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A Little Roundup 04.01.24

4/1/2024

 

Catch Up On Olympic Sports Athletes In Recent Features

Charlize Moerz once thought she didn't have a chance to qualify for Paris 2024, but the gymnast has done it, and early, too.

Kunstturnerin Charlize Mörz feierte am Sonntag in Baku in Aserbaidschan ihren ersten Weltcupsieg. Die 18-jährige Mattersburgerin qualifizierte sich damit für die Olympischen Spiele in Paris. https://t.co/oioEyM6gRF

— ORF Burgenland (@ORFBurgenland) March 10, 2024
What has life been like over the past years for Ukrainian Atlanta 1996 gymnastics champion Lilia Podkopaeva? (in Ukrainian)

Off the Podium podcast asks Australian sport climber Oceania Mackenzie what to expect in Paris this summer, and more.

Australian Michael Hooper is the latest rugby star to try his hand at sevens with an aim at Paris 2024.

Middle blocker Agnieszka Korneluk shares the 'aspirations' of Team Poland this summer in women's volleyball at Paris 2024 with Volleyball World.

Tennis champion Roger Federer heads to college this summer, as a commencement speaker.

Some of Team Great Britain's top track & field Olympic hopefuls get a spotlight in a new documentary.

Citius Magazine talks 2024 mindset...and world record goals...with sprinter Shericka Jackson.

Middle-dstance runner Georgia Despollaris still has an eye for soccer despite track getting her time now. (in Greek)

NCAA: Track & field legend Jackie Joyner-Kersee talks 'lessons learned on the way to athletic dominance'.

Javelin champion Neeraj Chopra is headed to almost-mythological status at home in India if he can repeat an Olympic gold medal win.

Hurdler Sarah Lavin offers the next generation some inspiration with a visit to a primary school back home in Limerick.

Sprint hurdles champion Colin Jackson has high hopes that Paris 2024 is a fruitful one for Team Great Britain's track & field stars.

Tokyo 2020 sprint champion Marcell Jacobs hopes "radical change" in training will prove doubters wrong.

Adele Nicoll's drive to "be a professional athlete" kickstarted during the Covid-19 pandemic and has her on the cusp on being both a bobsled and shot put Olympian.

Bobsledder Cynthia Appiah highlights the financial stress many athletes are under as they target elite sporting careers and Olympic ambitions.

Track cyclist Anna Meares chats with water polo player and fellow Olympian Rowie Webster on her new role as chef-de-mission for Team Australia at Paris 2024.

Team Ireland boxer Amy Broadhurst looks across the sea for options to compete at Paris 2024.

Refugee taekwondo star Kimia Alizadeh's saga away from Iran continues with a move toward Bulgaria.

What are NBC Sports' 'top ten moments in Olympic soccer history'?

Team GB looks at kayaker Joe Clarke's 'secret to success' in Olympic paddling.

Is Canadian curling great Brad Gushue treating the current worlds and this season as his last?

Olympics: Get to know Paris 2024 skateboarding aspirant, 14-year-old Lily Erickson.

A 'heart-to-heart' conversation led Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes to reunite as beach volleyball partners, and toward Paris 2024 as top contenders.

So...what's that I hear about an injury to beach volleyball star Andy Mol? He has an update...

Equestrian Andrew Hoy has 'no intention of slowing down anytime soon' despite approaching a ninth Olympics this summer.

Team Great Britain's sports shooter Amber Rutter may be expecting a baby this month, but still targets Paris 2024 competition.

Norwegian triathlon stars Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav Iden have varying approaches to a 2024 season 'filled with anticipation and expectation'.

Naoki Mizunuma and Katsuhiro Matsumoto are set to lead Team Japan in swimming at Paris 2024.

How does star swimmer Siobhan Haughey keep 'floating above the pressure'?

Marco Odermatt and Laura Gut-Behrami topped the top earners lists in Alpine skiing this season.

What's in the future for Emilien Jacquelin as he reflects on an up-and-down season with Biathlon World.

Wait...didn't Australian basketball star Lauren Jackson retire...twice?

​Los Angeles Times: Retired Team USA star Sue Bird 'is still not used to being described as a retired basketball player'.
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Athletes Worth Watching 03.27.24

3/27/2024

 

New Names In Olympic Sports Worth Watching

Are Lukas Høstmælingen, Tinius Haslev Nordbye, Magnus Lillebø, Eskil Eriksen, and Harald Dæhlin future Olympic stars after winning a World Junior Curling Championship?

