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A Little Roundup 04.18.24

4/18/2024

 

A Look At Olympic Sports Stars In The News

Speed skaters Kristen Santos and Casey Dawson headline the winners of the Utah Sports Commission's 'State of Sports' Awards.
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Rio 2016 champion Hasanboy Dusmatov solidifies his professional credentials ahead of boxing once more in the Olympics.

Australian Athens 2004 boxer and current coach Jamie Pittman steps down from his role amidst misconduct charges.

Teams Netherlands and Team Great Britain sure like the ones to beat in track cycling at Paris 2024 after the recent UCI Track Nations Cup stop.

Ugo Crousillat helped lead Team France through a landmark water polo tournament that propelled French stature in the sport forward ahead of Paris 2024.

Who are some of Team Spain's promising young guns in men's soccer that might star at Paris 2024?

FIBA takes a look at some of Carmelo 'FIBA Melo' Anthony's top moments in Olympic basketball.

Meanwhile, how did Atlanta 1996 champion Grant Hill build this year's Olympic Team USA 'Dream Team' basketball season.

UIPM: Modern pentathletes Elena Micheli, Elodie Clouvel, Emiliano Hernandez, and Changwan Seo have 'A Passion for Paris'.

Bryce Wettstein is eyeing a second Olympic skateboarding appearance while balancing college studies.

Despite a loss in the championship game, Team USA's Laila Edwards wins 'MVP' honors for her overall performance at the recent women's ice hockey worlds.

Will golfer Ryan Fox's third Olympics be his 'most charmed'?

German Olympic champion jumping equestrian Marcus Ehning has a unique chance for a double Asian World Cup Finals win.

Team South Korea archery is so deep that two thirds of the women's team will be international rookies in Jeon Hunyoung and Nam Suhyeon.

He may be 35-years-old, but Tarjei Boe has at least one more biathlon season in him.

Will Cuban Tokyo 2020 champion Fernando Dayan Jorge Enriquez be in Paris 2024 as a refugee athlete?

FIBA3x3.com has some thoughts on the recent action from the recent Olympic qualification tournament for 3x3 basketball.

Marathoner Benson Kipruto takes World Athletics on a training run at home in Kenya.

"Now I'm not scared of losing." Irish long sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke reflects on her maturity as a runner.

Alpine skier Sofia Goggia talks mental health and injury recovery with FIS.

How does Rayan Dutra feel about making it to Paris 2024 as a Team Brazil trampoline gymnast? He's 'beaming with excitement'.

Bouncing Brazilian gymnast Rayan Dutra is big on TikTok, out as bi and off to the #Paris2024 Olympics.

An exclusive interviewhttps://t.co/PEba77aS7h

— Outsports (@outsports) April 15, 2024

A Little Roundup 04.15.24

4/15/2024

 

A Look At What News Olympic Sports Stars In Recent News Features

British gymnastics legend Max Whitlock is "excited for the opportunity to try and create further history" before retirement.

I have decided that…
After 24-years, Paris will be my final Olympic Games. My final chapter of my career.

From London, to Rio, to Tokyo. Your support throughout this journey means the world as I build towards Paris Olympic Games#roadtoparis2024 #Olympics #gymnastics pic.twitter.com/JdGgVyAa8P

— Max Whitlock OBE (@maxwhitlock1) April 10, 2024
Gymnast Rayderley Zapata is headed to Paris 2024 with 'intelligence, confidence, and inspiration'.

Olympics: Gymnastics legend Oksana Chusovitina remarkably takes a step closer to another Olympics.

Five-time Olympic swimming medalist Lily King can now see the end of her career, to come sometime between Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028.

Team Canada swimming star Maggie Mac Neil walks back some post Paris 2024 retirement speculation.

Breaststroker Tatjana Smith's return to form - similar to ahead of Tokyo 2020 - was a highlight of the South African swimming championships.

Meanwhile, Team Great Britain's James Guy isn't planning to let 'Olympic hype' distract him from an optimal Paris 2024 performance.

"I'm excited to go and give it my all." Surfer Ethan Ewing looks ahead to a return to the scene of a bad crash with qualification to Paris 2024's competition in Tahiti.

How is London 2012 boxer Oleksandr Usyk preparing for the upcoming 'fight of the century' against Tyson Fury? (in Ukrainian)

​Star road cyclist Wout van Aert is prioritizing full health instead of a quick return to racing after a recent crash, in order to make an Olympics and Tour de France push.

London 2012 Olympian and tennis major champ Simona Halep is 'ready to move forward' with a return from a surprise suspension.

Tokyo 2020 cauldron lighter and tennis champion Naomi Osaka still has 'hope' to play at Paris 2024.

Did you know about the Olympic tennis connection to the Titanic?

Team Great Britain offers 'five things you should know' about rower Georgie Brayshaw.

GQ Sports: Team USA basketball star Sue Bird 'is glad the world is finally catching up'.

Team Japan captain Toi Suzuki credits his 'second home' of Greece for pushing forward his water polo career. (in Greek)

​Who will be the 'Emerging Athlete of the Year' in Australia?

