What Have Stars of Olympics Sports Been Up To Lately?
Paul Poirier in black and white...
Roger and Mirka Federer wrap up Thailand.
Teddy Riner dreams of days ahead.
Enzo Lefort steps out in the rain...and his YSL.
Happy Birthday, Matthew Mitcham!
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.
Olympic Sports Athletes Making Recent News
24-year-old Milad Karimi made worlds history for Team Kazakhstan; now he's targeting a Paris 2024 gymnastics podium as well.
FEI: Get to know the 'young jumping ace' Gilles Thomas in Team Belgium equestrianism.
Team Poland kayaker Klaudia Zwolinska is 'ready to take on the pressure' after a frustrating fifth-place Tokyo 2020 slalom finish. Team Canada curling star Jennifer Jones makes a retirement announcement. Wrestler Zhan Beleniuk aims to use the European Championships this month as a stepping-stone to a third and perhaps final Olympic appearance. (in Ukrainian) Slovenian ski jumping quadruple Olympic medalist Peter Prvec announces the end to a stellar career. Sports shooter Doreen Vennekamp had "an incredible year" in 2023...what does she plan for 2024? Team USA hosts a 'star-studded' training camp roster in men's 3x3 basketball to trim toward Paris 2024. Short track speed skater Suzanne Schulting is "back in business" after a return to a World Cup podium after her injury hiatus. Can Team South Korea leverage home team advantage at the upcoming World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals? ITTF takes a look at that and other 'burning questions'. Get to know sport climber Sean McColl as he helps inaugurate the IFSC Lounge podcast. 'Where are they now?' World Rowing checks in on Team France's Athens 2004 champion Adrien Hardy. "I want all my energy and my mind in the right place." Shirine Boukli accepts the unique pressure facing Team France's judo team for Paris 2024. Olympic diver Jose Antonio Guerra takes charge of the new generation who have "hope in their eyes" in his new role as coach. "It's all the little things adding up." Team Singapore's badminton player Yeo JIa MIn sees her stock continue to rise over the past year. Jess Learmonth is "not far away" from optimal performance condition as she looks to return to elite triathlon competition after pregnancy last year. Sports is filled with stories of what might have been and hopeful comebacks. Here's Team Ireland sprinter Gina Akpe-Moses'. The Museum of World Athletics welcomes the new addition of race walk champion Stefano Baldini's gold medal-winning shoes. Latvian Rockets: A new theater production looks at how Team Latvia became a bobsled powerhouse. Who will win seats on the IBU Athletes' Commission? Biathletes Kelsey Dickinson, Simon Eder, Lena Hacki-Gross, Jessica Jislova, and Anna Maka are up for the two spots to be decided later this month. Los Angeles 1984 star Flo Hyman and her civil rights advocacy honored by USA Volleyball. Remembering that time at London 2012 when volleyball-er Courtney Thompson had an 'awkward' meeting with tennis great Serena Williams... ITF asks 'who are the biggest risers in junior tennis so far in 2024"? Refreshing: Tennis superstar Carlos Alcaraz has big, Olympic-sized ambitions this summer. Ice hockey stars Connor Bedard and Hilary Knight are now officially the 2023 IIHF 'Players of the Year'.
Olympic Sports Athletes In Recent News...
FIG: It's taken 'fun and friendship' to power young trampolinist Benny Wizani toward Paris 2024.
Olympics asks what the 'secret behind their success' of Mexican divers Ale Orozco and Gaby Agundez?
The Guardian looks at what inspired Tom Daley to return to competitive diving. (p.s., a successful return) Can NBA star Nikola Vucevic lead Team Montenegro to Paris 2024's basketball tournament? "That's the plan, for sure." Biathlon World: Remember when Gabriela Soukalova, Veronika Vitkova, Jarolslav Soukup, and Ondrej Moravec made the podium in front of a home crowd at the 2013 biathlon worlds? The Athletic: Team USA's Lindsay Horan 'just wants to talk soccer'. Spherical checks in with Team Peru's PanAm champion and Paris 2024-bound surfer Lucca Mesinas. Tokyo 2020 soccer champion Dani Alves in the unfortunate spotlight as an assault trial starts last week. Team Switzerland's Andre Schmid retires 'after an illustrious career' in team handball. Who won the IJF's World Judo Awards for 2023 as voted by fans online? Daniel Masur's strong start to 2024 earned him recognition as the ITF's 'World Tennis Tour Player of the Month' for January. Wrestler Parviz Nasibov hopes a strong European Championships coming up will strengthen his bid to return to an Olympic podium. Get to know double Olympian in rugby sevens Izzy Cerullo, Athlete Fellow for Los Angeles 2028's organizing committee. Antoine Dupont skipping the current rugby Six Nations tournament reinforces the star's sevens interest. Who are the stars to watch at this year's men's water polo worlds as both a world title and Paris 2024 berths are at stake? Get ready to see National (ice) Hockey League players back in the Olympics for 2026 and 2030... Will Kevin Yu realize an 'opportunity of a lifetime' with Paris 2024 golf qualification? German Athletic Association podcast interview: Javelin thrower Johannes Vetter 'is back to his old strength' after months of injury rehabilitation. (in German) Champion long-distance runner Joshua Cheptegei remains fixed on a return to the 10,000 meters after a mixed marathon debut. Long jump champion Bob Beamon parts with his landmark Mexico City 1968 gold medal. Julien Watrin: A long sprinter's Paris 2024 Olympic quest succumbs to a cancer diagnosis. (in French) What Have Our Favorite Olympic Sports' Stars Been Up To Lately?
Travis Ganong is out in the cold.
Grigor Dmitrov goes back home.
Serena Williams got a special Grammys invite.
âTeddy Riner presents...Kazakhstan.
Josh Kerr gets ready.
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