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A Little Roundup 01.26.23

1/26/2023

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Olympic Sports Athletes Are Making Headlines

Marathoners Maryna Nemchenko and Mykola Mevhsa live in the 'shadow of uncertainty' as they navigate competitions while not being able to return home to Ukraine.
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Maryna Nemchenko (l) and Mykola Mevsha (courtesy photo c/o Prothomalo.com)
Youth Olympic figure skater Dmytro Sharpar is killed in the fighting against Russia in Ukraine.

Team Canada looks at retiring figure skater Keegan Messing's 'most quintessential moments'.

Get a glimpse of hurdler Karsten Warholm's training camp days on his Instagram page.

Meanwhile sprint hurdler Milan Trajkovic gets an interview with TrackFieldCY: goals for this indoor season, representing fellow athletes, and that Cypriot record. (in Greek)

Champion pole vaulter Armand Duplantis took his loss at Sweden's recent Sports Gala well, but came up with the big prize at the Atheletcis Gala...

Triple Olympic long-distance runner Dathan Ritzenhein speaks with Track & Field News on his outlook and plans as a coach for his On Athletics Club squad.

Get to know champion swimmer David Popovici with an exclusive interview with FINA: world records, training, and 'much more'.

Olympian ice hockey goalie Ryan Miller gives thanks to his Buffalo supporters as his jersey is retired.

Taylor Averill and the Tallest Podcast on Earth host fellow Team USA volleyball-er TJ Defalco to discuss his 'unique upbringing' and 'emotional journey', and more.

Get to know up-and-coming biathlete Tommaso Giacomel, one of the season's 'athletes of the week'.

GQ: 'Seven young stars who are poised to take over tennis' includes Frances Tiafoe, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Taylor Fritz, Casper Ruud, Holger Rune, Felix Auger-Aliassime, and Matteo Berrettini.

Sydney 2000 Olympian Jelena Dokic claps back at online trolls during her tennis commentary duties.

What do some of water polo's 'luminaries' think of the new rules for the sport implemented in a recent test series in Australia?

Boxing Olympian Mary Kom gets a high-profile abuse oversight committee role...in wrestling.

Former Team Australia bobsledder, and LGBTQ sports advocate, Simon Dunn passes away unexpectedly.

Gaffer: Samantha Kerr and Kristie Mewis are 'the power couple taking over (soccer)'.

Wall Street Journal: How did a lunch with tennis great Roger Federer help 'fuel' Mikaela Shiffrin's run to  a record Alpine skiing mark?

Aconcagua: Retired Alpine skier Hig Roberts had a different type of mountainous experience.

After Jan Zabystran's four Alpine skiing medals at the Winter University Games, he now has his sights on larger targets: "After this, it's only going to be world championships and Olympics".

Italo Ferreira talks with Olympics.com on his 'arduous journey from a fishing village to Olympic gold', legacy, and fellow Team Brazil surfers.

Luger Elsa Desmond's good start to this season can be credited to a Team Romanian partnership, Beijing 2022-inspired confidence, and...'Pegasus'.

Cross-country skier Rosie Brennan looks back on her 'remarkable' 2023 Tour de Ski with Team USA.

Vote for Daring Simone: A 'short form tv & streaming reality series' on gymnast Simone Biles is up for a NAACP award.

Team Great Britain's Ondine Achampong sees herself as a potential leading all-around gymnast after 'adjustments' made in the last years.

Speaking of Team GB...Max Whitlock shares how opening up on mental health struggles has helped him in his gymnastics.

Golfer Olivia Mehaffey is carefully stepping back into competition after time away - and a blog - helped her with her grief.

Fencer Sun Yiwen still sees her Tokyo 2020 success as a 'new beginning' as she returns from injury delay.
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Sun Yiwen (CFP)
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Let's Get Social 01.20.23

1/20/2023

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Olympic Sports Stars Are On Social Media, Too...

Borna Coric enjoys a hotel view.
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Brooke Raboutou bundles up.
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Deborah Rodriguez enjoys a beach day.
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Maggie Steffens made a friend.
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Martin Fuksa appreciates a good view.
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A Little Roundup 01.19.23

1/19/2023

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Which Olympic Sports Stars Are Making News Headlines?