NEWS | Norway □□ are world junior men's champions □

Read about the men's medal games: https://t.co/QP0VaXlfdO#Curling #WJCC pic.twitter.com/DhwtEIjmKQ

— World Curling (@worldcurling) February 24, 2024
A Team Ireland tennis star? Meet 20-year-old Michael Agwi...

After a strong start to 2024, get to know Michael Agwi in a nice interview by the @ITFTennis□ https://t.co/o72ifq0nQX pic.twitter.com/vEob7lpH64

— Tennis Ireland (@Tennis_Ireland) February 21, 2024

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They Are The Champions: 2024 Women's Curling Worlds

3/25/2024

 

Who Won The 2024 World Women's Curling Championship?

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The 2024 World Women's Curling Championship ended yesterday in Sydney, Canada after just over a week of competition amongst 13 national teams. This was the 46th edition of the annual event and the first to be held in the Nova Scotia city, although it had been in Canada a previous 17 times.

Entering 2024, Team Canada's 17 titles and 36 overall podium finishes had them firmly the all-time medal winner, followed by Teams Sweden and Switzerland with 25 and 17 overall medals, respectively. The Swiss came to Sydney as the quadruple defending champions, skipped by Silvana Tirinzoni.

In this year, Team Canada again won the title, but for the first time since 2018, with Tirinzoni's Swiss team coming up just short. The South Koreans bronze was their third podium finish in five years.

Congratulations to the 2024 medalists! Complete results can be found at worldcurling.org.


Canada's @TeamHoman wins World Women's gold on home ice □□

Read about the final here: https://t.co/Dz43j4R42T#WWCC #Curling

— World Curling (@worldcurling) March 25, 2024
​2024 World Women's Curling Championship Medalists
Team Canada: Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes |
Team Switzerland: Alina Pätz, Silvana Tirinzoni, Selina Witschonke, Carole Howald |
Team South Korea: Gim Eun-ji, Kim Min-ji, Kim Su-ji, Seol Ye-eun

A Little Roundup 03.18.24

3/18/2024

 

A Look At Olympic Sports' Stars In The News

Judoka Nikoloz Sherazadishvili talks more comfort at his new weight class with JudoTV​.
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Rio 2016 Team USA Olympic basketball player DeMar DeRozan is having 'complicated conversations with friend and peers'.

Alysha Koloi's diving exploits at the recent worlds earned her 'emerging athlete' honors as well.

Will equestrian star Shane Rose recover from concussion in time to make the Summer Games?

It takes a champion to know...field hockey star Eddie Ockenden thinks Team Australia has a real chance for gold this summer at Paris 2024.

Double Olympian Ryan Getzlaf is set to make a third Winter Games...this time on Team Canada's ice hockey management team.

Say it isn't so...track cycling champion Christos Volikakis sees his Rio 2016 results in upheaval.

Hong Kong's Ceci Lee Sze-wing may get her preferred track cycling event at Paris 2024...all due to a uniform color mixup.

Alex Ferreira might have quit freestyle skiing a year ago, but now has had a perfect 2024 World Cup run.

Team USA goes 'woman to woman' with surfer Carissa Moore in an exclusive interview.

Vitaly Mandzin's biathlon season had ups and downs, which gave him pointers "on what needs to be worked on further". (in Ukrainian)

Who's been making a move up the Olympic qualification rankings for beach volleyball lately?

Marathoners Connor Mantz and Cooper Young may be 'typical friends', but they're friends headed to Paris 2024 together.

It just might have been an direct message on Instagram that spurred runner James Preston to a remarkable 800-meter personal record.

2023 might have been a tough season, but long-distance runner Eilish McColgan still has medal hopes for Paris 2024.

Citius Mag: Is high school long sprinter Quincy Wilson 'the next big thing'?

A key recent marathon win has Team Zimbabwe's Tendai Zimuto hopeful for momentum toward Olympic qualification.

World Athletics: Get to know Dutch sprinter - and social media star - Lieke Klaver.

ISU pays respect to outgoing Team Norway speed skating stars Sverre Pedersen and Havard Lorentzen.

Olympics: Swimmer Rikako Ikee is hoping for a 'happy ending' to her return from leukemia this summer.

Rio 2016 champion wrestler Erica Wiebe says goodbye to her championship career.

Champion wrestler Iryna Kolyadenko recounts an escape from Kyiv with her family to Sport24. (in Ukrainian)

Briane Harris: A champion's doping suspension 'rocks curling'.

