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Let's Get Social 07.05.24

7/5/2024

 

Checking Out Olympic Sports Athletes' Social Feeds...

Exauce Mukubu hangs out in Spain.
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Felix Loch can teach an old dog a thing or two.
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Ashleigh Johnson gets (Women's Health​)-y.
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Teddy Riner gives good smile (and focus).
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Happy Birthday, Nana Takagi!
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A Little Roundup 07.01.24

7/1/2024

 

Olympic Sports Athletes Are in The News

"I promise you will not be bored." Noah Lyles gets a featured treatment in Time.

“If you’re watching me, I promise you will not be bored”

It’s not every day that a magazine as prestigious as @TIME writes an article about you.
□ Photographs by Dana Scruggs
( insta @danascruggs ) for TIME https://t.co/AldCowGH4Z pic.twitter.com/g3GKyc8Osf

— Noah Lyles, OLY (@LylesNoah) June 27, 2024
"It's all good." Star heptathlete Katerina Johnson-Thompson feels fit enough to take on another Olympic run this summer to hopefully secure a long-awaited medal.

Athletics Weekly: Team New Zealand's 1500 meter-runner George Beamish 'isn't afraid of re-writing the history books'.

How was sprint hurdler / bobsledder Lolo Jones' return to the track Olympic trials? "Terrifying".

Canadian hammer thrower Camryn Rogers isn't backing away from medal expectations at Paris 2024 this summer.

Triple jumper Ana Peleteiro sometimes lets her mind jump ahead to having a second Olympic medal come Paris 2024. (in Spanish)

World Athletics looks back at long-dtaance running great - and Olympian - Ingrid Kristiansen's record-breaking 5,000 meter run.

The Athletic looks into discus thrower Valerie Allman's 'newfound energy' she heads to Paris 2024.

Biathlon great Johannes Thingnes Boe shares his 'Olympic mentality' with Esquire Middle East.

Paris 2024-bound wrestler Hannah Taylor gets hometown support celebrating her journey.

Team Slovakia biathlete Paulina Fialkova is readying for a return to the circuit after a maternity time-off.

Is swimmer Kate Douglass destined to have a breakthrough summer at Paris 2024?

How is a rubber chicken helping swimmer Matt Temple train for elite competition?

Team Great Britain swimmer Tom Dean has revamped Paris 2024 expectations with plans now including just one individual race.

Vogue Philippines: Weightlifting champion Hidilyn Diaz is 'looking for the next chapter of her life'.

Will surfer Tyler Wright be fully fit in time to compete in Tahiti at Paris 2024?

Who are Team New Zealand's 'top-ten medal hopes' at Paris 2024?

Golfer Jason Day acknowledges a 'selfish' sense in skipping Rio 2016, as he looks for a 'brag' opportunity at Paris 2024.

"I can't wait to face them." Team France basketball star Victor Wembanyama eyes a potential match-up against the vaunted Team USA's stars.

Team Japan's number one goal in gymnastics this summer at Paris 2024? Men's team gold...

Emily Ausmus caps a remarkable rise in water polo from the junior ranks to elite level with a spot on Team USA for Paris 2024.

Team Ecuador sports shooter Marina Perez's path to a third Olympics may have been the roughest afterbattling self-confidence doubts. (in Spanish)

Can sports shooer Kishmala Talat win Team Pakistan's first Olympic medal by a woman?

Even more sports shooting as Team Great Britain's Amber Rutter is "so happy" to reach Paris 2024 just a  few months after giving birth.

And more (!) as an 'administrative error' correction denies sports shooter Andrea Palafox a spot on Team Mexico she thought was hers. (in Spanish)

Can the memory of her father help track cyclist Sophie Caldwell lead Team Great Britain to a landmark team sprint medal at Paris 2024?

Is Dearica Hamby the 'perfect replacement' for Cameron Brink for Team USA's 3x3 basketball at Paris 2024?

Team Australia's all-time Olympic Opening Ceremony flag bearers receive special recognition from their prime minister.

British road cycling star Mark Cavendish gears up for a final Tour de France - really - as he strives for one  more stage win.

U.S. skateboarder Nyjah Huston is approaching his second Games with more maturity as he looks for a first medal.

Rio 2016 Olympic tennis player Sloane Stephens is up for a community award at the upcoming 'ESPYs'.

Jack Woolley is headed to his second Olympics, and looking forward to a having in-person support to help him feel 'happy and excited'.

USWMNT star Sam Mewis offers her thoughts on the Paris 2024 squad...er...Korbin Albert's inclusion.

"Waiting for that call was brutal." Team Ireland Jake Passmore relishes finally getting a green light for the Olympics this summer.

Tokyo 2020 triathlon champion Kristian Blummenfelt thinks he has figured out the secret to beating top rivals at Paris 2024.

Qualifying for Paris 2024 together has only made sailors - and sisters - Georgia and Antonia Lewin-LaFrance closer.

So...why exactly is Steven van de Velde's beach volleyball qualification to Paris 2024 making headlines?

