Olympian Calls Out 10-Year Hate Train

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October 22, 2026 | Edition #786

Hey Athletic Fans,

An Olympian has finally had enough of a 10-year hate train, saying the abuse has even reached the athlete’s family. It’s a tough story to read, and now the Olympian is taking a stand after all these years.

Elsewhere, a Team USA member is explaining how Skye Blakely ended up costing America gold, and the breakdown of what happened is worth a close read.

All that and more in today’s edition of Essentially Athletics.






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Japan’s women ended a 60-year medal drought with team bronze at the World Championships in Rotterdam, finishing behind China and the USA and booking a spot at LA28. Watch below 👇


Nastia Liukin is a retired gymnast who became the 2008 Olympic all-around champion in Beijing. She left those Games with five medals, one of them gold, and also won world titles on uneven bars and balance beam.

After retiring in 2012, she became an NBC gymnastics analyst and now hosts the Nastia Liukin Cup, a national competition for Level 10 gymnasts that began in 2010.

She graduated from NYU in 2016, appeared on Dancing With the Stars in 2015 and was inducted into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame in 2019.


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