Games and Rings
  • A Blog for Olympic Sports Fans

A Little Roundup 09.28.23

9/28/2023

 

Olympic Sports Athletes In The News

Ukrainian Rhythmic gymnast Khrystyna Pohranychna talks sport, and family, with Sport24​. (in Ukrainian)
View this post on Instagram

A post shared by khrystyna pohranychna (@k_pohranychna)

Lara Culturi and Livio Hiltbrand are two 'Generation Z' Alpine skiers 'ready to enter the world's elite'.

Superstar Simone Biles wades into the turmoil surrounding a past alleged racial gymnastics incident in Ireland.

More Irish gymnastics...as Andrew Steele's "good shot" at Paris 2024 qualification gets closer at the upcoming worlds.

Can Krisztofer Meszaros 'raise the bar' for Team Hungary at the World Gymnastics Championships?

R.I.P. to U18 world ice hockey champion Nic Kerdiles, victim of a motorcycle accident.

Nominations for the 2023 World Rowing Awards are accepted through World Rowing through October 15th...

...and nominate your choice for the 2023 World Sailor of the Year through October 5th.

What are the 'favorite songs of 2023' for some of your favorite Nordic combined athletes?

Don't expect current 3x3 basketball star Jimmer Fredette on an NBA team again.

Who will be the '2023 Winter Sports Athlete of the Year' in Italy? (in Italian)

Team Paraguay's Marizza Faria, veteran of four World Handball Championships, adjusts to a new role.

Diver Matthew Mitcham talks behind-the-scenes on his debut stage role in London with Attitude U.K..

Thai social Media star Pitchamon "Pink" Opatniputh does her best to take her eyes off the phone to focus on badminton.

Team Mexico's landmark Olympic archer Mariana Avitia plots a return to the Summer Games in 2024.

Vincent Zhou reminds us of the injustice continued from Beijing 2022's team figure skating competition.

A disappointing World Athletics Championships set the stage for a season finale comeback for Team Ethiopia long-distance runner Guduf Tsegay.

Speaking of Team Ethiopia running...World Athletics looks at three rising stars having a syccessful season with a road running test just ahead: Diribe Welteji, Freweyni Hailu, and Hirut Meshesha.

"I would like to play them once again." Tennis superstar Rafael Nadal isn't done with the Olympics yet.

Will up-and-coming biathlete Tommaso Giacomel be a star at Milano Cortina 2026?

The only thing possibly distracting Corinne Stoddard from returning to the Olympics in short track speed skating? Her dog Mylo...

Olympics: How has Jakob Schubert stayed so long at an elite level in sport climbing?

Team France's Kaddiatou Diani talks about her Olympic 'dream' in soccer with FIFA.

The Athletic shares some stories fit-for-publication on retiring Team USA soccer star Megan Rapinoe.

Luger Natalie Geisenberger: 'Germany's most successful Olympic winter sport athlete retires.' (FIL)
View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Natalie Geisenberger (@nataliegeisenberger)

Let's Get Social 09.22.23

9/22/2023

 

Checking Out Olympic Sports Athletes' Socials...

Marco Odermatt recaps the last few days.
View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Marco Odermatt (@marcoodermatt)

Christos Volikakis gets stretchy.
View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Christos Volikakis (@ch_volikakis)

Katerina Johnson-Thompson is in St. Lucia...and I spy Andrew Pozzi...
View this post on Instagram

A post shared by KJT (@johnsonthompson)

Iivo Niskanen goes high....
View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Iivo Niskanen (@iivoniskanen)

...as do Eric Frenzel and Michael Schwaiger...
View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Eric Frenzel (@ericfrenzel)


Read More

A Little Roundup 09.21.23

9/21/2023

 

A Roundup of Recent News Features on the Stars of Olympic Sports

'Full of ambition', Team Ukraine's track cyclist Alla Biletska takes advantage of a unique training opportunity in Switzerland.
View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Alla Biletska (@alla.biletska19)

Chilean Tokyo 2020 Olympian Manuel Selman offers his own four tips to 'surf travel'.

"I love training." Canoe slalomist Maialen Chourraut is tackling a sixth Olympics qualification season.

