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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 04.01.24

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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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 03.11.24

3/11/2024

 

A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In The News

Team Netherlands' Menno van Gorp talks the "art" of breaking, jazz, Paris 2024 and more.

"Breaking has total freedom for me."

Meet Menno van Gorp, a medal hopeful in the newest Olympic sport, breakdancing.

□ https://t.co/Zcw871AgKr pic.twitter.com/Eg7FTucuCu

— CNN Sports (@cnnsport) March 5, 2024
Tennis champion Andy Murray reiterates a this summer-timed retirement...might it be after Paris 2024?

Olympics: How did Australian Jack Robinson become part of 'rock surfing's elite'?

French gymnast Thomas Bouhail recounts that surprise Beijing 2008 podium finish for FIG.

Joscelyn Roberson's "long journey" to return to fitness is the subject of a International Gymnast interview.

Sailor J.J. Fetter calls out officials in a Team USA Olympic 'slump'.

Australian Matt Wearn's 'fight through setbacks' has only strengthened his preparations for Paris 2024's sailing competition.

Kristen Nuss contemplates how a breakthrough 2023 season has put her and beach volleyball partner Taryn Kloth in prime Paris 2024 position.

Team Lithuania's female Olympic stars get honored at the highest levels back home for International Women's Day.

Judo star Clarisse Agbegnenou applauds the opportunity for athlete mothers to provide for their breastfeeding children during the upcoming Games.

Team USA soccer stars Alex Morgan and Jaedyn Shaw chat over a nail salon session.

One of the "adventures ahead" for retired sprinter Dafne Schippers is apparently in sports management.

A "commitment to consistency" has been key to Tara Davis-Woodhall's rise up the long jump leaderboard this season.

A world indoor championship this season may be portending good things for shot putter Sarah Mitton.

Mary Keitany's marathon world record may be 'under serious threat' with the likes of fellow Kenyans Peres Jepchichir and Ruth Chepngetich, and Brigid Kosgei entered in the London Marathon.

Can Yulia Loban bring Team Ukraine back to Olympic heptathlon competition this summer? (in Ukrainian)

Citius: Who were the 'biggest winners and losers of the World (Athletics) Indoor Championships'?

Count champion Militadis Tentoglou as a critic of proposed long jump rule changes.

​Get to know new world indoor pole vault champion Molly Caudery.

Runner Ciara Mageean contemplates the impact of her female role models on her career.

Alpine skier Lucas Braathen: Can Team Brazil now win a Winter Olympics medal?

Star swimmer Katie Ledecky wrote a book!

Torri Huske's dry land training may be the key to 'swimming like she's rested'?

Will a coaching drama derail star swimmer's Kyle Chalmers' Paris 2024 ambitions?

​How did Jack Alexy sprint 'to the top of U.S. swimming'?

And...how do Team Great Britain become 'a force on the track' in cycling?

Meanwhile...is track cycling legend Laura Kenny's Olympic career over?

Count retired track cyclist Anna Meares as a fan of Team Australia's Paris 2024 uniform.

Track cyclist Sarah Lee Wai-Sze has a 'new life' after a 20-year career that taught her 'toughness'.

Fellow track cyclist Ellese Andrews and kayaker Max Brown team up to help inspire Team New Zealand with an "Ain't Just Dreaming' anthem.

Finally on the cusp of an Olympics appearance, wrestler Justina di Stasio leans on her 'indigenous roots'.

What does Team Ecuador wrestler Genesis Reasco hope from officials in return for success? Real estate... (in Spanish)

More than 70 Team Germany athletes - including multiple Olympians and world champions - are awarded the 'Silver Laurel Leaf' for their sporting success. (in German)

"Deutsche Athletinnen und Athleten stehen mit ihrem Erfolg und ihrem Gesicht für unser Land in seiner ganzen Vielfalt. Sie zeigen uns und der Welt, wer wir sind, wer wir sein können!"
Ministerin Faeser hat Spitzensportlern und Athletinnen das Silberne Lorbeerblatt 2024 verliehen. pic.twitter.com/ke75Ou2nBw

— Bundesministerium des Innern und für Heimat (@BMI_Bund) March 7, 2024

A Little Roundup 02.19.24

2/19/2024

 

Catching Up On Olympic Sports Athletes In The News

Swimmer Chad Le Clos stunned at London 2012, and hopes his worlds appearance this year sets up another 'surprise' at Paris 2024.

