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A Little Roundup 03.20.23

3/20/2023

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A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In The News

Athletics Weekly looks at how some Ukrainian track & field athletes such as runner Yarolslava Yastreb struggle to train while living under the Russian war against their home.
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Yarolslava Yastreb (c/o Athletics Weekly)
Il Foglio has an interview with Team Ukraine's rhythmic gymnast Viktoriia Onopriienko, who is 'stronger than war'. (in Italian, subscription)

'Being teammates just comes naturally' for Team USA curlers - and sisters Tabitha and Tara Peterson.

Yahoo: Alpine skiing champion Marco Odermatt is "too empty" to celebrate his record season.

Could Alpine skier Sofia Goggia catch Lindsey Vonn's record of eight downhill World Cup overall titles? "We will try."

The International Swimming Hall of Fame announces its class of 2023 honorees across swimming (including Michael Phelps, Kosuke Kitajima, Kristy Coventry, and more), artistic swimming, diving (Wu Mingxia), water polo, and more.

"Shocked" is how swimmer Katie Douglass felt about a recent NCAA title win.

Team Zambia Olympians Stephen Zimba and Patrick Chinyemba (boxing) joined judokas Rita Kabinda and Taonga Soko to help develop sports skills in the next generation.

Former Olymoic judoka Kayla Harrison sees positives ahead even after a first, recent MMA loss.

Olympic gymnast Joel Plata gives an update following a serious traffic accident that left him with a fractured femur and more.

International Gymnast checks in on the 'aesthetics and grit that exemplifies' Brooklyn Moors' routines.

Two-time Olympic badminton player Leanne Choo has embraced 'her passion for coaching' with Team Australia as Paris 2024 approaches.

Team USA golfer Nelly Korda finds herself a fan of the mixed team event competitions.

Here's a look back at GQ Sports' feature on Crystal Dunn, her triumphant return to Team USA soccer and her sights set on this summer's World Cup. 

"Every place is my happy place, if I can climb it", says sports climber Janja Garnbret.

Why is sailing champion Eilidh McIntyre retiring? To go out on top...

BBC introduces us to trailblazers Fariba and Yulduz Hashimi, Afghans risking all to pursue road cycling.

Team Latvia road cycling athletes Tomas Skujinas and Kristas Neilands, and tennis player Jelena Ostapenko get a reprieve from a funding ban.

Tennis star Coco Gauff set for a TV acting debut on All American: Homecoming.

​Sydney 2000 basketball star Alonzo Mourning has a 'letter to (his) younger self'.

Who are some of the elite triathletes to watch with Paris 2024 in mind as the new season begins?

Team USA bobsledders earn recognition as the "Citizen Athlete" documentary gets awarded at the Mammoth Film Festival.

Olympics: Is this the final season for Team Canada ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier?

Get to know Andrew Torgashev, who's preparing for his surprise debut at the World Figure Skating Championships this week.

Team Australia rower Georgia Nesbitt is 'in stable condition' after a cycling incident has her in a coma.

What race did sprint champion Maurice Greene think was his hardest?

Meanwhile, present sprint world champion Fred Kerley looks to Usain Bolt as the 100m 'gold standard'.

Looking past a 'catastrophic' injury, Canadian Tokyo 2020 champion Damian Warner has eyes on a decathlon world record.

Josephus Lyles talks coming out of his brother and fellow sprinter Noah's shadow.

Double Olympic gold medalist Athing Mu stops by the Pivot Podcast to talk Olympics, track, and more.

NCAA sprinter Julien Alfred offers thoughts on her career rise in the sport to Spikes magazine.

Can Brian Pintado follow in fellow Team Ecuador and Atlanta 1996 champion race walker Jefferson Perez's footsteps with global competition success?
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Let's Get Social 03.17.23

3/17/2023

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A St. Patrick's Day Start For Today's Olympic Sports Stars' Social Media Look!

