Skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych reminds us what's happening behind the power of a sports camp.

Women's tennis #1 Iga Swiatek announces a charity event supporting Ukrainian victims of Russian war.

More Swiatek as she matches Monica Seles' 1990 win streak of 36 straight matches. Will she set the record later in the tournament?

More early news from Wimbledon: Novak Djokovic is the first tennis player to win at least 80 matches in each of the four Grand Slam tournaments.

And Sports Illustrated's Jon Wertheim reflects on tennis great Serena William's career.

Speaking of...just who is Harmony Tran, who 'spoiled' Williams' Wimbledon return in the first round.

Following not advancing to the national team, sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson has an ask of media: respect.

Retired sprinter Anyika Onoura reveals stark personal demons in memoir, "My Hidden Race".

Thought hurdler Devon Allen wasn't his sharpest at the U.S. Championships? He was grieving a loss.

How was your commute to work? Long hurdler Wilfried Happio assaulted in warmup yet managed to win his French title 20 minutes later.

Can hurdler Alastair Chalmers win an elusive Commonwealth Games medal for Guernsey this year?

Judoka Nikoloz Sherazadashvili talks Tokyo 2020 disappointment and his subsequent weight category switch with Olympics.com. (in Spanish)

More Olympics.com.es: Skateboarder Angelo Caro, fifth in Tokyo 2020, eyes the opportunity to showcase Latin America in Paris.

Is there a 'new and improved Luka Doncic playing for Team Slovenia basketball this summer?

Basketball star Brittney Griner finally has a court date set in her Russian legal case.

​Is double Olympic golf medalist Lydia Ko about to announce an engagement?

The Hockey Hall of Fame class for 2022 includes Olympic medalists Henrik & Daniel Sedin, Daniel Alfredsson, Robert Luongo, and Riikka Sallinen.

Financial consultants KPMG hosted gymnast Dominique Dawes and beach volleyball-er Kerri Walsh-Jennings to discuss 'what makes a champion?'.

Rhys McClenaghan and fellow Northern Irish gymnasts cleared to compete at the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

Irish Olympic boxing champion Katie Taylor gets an ESPY nomination. But she's not the only Olympian on the list of nominations...

Diver Tom Daley weighs in on FINA's recent ban announcement on transgender female athletes.

"I'm super proud of what I did"...Team Canada diver Caeli McKay works her way back from injury.

​The World Curling Hall of Fame makes its 2022 inductee announcement.

Speed skater Bart Swings headlines a large roster of Tokyo 2020 Olympians headed to the World Games.

Almost in all the words detailing Luxembourg's National Day festivities is the announcement that table tennis players Ni Kia Lian and Sarah de Nutte are awarded the 'Order of the Oak Crown' for their world championship success last year. Congrats!

More awards: Alpine skier Ryan Cochrane-Siegle and cross-country star Jessie Diggins given the Beck International Award as U.S. Ski & Snowboard Athletes of the Year.

Are there any 'top swimming stories' from the World Aquatics Championships you missed?

Refugee swimmer Yusra Mardini is, well, no longer a refugee. Is swimming for Team Germany next?

Seven-time Olympic swimming medalist Emily Seebohm makes another reality TV appearance with Australia's Ninja Warrior.

"Just be you." Team Great Britain Olympic swimmer Dan Jervis comes out as LGBT.

Olympic bronze medalists Matthew Soukup and Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes join forces with a Canadian ski jumping legend to help 'revive his sport among his First Nation'.
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(l-r) Mackenzie Boyd-Clowes, Steve Collins, and Matthew Soukup (David Jackson/COC)

Athletes Worth Watching 06.29.22

6/29/2022

 

Athletes Making a Name for Themselves in Track & Field

Is sprinter and gospel singer Jeremiah Azu the 'next big star of British athletics'?
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Jeremiah Azu (Mark Lewis)
Meanwhile, is Charlie Dobson a future British 400 meter record-holder?
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Charlie Dobson (c) (Getty Images)
Janee' Kassanaovid's sixth-best-ever hammer throw makes hers a name to write down and remember.
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Janee' Kassanavoid (Getty Images)
Oblique Seville's 'massive' 9.86 seconds for 100 meters puts him in exclusive sprint company.
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Oblique Seville

Let's Get Social 06.28.22

6/28/2022

 

Olympic Sport Athletes Are Busy on Social Media...

