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A Look At Olympic Sports Stars In Recent News
Judokas Eteri Liparteliani and Temur Nozadze share a special moment with the home crowd at last week's Grand Slam stop in Tbilisi.
Austrian Alpine skier Conny Huetter was left "speechless" after winning her first World Cup downhill overall title, on home soil no less.
Biathlon World offers us Q&A sessions with both of this season's Total Score winners, Lisa Vittozzi and Johannes Thingnes Boe. Olympics: Will Carolina Marin win back her Olympic badminton singles title at Paris 2024? Swimmers Noe Ponti and Sarah Sjostrom win 2023's European Aquatics' 'Swimmers of the Year' honors. Stockholm 1912 champion swimmer Duke Kahanamoku gets a new museum exhibition in Huntington Beach on his surfing exploits. Who were Nordic combined's season-end award winners? Can Brazilian star archer Marcus D-Almeida have his "moment" at Paris 2024 this summer? Diver Matty Lee recovers from surgery. Spaniard Alberto Gonzalez Garcia and Ecuadorian Elizabeth Bravo were the big risers in Olympic qualification after the latest World Triathlon Cup stop. Olympic champion weightlifters Hidilyn Diaz, Zhou Zhihui, Wang Zhouyu, Chen Lijun, and Neisi Dajomes all face a severe final test to make it to Paris 2024. Portugal's Montebela Aguieira becomes a center for prospective Olympic canoe sprinters-in-training. The World Sailing Show: Will it be either Australian Matt Wearn or Briton Michael Beckett emerging as Paris 2024's ILCA 7 champion? ITF: Who are the current 'movers and shakers' on the junior tennis circuit so far this season? Is 2024 the 'time to shine' for Kenyan long-distance runner Emmaculate Anyango, with the cross-country championships a first test? A change in training and coach, plus a solid start indoors, has sprint hurdler Cyrena Samba-Mayela 'dreaming of bigger days to come' in 2024. Mathias Gidsel, Henny Reistad, Elias Ellefsen a Skipagotu, and Lena Grandveau are the 'World Players of the Year' in handball for 2023. What has multi-Olympic rower Rumyana Neykova been up to since setting a world-best time in 2002? What impact might a world figure skating championship at age 40 by Deanna Stellato-Dudek have for others watching? Team Great Britain's sports shooter Seonaid McIntosh talks Olympic inspiration, Tokyo 2020 disappointment, and more with ISSF. What does Team Dominican Republic soccer star Edison Azcona think of making it to Paris 2024? "The Olympics is a whole different level." Former college basketball phenom Jimmer Fredette is headed to Paris 2024 in 3x3. Which possible 'iconic moments' does FIBA's Jeff Taylor want to see in this Olympic basketball summer? Tokyo 2020 Olympian Tri Bourne helps share the story of beach volleyball's 'most unique partnership'. "I just have to keep fighting and it will come." Road cyclist Sam Bennett looks to regain the form that saw a breakthrough performance a few years back. Retired speed skater Joey Mantia meets some local Belgians on an inline skating outing. Meanwhile, fellow Team USA speed skate Conor McDermott-Mostowy has a 'cracker of a conversation' on the BBC's LGBT Sports Podcast. Team Ireland equestrian show jumpers Cian O'Connor, Darragh Kenny, Daniel Coyle, and Shane Sweetnam 'are looking stronger than ever' after a key victory in an Olympic season. Elite fencer Despina Georgiadou has something to say about the qualification system for Paris 2024... Panam Sports: London 2012 champion fencer Ruben Limardo has big, golden dreams for Paris 2024.
A Look At Olympic Sports' Stars In The News
Judoka Nikoloz Sherazadishvili talks more comfort at his new weight class with JudoTVâ.
Rio 2016 Team USA Olympic basketball player DeMar DeRozan is having 'complicated conversations with friend and peers'.