"I felt my heart skip a beat." Team Mexico gymnast Ahtziri Sandoval relishes Olympic qualification.

New African Games triathlon champion Nick Quenet is right back at training, with Paris 2024 in mind.

Star triathletes Alistair and Jonny Brownlee share some of their 'swim mishaps' for Tri247.

Kayaker Luuka Jones' Paris 2024 experience - her fifth Olympics - will be more special now that she's recovered from a long Covid spell.

41-year-old ​Sharath Kamal is still king of Indian table tennis...and just might make it to a fifth Olympics.

"It's a pretty incredible feeling." Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrrin picks up where she left off with a successful return from injury.

​Get an early look at Team Great Britain's Paris 2024-qualified boxers.

Around the Rings: Get to know history-making Cameroonian Refugee Team boxer Cindy Ngamba, now headed to Paris 2024.
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A Little Roundup 02.29.24

2/29/2024

 

Get To Know Olympic Sports Athletes Through Recent News

FEI: Get to know Aistis Vitkauskas, equestrian eventer looking to break more ground for Team Lithuania this summer in Paris.

Meet the fly fishing eventer set to make an Olympic splash!□

Aistis Vitkauskas & Commander VG share an unbreakable bond and the formidable pair now have their sights set on flying the Lithuanian flag in Paris!

□ https://t.co/tHHA3CfcQA

□©FEI/Richard Juilliart#FEIEventing pic.twitter.com/j5u8rZ9Awy

— The FEI (@FEI_Global) February 26, 2024
Jack Marley talks having fellow Team Ireland boxer Kellie Harrington as a role model, a possible real estate career, and more with Irish Independent.

Team Canada's Bryden Hattie thinks his final college conference diving championships hits different.

International Gymnast checks in with Ana Perez, back from a 'two-year hiatus' and getting into form for Paris 2024 for Team Spain.

Team USA gymnast Fred Richards makes a splash on Good Morning America.

Olympian Luiza Zlotkowska leaves the World University Speed Skating Championships with some positive impressions of the competition.

Sverre Pedersen: A Norwegian speed skating star retires.

What is some of 'the best advice' some Team Canada stars have received in their careers?

Everything sure has been "perfect" for Marco Odermatt as he cemented another successful World Cup Alpine skiing season.

More from FIS: Team Czechia's Eva Adamcyzkova's 'self-belief' has been a huge reason for success this snowboarding season.

Which team handball stars will win the IHF 'World Players of the Year' for 2023?

Lindsay Horan sees a great future ahead for an 'energized' Team USA women's national soccer team.

Who are the big 'movers' in Olympic qualification rankings after recent triathlon events?

Judokas Distria Krasniqi and Akil Gjakova are each honored with their fourth 'Athlete of the Year' awards in Kosovo.

"I'm confident about making it to Paris." Team Mexico's Ana Lopez leaps into Olympic conversations after an impressive Pan American weightlifting win.

Team France's Jean Quiquampoix helps The Road to Paris 2024 documentary series prepare viewers for what to expect at this summer's Olympic shooting competition.

So...how did rugby superstar Antoine Dupont's first official sevens tournament go?

IGF: Xander Schauffele 'reflects on golden past' from Tokyo 2020's golf tournament.

Whose recent World Biathlon Championships performance indicates a successful end to the season?

Get to know soon-to-be Olympic sailing debutant for Team Great Britain Hannah Snellgrove, also a folk singer and Cambridge graduate.

The World Sailing Show catches up with Team Hungary's Maria Erdi: her world championship, Olympic plans, and more.

Curlers Vicky Wright and Eve Muirhead take their talents to Estonia for an instructing opportunity.

Legendary runner Paavo Nurmi's Paris 1924 exploits set to be commemorated at Paris 2024.

Not being on Team Great Britain's squad for the World Indoor Track & Field Championships this year has runner Guy Learmonth 'fuming'.

Decathlete Fredrik Samuelsson talks with The World According to Gar podcast about his rough journey through injury and setbacks to aim for Paris 2024.

Canoeist Hedi Moana Kliemke, Nordic combined athlete Tristan Sommerfeldt, and 3x3 basketball player Tebbe Moeller are recognized as 'elite sports students' in Germany.

Olympic sports stars galore dot the nominations for the 2024 World Laureus World Sports Awards.

□ Here are the Nominees for the 2024 Laureus World Sports Awards.

□ Who should the Laureus World Sports Academy Members select as the final Award winners?#Laureus24

— Laureus (@LaureusSport) February 26, 2024
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