Sky News checks in on youth figure skater Gosha Mandziuk, who has resumed training in Kyiv despite the opportunity to escape the war in Ukraine.
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Gosha Mandziuk (Sky News)
Olympic figure skater and commentator Johnny Weir gets ISU Awards hosting duties next month.

Rising tennis player Holger Rune pens a blog for ITF: "(Winning) Grand Slams is the natural step for me".

CNN.com​: Tennis star Ons Jabeur, beach volleyballer Doaa Elghobashy, fencer Ibithaj Muhammad, and modern pentathlete Aya Medany are just some of the Muslim women to have "opened doors for a new generation of athletes".

Team Poland's men's volleyball team recognized as 'Team of the Year' back home for 2022...while beach volleyballers Anders Mol and Christian Sorum did the same in Norway.
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Biathletes Sturla Holm Laegreid and Ingrid Landmark Trandrevold are two athletes leading calls from Norway to address increasing climate change impact.

Olympians Miho Nonaka (sport climbing) and Haylie McCleney (softball) make the shortlist for the World Games 'Athlete of the Year' award for 2022.

Getting corny: Soccer superstar Lionel Messi gets a unique honor in Cordoba, Argentina.

More soccer as Team Iceland's Sara Bjork Gunnasrsdottir gets personal in The Players' Tribune on her experience with pregnancy while a competitive athlete.

Who will win the inaugural Global Triathlon Awards tomorrow? Team France, apparently, for one...

Judo great Teddy Riner is using a training camp in Kazakhstan on his road back to competition.

FIG: Rhythmic gymnast Stiliana Nikolova is 'embracing new chances in the new year'.

With two European golds, are Team Belgium's Hanne and Stijn Desmet the latest super short track speed skating siblings?

Will 2023 be the 'toughest season' yet of top-ranked Viktor Axelsen's badminton career?

Weightlifters Forrester Osei, Hidilyn Diaz, and Luisa Peters are elected to the IWF Executive Board.

Swimmers Joshua Liendo and Summer McIntosh win Aquatics Canada Aquatiques' 'Athlete of the Year' honors for their successes in 2022.

Doaa Al-Ayoub made taekwondo history at the age of six...and has done it again at the age of eight.

Newly retired Kurt Baker ponders his prolific rugby sevens career as he begins a new sporting chapter.

Olympics.com: At Paris 2024, skateboarder Gustavo Ribeiro wants "revenge on (his Tokyo 2020) results".

Beijing 2008 Olympian Marcie Lane (van Dusen) now leads equality efforts at a new program for girls' wrestling in Wyoming.

Go #OfftheMat in a 'Day in the Life' of wrestling champion Jordan Burroughs.

Flashback: Canoeist Saul Craviotto could become Team Spain's most-ever decorated Olympic athlete at Paris 2024...MujerHoy checked in over the holidays.

Boxer Khadija Mardi fought past difficult life moments to achieve success in the ring for Team Morocco.

Meanwhile, London 2012 champion Katie Taylor's marquee boxing match against Amanda Serrano wins Ring Magazine​'s 'Event of the Year' honors for 2022.

Speed skater Nil van der Poel won the top prize at Sweden's annual Idrottsgalan Awards, which also honored table tennis pair Mattias Falck and Kristian Karlsson, golfer Linn Grant, and swimmer Sarah Sjostrom, amongst others. (What...no Armand Duplantis??)

Paula Torres might be next in line for Team Ecuador Olympic race walking, if a new training set-up and recent continental U23 success is an indicator. (in Spanish)

Seeing competing in track & field as a "privilege", Irish long jumper Ruby Millet looks ahead past studies to being able to focus on her sport more.

Sprint hurdler Tiffany Porter blogs us through her 'geriatric' pregnancy.

Recently retired sprint legend Allyson Felix gets her name on her home stadium.

FIBA: How did playing for Team Finland help basketball player Lauri Markkanen 'flip the switch'?