Daria Bilodid stands tall.
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Dominic Thiem shares a view.
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Jason Brown found a tree.
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Jordyn Barratt went trekking.
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A Little Roundup 06.27.22

6/27/2022

 

A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In The News

"I'm so proud of all the people in Ukraine....I'm proud of the people, of the government, the president." Swimmer Mykhailo Romanchuk has thoughts on home during the World Aquatics Championships.
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Mykhailo Romanchuk (Petr David Josek/AP)
Ukrainian Olena Buryak and Polish Agnieszka pair up to promote World Rowing's fundraising efforts for Ukraine's rowing community.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic tennis player Hubert Hurkacz commits to visible financial support for Ukraine during his upcoming run at Wimbledon.

Los Angeles 1984 swimming hero-turned-star commentator Rowdy Gaines receives the 2022 Rings of Gold Award from the USOPC for his work developing the sport.

Tokyo 2020 champion swimmer Maggie Mac Neil talks with The Olympic Channel on her 2022 and 2024 goals, and life after sport.

Mollie O'Callaghan: Who is Team Australia's newest swimming world champion?

Katie Ledecky's status as the best current women's swimmer is even more solid after her multiple-record-breaking success at the World Championships.

U.S. swimming star Caeleb Dressel's 'mystery' health affliction still a mystery...
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Team India's boxers are 'ready to shine' at the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

'Old man' canoe slalomist Alexander Slafkovsky shows he still has some competitive fire in him with an emotional world cup win.

Team Canada ice hockey star Jamie Lee Rattray talks her Olympic career, living a publicly out life as LGBT, and more with Olympic.ca.

Is now the time to 'relax and have fun' for French taekwondo star Magda Wiet Henin?

Can a switch to Team Austria be the catalyst for Olympic qualification for gymnast Carina Kroll?

Tour de Suisse winner Geraint Thomas may have 'nothing to prove' in the Tour de France this year, but is still 'hungry" for a good showing.

Is powerhouse Japan facing a future generation crisis in judo?
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Zhao Yunlei and Liliyana Natsir are the latest inductees to the Badminton Hall of Fame.

Double Olympic medal-winning triathlete Nicola Spirig is on the cusp of retirement from the 'intense emotions' of her career.

Alpine skiing champion Lindsey Vonn urges fellow athletes to 'keep the Olympic spirit alive' by "using your world, your platform, for good".

Peter Caruth becomes just the second Irish Olympian to be publicly out as LGBT, and the first international field hockey player.

Skeleton athlete Lizzy Yarnold highlights a roster of Olympic sports stars celebrating 'National School Sport Week' in Great Britain.
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"I think any time women's rights get taken away, it's a sad day." Sprinter Allyson Felix has thoughts.

"It's almost like he's a pogo stick." The New York Times features sprinter Erriyon Knighton.

Coastal Carolina University student Melissa Jefferson is 'ready to face Jamaica's dynamic duo' of sprinting after winning a surprise U.S. 100 meter title.

800-meter runner Marco Arop's race tactics have adjusted with success after he has learned from Tokyo 2020 disappointment.

"Shot Put Diva" Michelle Carter talks about her impending retirement after her final U.S. outdoor championship this weekend.

Beijing 2008 tennis gold medalist Stanislaw Wawrinka reflects on the injuries derailing his career of late in The Players' Tribune.

Tennis ace Coco Gauff has extra motivation for a good Wimbledon run this summer.

Soccer champion Megan Rapinoe becomes a stirring, leading voice in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's actions against abortion precedent.

Did fellow Olympic and Team USA soccer star Tobin Heath come out as LGBTQ+?

Olympian-turned coach Andrea Fuentes gives a dramatic rescue of Anita Alvarez during the artistic swimming world championships.
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16-year-old Luo Zhilu's rapid rise in sport climbing mirrors the rise in the sport's popularity in China.
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Luo Zhilu (Lena Drapella/IFSC)

They Are The Champions: 2022 Triathlon Sprint & Relay Worlds

6/26/2022

 

Who won the 2022 World Triathlon Sprint & Relay Championships?

The 2022 World Triathlon Sprint & Relay World Championships crowned its champions this weekend in Montreal, Canada this weekend. Full results, including for junior and age group categories, can be found at triathlon.org.

​Check out the elite winners in the gallery below. Congrats to all!

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Alex Yee is the men's Sprint champion

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