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A Little Roundup 11.13.23

11/13/2023

 

A Look At What Recent News Olympic Sports Stars Have Been Making...

Dilshot Khalmatov's podium finish at the 2023 European Judo Championships is "great motivation" for his Olympic aspirations. (in Ukrainian)
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Elina Svitolina and Sergiy Stakhovsky help host a tennis awards ceremony...from a war shelter. (in Ukrainian)

Tokyo 2020 torch bearer Naomi Osaka looks set for a return to tennis competition in 2024 after her motherhood break.
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A key win in New Zealand has empowered teenaged Samoan golfer Faith Vui with thoughts of a turn on the pro circuit.

Will Team Canada's Mitch Bratt be able to add the Olympics in 2028 to his baseball resume alongside a possible stint in Major League Baseball?

Tokyo 2020 trampolinist Laura Gallagher still has that "desire to compete" despite a motherhood break.

Team USA veteran Diana Taurasi adjusts to a new-look basketball team as she aims for a sixth Olympics.

Soccer stars Kristie Mewis and Samantha Kerr confirm their wedding engagement to People.

Team Ireland athletes honored at the annual Olympic Ball included sprint hurdler Sarah Lavin, sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke, rower Aifric Keogh, canoeist Eioin Rheinisch, and race walker Ron Heffernan.

Team Australia's Aspen Anderson's triathlon success at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games has her as a rising athlete to watch.

News24: Swimmer Lara van Niekerk focus on her Paris 2024 ambitions despite worlds disappointment.

Retired swimmer Grant Hackett may be a Team Australia Olympic legend, but his new baby Olympia's name isn't a reference to his success.

Canoeist Jessica Fox is "still hungry" as she is set to make history with a fourth Olympic Games appearance for Team Australia.

Triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee leads the new European Olympic Committees Athletes' Commission, which also includes swimmer Alexandra Miskova-Longova, sport shooter Zorana Arunovic, and canoeist Ronald Rauhe.

And on the Pan American side, pole vaulter German Charaviglio, gymnast Danusia Francis, judoka Melissa Mojica, and karateka Valentina Toro are added to the Pan Am Sports Athlete Commission.

'Skillful timing' has been key to a very successful 2023 for Canadian hammer thrower Ethan Katzberg.

More CBC: Runners Moh Ahmed and Justyn Knight are sticking with Bowerman Track Club as a training center despite seeing others runners, well, run elsewhere.

After a marathon win in New York City, is Olympic gold at the distance next for Kenyan Hellen Obiri?

Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson gets her own 'day' honor in Dallas.

'More races' might be the key to preparing for another Olympics for sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.

Speed skaterAlexandra Ianculescu has a...unique... self-funded plan to reach Paris 2024 in road cycling.

Olympics: Who are some of the 'breakout stars' to watch from the 2023 Pan American Games?

Laila Edwards made history as she made her Team USA debut with the women's ice hockey squad.

Olympic bobsledder Chris Kinney's return to Japan has been a way to banish past demons and torment.

​London 2012 champion boxer Katie Taylor has no design on retirement as she focuses on a key rematch.

Katie Taylor quashes retirement talk ahead of 'must-win' fight against Chantelle Cameronhttps://t.co/Z3Upwoxw8j

— RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) November 9, 2023

They Are The Champions: 2023 Trampoline Worlds

11/12/2023

 

Who Won The 2023 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships?

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The FIG World Trampoline Championships 2023's elite trampoline concluded today after competition that began on November 9th in Birmingham, England. This event was the 37th edition of the championships, and marked the second time Birmingham has hosted (2011), and the fifth time for England and the United Kingdom (London: 1964, 1965, 1967). Note, age-group competition is planned to continue after this elite program has ended today.

The championships feature events for men and women (and mixed) across the Olympic trampoline discipline, plus synchronized, double-mini, and tumbling. New Zealander Dylan Schmidt and Team Japan's Hikaru Mori entered 2023 as the defending men's and women's single trampoline world champions, respectively, from the 2022 edition in Sofia, Bulgaria.

With competition over, Team Great Britain's 11 overall medals led the overall final standings, while Team USA's four titles earned the total gold win.. 12 national teams won at least one medal across the 14 events.

Congratulations to all of the trampoline medalists! Complete results, including for all Olympic and non-Olympic disciplines, can be found online at gymnastics.sport.


2023 World Trampoline Championships Medalists

Bryony Page. World Champion. Again.

Some things just sound right □#TRAWorlds2023 | #Gymnastics | @BritGymnastics pic.twitter.com/qHYfsAbyIK

— FIG (@gymnastics) November 12, 2023

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Let's Get Social 11.10.23

11/10/2023

 

The Stars Of Olympic Sports Are Just Like Us, On Social...

Yaroslava Mahuchikh turns for the Elle​ camera.
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Charlotte Caslick spent a weekend away.
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Heath Thorpe flashed back to some warmth.
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Naomi Osaka makes a seaside appearance.
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Maryna bekh-Romanchuk takes a pose or two.
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A Little Roundup 11.09.23

11/9/2023

 

A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes Making News

High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh makes the cover of the latest Elle Ukraine, 'dedicated to the personal achievements of Ukrainians in turbulent times'. (in Ukrainian)
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Team Poland's former 800-meter specialist Adam Kszczot had a memorable finish to his New York City Marathon experience...

World Athletics confirms the membership of its various athlete commissions.

Elvira Oeberg tells IBU she's 'ready to go after' the new biathlon season's overall title.

Rio 2016 Olympians Federico and Juan Pablo Simonet, along with third brother Sebastian, lead history-making for Argentinian handball at the upcoming IHF Men's Super Globe club tournament.

One gymnast to watch at this week's trampoline worlds? Canadian Keegan Soehn, who 'cannot seem to get enough of the sport', even at age 31.

The IHF salutes retiring ice hockey stars Joe Thornton, Tomas Plekanec, and Meaghan Mikkelson.

FIS: The stars of the new Alpine skiing season are 'loving life back on tour'.

Does Team Canada tennis have a new rising star in Marina Stakusic?

A Paris 2024 appearance does not seem so unreachable for Team Great Britain's Hugo Milner, despite only starting triathlon in 2021.

UIPM World checks in with world number three Kerenza Bryson, star of Team Great Britain modern pentathlon.

'Equestrianism remains the passion' of Melbourne 1956 Olympian William de Rham.

Looking for 'five minutes of (wrestler) Akzhol Makhmudov madness'?

Tripl Olympian Yukiko Inui calls an end to her artistic swimming career.

Skeleton race Andrew Blaser talks retirement with Queerty: 'painted nails, facial hair', and more'.

More FIS as it checks in with Beijing 2022 champion freestyle skier Walter Wallberg, 'who has been diligently preparing for the challenges ahead'.

With less than a month until the World Cup season kicks off, Walter Wallberg is in prime form after a successful training camp in Idre! The anticipation mounts as the FIS Open at Hintertux gets underway tomorrow. Wishing all competing athletes a thrilling weekend—let's rock this! pic.twitter.com/SUTT4OCEjK

— FISfreestyle (@FISfreestyle) November 3, 2023

Athletes Worth Watching 11.08.23

11/8/2023

 

Who Are Newer Names In Olympic Sports Worth Watching?

6'6" New Zealand basketball-er Oscar Goodman was named the MVP of the recent FIBA U16 Asian Championship...
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She's no rookie, but unexpected Carlota Giganda had a breakthrough golf performance at September's Solheim Cup.
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