Sprint kayaker Riley Fitzsimmons is headed to his third Olympics...and now he has fellow former surf life savers with him for Team Australia.

Inspired by the sport opening to women at Sydney 2000, Tayla Ford is now to be Team New Zealand's first-ever Olympic wrestler.

​Was wrestler Frank Chamizo offered a bribe ahead of a key Olympic qualification match?

Team Canada looks at a number of sibling athletes with Paris 2024 ambitions, including wrestlers Ana and Karla Godinez Gonzalez, taekwondo stars Skylar, Tae-ku, and Braven Park, whitewater slalomists Lea and Alex Baldoni, 3x3 basketball players Michelle and Katherine Plouffe, runners Lucia Stafford and Garbielle DeBues-Stafford, and sailors Antonia and Georgia Lewin LaFrance.

Will a switch to Isle of Man representation in Europe be the key for Bianca Cook to make it to Paris 2024 for Team Great Britain taekwondo?

The British Columbia city of Burnaby now has two athletes headed to Paris 2024, after Josipa Kafadr's success at an "intense" taekwondo qualifier.

"If I make it, I guess I'll have to figure it out." Team USA's Dakotah Lindwurm surprised with a marathon spot for Paris 2024, and now has to readjust her legal career plans.

Emily Sisson makes a case for justice for fellow Team USA runner Alysia Montano, now in line for a belated London 2012 medal.

Emile Cairess and Phil Sesmann are 'friends and rivals', and likely both headed to Paris 2024 as marathoners for Team Great Britain.

One hobby that sprinter Dina Asher-Smith uses to relax? Pottery.

Sprint hurdler Queen Harrison Claye adds her voice to the clamor against Nike's recent Paris 2024 track & field uniform reveal.

He may only be 20-years-old, but rising javelin thrower Artur Felfner has eyes set on Paris 2024.

Discus thrower Matt Denny's return from a recent Covid-19 battle was just one highlight from Team Australia's Olympic trials.

Reuters: Will marathon great Eliud Kipchoge win a remarkable third Olympic title?

Olympic and world champion triple jumper Yulimar Rojas' injury rules her out of Paris 2024.
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A Little Roundup 04.11.24

4/11/2024

 

Get To Know Olympic Sports Stars Through Recent News Features.

FIBA​: As Rudy Fernandez has one more Olympic run in him for Team Spain; what are his 'top five moments' at the Games?

Last Dance loading ⏳ pic.twitter.com/4I7lc50L0C

— FIBA (@FIBA) April 5, 2024
What does Team USA stalwart Diana Taurasi remember about her first call-up to the Olympic squad ahead of Athens 2004?

What's exciting about Team New Zealand's women's football as Paris 2024 looms? FIFA asks Ali Riley and Hannah Wilkinson.

Renars Uscins and David Spaeth are a bonded pair in both winning a international junior title and headed to Paris 2024 for Team Germany handball.

BiathlonWorld: Anna Gandler, Gilonne Guigannot, and Selina Grotian are three biathletes 'poised for bigger things' in the future.

Thalia Rockx is an up-and-coming equestrian dressage rider for Team Netherlands with family pedigree.

Will Swede Ludvig Aeberg and Dane Nicolai Hoejgaard 'carry the Olympic mantle for Nordic nations' in Paris this summer?

Will 2024 be a Laura Asadauskaite 'kind of year' for the Olympic modern pentathlon veteran?

Jambaljamts Sainbayar has eyes on a rare Olympic road cycling appearance for Team Mongolia in Paris.

Curious about the business acumen and/or the post-playing career of tennis star Serena Williams?

Rome 1960 champion and boxing superstar Muhammad Ali gets a posthumous Wrestlemania honor.

Oh...and...Ali's power to draw in fandom still holds....

46-year-old ailor Nikola Girkeisn't shy about trying different disciplines...or aiming for another Olympics, or two.

Can Iranian-born Refugee Team weightlifter Yekta Jamali turn her World Cup performance into a Paris 2024 appearance?

Will table tennis star Fan Zhedong complete an 'unparalleled' quest with a fifth World Cup title?

Did time run out? Rio 2016 wrestling medalist Frank Chamizo levels 'corrupt' charges in the sport after not winning a Paris 2024 spot (yet?).

Where does canoeist Titouan Castryck turn for road to Olympics advice? His Olympian mom, for one...

Taiwan's Chou Tien Shen's treatment for cancer last year was a previously-unknown factor in his dip in badminton form.

YouTube: Get to know Team Egypt's 'powerhouse' 3x3 basketball star Soraya Mohamed.

Who were the star-making headlines in rugby sevens' World Sevens Series stop in Hong Kong last week?

FIL's 2023-24 season review continues with a look at luger Max Langenhan's doubly successful run.

Sport climber Janja Garnbret is '"ready" for the maximum' as she looks to defend her Olympic title.

Ever notice Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh takes her socks and shoes off between jumps?

High jump world champ □ cat mum

Watch the latest episode of the World Athletics Inside Track Podcast featuring Yaroslava Mahuchikh □□ exclusively on Inside Track.

— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) April 4, 2024

A Little Roundup 04.08.24

4/8/2024

 

What News Have Olympic Sports Stars Been Making Recently?

"If it made people smile a little bit, so much the better." Diver Alexis Jandard accidentally doesn't show his best self in front of a star audience.

En el evento de inauguración del Centro Acuático para los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024, el deportista Alexis Jandard sufrió una caída ante la mirada del presidente francés Emmanuel Macron.

El incidente inmediatamente se hizo viral en redes sociales.

Jandard, de 26 años,… pic.twitter.com/flxDIlTWBq

— Telemetro Reporta (@TReporta) April 5, 2024
Golfer Cameron Smith's 'desperation' to get to Paris 2024 may depend on a successful Masters run.

Boxer Harry Garside's gold medal ambitions have spurred him to avoid turning professional in order to target Paris 2024.

While...fellow Tokyo 2020 boxing medalist Lauren Price sounds the alarm on the sport's future if fundamental governing changes are not implemented.

VolleyballlWorld: Argentinean Bruno Lim thinks his team has "the quality to do something big" on the court this summer.

"I started to cry, cry, and cry." Natala Escalera relishes reaching Paris 2024 with Team Mexico gymnastics.

ESPN: Team USA gymnast Leanne Wong's 'road to Paris' includes 10,000 hair bows.

Will a long-distance breaststroke focus be the key for 'big year and big meet' swimmer Katie Ledecky's Paris 2024 ambitions?

Whatever happened to former Olympic and world champion swimmer Oleg Lisohor? (in Ukrainian)

Kathleen Dawson feels "very emotional" as she makes a second Olympic swimming team in a return from back injury.

Team USA's Laila Edwards has a "great feeling" as she makes history in ice hockey at the current worlds.

London 2012 Olympian Daniel Teklehaimanot reflects with Olympics.com on the growth in success of Eritrean and Black African road cyclists.

Tri247: Traithlete Gwen Jorgensen eyes her pathway to Paris 2024 with a streak of World Cup podiums.

Meanwhile, fellow triathlete Beth Potter's plan is totrain with the best to be her best for Paris 2024.

Gagik Snjoyan: The Russian problem isn't the only geo-political drama affecting prospective Olympians.

Sport climber Campbell Harrison is the latest interview on the Off the Podium podcast...

Congratulations are owed to Alpine skiing stars Aleksandr Aamodt Kilde and Mikaela Shiffrin!

A final season on the courts is turning into a remarkable one for U.S. tennis player Danielle Collins.

Vogue looks at the 'stunning rise' of tennis star Jannik Sinner.

Tennis ace Carlos Alacaraz and snowboard/Alpine skiing star Ester Ledecka headline the 'Premios Nacionales del Deporte' as sportspeople of the year. (in Spanish)

What were the 2023-24 season highlights for Team Canada athletes in winter sports?

Jake Harvie admired his grandfather's Olympic memories...and the field hockey player is determined to make his own at Paris 2024 for Team Australia.

As expected...two elite judokas in Christa Deguchi and Jessica Klimkait face the slimmest of separation for one Paris 2024 qualifying spot.

Triple Olympic champion sports shooter Vincent Hancock aims for a fifth Games this summer...and a sixth in Los Angeles in 2028.

Antwerp 1920 and Paris 1924 sport shooter Dennis Fenton gets some overdue recognition at home in County Kerry, Ireland.

Tokyo 2020 rugby sevens star Abby Gustaitis sees good signs of the sports growth in the U.S.

​Go underwater with Team USA's artistic swimmers.

NBC: Who are Team USA's key fencers to watch at Paris 2024?

Two-time Team Great Britain Olympic decathlon champion Daley Thompson set to be featured in a new upcoming documentary.

More Marca as long-distance runner Guduf Tsegay gets a profile: Tigray drama, life in Madrid, and more.

"You can all write this headline, Peleteiro is back." Triple jumper Ana Peleteiro-Compaore is aiming for gold at the European Championships ahead of Paris 2024.

CNN: Sprinter Noah Lyles 'is not a man short on confidence'.

Sprinter Julien Alfred looks to provide 'hope and opportunity' back home in St. Lucia.

"I have a lot of self-hatred and anger and adrenaline kicking in for this race." Runner Olli Hoare is ready for a comeback from injury statement.

□ PREMIERE: OAC's @ollie_hoare97 chats with @macfleet1 on coming back from injury before competing at the Australian national championships □□

□ VIDEO: https://t.co/LlKXGkuzYg

□ SPOTIFY: https://t.co/hvH6tdoZCy pic.twitter.com/Xni1iuyiPW

— CITIUS MAG (@CitiusMag) April 5, 2024

Let's Get Social 04.05.24

4/5/2024

 

Peepin' At Olympic Sports' Stars' Social Feeds...

Kjeld Nuis looks ready to ride.
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Romane Dicko sure can wear a hat.
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Ramsey Angela gets creative.
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Darko Pesic steps out of the sunset.
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Antoinette de Jong admires the view.
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