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What About Summer Olympic Sports Athletes? Part II

2/19/2022

 

A Little Summer Olympic Sport Athlete News Roundup 02.19.22

Here's a look at mixed doubles pair Kee Yong Hai Terry & Tai Wei Han as they navigate married life with a joint sporting career.
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Terry Hee (l) and Tan Wei Han (r) (bwfbadminton.com)
Olympic basketball players Becky Hammon, Penny Taylor, and DeLisha Milton-Jones headline the latest Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee announcement.

Tennis champion and Olympian Novak Djokovic doubles down on his Covid-19 vaccination outlook.

Venus and Serena Williams on their own terms: a Harper's Bazaar feature on the tennis champions.

More Serena...she's set to receive the 'Fashion Icon Breakthrough Award' in a couple of months from New York's Fashion Institute of Technology.

British karate star Jordan Thomas turns to taekwondo in hopes of a Paris 2024 appearance.

From The Sydney Morning Herald...How elite runner Peter Bol keeps his life on track.

Rio 2016 sailor Yago Lange makes history as the first person to foil in front of the Perito Moreno Glacier, in a bid to raise climate change awareness.

Gymnast Nina Derwael is a happy Dancing with the Stars winner. (in Dutch)

And fellow gymnast Simone Biles is a happy fiance.

Diver Tom Daley completes his intense 'homecoming challenge' for Comic Relief.

Archery ponders a Winter Olympics version. (!)

Tokyo 2020 champion judoka Anna-Maria Wagner experienced post-Olympic depression, and encourages discussion of 'mental energy'.

Taekwondo Olympian Pita Taufatofua updates us on #TongaStrong relief: a much-needed fleet of boats to assist with supplies and transportation!

Would-be Olympic sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson jumps into the doping conversation fray around figure skater Kamila Valieva at Beijing 2022.

Olympic sprint great Gail Devers hasn't slowed down in retirement, whether in sneakers or boots.

Josh Kerr wants to "leave a stamp on the 1,500 meters" in a new era for British middle-distance running.

Glorious: How does Jeff Cohen, one of the best track & field photographers working, get the striking images he does?
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Inika McPherson (Jeff Cohen)

Let's Get Social with Summer Olympic Sport Athletes 02.19.22

Alex Choupenitch tries his hand at winter sports.
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Christos Volikakis gives us side view.
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Noe Ponti went surfing.
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Allyson Felix is back!
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Nina Derwael's dancing run comes to an end.
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Daniele Garozzo steps out in the snow.
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Paola Egonou parties.
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Martin Fuksa also tries his hand at winter sports.
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Sally Fitzgibbons sends love, surfingly.
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Ivet Lalova finds a good angle.
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Tim Cheruiyot means business.
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Harrie Lavreysen's charging toward his goals.
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Alberto Gaitero's in the training spirit.
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Enzo Lefort with a little dusty magic...
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Simone Biles has a big announcement.
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Arthur Nory models.
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Dominic Barona enjoys a sunset.
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More Ecuador...Alfredo Campo contemplates.
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Faith Kipyegon's got a big camera.
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Just another day at the office for Byron Kokkalanis...
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Luis Knabl explores Thailand.
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Laura Lindemann takes a run.
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Maxime Gentges focuses.
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Serena and Venus Williams have a Harper's Bazaar photoshoot.
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Jack Laugher: diving or yoga stretching?
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Fredrik Samuelsson has some sage advice.
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Arno Kamminga gets ready.
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Gabriela Guimaraes cracks a smile.
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Yusra Mardini sparkles.
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Miguel Tudela visits Italy, in the cold.
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Sky Brown flies in L.A.
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Luka Karabatic, a portrait...
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Melissa Paige Wu poses, militarily.
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