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A Little Roundup 06.08.23

6/8/2023

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Olympic Sports Athletes Are Making News

Olympian Anna Rizatdinova honors the special resilience of fellow Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast Oleksandra Paskal, who's competing  - and winning despite -traumatic war injury.
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Oleksandra Paskal (@alexsandrap2019 IG)
Were sleeping pills partly to blame for tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas' lackluster effort against Carlos Alcaraz at the French Open?

'"Vindicated": Team Australia boxing Olympic medalist Harry Garside sees his assault charges dropped.

Who are FIBA's '10 must-watch' athletes of the upcoming Women's EuroBasket 2023?

"I just want to get back to my best and stay injury free." Badminton star P.V. Sindhu tries to look past a disappointing early exit at the Singapore Open.

Winning the recent European Triathlon Championships was a surprise 'dream come true' for Team Luxembourg's Jeanne Lehair

Nick and Gabi Albeiro talk to the Kick Set podcast on Nick's coming out, swimming as siblings, and more.

ISU checks in with speed skater Merijn Scheperkamp, who has eyes on Milan Cortina 2026 after a 'breakthrough' year last season.

What's the family connection between 3x3 basketball star  - and World Cup star - Cameron Brink and NBA superstar Stephen Curry?

Olympic sailor Martin Kirketerp wants to see sailing "as spectacular as possible" in order for it to thrive.

'Perspective and persistence' have guided veteran Annelous Lammerts to pursue Paris 2024's Formula Kite sailing.

Golf star and Tokyo 2020 Olympian Rory McIlroy sees his role as spokesperson for the PGA TOUR amidst the surprising LIV Golf merger announcement continue uncomfortably.

How did Team Great Britain cox Henry Fieldman end up in two separate boats at the European Rowing Championships last weekend?

"I think there will be a mass walkout from the sport." Tokyo 2020 champion Joe Choong looks at Paris 2024 as a possible swan song for modern pentathlon.

Olympians Adam Rippon (figure skating) and Ronda Rousey (judo) join the cast of Stars on Mars.

Tokyo 2020 Team South Africa field hockey player Rusten Abrahams has found post-playing 'sporting adventure' in Mumbai.

IJF's 'The Olympic Champions' asks Sydney 2000 judoka Pino Maddaloni his thoughts on the effects winning gold has had.

FEI reflects on how New Zealand eventer Blyth Tait sees equestrianism as naturally an inclusive sport.

'Wily veteran' wrestler Yuliia Tkach has renewed thoughts on Paris 2024 after a key recent victory.

CBC: Hammer thrower Camryn Rogers 'can't stop impressing audiences'.

Will Olympic track & field legend Carl Lewis lead the University of Houston to a collegiate championship?

​Can runner Katelyn Tuohy make history with a unique double  at the NCAAs this weekend?

Rising sprinter Tersis Orogot is one to watch as the NCAA Championships hit this weekend...are Budapest 2023 and Paris 2024 next?

Runner Nikki Hiltz is a 2023 Now Award winner by them.

Tokyo 2020 volleyball champion Team France is honored as 'Knghts of the Legion of Honor'.

2022-23 was "the most fun season" for short track speed skate Anna Seidel after return from more injury.

Last week's World Taekwondo Championships were 'preparation' for Team Ghana's Henrietta Armah and Amed Sama as they look to their home African Games next year.

Leon Sejranovic hopes his landmark World Taekwondo Championships medal provides inspiration for a younger generation in Australia.

Did you know Nordic combined star Johannes Lamparter once had weightlifting ambitions?

Retired skeleton veteran Ander Mirambell receives the Olympic Order from the Spanish Olympic Committee.

Not giving up and maintaining courage has led Team Slovenia's Ana Gros to stardom in team handball.

​Athlete to watch: 'Coach' Mary Thiesen Lappen has had a fast start in international weightlifting - can she make it to Paris 2024 for Team USA?

Is Paris 2024 'a realistic target' for Team Vanuatu to finally secure Olympic beach volleyball qualification?

Athens 2004 soccer silver medalist Julio Gonzalez Ferreira's life is one of 'triumph over adversity'.

Doubt the effect soccer superstar Lionel Messi has on marketing? His future playing home at Major League Soccer's Inter Miami would disagree...

