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A Little Roundup 01.21.21

1/21/2021

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Meet Aaron Heading...Team GB shooter on target to make his Olympic debut this year, after a severe injury setback saw him turn to volunteering in the Coast Guard.
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Nick Willis: 19 years in a row that he's run an official mile under 4 minutes, beating the record by fellow Kiwi John Walker.

Six-time Olympic medalist in track cycling, Anna Meares reviews her career and the challenges of pressure and mental health in the latest [female] athlete project podcast.

Rio 2016 silver medalist in the men's cycling road race, Jakob Fuglsang mulls extending his strong career out to Paris 2024.

Perrine Lafont tells Olympic.org her top goal is to become the first woman to defend an Olympic title in moguls, at Beijing 2022.

Figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva has Olympic and world championship success, but is still targeting more competition despite injury challenges.
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Samantha and Kristie Mewis became the first sisters to each score in a match for the United States women's national soccer team. They appear headed to becoming the next household names of USWNT.

World Rowing starts the year with a feature on Dutchman Koen Metsemakers, world and European champion in quadruple sculls. He has a master's degree in dentistry!

In The Sports Chronicle, Irish field hockey player Anna O'Flanagan pens a look back at how 2020 affected her and her teammates' motivation after securing a historic Olympic qualification.

"I think from a young age, I knew I wanted to go to the Olympics." Canadian Melissa Humana-Paredes is looking to make a mark in Tokyo 2020's beach volleyball tournament with her partner Sarah Pavan.
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Let's Get Social 12.28.20

12/28/2020

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Tianna Bartoletta puts in the work.

‘Twas the night before Xmas and I’m in my gym. With my □ Xmas playlist, getting my squats in. pic.twitter.com/pQvBC5ncy6

— Tianna T. Bartoletta (@tibartoletta) December 25, 2020
Erica Wiebe speaks for us all.
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Karsten Warholm finds a scenic spot to train.
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Christos Volikakis suits up well.
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Ysaora Thibus sets some goals.
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Merry Christmas from Olympic Sports Athletes!

12/25/2020

 

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A Little Roundup 12.22.20

12/22/2020

 
Still thinking about last week's Court of Arbitration for Sport decision on Russia's punishment for its Olympic-sized doping scheme. Here's a good piece speaking to the, well, head scratching that the outcome has produced. I'll Also let Emma Coburn sum up the immediate frustration many athletes feel..

Tara Geraghty-Moats wins a historic Nordic Combined, the first-ever World Cup event for women.
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I think sport climbing is the first individual sport to have its Olympic field for 2020 complete, after the remaining continental championships concluded this weekend. Congrats to Australians Tom O'Halloran and Oceania Mackenzie and South Africans Christopher Coffer and Erin Sterkenburg who round out the competition for Tokyo.

Larisa Iordache makes a statement in her return to elite gymnastics, after an injury-filled last few years. Iordache led the Romanian women to a team silver in the European Championships this weekend, and won three individual medals to become the second-most medaled female in the event ever. Unfortunately, her comeback is too late for the Tokyo 2020 field, but perhaps she can spark a welcome Romanian team comeback of its own at the senior level.

"Wee Rooster" Brendan Irvine is eager for his second Games in boxing, after becoming the last to qualify for Tokyo 2020 before the pandemic shutdown this year.

Ever wonder what Olympian Gus Kenworthy's home looks like? Architectural Digest has you covered. (p.s. check out his patio, too)

Modern pentathlete Gintare Venckauskaite is ready for her second Games, after her strong debut at London 2012.

Track cyclist Felix English interviews with the Olympic Federation of Ireland on the drama of Olympic qualification for Tokyo 2020.

​Tennis legend Roger Federer still has Olympic dreams, hoping for the elusive singles gold.
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Covid-19 strikes Japan's leading medal hope in karate's kata event at Tokyo 2020, Ryo Kiyuna.

U.S. basketball standout Diana Taurasi - four-time Olympic gold medalist - tells ESPN that she doesn't have any plans to retire anytime soon.

More basketball: Star player Ramu Tokashiki tears her ACL, and likely sinks Team Japan optimism for a good Tokyo 2020 run. (Was my feature last week of Tokashiki as an athlete worth watching a curse??)

Mission Accomplished: world record holder Kevin Mayer meets the Olympic qualifying standard in the decathlon event on Reunion Island this weekend. (But what has he done to his hair??)

Marie-Jose Perec is French Athletics' athlete of the century.

New African Magazine names long distance runners Brigid Kosgei and Joshua Cheptegei as two of their "100 Most Influential Africans" for 2020.

Hear from Renaud Lavillenie on an appreciation for athletes' voices and his work to give them profile in the latest feature from Spikes.

She's 57, and on her way to her fifth Olympics as Tokyo 2020's oldest table tennis player, Meet Luxembourg's Ni Xialian.
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Let's Get Social 12.21.20

12/21/2020

 
Race Imboden's training gets artsy.
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Dina Asher-Smith has fun on a shoot.
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John John Florence gives us a peek.
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Bart Deurloo approaches the high bar.
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