What Have Olympic Sports' Athletes Been Up To On Social Media?
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Maggie Mac Neill goes infinity pool-ing.
I don't know what he's saying, but Tsend-Ochir Tsogtbaatar's looking pretty dapper.
Damian Quintero takes advantage of Florida weather.
Luis Knabl is in the Seychelles.
Checking Out The Social Media Lives of Olympic Sports Athletes
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Saul Craviotto steps out in style...
Zane Weir enjoys an ice bath.
Kiril Milov goes exploring in the cold.
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What Are Olympic Sports Athletes Up To On Social Media?
Tom Daley channels his inner Greek god.
Brisa Hennessy is feelin' it.
Damian Quintero does Tokyo (again).
Clarisse Agbegnenou has a clone at Grévin.
Martin Fuksa visits the D.R.
A Biweekly Look At Olympic Sport Athletes In The NewsGlobal Athlete and 'Athletes of Ukraine' double down on the request to continue current sports bans on Russian and Belarusian athletes. Atlanta 1996 Olympic medalist Olena Vitrychenko has a long-distance coaching assignment in nationally-ranked USA rhythmic gymnast Naomi Skotnikov.
Five-time Olympic artistic swimming champion Anastasia Davydova...not a fan of the Russian-led war? Diver Tom Daley - and his knitting - make it to the cover story of Cosmopolitan UK. Team Mali's Salimatou Kourouma and Kamite Elisabeth Dabou steal the mixed-zone show at the Women's Basketball World Cup...for the wrong reasons. Olympic basketball players LeBron James, Kevin Love, and Draymond Green make an investment in Major League Pickleball (!). Olympic gold medalist Vanessa Gilles is "poised to reach new heights" in her soccer career with a club stint with Lyon. Table tennis plater Feng Tianwei has a new role with Sport Singapore that allows her to 'maintain her fitness', pursue advanced education, and work at the same time. RTE: The road to world rowing gold for Fintan McCarthy and Paul O'Donovan was built on 'trust'. BBC: Don't count on Olympic tennis champ Any Murray getting a Roger Federer-style sendoff. Speaking of tennis retirements...it sounds like Juan Martin del Potro is having a hard time with his. What did gymnast Dominick Cunningham think of his international debut for Ireland? "It was very exciting, is the word". Olympian Natalie Powell used judo to 'escape' the pain of being a closeted LGBTQ athlete. Now she's just experienced her first firsthand Pride. Who will be the 'World Sailors of The Year'? World Sailing reveals its nominees... Olympians and athletes from across sports - including handball, water polo canoeing, and karate amongst others - feted at Spain's National Sports Gala. (in Spanish) Figure skater Adam Rippon makes a guest appearance on TV game show 'Pictionary'. Meanwhile, champion figure skater Yuna Kim worked the runway at London Fashion Week, featuring a traditional Korean hanbok collection. Time's '100 Next' honorees include tennis player Carlos Alcaraz, figurer skate Ilia Malinin, soccer players Trinity Rodman (with a profile written by Briana Scurry) and Samantha Kerr (by Abby Wambach), sprinter Erriyon Knighton (by Michael Johnson), and basketballer Ja Morant. And don't miss sprint legend Allyson Felix's write-up of commentator Maria Taylor... World champion Johannes Lamparter talks Nordic combined goals in an interview with Fondo Italia. Equestrian Lottie Fry has a strong sense of 'legacy', training and competing with her mother's colleagues. An infamous pair of gloves used by boxing great and Los Angeles 1984 medalist Evander Holyfield brings in almost $40,000 at auction. Team USA: How growing up on the border helped shape Jennifer Lozano. Sarah Sjostrom's strong 2022 season underlined her status as one of the 'all-time greats' in swimming. Veteran Chris Mazdzer hasn't retired from the U.S. national team just yet... Biathlete Paulina Fialkova's bounce back from a disappointing two years came from a 'mindset' change. Can Rory McIlroy help bridge golf's current 'great divide'? Understand Estonian and like wrestling? Epp Mae is a guest on the Poodium podcast... Fredrik Samuelsson is 'the decathlete who suffers from rheumatism' in a new feature story. (in Swedish) Retired long-distance runner Paula Radcliffe has fond memories of Queen Elizabeth and her ' "phenomenal" support of sport'. Hurdles world record holder Karsten Warholm remains positive despite a down year in 2022: "My ego is fine, I can assure you". "It's a great feeling to be an example." Team Barbados' Sada Williams reflects on her success this season in long sprinting. The accolades keep coming for marathoner Elioud Kipchoge after his stunning Berlin race last weekend. And p.s., don't sleep on the importance of a good water guy on your team. Double Olympic rugby sevens medalist Ruby Tui opens up on her 'harrowing childhood' with Stuff. Which Olympic Sports Athletes Have Been In The Recent News?Marta Kostyuk remains vocal about the fraught situation on the WTA Tour regarding Ukrainian support and fellow tennis players from 'aggressor nations'. Update: Belarusian Victoria Azarenka out of the U.S. Open's charity tennis event.