Soccer stars Sam Kerr, Megan Rapinoe, Yuki Nagasato, and Asisat Oshoala get miniature-ized as Lego.
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(from l) Megan Rapinoe, Yuki Nagasato, Asisat Oshoala, and Sam Kerr figurines (Lego)
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A Little Roundup 06.01.23

6/1/2023

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A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In The News
(A Rare Track & Field-Free Edition!)

Ukrainian tennis star Marta Kostyuk doubles down on her show of principles at Roland Garros.
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Marta Kostyuk (Foto Olimpik/NurPhoto/Getty Images)
"Twin energy" was behind the remarkable success of tennis men's doubles players Bob and Mike Bryan.

Around the Rings considers the future of tennis without Spanish legend Rafael Nadal.

Team USA tennis star Sloane Stephens speaks on her own experience with racism abuse in sport.

Tennis star Novak Djokovic wades into controversy with Kosovo / Serbia comments at the French Open.

And even more tennis as Naomi Osaka debuts an "eclectic" digital fashion line with Meta.

​Team USA basketball star Jimmy Butler was pretty confident of his Miami Heat making it to the NBA Finals, as told by tennis' Coco Gauff.

Karl Malone: Michael Jordan isn't the only 'Dream Team' basketball player to raise millions off a game-worn jersey at auction...kind of.

And speaking of Jordan...former Chicago Bulls and another 'Dream Team' colleague Scottie Pippen offers an eyebrow-raising take on his teammate.

Syrian-born Yehya Al Ghotani's World Taekwondo Championships appearance is 'extra special' as a member of the Refugee Team.


"It feels great" for H.S. Prannoy as the badminton star finally breaks his six-year major title drought.

The Canadian Olympic Committee checks in with Olympic fencer Sandra Sassine, COC staff member and fencing mentor.

Team Italy's 2023 World Judo Championships medalists - Assunta Scotto, Odette Giuffrida, Manuel Lombardo, and Alice Bellandi were feted by the Japanese ambassador in Rome.

Table tennis legend Ma Long is honored for his 'extraordinary achievement' across the world championship history.

Athlete to watch: Set for her professional golf debut, Rose Zhang is the 'rare prodigy who has played for an American college'.

Tokyo 2020 hometown equestrian hero Kazu Tomoto makes Team Japan 'a challenger' in eventing as Paris 2024 qualification heats up.

Team Thailand's Olympic surfing hopes for Paris 2024 rest on Annissa Flynn, Isabel Fehick, Sitiphong Henry Chapman, and Nattakorn Saeiao.

More surfing: Will Vahine Fierro be able to compete at Paris 2024 as a home French Polynesian surfer?

220 Triathlon: So...'who is (double Olympic medalist) Georgia Taylor-Brown?

Alpine skiing legend Bode Miller: an overbearing or simply a 'tough love' parent?

Bosnian weightlifter Adis Karkelja makes national headlines for his mountain rescue work, too.

Biathlon Olympian Tracy Barnes gets a new development role with USA Shooting.

Swimming siblings Laure and Florent Manaudou are 'super ambassadors' for the Paris 2024 Torch Relay.

International Gymnast: Ella Borg wants to be the first Team Malta gymnast to qualify for an Olympics.
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Ella Borg (Thomas Schreyer)
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A Little Roundup 05.15.23

5/15/2023

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What's New(s) for Olympic Sports Athletes?

Team Ukraine tennis player Elina Svitolina's comeback is 'fueled by love for family and country'.
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Elina Svitolina (c/o TennisWorld)
Tennis star Coco Gauff finds herself at a 'crossroads' as she hopes to move toward a number one ranking.

Meanwhile, fellow tennis star Naomi Osaka had a couple of newsworthy posts on social media recently...

Mothers' Day: How did motherhood take equestrian rider Charlotte Dujardin 'to new heights'?

'Mom' of Team Canada's women'w gymnastics squad, Ellie Black teaches support and strength.

More gymnastics as Milan Hosseini's recent Europeans success has Paris 2024 in his sights.

Gymnastics champion Simone Biles is looking for recommendations as a new Green Bay Packers fan.

'Make a Difference': Get to know rising Team Ireland triathlete James Edgar.

Can Bianca Cook erase the bad taste of consecutive Olympic bronze medals in taekwondo with a final gold in Paris net year?

Sochi 2014 curler Greg Drummond takes his coaching career to a new level with Team Great Britain.