Lisa Hirner is 'determined' to show what Nordic combined athletes can do this season in the wake of Milan Cortina 2026 disappointment.

Will archers Marcus d'Almeida and Lee Woo-seok renew their (Youth) Olympic rivalry at Paris 2024?

Who are FIFA's 'best' men's and women's soccer players for 2023? Voting is open...

Queerty looks at Beijing 2008 soccer player Robbie Rogers, and how he is part of the 'cutest Hollywood power couple'.

The 'Messi Effect'? Soccer superstar Lionel Messi inadvertently starts his own pizza-gate drama.

'Affable and hard-working Trinidadian' Dylan Carter catches up with World Aquatics as he prepares for the upcoming swimming world cup.
​
CBC: Judoka Shady El Nahas had a 'soul searching journey' to recover from Tokyo 2020 disappointment.

Take a peek at retired judoka-turned-artist Neil Eckersley's new We are Olympians poetry collection.

On the heels of a World Championship medal, New Zealander Thomas Mackintosh is World Rowing's latest 'Rower of the Month'.

Will it be Rebecca McGowan or Bianca Cook to represent Team Great Britain at Paris 2024 in the women's -67kg category in taekowndo?

How have Team Sweden's biathletes fared in a high-altitude camp in France ahead of the 2023/24 season?

Olympic champion Mariama Jamanka transitions away from bobsled and into a television career.

Can the 'young blood' challenge the 'old guard' in Greco-Roman at this week's World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade?

Get to know 'game changer' Mao Shimada as she prepares for the new junior figure skating season.

Ice dancer Margarita Dobriazko finds herself in trouble in Lithuania for her appearances within Russia amidst the latter's aggression in Ukraine.

How high can pole vaulter Armand Duplantis go? "At the end of my career, I hope to definitely have the highest bar that I think I could have achieved."

Freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy gets personal in Attitude about body issues, new projects, and even more.

Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen "hope to continue the Danish (badminton) men's doubles legacy for a while", as they hope to ride current success to Paris 2024.

FIBA: Meet Team Japan's 14-year-old 'confident and ambitious' basketball star Chusonjakku Shiratani.

Team USA stars Breanna Stewart and A'ja Wilson are named the WNBA's basketball Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, respectively, by the AP. (And Olympic teammate Brittney Griner shares the Comeback Player of the Year honors.)

The path to growth runs through a retirement home for Team New Zealand's men's curling squad.

Wrestler Shota Phartenadze pays a price for his medal-winning effort at the World Championships.

How did Rizabek Aitmukhan go from a volunteer at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships to a landmark Kazakh champion himself in 2023?

Gymnast Melanie de Jesus dos Santos is "so happy" as she focuses on Paris 2024 even while training 'far from France'.

Gymnast Salvatore Maresca got down on one knee after success at the recent World Challenge Cup.
View this post on Instagram

A post shared by FIG Gymnastics (@figymnastics)

A Little Roundup 08.03.23

8/3/2023

 

Olympic Sports Athletes In The News...

Triple Olympic champion kayaker Serheii Chukhrai speaks with Sport24.ua on Olympic memories, fleeing Ukraine amidst the current war, and more. (in Ukrainian)
Picture
Serheii Chukhrai (l) (c/o Sport24.ua / Serheii Chukhrai)
Swimmers Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin, Kosuke Kitajima, and Grant Hackett are some of the 'legends of Fukuoka' recognized by World Aquatics during last week's World Championships.

'Ireland's swimming sensation' Daniel Wiffen joins the Off the Ball podcast to talk world championships, and going for gold at Paris 2024.

Both former world champions with 'chequered careers', Team Spain's Felipe Perrone and Team USA's Maddie Musselman are World Aquatics' water polo 'athletes of the year' for 2022.

Tennis great Serena Williams has to resort to a drone show for a gender reveal.

The Women's Sports Foundation announces its finalists for its 'Sporstwoman of the Year' awards, including multiple Olympians and Olympic sports athletes: Rayssa Leal (skateboarding), Katie Ledecky (swimming), Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (track & field), Carissa Moore (surfing), Kaori Sakamoto (figure skating), Claressa Shields (boxing), Mikaela Shiffrin (Alpine skiing), Iga Swiatek (tennis), Felice Albers (field hockey), Ally Carda (softball), Caroline Harvey (ice hockey), Sophia Smith (soccer), Maggie Steffens (water polo), and A'ja Wilson (basketball).

