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1 day ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Maleehah Shakeel |Irfan Kabeer
Can Grant Holloway turn his season around… in Paris? With the world championships in Tokyo creeping closer, it’s officially now-or-never for the sport’s top hurdlers, and no one’s under the spotlight more than Holloway. The three-time world champ and Olympic gold medalist has had a rough start to 2025. Remember his Diamond League opener in Xiamen? He was leading… until the eighth hurdle. Then, boom, momentum gone. Rhythm lost. He stumbled across the line in a shocking 13.72 seconds. Last place.
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1 day ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Maleehah Shakeel |Irfan Kabeer
So… Noah Lyles and Tyreek Hill were really about to race in Times Square, until they weren’t. Yup, you read that right. The highly anticipated sprint showdown between Olympic 100m champ Noah Lyles and NFL star Tyreek Hill was this close to happening in the middle of Times Square, New York City.
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3 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Maleehah Shakeel
It feels like yesterday that Hillary Heron made history soaring across the Paris Olympic floor and smashing boundaries as the first gymnast besides Simone Biles to land the gravity‑defying “Biles I” in Olympic competition. The 21‑year‑old Panamanian firecracker instantly became a cult favorite: brash difficulty, big smile, and a leotard peppered with homages to home.
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3 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Maleehah Shakeel |Anushka Solanki
Riley Gaines is expecting her first child, but the way she found out? That’s a story of its own… Former NCAA swimmer and outspoken conservative activist Gaines, at 25, has announced she’s pregnant with her first child, a little girl, with husband Louis Barker, whom she married in 2022. The news dropped during a high-energy appearance at the Young Women’s Leadership Summit on June 14, and let’s just say, she didn’t hold back.
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3 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Maleehah Shakeel |Siddharth Shirwadkar
What if your idol became your rival… and you took everything they’d been working for? That’s the exact moment PJ Duke found himself in on June 14. A high schooler. A hometown kid. Sounds like a movie, right? Well, it happened live at USA Wrestling’s Final X, and now PJ’s finally speaking up about the win, the whirlwind, and what comes next. The setting?
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3 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Maleehah Shakeel |Siddharth Shirwadkar
If you’ve been watching Lindsey Vonn’s social media lately, you can tell something’s different. The sweat is real. The grind is relentless. The workouts? Intense enough to humble athletes half her age. From kettlebell crunches to single-leg squats, her training clips aren’t just about staying fit; they’re about sending a message. After retiring in 2019 due to chronic knee pain, no one expected a return.
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3 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Maleehah Shakeel |Siddharth Shirwadkar
Just when we thought the dust had finally settled, Riley Gaines is back in headlines and not for the reason you’d expect. After her public feud with Olympic legend Simone Biles rocked social media last month, many believed both stars had moved on. Biles offered an apology. Gaines, ever outspoken, seemed to shift her focus away from the controversy… until a surprising moment changed everything. And now? Let’s just say, the story has taken a personal and emotional turn.
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3 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Maleehah Shakeel |Siddharth Shirwadkar
“I feel so replenished,” he said as the year kicked off. Having taken a break after Olympic glory, everyone was excited to see Carlos Yulo return. After 10 long months away from the sport he calls his passion, Carlos Yulo stepped back onto the mat and straight onto the podium. At the 2025 Asian Gymnastics Championships in Jecheon, South Korea, the two-time Olympic gold medalist reminded the world exactly who he is.
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3 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Maleehah Shakeel |Anushka Solanki
Picture a glass‑smooth Scandinavian evening, the starter’s pistol cracking the still air, then Julien Alfred exploding down lane 4, shoulders loose, eyes fixed, turning the famous orange track into a blur. With a relaxed dip, she stopped the clock at 10.75 s, slicing 0.15 off Irina Privalova’s 31‑year‑old meet record and climbing to No. 2 on the 2025 world list (only Melissa Jefferson‑Wooden’s 10.73 at Philadelphia sits ahead).
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4 days ago | 
essentiallysports.com | Maleehah Shakeel |Irfan Kabeer
Imagine being a world champion and losing to a high schooler… not once, but twice in the same day. That’s exactly what happened to Christian Coleman on June 14, 2025, at the Star Athletics Sprint Series in Florida. Coleman, the 60m world record holder and once one of the most feared starters in the game, was handed back-to-back losses by 18-year-old Maurice Gleaton. The teen torched the prelims with a blazing 9.87 seconds (+2.4 m/s wind), and Coleman? He finished third with 10.03 seconds.