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A Little Roundup 03.16.23

3/16/2023

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The Star Of Olympic Sports In The News...

The Ukrainian Athletics Federation reports that high jumper Roman Polishchuk is one of the latest casualties in the Russian invasion. R.I.P. (in Ukrainian)
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Roman Polishchuk (c/o Ukrainian Athletics Federation Facebook)
Tennis player Lesla Tsurenko's recent 'panic attack'? Blame WTA boss Steve Simon's comments on the war in Ukraine from Russia.

Meanwhile, gymnastic champions Oleg Verniaiev and Lidia Podkopayeva join boxer Wladimir Klitschko in urging Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo for help in supporting a ban on Russian Olympic participation.

Runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen has big ambition. "My main goal is to be the best runner that ever existed."

Current rising badminton players Kim Won Ho and Kim Hye Jeong have a unique similarity - both have mothers in the international circuit as well.

​Buoyed by indoor success this season, top-ranked archer Katharina Bauer focuses on outdoors and the "new things coming up in 2023".

"But I am desperate to change the color of the medal this time." Can boxer Lovlina Borgohain win a home gold at the upcoming worlds?

More Team India boxing as veteran Mary Kom looks for one last major tournament this year before an 'upper age limit' forced retirement.

And more women's boxing as Rio 2016 champion Estelle Mossely returns to amateur boxing with sights set on a home Olympic appearance in 2024.

​How did the Youth Olympics 'help propel' the career of table tennis star Sun Yingsha?

Andrew Blaser reflects on his skeleton World Cup season after becoming a rare publicly LGBTQ athlete: 

FIG checks in on the three teams that have already secured Olympic qualification in men's team gymnastics competition: Great Britain, China, and Japan.

Veteran Vanessa Ferrari returns to training with a thought toward a fifth Olympic Games at Paris 2024.

Five-time Olympian Alia Atkinson leads a group of fellow swimmers teaching youth the sport in Jamaica...where access to pools is lacking.

Long-distance swimmers Daniel Wiffen and Felix Auboeck take up synchronized swimming (sort of).

"I still really enjoy rowing." Retired Team Sweden Olympian Lassi Karonen reflects on his career and post-competition life.

Team Philippines' beach volleyball pair Cherry Ann Rondina and Jovelyn Gonzaga receive 'major' recognition from local sportswriters.

ITF: Get to know Bulgarian Adriano Dzhenev, ready to break into the top 20 junior tennis rankings.

Retired Olympic champion curler Eve Muirhead gets a special new role for the next Youth Olympics.

Olympian Sofia Papadopoulou is the 'first sailing coach to take part in the Women in Sport High Performance Pathway' program that targets gender equity in coaching.

Avoiding coaching her former training partners, taekwondo great Maria Espinoza instead focuses on the para-taekwondo team in Mexico as her next challenge. (in Spanish)

Henri Schoeman's 'emotional return' to elite triathlon continued with a "fairytale" win last weekend.

Atlanta 1996 Olympian Grant Hill is 'enthusiastic' about the potential Team USA squad for the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Meanwhile, a pair of sneakers from two-time basketball gold medalist and NBA legend Michael Jordan may set a record mark at auction.

Jimmer Fredetter has brought 'Jimmermania' to the 3x3 basketball circuit...with Paris 2023 in sight.

Chung Pan Justin Cheng's return to Team Hong Kong's ice hockey team was a success with a 'historical' international medal.

What was it like to make the 'first boulder movie ever' with sports climbing star Adam Ondra?

Discover 'a day in the life' of Team Portugal judoka Catarina Costa.

Biathlon World has some questions to get us to know former junior champion Endre Stroemsheim.

FEI: Henrik von Eckermann's equestrian jumping performance with mount KIng Edward at Herning 2022 is 'great performance' to remember.
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Henrik von Eckermann and King Edward (FEI)
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Let's Get Social 03.14.23

3/14/2023

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What Are Olympic Sports Stars Doing On Social Media Lately?
(almost a track & field-free edition...)