Speaking of figure skater Sakamoto...ISU takes a look at the 'trendsetter's' last season and what's ahead.

Tokyo 2020 skateboarder Jagger Eaton plots a return to the Olympics in his hometwon of Mesa, AZ.

Nikola Jokic isn't just an NBA basketball champion...he's also a successful (and happy) race horse owner...

Olympians Bode Miller (Alpine skiing) and Erin Jackson (speed skating) get a Special Forces assignment in reality television.

Fellow 2020 Olympian Shauna Coxsey takes her sport climbing expertise to the broadcast booth for the upcoming world championships.

"Papa, I want to see you dive in the Olympics." Tom Daley gets some successful encouragement to push for a Paris 2024 appearance.

A Montreal 1976 equestrian, Great Britain's Princess Anne tops a look back at Royals who have competed at an Olympics.

UCI: Who are freestyle park's top contenders at the upcoming World BMX Championships in Glasgow?

"I can't imagine anything more beautiful." retired biathlete Karolin Hochler adjusts to her new career as a midwife.

WNEM: Get to know 15-year-old aspiring Team USA luge athlete Chase Somers.

"It's like a shot for a new life." A reinvigorated Ugo Legrand returns to judo after a multi-year absence.

Eli Dershwitz is not just the first man to win a world sabre fencing individual title for Team USA, he's also a grandson of Holocaust survivors.

Team Estonia's Kristjan Ilves is the latest 'Live Talk' Nordic combined interview with FIS: training with Norwegians, track & field, favorite music, and more.

"Not sure it can get any better than that." Staff Sgt. Brianna Pritchard has Paris 2024 breaking dreams while serving in the U.S. Army National Guard.

Triathlete takes a look at the top contenders for Team USA next summer at Paris 2024.

Who are the top junior rowers to watch at the World Rowing U19 Championships this week?

Yahoo!: Sailor Saskia Tidey is 'putting up a fight for Olympic glory' at Paris 2024.

The New York Times gets to know USWNT's FIFA World Cup rookie Savannah DeMelo, thrust into the lineup for her 'creativity'.

Team Malaysia's men's field hockey squad hopes its "new structure of play" can boost it past its five third-place finishes at the Asian Champions Trophy event for a championship.

Norwegian Johanne Killi talks 'what it takes to make it in the high-pressure, fast-progressing world' of freestyle skiing.

Nicholas D'Amour is hoping a 'fresh mindset' powers him to improvement at the World Archey Championships following a rough season start.

Who are the 'track & field teens to watch' for Team Australia at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games?

Retired middle-distance runner Alysia Montano makes a stop in Washington, D.C. to advocate for maternal health.

Want another 'track teen' to watch? Try Team Suriname's Issamade Asinga, new U20 100m record holder.

Who are some of the new stars 'making their mark on the FIBA 3x3 pro circuit' this season?

"I want to go and learn as much as I can from these guys and hopefully go win." USA Basketball's Austin Reaves is excited to suit up for the FIBA World Cup.
Picture
Austin Reaves (FIBAWC)

A Little Roundup 07.27.23

7/27/2023

 

A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In The News

Team Ukraine athletes remain conflicted on the prospect of facing Russians on an Olympic playing field.
Picture
Team Ukraine's Anna Ryzhykova and Viktoriya Tkachuk (Reuters)
"The fans pushed me to keep fighting." Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina found motivation from the stands in her remarkable Wimbledon run. (in Ukrainian)

Tennis' Taylor Fritz gets a Style interview: tennis pedigree, Italian rivals, and taking the U.S. Open one day at a time. (in Italian)

Sprint legend Usain Bolt pitches Paris 2024: "I'm excited to be in the stadium, to see it live".

Swimmer Federica Pellegrini has an announcement in response to her 200 meter freestyle record being broken...

Swim legend Michael Phelps was 'funny, upbeat, and full of life' as he spent some time poolside with World Aquatics Championships swimmers earlier in the week.