Alysha Koloi's diving exploits at the recent worlds earned her 'emerging athlete' honors as well. Will equestrian star Shane Rose recover from concussion in time to make the Summer Games? It takes a champion to know...field hockey star Eddie Ockenden thinks Team Australia has a real chance for gold this summer at Paris 2024. Double Olympian Ryan Getzlaf is set to make a third Winter Games...this time on Team Canada's ice hockey management team. Say it isn't so...track cycling champion Christos Volikakis sees his Rio 2016 results in upheaval. Hong Kong's Ceci Lee Sze-wing may get her preferred track cycling event at Paris 2024...all due to a uniform color mixup. Alex Ferreira might have quit freestyle skiing a year ago, but now has had a perfect 2024 World Cup run. Team USA goes 'woman to woman' with surfer Carissa Moore in an exclusive interview. Vitaly Mandzin's biathlon season had ups and downs, which gave him pointers "on what needs to be worked on further". (in Ukrainian) Who's been making a move up the Olympic qualification rankings for beach volleyball lately? Marathoners Connor Mantz and Cooper Young may be 'typical friends', but they're friends headed to Paris 2024 together. It just might have been an direct message on Instagram that spurred runner James Preston to a remarkable 800-meter personal record. 2023 might have been a tough season, but long-distance runner Eilish McColgan still has medal hopes for Paris 2024. Citius Mag: Is high school long sprinter Quincy Wilson 'the next big thing'? A key recent marathon win has Team Zimbabwe's Tendai Zimuto hopeful for momentum toward Olympic qualification. World Athletics: Get to know Dutch sprinter - and social media star - Lieke Klaver. ISU pays respect to outgoing Team Norway speed skating stars Sverre Pedersen and Havard Lorentzen. Olympics: Swimmer Rikako Ikee is hoping for a 'happy ending' to her return from leukemia this summer. Rio 2016 champion wrestler Erica Wiebe says goodbye to her championship career. Champion wrestler Iryna Kolyadenko recounts an escape from Kyiv with her family to Sport24. (in Ukrainian) Briane Harris: A champion's doping suspension 'rocks curling'. "I felt my heart skip a beat." Team Mexico gymnast Ahtziri Sandoval relishes Olympic qualification. New African Games triathlon champion Nick Quenet is right back at training, with Paris 2024 in mind. Star triathletes Alistair and Jonny Brownlee share some of their 'swim mishaps' for Tri247. Kayaker Luuka Jones' Paris 2024 experience - her fifth Olympics - will be more special now that she's recovered from a long Covid spell. 41-year-old âSharath Kamal is still king of Indian table tennis...and just might make it to a fifth Olympics. "It's a pretty incredible feeling." Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrrin picks up where she left off with a successful return from injury. âGet an early look at Team Great Britain's Paris 2024-qualified boxers. Around the Rings: Get to know history-making Cameroonian Refugee Team boxer Cindy Ngamba, now headed to Paris 2024. A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In The News
Tennis champion Andy Murray reiterates a this summer-timed retirement...might it be after Paris 2024?
Olympics: How did Australian Jack Robinson become part of 'rock surfing's elite'? French gymnast Thomas Bouhail recounts that surprise Beijing 2008 podium finish for FIG. Joscelyn Roberson's "long journey" to return to fitness is the subject of a International Gymnast interview. Sailor J.J. Fetter calls out officials in a Team USA Olympic 'slump'. Australian Matt Wearn's 'fight through setbacks' has only strengthened his preparations for Paris 2024's sailing competition. Kristen Nuss contemplates how a breakthrough 2023 season has put her and beach volleyball partner Taryn Kloth in prime Paris 2024 position. Team Lithuania's female Olympic stars get honored at the highest levels back home for International Women's Day. Judo star Clarisse Agbegnenou applauds the opportunity for athlete mothers to provide for their breastfeeding children during the upcoming Games. Team USA soccer stars Alex Morgan and Jaedyn Shaw chat over a nail salon session. One of the "adventures ahead" for retired sprinter Dafne Schippers is apparently in sports management. A "commitment to consistency" has been key to Tara Davis-Woodhall's rise up the long jump leaderboard this season. A world indoor championship this season may be portending good things for shot putter Sarah Mitton. Mary Keitany's marathon world record may be 'under serious threat' with the likes of fellow Kenyans Peres Jepchichir and Ruth Chepngetich, and Brigid Kosgei entered in the London Marathon. Can Yulia Loban bring Team Ukraine back to Olympic