Bindyarani Devi's Asian weightlifting championship success is tempered by concern for her family in conflict-torn Manipur.

Good news: Ice dancer Piper Gilles confirms recovery from stage 1 ovarian cancer diagnosis.

More Team Canada figure skating as Keegan Messing reflects on his career with ISU: "I'm just so happy that I can go out at the op, at my best".

Sports climber Jesse Gruper's four world cup podiums in 2022 have him eyeing momentum in 2023.

"I hope I can inspire and motivate young kids." Landmark Indonesian surfer Rio Waida looks to make a mark for the sport.

Will Nuria Diosdado's crowd-funding campaign help Team Mexico's artistic swimming team make it to Paris 2024?

Meet Dominika Banevic, 'the 15-year-old Lithuanian girl who captivated the break world'.

Team USA soccer player Alejandro Bedoya has "some things to say" about mass shootings in the U.S.

Rugby sevens player Sharni Williams is an 'LGBTQ Out Role Model'.

Facing a doping suspension, London 2012 middle-distance running medalist Nijel Amos looks to leverage his Olympic medal for funds.

Team USA's Aleia Hobbs is 'sprinting with motivation' this season, as a mom.

The New York Times looks at the lingering mystery of sprinter Tori Bowie's death, while mourning continues in her hometown.

Score one for mothers as marathoner Jess Stenson looks toward Paris 2024 despite a current pregnancy.

Team Slovakia's ice hockey star Nela Lopusanova wins the Winter Piotr Nurowski Prize as best winter youth athlete from the European Olympic Committees.

Olympics: 'There is a striking independence and nonchalant spirit' around swimmer Kate Douglass.

Exiled from home, Team Afghanistan boxer Mohammad Yaqoubi has perseverance to continue in his sport despite the hardships of going alone.

London 2012 judoka Antoine Valois-Fortier sees medal success again, now as Team Canada judo coach.
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Antoine Valois-Fortier (l) (IJF)
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A Little Roundup 05.11.23

5/11/2023

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Olympic Sports Athletes' Headline Features This Week

World Athletics pledges funding support for Team Ukraine in advance of the world championships this summer. "The deliberate destruction of Ukrainian athletics facilities and equipment is also a serious attack on the accessibility of our sport."
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Yarolslava Mahuchikh (Alex Livesey/Getty/European Athletics)
Soccer superstar Lionel Messi and track spint champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce headlined the 2023 World Laureus Awards, as Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year, respectively. Freestyle skier Eileen Gu and tennis' Carlos Alcaraz also placed amongst the honorees.

p.s. Think you know everything about sprinter Fraser-Pryce?

​Want to see perseverance? Check out Team Cambodia's 5,000-meter runner Bou Samnang at the Southeast Asian Games.

Congratulations: Sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke and discus thrower Mykolas Alekna are the European Athletics' 'Athletes of the Month' for April 2023.

More Adeleke: Is her 'setup' in Texas the best for her Paris 2024 ambitions?

Team Canada judoka siblings Christa and Kelly Deguchi often have a key support figure on hand at competitions: their father.

Jean-Alexandre LeGras was an 'unlikely' star at the recent Youth Nations Cup for equestrian jumping: "I wanted to show that I had earned my place in the team".

Canoe champion Jessica Fox reveals a commonly unknown fact of canoe competition: the kneel.

Team Ireland gymnast Rhys McClenghan has 100 vlogs on YouTube, a channel started to "inspire younger gymnasts to chase their dreams".

Vogue got some exclusive access to champion gymnast Simone Biles' wedding in Cabo...

A 'watershed moment' for South American rhythmic gymnastics came from Team Brazil's winning form in the group competition this past weekend.

Team Scotland's boxer Aqeel Ahmed forges ahead ahead apart from Team Scotland...or does he?

Triathlete: 'How much does it cost to make an Olympian'?

Olympian Tom Slingsby wins for a third straight season as Team Australia 'stamps authority' on SailGP.

Can taekwondo Olympian Sorn Seavmey 'inspire Cambodians at home Southeast Asian Games'?

Get to know Team Chile's Martin Vidaurre and his journey to elite mountain bike competition in a new Red Bull en Espanol video. (in Spanish)

"I dropped to my knees and cried for what felt like weeks." Sport shooter Amber Rutter opens up on the disappointment and mental toll of not reaching Tokyo 2020.

