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A Little Roundup 05.02.22

5/2/2022

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Olympic Sport Athletes in the Headlines

Ukrainian karate star Stanislav Horuna may get to keep his auctioned Olympic medal, after all.
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Stanislav Horuna (Ukrainian Karate Federation)
Azerbaijani London 2012 Olympian Nataliya Mustafayeva remains in Ukraine to assist her junior charges despite the on-going war by Russia.

​Ukrainian BMX, mountain biking, and track cyclists training in Switzerland recently received a special visit from Thomas Bach and other Olympic officials.

Ukrainian tennis player Maria Kostyuk has thoughts about excluding Russians and Belarusian from play.

Tennis legend - and Barcelona 1992 medalist - Boris Becker receives a prison sentence for debt evasion.

Diver Liam Stone opens up to Team NZ about his 'dedication through adversity' as he looks to make another national team.

'Cowbells and cheers'...Claire Cuzan might have had the largest support team at Team USA's swimming trials last week.

Meanwhile, Kristof Milak confirmed his headline star status at Hungary's swimming championships, despite illness hampering his lead-up.

Freestyle skier Jakara Anthony is the 'Athlete of the Year' at the 2022 Snow Australia Awards.

Cross-country skiing star Jessie Diggins leads an athlete charge at Capitol Hill to discuss climate change.

IBA presents "interesting facts" about Chinese Taipei boxer Lin Yu-ting ahead of the Women's World Championships.

Can Loena Hendrickx teach a couple of YouTubers to figure skate in two hours?

Olympic medalists Janja Garnret and MIho Nonaka headline "The Wall: Climb for Gold" as the documentary follows four sport climbers striving for Tokyo 2020. (check local streaming listings)

Consider Taishu Sato as clearly against modern pentathlon's pending equestrian portion elimination.

Taekwondo youth athletes Daniela Espinoza and Mauricio Ramirez eye Paris 2024 after their Rosario 2022 medal success. (in Spanish)

"Why I love table tennis", by 'popular players'...

Will her fourth-place Tokyo 2020 finish be a 'good thing' for middle-distance runner Jemma Rekkie as she looks ahead to the 2022 season?

Double Olympic softball medalist Tracey Freeman is certainly an advocate for the sport returning to the Games for Brisbane 2032.

Olympics.com: Badminton champion Viktor Axelsen talks family, unlocking his 'full potential', and more.

More badminton: Carolina Marin confirms her return from injury with a sixth European championship.

Between double Tokyo 2020 gold and impending motherhood, judoka Clarisse Agebegnenou hasn't given herself much down time.

Star Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin opens up on the memories of her father for The Players' Tribune.

Go in-depth on London 2012 boxing champion Katie Taylor, from ahead of her landmark bout at Madison Square Garden. (p.s. she won.)

More boxing: Team Great Britain's Lauren Price and Karriss Artingstall forge a new template for training while turning professional.

Olympic stars Sidney Crosby, Patrick Kane, and Marie-Philip Poulin headline the NHL players' annual poll of the best ice hockey players.
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Equestrian dressage rider Edward Gal "steps back" from competition.
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Edward Gal (Peter Nixon)
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Let's Get Social 04.12.22

4/12/2022

 

What Have Olympic Sport Athletes Been Doing on Social Media?
Men, men, men edition...

Liam Heath retires from a spectacular career.
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Filip Zubcic can clear a plate.
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Sam Bennett can smile through the pain.
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Marco Krattiger brings the heat to Rio.
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Aleksander Aadmodt Kilde has a good morning.
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A Little Roundup 04.11.22

4/11/2022

 

A Look At Recent Headlines Featuring Olympic Sport Athletes

Ukrainians Alina Hrushyna and Tetiana Rizhko provided an emotional lift at the European Wrestling Championships with two golds in one day after an arduous journey to get there.
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Alina Hrushyna (uww.org)
Ukrainian biathlete Dmytro Pidruchnyi responds to Simon Fourcade's call for Russian inclusion.

Skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych shares the destruction of sports facilities by Russia in Ukraine.

The mortal impact of the war in Ukraine hits the sports world through rugby and water polo.

​Rio 2016 tennis Olympian Daria Saville puts her conscious first: "I'm gonna make everyone know where I stand".

Swimmer Ruta Meilutyte makes a blood-red statement for Ukraine against the Russian invasion.

Is South African swimmer Aryton Sweeney looking to transition to artistic swimming?

Swimmer Penny Oleksiak, 'Canada's most decorated Olympian', is feeling 'as good as ever'.

​Champion swimmer Adam Peaty has his eyes on Paris 2024 despite the world championships this year.

Monobob and skeleton racer Simidele Adeagbo isn't wavering in her fight to end gender discrimination in Olympic quota allotments.

In curling, it's pronounced 'GUH ZHOO'.

Sport climber Stasa Gejo to The Olympic Channel: "Pain wakes you up in ways you've never experienced".

Three-time Olympic basketball gold medalist - and Tokyo 2020 gold medal coach - Dawn Staley cements her legacy as the first Black coach to win two NCAA national championships.

London 2012 gold medalist basketball star Russell Westbrook gets attention from The New York Times as he closes his first tumultuous season with the Los Angeles Lakers.

Basketball-er Nathan Sobey gets his Tokyo 2020 bronze medal back after it was stolen two months ago.

Swiss mountain biker Nino Schurter wins a landmark 33rd World Cup win.

