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Athletes Worth Watching 08.31.22

8/31/2022

 

Olympic Sports Athletes To Keep An Eye On

Swimmer Toto Wong Kwan-to has ambitions to follow in Hong Kong sporting greats, after a double award win recently.
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Toto Wong Kwan-to (Shirley Chui)
Athletics Weekly: Hammer thrower Tara Simpson-Sullivan "aspires to inspire'.
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Tara Simpson-Sullivan (Getty)

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Let's Get Social 08.30.22

8/30/2022

 

The Social Media Life Of Olympic Sports Athletes
(with three tennis Olympians in a row!)

Loic Meillard enjoys the last bit of summer.
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Peter Sagan takes a spin on a different kind of bike.
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Thodores Iakovidis suits up to get serious.
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Eva Calvo finds the balance.
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Giovanni Toccio has some summer photos to share.
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A Little Roundup 08.29.22

8/29/2022

 

Olympic Sports Athletes Making Headlines...

21 current and former tennis players gathered to raise more than $1.2 million for Ukrainian war relief in the 'Tennis Plays for Peace' exhibition ahead of the U.S. Open.
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Tennis Plays for Peace (USTA)
Retired Ukrainian runner Lyudmila Dzhigalova 'finds refuge' from the Russian invasion in California.

Victor Kovalenko: A Ukrainian sailing legend reflects on his Soviet-era career and his coaching success.

It's not often you see a tennis legend ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange.

Speaking of...Serena and Venus Williams chat with The Today Show on retirement and 'new chapters'.

"I feel like actually I'm not the Wimbledon champion." Life after her first Grand Slam tennis title is not what Elena Rybakina expected.

Boxing legend and Mexicio City 1968 champion George Foreman faces assault charges from the 1970s.

Olympic medalist Ye Zhaoying opens up about Team China shenanigans in the Sydney 2000 badminton tournament.

Meanwhile, did you note how many notable records were made by the Badminton World Championships winners?

Basketball star Giannis Antetokounpo's home debut sets a new European Qualifiers attendance record. 

Justin Kripps: A bobsled champion retires.

Luke Treharne and Team Wales knows their rugby sevens experience will be different after this season.

Ahead of her mountain bike worlds triumph, Pauline Ferrand-Prevot's profile in Pink Bike covered her Rio 2016 disappointment, Tokyo 2020, training, mental challenges, and more.

Don't call road cyclist Enric Mas 'a moron'.

Speaking of road cyclists, did you know there was a 'twitter war' happening between Tadej Podacar and the retired Dan Martin?

And more...as esports champion Jay Vine continues to prove his road cycling worth.

Track cyclist Katie Archibald reveals heartbreaking details of the passing of her mountain biking partner Rob Wardell.

Fresh off both Tokyo 2020 and Birmingham 2022 success, field hockey player Josh Simmonds looks ahead to mentoring newcomers in the national system.

Leisel Jones: Is (was) there a 'toxic culture' in Team Australia swimming?

More Team Australia swimming: Teenager Molly O'Callaghan is adjusting to her 'sudden ascent' of success in the pool.

The Australian Olympic Committee turns its eye on double Olympic softball medalist Tracey Freeman, who's made a unique switch to a career in national defense.

To mask or not to mask: Team China's health precautions cause a stir in volleyball's Asia Cup.

Campbell Wright is easy to spot on the biathlon circuit not only as a rare New Zealander, but also due to his noted consistently relaxed demeanor.

Ice hockey star Sarah Nurse gets a feature in The New York Times: 'A Found Voice for Hockey'.

Will freestyle skiing aerialist Marion Thenault be one of the 'first carbon-neutral Olympic athletes in the world'?

Shot putter Sarah Mitton is 'proud to inspire' after a breakthrough season that included a Commonwealth gold medal.

Runner Mark English contemplates what's next and how to get there, now with outdoor European Championships medal success.

As incoming Chair, retired hurdler Lea Sprunger headlines the new slate of European Athletics' Athletes Committee members announced last week. Other members include Thomas Roehler, Milan Trajkovic, Kristyian Uldbjerg Hansen, Ivet Lalova-Collio, Alessia Trost, Asha Phillip, and Oleksiy Kasyanov. Congrats to all!
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Lea Sprunger (European Athletics)

They Are The Champions: 2022 Badminton Worlds

8/28/2022

 

Who are the 2022 BWF World Champions?

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Tokyo was the site of elite badminton once more as the 2022 BWF World Championships finished today after a week of competition.

This was the first time Japan has hosted the championships, which are usually held every non-Olympic year. Indonesia (3 times), China (3), India (1), and Malaysia (1) are other Asian nations to have played host in previous editions.

Competition was across five events: men's and women's singles and doubles, and mixed doubles, and featured 352 athletes from 45 nations. A lot of notable results featured in the end...first, both singles competitions resulted in two-time winners: Viktor Axelsen's first men's single gold was in 2017, while Akane Yamaguchi's women's singles win was her second straight. Also, Team Malaysia won its first-ever badminton world title, in men's doubles, while Team China continued its winning streak in women's doubles with a perfect 9-0 finals record. Finally, the mixed doubles champions of Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong won the third title, in straight games for the third time.

Complete results can be found at bwfbadminton.com. See below for the champions. Congratulations to all the winners!


2022 BWF World Champions
Viktor Axelsen won his second-ever men's singles world title (@badmintonphoto)
Akane Yamaguchi becem the first Japanese woman to win two straight world singles titles (Kyodo)
Aaron Chia & Soh Wooi Yik won Team Malaysia's first badminton world title, in men's doubles (@badmintonphoto)
Chen Yingchen & Jia Yifan won Team China's ninth women's doubles title (@badmintonphoto)
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Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong won their third world mixed doubles title (@badmintonphoto)

They Are The Champions: 2022 Mountain Bike Worlds

8/28/2022

 

Who are the 2022 UCI MTB World Champions?

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Les Gets, France hosted the 2022 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships that ended today after five days of competition. This was the second time the resort destination hosted the championships (2004), and the third time overall for France (Metabief, 1993).

The full program awarded titles in Cross-Country Olympic distance events for elite men and women (and team relay), plus U23 and junior levels. The championships also included e-mountain bike, short track, and downhill divisions. Both the men's and women's Elite Olympic winners were double gold medalists at Les Gets: men's champion Nino Schurter also won gold in the team relay, while Pauline Ferrand-Prevot won the short track gold too. p.s. Schurter defended his title from 2021, and this was his 10th​ (!) gold in the event. Meanwhile, this was Ferrand-Prevot's fourth title.

Congratulations to all the winners! Cross-country Olympic discipline gold medalists are noted below. Complete results of the full program can be found online at uci.org.

The 2022 Elite Cross-Country Olympic MTB World Champions
Nin Schurter is the 2022 Men's Elite Cross-Country Olympic MTB World Champion (UCI_MTB)
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot won the women's Elite Cross-Country Olympic MTB title (UCI_MTB)
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Dario Lillo, Khalid Sidahmed, Ramona Forchini, Ronja Blochlinger, Anina Hutter, and Nino Schurter won the Mixed Elite Cross-Country Olympic Team Relay for Team Switzerland in the first medal event at the Worlds (UCI)
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