heptathlon competition this summer? (in Ukrainian) Citius: Who were the 'biggest winners and losers of the World (Athletics) Indoor Championships'? Count champion Militadis Tentoglou as a critic of proposed long jump rule changes. Get to know new world indoor pole vault champion Molly Caudery. Runner Ciara Mageean contemplates the impact of her female role models on her career. Alpine skier Lucas Braathen: Can Team Brazil now win a Winter Olympics medal? Star swimmer Katie Ledecky wrote a book! Torri Huske's dry land training may be the key to 'swimming like she's rested'? Will a coaching drama derail star swimmer's Kyle Chalmers' Paris 2024 ambitions? How did Jack Alexy sprint 'to the top of U.S. swimming'? And...how do Team Great Britain become 'a force on the track' in cycling? Meanwhile...is track cycling legend Laura Kenny's Olympic career over? Count retired track cyclist Anna Meares as a fan of Team Australia's Paris 2024 uniform. Track cyclist Sarah Lee Wai-Sze has a 'new life' after a 20-year career that taught her 'toughness'. Fellow track cyclist Ellese Andrews and kayaker Max Brown team up to help inspire Team New Zealand with an "Ain't Just Dreaming' anthem. Finally on the cusp of an Olympics appearance, wrestler Justina di Stasio leans on her 'indigenous roots'. What does Team Ecuador wrestler Genesis Reasco hope from officials in return for success? Real estate... (in Spanish) More than 70 Team Germany athletes - including multiple Olympians and world champions - are awarded the 'Silver Laurel Leaf' for their sporting success. (in German)
Get To Know Olympic Sports Athletes Through Recent News
FEI: Get to know Aistis Vitkauskas, equestrian eventer looking to break more ground for Team Lithuania this summer in Paris.
Jack Marley talks having fellow Team Ireland boxer Kellie Harrington as a role model, a possible real estate career, and more with Irish Independent.
Team Canada's Bryden Hattie thinks his final college conference diving championships hits different. International Gymnast checks in with Ana Perez, back from a 'two-year hiatus' and getting into form for Paris 2024 for Team Spain. Team USA gymnast Fred Richards makes a splash on Good Morning America. Olympian Luiza Zlotkowska leaves the World University Speed Skating Championships with some positive impressions of the competition. Sverre Pedersen: A Norwegian speed skating star retires. What is some of 'the best advice' some Team Canada stars have received in their careers? Everything sure has been "perfect" for Marco Odermatt as he cemented another successful World Cup Alpine skiing season. More from FIS: Team Czechia's Eva Adamcyzkova's 'self-belief' has been a huge reason for success this snowboarding season. Which team handball stars will win the IHF 'World Players of the Year' for 2023? Lindsay Horan sees a great future ahead for an 'energized' Team USA women's national soccer team. Who are the big 'movers' in Olympic qualification rankings after recent triathlon events? Judokas Distria Krasniqi and Akil Gjakova are each honored with their fourth 'Athlete of the Year' awards in Kosovo. "I'm confident about making it to Paris." Team Mexico's Ana Lopez leaps into Olympic conversations after an impressive Pan American weightlifting win. Team France's Jean Quiquampoix helps The Road to Paris 2024 documentary series prepare viewers for what to expect at this summer's Olympic shooting competition. So...how did rugby superstar Antoine Dupont's first official sevens tournament go? IGF: Xander Schauffele 'reflects on golden past' from Tokyo 2020's golf tournament. Whose recent World Biathlon Championships performance indicates a successful end to the season? Get to know soon-to-be Olympic sailing debutant for Team Great Britain Hannah Snellgrove, also a folk singer and Cambridge graduate. The World Sailing Show catches up with Team Hungary's Maria Erdi: her world championship, Olympic plans, and more. Curlers Vicky Wright and Eve Muirhead take their talents to Estonia for an instructing opportunity. Legendary runner Paavo Nurmi's Paris 1924 exploits set to be commemorated at Paris 2024. Not being on Team Great Britain's squad for the World Indoor Track & Field Championships this year has runner Guy Learmonth 'fuming'. Decathlete Fredrik Samuelsson talks with The World According to Gar podcast about his rough journey through injury and setbacks to aim for Paris 2024. Canoeist Hedi Moana Kliemke, Nordic combined athlete Tristan Sommerfeldt, and 3x3 basketball player Tebbe Moeller are recognized as 'elite sports students' in Germany. Olympic sports stars galore dot the nominations for the 2024 World Laureus World Sports Awards.
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