A good week for tennis player Coco Gauff: Want to see a day in her life? Or maybe just read how she is 'ready for greatness'? Ambition and retirement: Tennis icon Serena Williams is the first guest on Meghan Markle's Archetypes podcast. Curious for more details about rugby sevens Olympian and tabloid star Greg O'Shea's time on Love Island U.K.? With Tim and Jonelle Price, Team New Zealand is feeling 'confident' ahead of the equestrian eventing world championships coming soon. Tina Rahim is not only the first Australian boxer competing in a hijab, she's also 'not nice in the ring'. Rab Wardell won the Scottish national mountain biking championship...two days later, he passed away. More BBC: Evie Richards reflects on her mountain biking journey as she readies to defend her world title. From Rome 2021 to Rome 2022, a scientific analysis of David Popovici's 100 meter freestyle world record, courtesy Swimming World. It's sure a summer of change for swimming star Simone Manuel. It took a while for Greco-Roman wrestler Deni Nakaev to process his recent and historic U20 World Championship medal. Olympians Olaf Tufte and Maike Diekmann help promote World Rowing in Zambia through a joint project with the World Wide und for Nature. Olympic karate medalist Damian Quintero talks 'Dragon Ball' and Goku inspiration, and more, with Men's Health Spain. (in Spanish) Jailed basketball star Brittney Griner gets possible...um, help?...from an unexpected source. Basketball star Luka Doncic gets a Slam feature story, along with his 'Luka 1' brand of sneakers. Team Canada's Sarah Nurse and Team USA's Trevor Zegras are EA Sports NHL's cover athletes for the new season. p.s. Nurse is the first woman so honored... Meanwhile, can Marie-Philip Poulin and Team Canada win a third-straight ice hockey global championship? Olympians Meghan Duggan (ice hockey) and Elana Meyers Taylor (bobsled) help lead the Women's Sports Foundation on a mission to Capitol Hill. Olympic bobsled medalist Alexandra Burghardt scores track sprint success again with a relay gold at the European Championships. Former Team Great Britain decathlete Ben Gregory 'fighting for his life' after a roadside accident. London 2012 javelin champ Thomas Roehler...budding sports photographer? Lightning Bolt: I'm actually surprised track sprint legend Usain Bolt didn't try this trademark earlier. World 400 meter hurdles champion Alison dos Santos is happy to be 'opening doors' back home with his global success. 40-year-old Alpine skier Akira Sasaki hasn't had a World Cup race in eight years, but he has Milano Cortina 2026 in his sights. Team Denmark soccer star Nadia Nadim senses an 'uncertain future' for her native Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Team Great Britain's Ellen White looks back on London 2012 and its spark for her soccer career and the sport in England. 'Perseverance at its finest'...Lino Munoz sets a determined example to participate at the World Badminton Championships. Golf superstar and Tokyo 2020 Olympian Rory McIlroy joins a team to launch 'tech-based' TMRW Sports. Margot van Geffen shares her thoughts on Team Netherlands' recent field hockey World Cup win. Will triathlete Alistair Brownlee's impressive form this past weekend bode well for the Ironman World Championship later this year? Team Bahrain's inclusion of Gor Minasyan and Lesman Paredes on their upcoming Asian Weightlifting Championships team probably a harbinger of more similar nationality changes in the sport. So...are you curious about Olympic all-around gymnastics champion Sunisa Lee's earnings? Brody Malone is the new male standard-bearer for Team USA gymnastics, and he's still getting used to the attention. 'Fully transformed' Konnor McClain's national gymnastics title can be attributed to a newly-found sense of confidence. |
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