Chad le Clos last mounted a long-course world podium in 2019 but South Africa's most decorated Olympian took a big step toward another in Doha on Friday. https://t.co/EObnkSm1Cf https://t.co/EObnkSm1Cf

— Reuters Sports (@ReutersSports) February 16, 2024
Star swimmer Kyle Chalmers has a 'side hustle' to diversify his interests as he works toward Paris 2024.

New Zealander Erika Fairweather may be an elite swimmer, but she faces a 'steep task' for success at this summer's Olympics.

Hong Kong swimmer Siobhan Haughey is content with her 'nice collection' of medals from the worlds last week.

Sport 24 checks in with Moscow 1980 swim champion Serhii Fesenko...the Soviet system, politics in sport, and more. (in Ukrainian)

Get to know surprise 50-meter freestyle swimming world champion Vladyslav Bukhov. (in Ukrainian)

Swiss bobsledder Sandro Michel's intensive care continues after a freak accident on the track last week.

Track cycling legend Chris Hoy shares news of his unfortunate battle against cancer.

Queerty talks Olympic Village life, a return to the Games, and OnlyFans with rower Robbie Manson.

Fraud, gender identity, and love: The confusing drama level around fencer Nam Hyun-hee is pretty high.

Boxing star and Athens 2004 medalist Gennady Golovkin looks set to lead Kazakhstan's National Olympic Committee.

Irish boxing star Kellie Harrington uses the Dare to Believe program to 'inspire the next generation'.

Ice dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean commemorate the 40th anniversary of their iconic Sarajevo 1984 Olympics win.

Did you know Team Great Britain archer Penny Healey has a pet...emu?

Road cyclist Ricardo Carapaz and other Team Ecuador Olympics-bound athletes get a taste of Paris with a visit to the French embassy.

Team USA' field hockey star Abby Taner is the latest in a line of sport successes in her family.

Jake Harvie: Team Australia has its own family legacy star in men's field hockey.

Northern Irish rugby star Robert Baloucoune is "raring" to play for Team Ireland's sevens team in Paris.

Elena Elniadis recounts "ten unforgettable days" at the European water polo championships. (in Greek)

What does For the Win think Team USA's women's basketball squad will look like at Paris 2024?

Meanwhile, two men's stars adamant on their Paris ambitions are Tyrese Haliburton and Anthony Davis.

Was double Olympian and tennis legend Andy Roddick a victim of robbery in Moscow?

Gymnast Kaliya Lincoln has a new floor routine that she hopes is key to her Paris 2024 ambitions.

Meghan Agosta: A triple Olympic ice hockey champion for Team Canada retires.

Kayaker Tim Anderson opens up with emotion on making Team Australia for Paris 2024.

Fox Sports: Middle-distance runner Cameron Myers makes 'a major Olympic statement' at only age 17.

Sprinter Julien Alfred 'wants to make history for St. Lucia on the global stage'.

Is pole vaulter Molly Caudery a Paris 2024 podium contender after turning heads at the U.K. national championships?

Team Jamaica champion long sprinter Sean Bailey adds a major personal milestone along his road to Paris 2024.

"I will be satisfied if it serves as an example." Runner Mohammed Katir suspended for missing tests.

Sprinter Richard Kilty thinks he has one more go at an Olympics this year 'in his battered legs'.

Irish track star Phil Healy was 'dogged by illness' last year and more, but is back and "gunning for everything again".

Olympics: How has table tennis player Bernadette Szocs 'built a winning mentality'?

How has Bernadette Szocs built a winning mentality? Staying positive has helped her climb to 12th in the world.

Hear what the Romanian table tennis player had to say. □ https://t.co/wT0HatsQIh@wttglobal pic.twitter.com/1bjDfmkyxB

— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) February 16, 2024
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