Who were the 3x3 men's and women's players who 'defined' the 2022 season?
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Thibaut Vervoort (FIBA3x3.com)
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Athletes Worth Watching 01.18.23

1/18/2023

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Are These Athletes Future Olympic Games Stars?

Teen tennis phenom Gilles Bailly became the first Belgian ITF world champion.
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Gilles Arnaud Bailly (Sergio Llamara)
Felix Rijhnen is another inline skater veteran making inroads on the ice now in speed skating.
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Felix Rijhnen (r) (ISU)

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A Little Roundup 01.16.23

1/16/2023

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A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In The News

After a 10-month break from tennis while becoming a mother and supporting her Ukrainian homeland, Elina Svitolina is looking for a 2023 return.
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Elina Svitolina (Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA via Shutterstock)
Tennis star Iga Swiatek for The Players' Tribune: 'The Story of a Polish Introvert'.

The Sydney Morning Herald looks back at Sydney 2000, when Team Switzerland tennis players Roger Federer and Mirka Vavrinec made a connection...

Who are the 'Top five most accomplished women going for their first (tennis) Grand Slam at the Australian Open'?

Speaking of Australian Open tennis...Novak Djokovic moves past last year's drama: "If I hold the grudges...I wouldn't be here".

​Ahead of the current Men's Handball World Championship, Team USA squad members Ian Huter and Drew Donlin caught up with Team USA.

Soccer Olympians including Lionel Messi, Neymar, Alex Morgan, and Samantha Kerr dot the field of nominees for 'The Best FIFA Football Awards 2022'.

​Team USA soccer star Crystal Dunn reflects on her first New Zealand visit as she looks ahead to the World Cup later this year.

FIS' Down the Line looks at a moment on the tour with Alpine skier Aleksander Aamodt Kilde.

Meanwhile, how is fellow Norwegian Lucas Braathen 'defying stereotypes' of an Alpiune skier?

Nick Bandurak's 'remarkable sports journey' has brought him, finally, to Team England's senior field hockey squad.

More field hockey as Team Belgium's Elliot van Strydonck says out loud the frustrations with the global disparity of the sport's visibility.

Olympic champion Shaun White brings his snowboard with him, even to Antartica.

Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad takes her personal story of perseverance and success to the classroom.

"I'm used to performing under incredible amounts of pressure." Olympic wrestler Jordan Steen now serves as a police officer.

Champion gymnast Simone Biles scores a new Wheaties box cover. Congrats!

College gymnast Olivia Dunne's popularity gets out of hand on the road.

Nathan Power and Zoe Arancini are just two of many water polo stars hoping to inspire the next generation in Australia.

The New York Times looks at how Montreal 1976 Olympian and basketball trailblazer Lusia Harris' legacy at Delta State has gone under-recognized. (paywall)

Sprinter Trayvon Bromell gives an exclusive interview to Laureus' Spirit of Sport series, touching on his rise in the sport and what it takes to run a 9.6 seconds 100 meters.

Did 'millions' go missing from sprint legend Usain Bolt's account at his investment firm?

Sprint hurdler Luca Kozak and swimmer Kristof Milak share 2022 'Athlete of the Year' honors in Hungary.

Reality competition show The Traitors offers former Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte part of a path toward financial redemption.

Team Canada siblings Summer and Brooke McIntosh forge their own remarkable paths in Olympic sports: swimming and figure skating, respectively.

Filipino Olympic weightlifting may not just be about Hidilyn Diaz anymore, as Elreen Ando, Vanessa Sarno, and Kristel Macrohon are eyed as possible Paris 2024 contenders.

Fiona Bombardier follows her mother's footsteps in figure skating, even if she hasn't always known that.

Beijing 2022 figure skating champ Nathan Chen tries to remain patient as he - and his fellow team event competitors - await final resolution to the competition.

Highlight reel: rising ice hockey star Nela Lopusanova is the first woman to score a Michigan' goal at an IIHF tournament. (p.s she's only 14-years-old!) See the goal...
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Nela Lopušanová (IIHF)
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