"I'm so lucky. I still do what I love." Team Chile swimmer Kristel Kobich makes history with her 11th appearance at a World Aquatics Championships.

"It's truly a beautiful experience." Uruguayan open water swimmer Maximiliano Paccot reflects back on his third World Championships.

BiathlonWorld: Team USA is 'getting filled with young guys who want to work hard and get to the top'.

Rising skeleton star Hallie Clake makes a u-turn and returns to compete for Team Canada.

The current crop of young players for Team Bulgaria's men's volleyball program get a high profile endorsement at home.

Ice dancers Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen reflect on gender inequality within figure skating with the ISU.

Dutch-New Zealander Veerle ten Have may have 'hated' windsurfing early on, but she's now a star in the sport.

Vasco Vilaca may not have a world cup podium win this season, but the year has been 'amazing' so far for the Team Portugal star.

Surfer Italo Ferreira revives fans' concern for his health and Paris 2024 hopes with his medical update.

Refugee taekwondo athlete Marzieh Hamidi still has her heart back home as she seeks qualification for Paris 2024 to represent "all the women of Afghanistan".

Tokyo 2020 judo champions Hifumi Abe and Uta Abe have a 'head start' to Paris 2024, and they both intend to make the most of it.

Able to 'scramble up a massive wall in the blink of an eye', 19-year-old Ben Jennings targets a sports climbing spot at Los Angeles 2028.

"I just think it's really cool to push yourself to be as good as you can be possibly be." Rower Kristi Wagner looks past a Tokyo 2020 podium near-miss to focus on Paris 2024.

Team Australia's women's water polo team exhibits 'family spirit' as past greats of the sport dot their poolside contingent.

Where do Team USA's sports shooters stand on the road to Paris with one year to go until the Olympics?

"Honestly, it feels surreal." Harvard graduate Eli Dershwitz is just the second-ever individual men's fencing world champion for Team USA.

Boxer to watch? One sparring session sparked renewed interest in the sport for Canadian McKenzie Wright, who's aiming for the Pan American Games now.

USA TODAY: Team USA soccer star Alex Morgan is a 'powerful advocate and disruptor' in the game.

Soccer's Ary Borges' hat trick for Team Brazil capped an 'emotional' journey to the current World Cup.

"I tried to get into other sports, but I just wanted to play soccer." Khadija Rimchi and Team Morocco make history as the first North African and majority Arab national team to make to the women's World Cup.

Having ten siblings may helped Katie McCabe become a star for Team Ireland's women's soccer squad. (p.s. McCabe scored the Women's World Cup first-ever 'Olimpico' goal...)

Who are future equestrian dressage stars? Check out the news from the recent European Championship for Juniors and Children...

Team China gets a high profile addition to its men's basketball program in Kyle Anderson.

The IIHF looks at the development of the women's ice hockey team...in Oman (!).

Nordic combined athlete Ida Marie Hagen joins a 'Live Talk' with the FIS: world championship misses, making friends, and more.

"Now I just want to ride as long as possible." Team Great Britain BMX rider Declan Brooks puts his Cirque de Soleil past behind him.
Picture
Declan Brooks (Team GB)
<<Previous
    Above: Athens' Kallimarmaro, the site of the 1896 Summer Olympics


    About This Blog

    An Olympics fan blog celebrating all things Olympic sport athletes

    Picture
    Read about me.

    Navigate It

    Celebrating Olympic sport athletes with news links, social media peeks, and more, seen through the cheeky lens of this particular, passionate fan.

    ​Check out:
     A Little Roundup
    Get caught up on the athletes of Olympic sports with a collection of links to recent news and feature stories

    Let's Get Social
    Taking a look at what some of your favorite Olympic sport athletes are up to on social media away from competition.

    They are the Champions
    Congratulations to the world champions of Olympic sports!

    Athletes Worth Watching
    Who are some emerging Olympic sport athletes worth keeping an eye on for the future?

    ​Ramblings and Things
    ​
    I have my own comment and opinions sometimes!

    A Quick Review
    Quick thoughts on Olympic sports-related films, art, books, TV, etc. that I've come across .
    p.s. see my Bookshop!

