I’m thinking of re-claiming something I used to do at USA TODAY that continued for a while after my departure but is now gone. It’s the Olympic Athlete of the Week award.

If we had one this week, your winner would be Gwen Jorgensen, who became the first U.S. woman to win a World Triathlon Series event over the weekend. The Series is essentially a hybrid between a World Cup circuit and World Championships — it’s an eight-race series that determines each year’s world champion.

We’d also have to mention Tatyana McFadden, the wheelchair racer who won in Boston. And London. You heard me.

Some curious news from the winter sports world — the U.S. cross-country ski team will be a lot smaller next season. At least it’s not an Olympic year … wait … what?

In the running version of cross-country, always bet on the Kenyans:

It’s that time of year in England, where small clubs celebrate moving one big step up the pyramid.

In other promotion/relegation news, the Williams sisters kept the USA in the top flight of women’s tennis.

Other Olympic highlights included Pan Am judo (Kayla Harrison and Marti Malloy back in action), U.S. Open wrestling, a good result for BMX rider Brooke Crain, and the Dumais brothers keep on diving.

I usually close with something entertaining, but I haven’t seen anything fitting the bill. I asked on Twitter, and no one responded. That’s not good. So instead, watch a guy who was born to be a rock star …