Greg O'Shea gets the photo shoot treatment.
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Brooke Raboutou is doing what she does with a rock.
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Jamie Anderson recaps...herself...
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Jack Woolley visits Rocky Balboa in Philly...
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A Little Roundup 03.02.23

3/2/2023

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Take A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In The News

Olympic medalists Elina Svitolina (tennis) and Olha Saladukha (triple jump) talk with The Telegraph on the war in Ukraine and how sport can aid recovery.
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Romanian-Swede Dragos Nicolae Madaras has big goals on the ITF tennis circuit as he contemplates a hopeful Grand Slam breakthrough.

Preview T Magazine's feature cover story on Ajla Tomljanovic: 'the pwer of the mind', injuries, and more in tennis career.

Novak Djokovic is the new all-time leader in total weeks ranked number one in professional tennis.

Christopher Ruhr wins the 'Poligras Magic Skill Award' in field hockey for his spectacular goal during the recent FIH World Cup.

Groundbreaking field hockey player Davis Atkin breaks ground again with the senior national team.

So what does Alpine skiing great Ingemar Stenmark think of Mikaela Shiffrin's current run at his all-time World Cup win record?

Aamodt Kilde documentary debuts in the U.S. on ViaPlay, following Alpine skier Aleksander Aamodt Kilde's 2022/23 season. (subscription)

Track & Field News chats with new American running record holder (indoor 5,000 meters) and Tokyo 2020 Olympian Woody Kincaid.

And...Longhorn Extra sits down with University of Texas sprinter Julien Alfred on her St. Lucia background and rise in the sport.

Sprint hurdler Devynn Charlon has been a global event finalist...which powers her desire for a medal.

With Olympic qualification time already under his belt, Team Ecuador's race walker David Hurtado has sights firmly on showing his capability at Paris 2024. (in Spanish)

What are gymnast Mitchell Morgan's 2023 plans, knowing that a World Championship final was just past his reach in 2022?

Gymnast Jordan Chiles, swimming great Katie Ledecky, and tennis star Sloane Stephens are three Olympians honored as 'women who are blazing a trail to a better tomorrow' by Create & Cultivate.

Team Ireland's Abi Lyle finds that controlling nerves has been key to good scores in equestrian dressage.

What did freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy think of his Special Forces TV reality show experience?

How Mia Brookes prepare 'to become the youngest-ever snowboard world champion'?

IJF has a video 'sneak peek into the life' of world champion judoka Natsumi Tsunoda.

Team Japan's Tokyo 2020 Olympian Toi Suzuki is 'well placed to command his captaincy for years to come' in water polo at just age 23.

Speaking of Team Japan, ski jumper Sara Takanashi takes to Instagram to explain her disappointing  performance at worlds.

Landmark Olympic fencer Peter Westbrook continues to push diversity in the sport through his foundation in New York.

Sport climber Jakob Schubert gets a special audience with the 'Kaiser'. (video in German)

"Being ok with experiencing and pushing through any discomfort in any area of life" has been the key takeaway for Olympian Derek Porter as he reflects on his rowing career.

Team Australia canoe slalomist Daniel Watkins visits the Off the Podium podcast to talk Tasmania, Olympics, and being 'the Brad Pitt of canoeing'.

World 12th-ranked Busanan Ongbamrunphan 'knows she needs to keep getting better' if she wants a place at Paris 2024 for Team Thailnd in badminton.

Fans of Chris Mazdzer will get to see the Team USA luger attempt the Nija Warrior course soon...

Beijing 2022 ice hockey medalist Sini Karjalainen is one of many non-U.S. female athletes using the American college system to bolster skills. (pay wall)

Soccer superstar - and Beijing 2022 gold medalist - Lionel Messi headlines the honorees for the 'Best FIFA Football Awards 2022'.
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