    Picture
    Me at Rio 2016's Barra Olympic Park


    Follow Me

    Instagram
    Twitter
    Threads
    ​Spotify
    Medium
    ​
    Bookshop
    Post.
    Mastodon
    Tumblr

    Favorite Sites

    The IOC
    The Olympic Museum
    Olympic World Library
    ​Intl Olympic Academy
    ​Team USA
    World Athletics
    ​Athletics Integrity Unit
    WADA
    Court of Arbitration
    Around the Rings
    Inside the Games
    GamesBids.com
    The Sports Examiner
    ​AP Olympics
    ​AP Winter Olympics
    NBC Olympic Talk
    NY Times ​Olympics
    USA TODAY Olympics
    Wiki Summer Olympics
    Wiki Winter Olympics
    ​Athlete365
    ​
    Global Athlete
    ​Olympic Historians
    World Olympians Assoc.
    ​Games Architecture​
    Art of the Olympians
    Olympic.org Results
    ​Olympedia
    ​Olympstats
    ​
    Olympian Database
    ​On This Day in Sports
    ​Coubertin Speaks
    ​Olympic City Project
    ​
    Keep the Flame Alive
    Off The Podium
    The Games Odyssey
    ​Totallympics
    ​Qualifying to the Games
    ​Lost Olympians
    ​
    Olympians 1964 to 2020
    All Sports Books Reviews
    Outsports
    ​
    Queerstory Files
    ​Paris 2024
    ​Milan Cortina 2026
    Los Angeles 2028


    Categories

    All
    A Little Roundup
    Alpine Skiing
    Amsterdam 1928
    Ancient Olympics
    Aquatics
    Archery
    Artistic Swimming
    Athens 1896
    Athens 2004
    Athlete Spotlight
    Athlete Worth Watching
    Atlanta 1996
    Badminton
    Baseball
    Basketball
    Basketball 3x3
    Beach Volleyball
    Beijing 2008
    Beijing 2022
    Berlin 1936
    Biathlon
    Bobsled
    Boxing
    Breaking
    Canoe/Kayak
    Cricket
    Cross Country Skiing
    Curling
    Cycling
    Cycling BMX
    Cycling Mountain Bike
    Cycling Road
    Cycling Track
    Demonstration Sports
    Diving
    Equestrian
    Fencing
    Field Hockey
    Figure Skating
    Freestyle Skiing
    Golf
    Gymnastics
    Handball
    Helsinki 1952
    Ice Hockey
    Innsbruck 1976
    IOC
    Judo
    Karate
    Lacrosse
    Let's Get Social
    London 1908
    London 1948
    London 2012
    Los Angeles 1932
    Los Angeles 1984
    Los Angeles 2028
    Luge
    Melbourne 1956
    Mexico City 1968
    Milano Cortina 2026
    Modern Pentathlon
    Montreal 1976
    Moscow 1980
    Munich 1972
    Non-Olympic Sports
    Nordic Combined
    Olympics
    Olympic Sports Media
    On This Date
    Other
    Paralympics
    Paris 2024
    Pyeongchang 2018
    Rhythmic Gymnastics
    Rio 2016
    Rome 1960
    Rowing
    Rugby Sevens
    Sailing
    Salt Lake City 2002
    Sarajevo 1984
    Seoul 1988
    Shooting
    Short Track Speedskating
    Skateboarding
    Skeleton
    Ski Jumping
    Ski Mountaineering
    Snowboarding
    Soccer (football)
    Sochi 2014
    Softball
    Speed Skating
    Sport Climbing
    Squash
    Stockholm 1912
    Summer Olympics
    Surfing
    Swimming
    Sydney 2000
    Table Tennis
    Taekwondo
    Tennis
    They Are The Champions
    Tokyo 1964
    Tokyo 2020
    Track And Field
    Trampolining
    Triathlon
    Volleyball
    WADA
    Water Polo
    Weightlifting
    Winter Olympics
    Wrestling


    Archives

    October 2023
    September 2023
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014


    To opt-out of cookies, and to read this site's privacy policy, read the Policy page.

    The following link is listed for Mastodon site verification purposes only:
    Mastodon

    RSS Feed


Proudly powered by Weebly