Los Angeles 1984 legendary diver Zhou Jihong at the center of a Tokyo 2020 judging controversy.

Would-be Olympic freestyle skiing medalist Daniela Maier reflects on her odd Beijing 2022 experience. (in German)

After tennis...children's book author for Tokyo 2020 medalist Ashleigh Barty?

#MamaHustles: Multiple Olympian Sania Mirza returned as a mother to professional tennis, but maybe for not much longer.

16-year-old Alysa Liu announces retirement from elite figure skating after an eventful 2021-22 season.

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Sheila Catsro calls time on elite volleyball after a 20-year+ career.

Sports Illustrated: Shot putter Raven Saunders 'sees the future she's paving for Black, Queer athletes'.

Cedric Dubler may be known for spurring compatriot Ash Moloney to a Tokyo 2020 medal, but he's still harboring Olympic decathlon podium goals for himself.

Sprint hurdler Devon Allen gets his NFL break with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Russian circles: Northern Irish gymnast and Olympian Rhys McClenaghan is a world record-holder.

Canadians Charles Hamelin and Kim Boutin shine at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, as Hamelin closes out his legendary career with a medal and Boutin secures a complete set of silver medals (5x) in the event.

Veteran gymnast Angel Wong Hiu-ying sees world championship qualification as a 'bonus' on her way after her Asian Games focus.

International Gymnast checks in with Joe Fraser, recently re-crowned British all-around national champion after a five year gap.
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Joe Fraser (Thomas Schreyer)

Let's Get Social 03.29.22

3/29/2022

 

Some of the Best Social Posts from Olympic Sport Athletes This Weekend

Daria Bilodid is a proud Ukrainian.
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Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk highlights a colorful Ukraine.
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Camille Balanche is ready for the new season.
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Aurelien Giraud has a chat, in style.
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Swiss champions Marco Odermatt and Roger Federer have a meet-up.
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A Little Roundup 03.28.22

3/28/2022

 

Olympic Sport Athletes In The News This Weekend

Need some inspiration from sports? Valentyna Vereteska won the Jerusalem Marathon after a harrowing ordeal escaping Ukraine with her daughter.
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Valentyna Vereteska (Mahmoud Illean/Associated Press)
Olena Kostevych wins a European shooting championship amidst her nation's war against the Russian invasion. "...it's madness. Shoot only for sport..."

Meanwhile, five-time Olympian Daina Gudzineviciute donates her Sydney 2000 shooting gold medal to "Stronger Together" in support of the Ukrainian sports community.

Tennis player Alexandr Dolgopolov on enlisting in the Ukrainian army: "You just live hour by hour and minute by minute".

Retiring Olympic tennis medalist Ashleigh Barty hopes to "contribute more in other ways" now with more time away from the court.

Meet the newest teenage tennis sensation on the WTA Tour, Czech Linda Fuhrvitova.

​Nagano 1998 gold medalist and tv commentator Tara Lipinski has thoughts on Beijing 2022's infamous women's figure skating competition.

At the World Figure Skating Championships, men's skater Vincent Zhou gets his 'happy ending' to a rough few months.

Team Ireland puts an official end to the 2020-22 Olympic cycles with an athlete awards gala.

Wrestler Bajrang Punia's battle with the Wrestling Federation of India is a window to larger tension between athletes and their governance.

The "era of Charlotte Kalla as an elite cross country skier" comes to an end.

Mountain biker Cory Wallace took advantage of Covid-19 travel restrictions to bike Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Four-time Olympic gold medalist Lisa Leslie shares the precarious position supporters of fellow basketball star Brittney Griner find themselves in with their (potential) voices.

Beach volleyball player Aleksandrs Samoilovs reflects on his (not over) career with Volleyball Mag.

Three-time Olympic medalist sailor Hannah Mills sees her SailGP experience as a global way to help discuss marine sustainability.

Team Great Britain's bobsled program is definitely on the upswing after Beijing 2022, according to brakeman Greg Cackett.

Quentin Fillon Maillet and Marte Olsbu Roeiseland star in biathlon's respective men's and women's season highlights.

Karrie Webb: Nice to hear a golf 'legend' talking passionately about Olympic inclusion.

​Speed skaters Joey Mantia, Brittany Bowe, and Erin Jackson get a 'Parade of Champions' in Florida.

Team USA: BMX riders Alise Willoughby and Hannah Roberts on how cycling has progressed for women.
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Who is the "next great showman of shot putting" Nick Ponzio? World Athletics takes a look.

Long jump great Brittney Reese talks under-appreciation and retirement (?) on The Citius Mag podcast.

Wondering about long-distance runner VIvian Cheruiyot? No, she hasn't retired yet, and has plans on Paris 2024, and beyond.

Look at a 'day in the life' of judoka Raz Hershko.

Olympic snowboarding legend Shaun White makes it to the Oscar Awards...with an important 'plus one'.

Irish rugby sevens Olympian Greg O'Shea shares Mothers' Day thoughts.

Singaporean badminton player Loh Kean Yew won a world championship, in part thanks to lessons learned from Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen.

Road cyclist Nicolas Roche takes a last look at his time on Ireland's Dancing with the Stars.

Eritrea's road cyclist Biniam Girmay has a historic victory for African sport with his sprint finish at the elite men's Gent-Wevelgem race this weekend.
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Biniam Grimay (Luca Bettini/SpintCyclingAgency 2022)
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