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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 05.18.23

5/18/2023

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What News Features Have Olympic Sports Athletes Been In Lately?

R.I.P. to Team Ukraine ice hockey star Oleksandr Khmil, killed in action during the war by Russia.
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Oleksandr Khmil (c/o @heraskevych Twitter)
'Just how dominant' has equestrian rider Henrik von Eckermann been over the last nine months?

What does cycling legend Sir Chris Hoy foresee at this summer's track world championships in Glasgow?

"I'm sure the celebrations are going to go for a few days." Black Ferns Sevens star Stacey Waaka powers Team New Zealand to series victory.

Get a view into 'a day in the life' of champion wrestler David Taylor, courtesy United World Wrestling.

3x3 basketball star Bekki Kalaydjiev's return from injury is a story that 'will give you goosebumps'.

How is 3x3 basketball gold medalist and WNBA star Kelsey Plum 'expanding her profile off the court'?

YouTube: What does sport climber Alexander Megos eat for dinner?

"We have to put reason ahead of passion." Atlanta 1996 canoe champion Sandra (Wilfrid) Forgues knows what she is speaking of regarding transgender women in sport.

TJ Shorts is the first man to win the European basketball Champions League MVP and Final Four MVP in the same season.

​Diana Taurasi is 40-years-old and still at the top of basketball...and pushes her body to stay there.

What would triathlete Katie Zaferes tell other athletes contemplating motherhood?

Judoka Kelly Deguchi acknowledges a shadow life alongside her sister Christa, but is focused on her own successes and challenges with a weight division change.

U.S. gymnastics champion Brody Malone is in 'a race against the clock' to recover from injury in time for Paris 2024 qualification.

Divers Matty Lee, Daniel Goodfellow, and Matthew Dixon take sharing of themselves to a new level.

World Rowing looks at the 'Irish powerhouse' home of champions, Skibbereen Rowing Club.

London 2012 champion boxer Katie Taylor worries for the sport's future if not an Olympic sport.

Did missing the cut at the recent Masters give golf star and Tokyo 2020 Olympian Rory McIlroy a "wake-up call" for the rest of the Majors this season?

Get to know figure skater Kimmy Repond, an 'exceptional athlete whose story is a testament to the power of family bonds and the unwavering support they can provide'.

Sarah Hughes: first Salt Lake 2002 champion figure skater, and maybe in 2024 a U.S. Congresswoman...

Africa's best table tennis players are 'ready to take on the world' as a landmark world championships in Durban approach.
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"It was something I'll never forget." Team USA's Joscelyn Roberson relishes her recent gymnastics world cup success as she continues "being in a positive place mentally".

Team China's Gu Bingfeng is FIH's latest field hockey 'Hat Trick Hero'.

Kai Schaeffer takes his concern for sustainability to deep levels within badminton.
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Kai Schaeffer (BWF)
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A Little Roundup 04.24.23

4/24/2023

 

Olympic Sports Athletes In The News

Count tennis star Iga Swiatek as one Ukrainian supporter left 'confused' by the IOC's evolving stance on Russian and Belarusian participation in  sport.
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Iga Swiatek (Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters)
Team Ukraine artistic swimmer Yelyzaveta Yakhno finds new life in Canada with a coaching offer rescue.

Speaking of Iga Swiatek, her and 'equally focused' Carlos Alcaraz's wins this weekend provide some unexpected stability to the tennis season so far.

With the close of a 30-year run at hand, figure skater Kurt Browning reflects on his Stars on Ice career.

Team Great Britain's snowboarder Katie Ormerod looks to put a 'nightmare season' behind her as she plots a return from illness.

Legend Kelly Slater finds himself with an uphill battle to make it to Paris 2024's surfing competition.

"Anyone can win on the day." Surfer Paige Hareb plans her bid to represent Team New Zealand at Paris.

Even more surfing, as Tokyo 2020 Team Ecuador Olympian Dominic Barona sees the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games as a key gateway to Paris 2024. (in Spainish)

Teenager Tomokazu Harimoto may not have "that confidence yet", but he has plans on being number one in table tennis.

Rio 2016 champion Hui Ruoqi hopes fans give Team China "time and tolerance" as the current squad falls behind past successes.

ISU: Get a peek at 'a day in the life' on speed skater Yuma Murakami.

You can call her champion gymnast Simone Biles Owens now...

2018 Youth Olympic golf champion Grace Kim is now an LPGA tour winner, too.

World Athletics has a look back at how greats Grete Waitz and Ingrid Kristiansen 'made a name for themselves' with London Marathon successes.

Meanwhile, how is current marathon great Eliud Kipchoge planning to bounce back after a Boston Marathon disappointment?
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Long sprinter Michael Norman is now a "100% committed", 'born-again 100-meter man'.

Can high jumper Eleanor Patterson win two world championships in a row after an injury comeback?

Road racing cyclist Demi Vollering completes the "unique opportunity" to complete a hat trick of Ardennes Classics victories.

Lin Na and Marie-Eve Marleau: Two old diving rivals reunite in Xi'an, 23 years after competing against each other yet finding a 'common language' in the sport.

Team Canada: How is Brenda Taylor 'powering rowing towards a carbon-free future'?

Rower Mohammed Sbihi reflects on the challenge of training for Tokyo 2020 during Ramadan.

Team Australia's star swimmer Cate Campbell opens up about mental abuse she's battling through.

More Australian swimming: Star Kyle Chalmers hopes his openness with his mental health challenges serves to help others.

