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A Little Roundup 12.24.20

12/24/2020

 
Tokyo 2020 features taekwondo star Lee Dae-Hoon, owner of silver and bronze medals and looking for gold in his third Games.
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Fencer - and vocal activist - Race Imboden talks with Around the Rings about athlete protests.

Cross country skiing legend Petter Northug receives a sentence in his traffic and narcotic offenses case, and is ready to "take the punishment...and move on in life."

Former jumping national team member Princess Martha Louise looks to continue building equestrian sports presence in Norway.

International team member Leon Draisaitl named German sportsman of the year in a rare boost for the sport of ice hockey.

More ice hockey: Five Rings to Rule Them All podcast features player Meghan Duggan on women's sports, romance on the ice, and more.

Add basketball gold medalist Kevin Love to the list of Architectural Digest features on Olympians' homes.
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More basketball: Rui Hachimura is poised to be a star for host Japan at next year's Games, but according to The Olympic Channel, he's focused on the new NBA season first.

Indian table tennis players shares his observations on current life within Tokyo and Japan regarding pandemic concerns and Olympic readiness with ESPN.

Brady Ellison: It's not often you hear of a doping issue in elite archery.

Meanwhile...Sun Yang, surprisingly may be off the hook.

U.S. women's team member Abby Dahlkemper announces an engagement made in soccer heaven.

Field hockey players Sarah Jones and Leah Wilkinson open up to Team GB on their relationship and competing together as they look to Olympic success.
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A Little Roundup

11/5/2020

 
UIPM World shares an interview with Bence Demeter, looking to follow in deep Hungarian footsteps in modern pentathlon.
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Bence Demeter via uipmworld.org
Team GB announces the start of their Tokyo 2020 triathlon team...even though official qualification hasn't actually happened yet.

Swimmer Josh Prenot is using his physics degree in a bid to make an Olympic appearance.

​Count Simone Biles as an LGBTQIA ally.

Snowboarder Reira Iwabuchi talks with the FIS on how she has been training, cheesecake, and getting her driver's license.

Can two-sport star Tessa Lavey make it back to the Olympics for Team Australia in basketball?

Decathlon medalist finally has found a consistent training site ahead of Tokyo 2020.
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Damian Warner via CBC.ca
Who will win World Athletics' Male and Female World Athlete of the Year?

Banned swimmer Shayne Jack makes an emotional public appeal on SAS Australia.

Tokyo 2020: Can once-powerhouse Team India make it back to the Olympic podium in field hockey?

More India: The Olympic Channel's "Shakti" video series looks at the paths to Tokyo 2020 taken by four star women across gymnastics, karate, wrestling, and archery.

Double Olympic gold medalist Rafael Nadal becomes only the fourth man to win 1,000 Open Era singles matches on the ATP Tour.

Olympic.org remembers a stirring moment of fair play in judo at Los Angeles 1984. "We must return to the core values of sport: an athlete must respect his/her opponent."
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Mohamed Ali Rashwan via Olympic.org

A Little Roundup

11/3/2020

 
It's an Olympic-worthy engagement! Congrats to gold medalists Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe!
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Justis Huni has already made his professional boxing debut, but is also looking for a rare Olympic medal in the sport for Australia.

FIS-ski.com catches up with Giulia Tanno, victim of bad luck ahead of previous big competitions, but still pushing to reach new freestyle skiing heights.

South Korea's demanding national archery team trials are underway, with Olympic recurve spots on the line for the sport's top nation.

Gymnast Samir Ait Said had a memorable Rio 2016 competition - for a horrific and notorious injury in competition. But he still has Olympics on target.

​The Ecuadorian Olympic Committee profiles (in spanish) sprinter Alex Quinonez, who is on target to make an impression at Tokyo next year.
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Alex Quinonez via coe.org.ec
Meanwhile, track star Mo Farah is the subject of concerned chatter with rumored training disruptions. 

