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A Little Roundup 05.16.22

5/16/2022

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Headline News Featuring Olympic Sports Stars and Athletes

A "mentally drained" Elina Svitolina speaks on mental health and the impact the war in her native Ukraine has had on her as the Tokyo 2020 tennis medalist considers when to return to competition.
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The injured daughter of slain water polo player Eugine Obedinskiy gets a hospital visit from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Olympic champion rhythmic gymnast Alina Kabaeva included in sanctions against Russian figures with ties to Vladimir Putin.

The International Judo Federation comes through again to support youth athletes looking for relief from the war in Ukraine.

More from Inside the Games: ​London 2012 Olympic boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk's new charitable foundation aims to assist his civilian countrymen as Ukraine suffers through Russia's war.

Athens 2004 medalist and world boxing champion Amir Khan announces his retirement.

Slovenian Olympic basketball player Luka Doncic joins the 700-NBA playoffs-points club in quick fashion.

The news for Team USA's Brittney Griner, jailed in Russia on dubious charges, doesn't get better.

Tokyo 2020 gold medalist boxer Kellie Harrington to be awarded a 'Freedom of Dublin City' honor.

Get to know 2022 U.S. field hockey Hall of Fame inductee and Olympian Lauren Crandall Liska.

While she contemplates a possible run at Milano Cortina 2026, short track speed skater Elise Christie is focusing on scooter racing. (really)

The friendly rivalry between triathletes Alex Yee and Hayden Wilde leans into sportsmanship.

Former youth gymnast tells CNN how she quit the sport at age 13 due to "straight up child abuse".

Albanian gymnast Matvei Petrov considers 'perfection' may be the key to ultimate competitive success

Ilia Malinin lands a quadruple axel? Figure skating will "have to update their scale of values very soon".

Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus and coach Dean Boxall reflect on Tokyo 2020 and what's next as the swimmer is "just in a different headspace" now.

More news from Australia swimming...super star Emma McKeon lands in the gossip pages with a connection to pop star (and once Olympic hopeful) Cody Simpson.

Nhat Nguyen talks with Team Ireland on his transition from Vietnam to Ireland and his rise in badminton.

​Is soccer superstar and Beijing 2008 gold medalist Lionel Messi the 'posterboy of sportswashing'?

Track & field Olympic medalist Gwen Torrance puts in her opinion on the status of Florence Griffith-Joyner's sprint world records in the era of today's marks.

Rio 2016 pole vaulting surprise medalist Eliza McCartney has had to 'reset' as she bounces back from injury woes and looks ahead to regain competitive form.

Olympic marathoner Aliphine Tuliamuk shares thoughts on motherhood as an elite athlete.

Sprint hurdler Dawn Harper-Nelson shares her struggles with 'rock-bottom' mental health issues.

Cocaine scandal-plagued Leon Reid has his funding reviewed after initial approval for the Irish sprinter.

Evening Standard: Sprinter Dina Asher-Smith is 'harder, better, faster, stronger'.

'He's just going to have to run a lot faster now.' After that Tokyo 2020 race, hurdler Rai Benjamin reflects on still wanting to be the fastest hurdler on the track.

Canada's Sports Hall of Fame class for 2022 includes Olympic medalists Hayley Wickenheiser (ice hockey), Adam van Koeverden (canoeing), and Tricia Smith (rowing).

"I've had so many fantastic experiences and races." Multiple Olympic medal-winning canoeist David Florence calls it a career.

Team Great Britain shooter Kirsty Hegarty is 'herself again' after a disappointing Tokyo 2020 appearance.

Anamarija Lampic announces a pending switch from cross country skiing to biathlon. (in Slovenian)

Tennis star Naomi Osaka doubles down on mental health awareness with a Modern Health partnership and also takes charge of some business affairs.

Tennis champion and Olympic bronze medalist Novak Djokoic joins an exclusive 1,000-win club.

Bobsledder Josh Williamson makes a Keep the Flame Alive podcast appearance to discuss Beijing 2022.

Freestyle skiing champion Eileen Gu walks the catwalk for Louis Vuitton.
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Let's Get Social 05.10.22

5/10/2022

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Olympic Sport Stars And Their Social Media Lives....

Kyle Chalmers: "Only the strong survive".
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Tommaso Dotti has a nice view.
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Pita Taufatofua has a sunset moment...
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...as does Loena Hendrickx.
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Laura Pirovano and Marta Bassino visit Chichen Itza.
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A Little Roundup 05.09.22

5/9/2022

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Rounding Up Some Recent Headlines on Olympic Sport Athletes

Ukrainian champion boxer Wladimir Klitschko has strong opinions on Russians still boxing globally.
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The young daughter of former Team Ukraine's national water polo team Eugine Obedinskiy receives national Olympic committee support.