How are Team Spain champion judokas Nikoloz Sheradishvili and Francisco Garrigos preparing for Paris 2024? (in Spanish)

□ Ya está en el aire el quinto programa de ❛+ □□□□□□ □□□...❜

¿Cómo afrontan @FranGarrigos1 & Niko Shera los JJ.OO. de @Paris2024?

⬇️ No te pierdas el programa completo ⬇️

— LALIGA+ (@LaLigaPlus) June 24, 2024

A Little Roundup 06.27.24

6/27/2024

 

Olympic Sports Athletes Are In The News

Vogue presents 'the leading Greek Olympians', including sports shooter Anna Korakaki, long jumper Miltiadis Tentoglou, gymnast Eleftherios Petrounias, rower Stefanos Tsoukos, water polo player Yiannis  Fundoulis, and tennis star Maria Sakkari. (in Greek)
Team Canada golfer Nick Taylor had an early brush with the Olympics at Vancouver 2010, and now finds himself headed to Paris 2024.

Sport climber Alberto Gines Lopez chats with Olympics on the crucial role his coach plays.

Meanwhile, fellow sport climber Campbell Harrison continues to broaden awareness for out-LGBT athletes - with the International Olympic Committee's help.

Former U-23 Asian Cup star Joel Fujita is 'determined' to help Team Japan reach the top of Paris 2024's men's soccer podium this summer.

What to make of controversial Korbin Albert making Team USA's roster for women's soccer at Paris 2024?

Short track speed skater Brendan Corey has a 'mission' to drive his sport's awareness in Australia.

Biathlon World: Get to know Team Mongolia's (!) rising biathlete Enkhsaikhan Enkhbat.

Sochi 2014 medalist Christopher Fogt is the new head coach of Team USA's bobsled team.

The Global Athlete group posts an open letter to the World Anti-Doping Agency urging "actions be immediately taken to restore athletes' trust" in the efforts against cheating.

FIS reminds us of today's 'snow gladiators' in freestyle skiing's ski cross elite competitors.

Will Team Germany have 'equestrian's greatest Olympian', Isabelle Werth, to lead it at Paris 2024?

Will canoeist Saul Craviotto retire as the most-decorated Spanish Olympian of all-time after Paris 2024? (in Spanish)

How are Team Refugee canoeists Saeid Fazloula, Fernando Dayan Jose Enriquez, Saman Soltani, and Amir Rezanejad Hassanjani prepping for Paris 2024?

Judoka Mashu Baker talks Rio 2016 success with IJF.

The Off the Podium podcast talks with 'one of the greatest field hockey players of all time', Team Australia's Eddie Ockenden.

Team Hong Kong's Him Chun Chiu is World Rowing's 'Rower of the Month' for June 2024.

Who are the 122 weightlifters set to compete at Paris 2024?

"I have reached a place where I must achieve something." Taekwondo athlete Donia Abu Taleb's Paris 2024 appearance will carry added weight as the first-ever female Olympic outright qualifier.

Team Jordan's Julyana Al-Sadeq also realizes the impact her Paris 2024 appearance in taekwondo can have back home.

Pole vault champion Sam Kendricks has some, um. comments on the Olympic platform...

Sprint hurdler Trey Cunningham talks to World Athletics on living 'without regrets'.

​Paris 2024-bound Kate Douglass joins other USA Swimming stars in a summer swimwear promotion.

Australian swim legend Cate Campbell tries to calm down trash talk over-hype against Team USA ahead of a showdown in the Paris 2024 pool.

Team USA swim stars Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt take their frustration with global ant-doping efforts to Washington, DC.

Australian diver Cassiel Rousseau is 'remarkably relaxed' despite carrying medal ambitions - and the weight of family history - at Paris 2024.

How did gymnasts Tin Srbic and Artur Davtyan reach Paris 2024 with the help of the Olympic Solidarity Scholarship?

What's the connection again between Team USA Tokyo 2020 gymnast MyKayla Skinner and the 'Ninja Warrior' franchise?

Mijain Lopez (wrestling), Rebeca Andrade (gymnastics), Marileidy Paulino, Valerie Allman, & Julien Alfred (track & field), Margaret MacNeil (swimming), Marcos Moneta (rugby sevens), Osmar Olvera (diving), and Nicola Jarry (tennis) form 'Team Panam Sport' as ambassadors for the Americas at Paris 2024.

PARIS 2024: AMERICA, ONE TEAM! □

We are preparing to soar higher than ever, united under the motto: America, one team. ✈️

With a team of world-class sports stars, we will fight from day one to conquer glory in Paris 2024. □□□#PanamSports pic.twitter.com/fw6HmZIXjX

— Panam Sports (@PanamSports) June 24, 2024

Let's Get Social 06.25.24

6/25/2024

 

Checking Out The Social Media Lives Of Olympic Sports Stars

Congrats, Madison Chock and Evan Bates!
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Bryden Hattie enjoys some beach time.
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Tomas Gonzalez shows off, um, a sweater...
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Tara Davis-Woodhall gets fresh with Snoop Dogg.
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Filip Pravdica gets in the water.
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A Little Roundup 06.17.24

6/17/2024

 

A Look At Olympic Sports Stars In The News

Swimming star has learned a "healthier relationship" with his inner 'critic' as he embarks toward another Summer Games.