And even more: Newcomer Sam Short is "definitely heading in the right direction" after a strong national swimming championships performance.

Swimmer Daniel Wiffen dreams of a top podium finish and hearing Ireland's anthem on a global stage.

Team France may not get its long distance ringer in Anastasia Kirpichnikova in time for key global swimming events, after all.

Drama returns to Team India wrestling as Bajrang Punia, Vinseh Phogat, and Sakshi Malik, amongst others, take a (sit-down) against abuse within the federation.

Sentimental favorite Theodoros Iakovidis makes a return to weightlifting after he finds himself with more secure funding for training.
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Theodoros Iakovidis (Brian Oliver)

A Little Roundup 04.06.23

4/6/2023

 

Olympic Sports Athletes Are In The Headlines

Reuters: Count on diver Stanislav Oliferchuk as just one of the many Team Ukrainian Olympic aspirants looking to avoid Russian athletes in competition.
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Stanislav Oliferchyk (Alina Yarysh/Reuters)
Ukrainian tennis players Marta Kostyuk and Lesia Tsurenko express anguish at the IOC's recent softening position on Russia,

Tennis legend and Barcelona 1992 Olympian Boris Becker reflects on his recent 'very scary' prison term.
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Will tennis' Juan Martin del Potro make 'one final Grand Slam hurrah' this summer at the U.S. Open?

Digital BFFs Iga Swiatek (tennis) and Mikaela Shiffrin (Alpine skiing) continue their friendship with the help on Instagram Live.

Modern pentathlon London 2012 champion David Svoboda tries to clarify his view on support for Ukraine.

Road cycling great Peter Sagan still hopes to make a return to the "dream world" Olympic mountain biking for Paris 2024, even though qualification is tricky.

Speed skater Jutta Leerdam makes the celebrity pages alongside social media personality and MMA fighter Jake Paul.

(I wonder if a 'day in the life' of Leerdam includes a cameo by Paul...?)

Rising basketball star Caitlin Clark's is a success in the 'name, image, and likeness' game, too....with one charitable standout inclusion.

GQ Sports: Is Tom Kim the 'new superstar' of golf?

Swimmer Ariarne Titmus sees the recent world record by teenager Summer McIntosh in the 400 meter freestyle as "motivation to reclaim it".

Meanwhile, swimmer Erika Fairweather eyes her own sub-four-minute milestone in that 400 free.

Will Team USA swimmer Michael Andrew commit to the 200IM at the upcoming worlds or Olympics?

Kudos for - and from - Team Papua New Guinea as Olympian Ryan Pini is selected as the chair of the new World Anti-Doping Agency's Athlete Council.

The Curling News has more background on a "painful" reunion in honor of Team Norway's Thomas Ulsrud by his former squad mates.

Weightlifter Mattie Rogers tries to remain 'philosophical' about a controversial finish to her Pan American Championships competition this past weekend.

"Heartbroken" after not making it to Tokyo 2020, veteran gymnast Elsa Garcia now eyes Paris 2024 as her first return to Olympic competition since London 2012.

Ski jumper Dawid Kubacki may have ended his season early for family matters, but his presence wasn't forgotten by his colleagues and rivals.

With 'patience tested', Olympian Audrey Cordon-Ragot leaves her road cycling team over non-payment.

Beach volleyball legend Alison Cerutti is back on the sand court, now with Oscar Guimaraes, and taking it "one step at a time" as he contemplates Paris 2024 qualification.

Field hockey international Ellen Curran thinks facing a Spanish side first in the upcoming Euro League finals gives a good chance for an Irish side to make a landmark progression.

The strong performances by Teams Great Britain and Fiji in the women's rugby sevens World Cup has them each bullish on potential Paris 21024 qualification.

Volleyballer Wallace de Souza crosses a commentary line and now faces a national team suspension.

Tiril Udnes Weng reflects on the years it took to 'realize her potential' as the new Crystal Globe winner in women's cross-country skiing.

"We're having the best years of our career now." Madison Chock and Evan Bates relish their first ice dancing gold at the recent world championships.

"Ready with all the hugs." Snowboarder Jenny Jones took to Instagram to confirm her pregnancy.

Biathlon World has one last 'five burning questions' for champion Julia Simon to wrap up the season.

Marie-Philip 'Captain Clutch' Poulin and Sarah Filler lead a Team Canada squad 'loaded' with experience in search of another ice hockey world championship.

Team Finland's Reeta Hurske looks to build on her remarkable indoor season in sprint hurdles as she prepares for big goals in the outdoor season.

"Why should I narrow my scope and choose between decathlon and high jump?" Tejaswin Shankar considers extending a multi-event 'wager'.

Sprint champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce demolishes another field, at her son's school.

Hammer throw champion Anita Wlodarczyk has thoughts on the "painful" IOC decision on Russian athlete participation.

Jailed London 2012 long sprinter and Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has parole denied for his current sentence term.

​Former javelin champion Fatima Whitbread knows that athletics powered her life; now she wants the new generation to pick up sport, too.

Long-distance runner Joshua Cheptegei knows that to be great, one has to "keep on with consistency".

Team Australia middle-distance runner Peter Bol, um, distances himself from racism charges swirling around his recent drug test drama.

What does race walker Kimberly Garcia think of her double gold performance at the worlds last year?

Julyana Al-Sadeq has made taekwondo history, positioning her to be an inspiration for Muslim and Arab women in sport.
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Julyana Al-Sadeq (Julyana Al-Sadeq)
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