Is Team France due for a renaissance in archery at Paris 2024?

Team Indonesia's Wilda Siti Nurfadilah talks volleyball, club play fashion, trailblazing, and more with VolleyballWorld.

Speaking of Team France, CNN looks at potential basketball team star Joel Embiid's "improbable journey from newcomer to NBA MVP'.

Team Australia's sixth-place finish at the 2023 IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship is the first step toward a Brisbane 2032 appearance in team handball.

Swimming champion Kristof Milak is the undisputed one to watch for Team Hungary in this year's world championships, where new names populate the squad.
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Kristof Milak (Mike Lewis/World Aquatics)
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A Little Roundup 05.04.23

5/4/2023

 

A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In The News

Team Ukraine's Taras Khimich leads fellow modern pentathletes in criticizing the UIPM for allowing a return of Russians to competition.
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Multiple successes at the latest gymnastics world cup stop 'has brought (Team Ukraine's Illia Kovtun more than gold medals'.

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Retired Olympic gymnast Sergio Sasaki finds a new career with Cirque du Soleil.

Joel Rintala is the inaugural field hockey 'Hat Trick Hero' in a new FIH video series.

Paula Badosa talks tennis and role models in the latest Glamour Espana. (in Spanish)

Interview: 'Jannik Sinner is ready for tennis superstardom'.

Tennis great Serena Williams revealed some family news along with her Met Gala appearance.

Speaking of which...multiple other Olympic sports athletes joined Serena Williams on the Met Gala red carpet this year, including fellow tennis players Roger and Mirka Federer, Andy Roddick, and Matteo Berrettini, and baskteball players Russell Westbrook, Brittney Griner, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and Dwyane Wade. And freestyle skier Eileen Gu!

​Team Greece basketball star Giannis Antetokounmpo waxes 'philosophical about 'failure''.

Forbes' 'World's 10 Highest-Paid Athletes' list for 2023 is topped by soccer stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, and includes fellow Olympians LeBron James and Kevin Durant (Basketball) and tennis' Roger Federer.

Tokyo 2020 boxing medalist Harry Garside finds himself in some legal trouble upon return from 'reality'.

UWW​: 'Can anybody stop the American juggernaut' at the Pan-American Wrestling Championships this weekend?

Olympics: Do you think you know judo legend Teddy Riner?

College sophmore standout Mara Braun is a new possible addition to Team USA's 3x3 basketball national pool of players.

Stars Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wai earn entries into the 2023 Badminton World Federation Hall of Fame.

Essentially Sports: Jessica Springsteen continues to make a name for herself in equestrianism.

Nordic combined great Eric Frenzel 'makes a seamless transition from athlete to coach'.

Helm Stories: Want to find out the background to short track speed skater Itzhak de Laat's helmets?

Who are the athletes to watch at the opening stop in Zagreb of the international rowing season?

Meanwhile, rowing legend Steven Redgrave opens up on his 'debilitating' testosterone diagnosis.

World Aquatics looks back at swimmers Dezso, Eva (nee Szekeley), and Andrea Gyarmati, the only father, mother, and daughter in the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

BMX champion Twan van Gendt gets a key new role at the UCI World Cycling Center mentoring trainees.

Cold as Balls: Snowboarder Scotty James shows comedian Kevin Hart 'how to handle the ice'.

​Team Great Britain bobsledders Brad Hall, Arran Gulliver, Taylor Lawrence, and Greg Cackett, along with skeleton champion Matt Weston make a visit to Buckingham Palace for tea and cake.

Former bobsledder and luger Matthias Bohmer and World Cup winner Maria Luise Rainer get new critical luge roles in advance of Milano Cortina 2026.

World Athletics: Samuele Ceccarelli is now the latest surprise global track sprint champion for Team Italy.

R.I.P.: Team USA's Rio 2016 sprint star Tori Bowie passes away at age 32.

Middle-distance runner Kelly Holmes, figure skater Adam Rippon, and soccer star Megan Rapinoe are amongst 'seven LGBTQ+ athletes who came out & changed the game'.
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How did figure skaters Solene Mazingue and Marko Gaidajenko of Team Estonia bounce back from serious injury to Mazingue to appear at the recent World Championships.

"Playing in the Olympics is the dream of every player..." Team Kenya's Veronica Adhiambo has big national team goals after seeing success on the club level.
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Veronica Adhiambo (FIVB)
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