Caeleb Dressel finds joy in swimming again before Olympic Trials https://t.co/LyJRiik0F0

— NBC OlympicTalk (@NBCOlympicTalk) June 14, 2024
Was Shayna Jack's fifth-place finish the key to Ariarne Titmus' and Mollie O'Callaghan's record swims at the Australian Olympic Trials?

Jailed former Olympic swimmer Scott Miller earns parole after committing to studies.

Team Great Britain swimmer Matt Richards reveals his family fell victim to a Paris 2024 ticketing scam.

Sporting News: Get to know Australian rising swimmer Lani Pallister.

​Can Team Palestine swimmer Yazan Al Bawwab provide welcome inspiration back home at Paris 2024?

Retired star Natalie Coughlin has some words of wisdom for fellow Team USA swimmers.

Will a 'balance between experience and youth' be the key to Team Japan success at Paris 2024's women's soccer tournament?

Road cyclist Mark Cavendish receives King's Birthday Honors in recognition for his sports contributions and more.

Paris 1900 cycling medalist Lloyd Hildebrand gets renewed attention in a nationality switch recognition.

Team Australia's Paris 2024 breaking team features the opposite ends of the education spectrum in high schooler Jeff J-Attack Dunne and university lecturer Rchael 'Raygun' Gunn.

ICON chats with tennis star Holger Rune and the 'potential for endless improvement' in his game.

Meanwhile, tennis superstar Rafael Nadal doubles down on Olympic ambition with Wimbledon plans.

What else did Carlos Alcaraz win at the recent tennis French Open aside from his first singles title?

Will double Olympic singles tennis champion Andy Murray be able to make it to a Paris 2024 swan song?

"Absolute joke." Josh Giddey, amongst others, makes his thoughts clear on Team Australia's basketball uniform for Paris 2024.

Is Team USA basketball star Joel Embiid going to be recovered from injury in time for Paris 2024?

Olympics: Leonie Fiebich is ready 'to soak in the experience' of playing for Team Germany women's basketball at Paris 2024.

An elite trampoline athlete with acrophobia? Meet Team Germany's Fabian Vogel.

Rio 2016 judo champion Paula Pareto drives attention to stark funding cuts for Team Argentina athletes. And speaking of Paula Pareto...she joins select others as most recent nominees for IOC membership.

Mexico City 1968 champion sprinter Tommie Smith still has civil rights on the forefront of his mind.

Marathoner Abdi Nageeye is just oine athlete turning to new technology to monitor glucose appropriately during elite competition.

A 2012 retirement sure didn't take for Canadian marathoner Malindi Elmore as she heads to her second straight Games.

Sprinter Audrey Leduc is one of Canada's top university sports athletes.

Kenyan steeplechase star Beatrice Chepkoech is training for Paris 2024 with 'the seriousness it deserves'.

The Guardian​: Will Dutch long hurdler and sprinter Femke Bol be the 'sublime star' of Paris 2024?

Long jump champion Brittney Reese hopes to drive networking opportunities for fellow athletes with upcoming 'Gold Medal Mixer' events.

Will javelin thrower Artur Felfner use European Championship disappointment to fuel Paris 2024 chances? (in Ukrainian)

Team Italy has two rising long jump stars in Mattia Furlani and Lariss Iapichino, both carrying European Championships momentum into Paris 2024.

Who are some of this year's NCAA track & field stars who might make Team USA for Paris 2024?

Sprint legend Allyson Felix joins other Olympic luminaries Missy Franklin (swimming), Shawn Johnson (gymnastics), Katie Hoff (swimming), and Kerri Walsh Jennings (beach volleyball) in Paris 2024 news coverage roles.

​Volleyball star Ivan Zaytsev is set to try a switch to beach volleyball in partnership with Daniele Lupo.

What is going on with Team Ukraine gymnastics these days, and how will it affect stars Ilia Kovtun and Oleg Vernaiev? (in Ukrainian)

Can Team Great Britain gymnast Max Whitlock make history with a fourth Olympic pommel horse medal at Paris 2024?
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London 2012 dressage rider Patrick van der Meer has pivoted to Chef d'Equipe for Team Netherlands since just last year.

Nigerian badminton star Anuoluwapo Opeyori's path to Paris 2024 is going through an Italian detour.

Wrestler Jayden Lawrence returns to the Off The Podium podcast to talk finally making an Olympic roster, and more.

***NEW EPISODE***

We’re back on the wrestling mat today as we chat again with Aussie wrestler Jayden Lawrence!

Audio□: https://t.co/oMlZJnoCfz
Video□: https://t.co/v7czn9ELdm#Olympics #Podcast #OTP #OlympicGames #Australia #Wrestling #Paris2024 @ausolympicteam @WrestlingAU

— Off The Podium Podcast (@OffThePodiumPod) June 12, 2024
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