Tokyo 2020 looks at a group of Brazilian women who are ready to make an impact at skateboarding's Olympic debut next year.

Ryan Lochte plans his route to another Olympic appearance. (Please, no).

Is Netflix's Cobra Kai an accurate depiction of karate? Team USA investigates with karateka Tom Scott.

Get to know short track speed skater Itzhak de Laat, Norwegian death metal fan and helmet designer.
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Itzhak de Laat via ISU.org

A Little Roundup

10/20/2020

 
Badminton is back! Congrats to all the Denmark Open winners!
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On this date in 1968, the "Fosbury Flop" becomes an Olympic gold-worthy technique for the high jump.

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After making Olympic history for Puerto Rico at Rio 2016, Adriana Diaz still is going strong in international table tennis.

Learn about Team Canada's winter athletes in their new web feature to get you prepared for the season.

Can Team Japan win in volleyball at next year's home games? Head coach Yuiki Nakagaichi wants to make an impression.
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Team Japan via Tokyo 2020
FINA.org: Water polo superstar Filip Filipovic of Serbia still has not had final word on his stellar career.

World Archery looks back at the recent restart of international competition and looks for signs of success.

Outsports recognizes Camille Blanche's historic mountain biking world championship as an out athlete.
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Camille Blanche on the podium via Outsports
The alpine skiing season has officially begun! Congrats to Solden winners Marta Bassino and Lucas Braathen!

​More skiing via The Olympic Channel: Does skiing gold medalist Ted Ligety have another Winter Olympics in him?
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Aspiring chef Lisa Vittozzi shares a few diet and nutrition thoughts with Biathlon World.

It's another athletics world record this season!
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All the emotions□⁣ ⁣ Peres Jepchirchir won the #WorldHalfMarathon in 2016, missed 2018 due to becoming a mother, returned in 2020 to reclaim the world title and break her own world record□⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #Kenya #HalfMarathon #Running

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A Little Roundup

10/6/2020

 
Congrats to the London marathon winners, Shura Kitata and Brigid Kosgei!
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Tokyo 2020​ shares how Japan's sporting scene is slowly inching toward normalcy.

Courtesy of The Olympic Channel, Olympic champion gymnast Kyla Ross reflects on her career.

Tessa Virtue looks back at childhood hobbies.
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Connor Fields chats with Team USA on looking at 2020, the year that was supposed to be.
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Connor Fields via Team USA
In a personal and touching profile, shot putter Raven Saunders opens up to Tokyo 2020 on her post-Rio 2016 mental struggles, and her rebound toward Tokyo 2020.

Another appeal for Caster Semenya?
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On this date (yesterday, the 5th, actually) in 2007...Marion Jones admits to steroid use during her most successful spell of a once great sprint career. Winner of three gold medals at Sydney 2000, Jones was ultimately implicated in the notorious BALCO case brought by U.S. investigators. It was just another reminder that not all was what it seemed at those Games.

Here's a nice piece from Irish middle-distance star Ciara Mageean for The Sports Chronicle on what running has given her.
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Ciara Mageean via The Sports Chronicle
It's a real swim season when there's a world record!

Olympic champion Simone Manuel opens up about the challenges she's faced as a young swimmer, as a often lone Black one.

Baby News: Congrats, Nathan Adrian!

Fernando Pimenta provides build-up for a spotlight rivalry match-up to watch in canoeing at Tokyo 2020.

The International Hockey Federation presents a look at how, for some, the current pandemic lockdown has meant key recovery time.
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Team GB's Brendan Creed via FIH.ch
Cancer-free, Max Parrot is ready to get back to snowboarding.

Table tennis announces a November #restart.

Meanwhile, World Archery is already #backatit!
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FIVB.com​ checks in with retired Beijing 2008 champion Todd Rogers, still active in beach volleyball.

Australia's aspiring winter Olympians get a huge home support, with a new Brisbane training site.
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