Will Albertville 1992 and Lillehammer 1994 Olympic ice dancer Susanna Rahkamo become the next president of the International Skating Union?

Gymnast Sunisa Lee plans a comeback...for her sophomore year at Auburn University.

Team USA stars Erin Jackson (speed skating), Mikaela Shiffrin (Alpine skiing), and Nathan Chen (figure skating) are some of NBC's inspirational Americans of the past year.

Brittney Griner gets a season-opening honor from the WNBA and its teams as the basketball star languishes still in Russia.

Meanwhile, Team Australia basketball star Liz Cambage is now in Los Angeles and 'done living someone else's dream'.

Even more WNBA...Is Olympian Han Xu the leading international player to watch this season?

And budding star Josh Giddey thinks Team Australia can upgrade from basketball bronze at Paris 2024.

Was there a doubt that Tokyo 2020 champion Joe Choong is against the removal of equestrian as a modern pentathlon element?

And two-time Olympic modern pentathlete Kate Allenby weighs in as well, with a critical Inside the Games blog post.

After a highlight WBO win, Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi is a rising boxer to watch as the women's world championships begin this week.

Diver Sam Fricker gets the feature story treatment from Australian Olympians magazine (along with water poloist Taniele Gofers).

Ten Zimbabwean athletes, across swimming, track & field, judo, rowing, and triathlon, are in line for Olympic Solidarity scholarships to help cover 'accident and illness insurance, plus travel costs'.

Judoka Armen Bagdasarov, who won his nation's first Olympic medal with an Atlanta 1996 silver, is among those honored during Uzbekistan's Olympic Committee's 30th anniversary celebrations.

After becoming the first to defeat both tennis greats Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic on clay in the same tournament, Carlos Alcaraz then becomes the second-youngest player to win two ATP Masters 1000 titles.

Speaking of which...double Olympic champion Rafael Nadal talks managing through injury pain "every single day".

Biathletes Dorothea Wierer and Marte Olsbu Roeiseland are not done yet with their careers. (in French)

The Advocate: 'Tom Daley dives deep on Olympic gold, knitting, and being a dad'.

He's an Ironman...Kristian Blummenfelt is the first to hold Olympic triathlon and World Ironman Championship titles in the same year.

"The Sacrifice Game": freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy gets another horror movie showcase.

Swimmer Adam Peaty's 'The Gladiator Mindset', soccer player Rachel Yankey's 'How to be a Footballer and Other Sports Jobs', and short track speed skater Elise Christie's 'Resilience' land amongst the nominees for The Sunday Times' '2022 Sports Book Awards'.

Star wrestler Ismael Borrero is the latest high-profile athlete defection from Cuba.

Rio 2016 wrestling medalist Sakshi Malik reflects on the support from her mother for Mothers' Day.

Boxer Charley Davison hopes her disappointing Tokyo 2020 experience propels her to Paris 2024 success.

Australian Olympian soccer star Samatha Kerr is a 'Football Writers' Player of the Year' winner.

'Power' is one word that comes to International Ski Federation's mind when thinking about Alpine skier Alice Robinson.

Rio 2016 steeplechase champion Conseslus Kipruto admits the Kenyan loss of the Olympic title at Tokyo 2020 was "the most painful and difficult thing".

Middle-distance runner Isiah Jewett looks to be known for global success as much as his sportmanship.

Sprinters Bianca Williams and Ricardo dos Santos get a favorable judgement in a police stop case.

'Rewriting the history books and breaking records.' Sprinter Favour Ofili is one to watch this 2022 season.
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Let's Get Social 04.29.22

4/29/2022

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Take a Look at Olympic Sport Athletes on Social Media

Jorge Urena serves focus.
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Kjeld Nuis hangs out.
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Just Thomas Roehler, shirtless, throwing...
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Valentina Margaglio has a vacation break.
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Kati Beierl warms up in the Maldives.
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Let's Get Social 04.22.22

4/22/2022

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The Social Media Lives of Olympic Sport Stars

Vladyslav Heraskevych continues the good work in Ukraine.

Road to Mykolaiv.
Beginning.
We deliver the necessary things to people who desperately need it. pic.twitter.com/bREzSYbKwO

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Garbine Muguruza has a fun photoshoot.
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Eliud Kipchoge has a moment's rest...
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...as does Mathieu van der Poel...
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Piotr Lisek has an abs-tastic laugh.
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