Yaroslava Mahuchikh finds a spot for a pose.
Greg Rutherford spray tans his way through Dancing on Iceâ.
Congrats, Sive Brassil!
Serena Williams tries on a skirt.
Harry Garside gets uncomfortable.
Recent News Items Highlighting Olympic Sports Athletes
Team Great Britain takes a look at the 'journey' of gymnast Giarnni Regini-Moran.
Team Australia's Georgia Godwin talks challenging tennis greats, and more, with International Gymnast.
Road cyclist Mark Cavendish heads to the hills of Colombia to best prepare for the 2024 season. Team Ukraine's early estimate is for 'over 100' athletes to qualify for Paris 2024, nearing Tokyo 2020. "Having another gold medal would be cool." Volleyball World talks with Team France's Antoine Brizard as he looks ahead to a title defense at Paris 2024. Will Hungarian butterfly swimming champion Kristof Milak be back in prime condition in time for Paris? Swimming star Emma McKeon is the 2024 'Young Australian of the Year'. Team Ireland's Mona McSharry "hated" swimming just two years ago, but now has a real medal chance at her second Olympics this summer. Olympic track cyclist Christos Volikakis' Survivor stint ends dramatically early. (in Greek) Bobsled Olympian Chris Kinney experiences a home robbery, with loss of Olympic memorabilia. Will Legnis Cala and/or Yakelin Stornell make history for Cuba in women's boxing at Paris 2024? Ukrainian champion boxer Oleksandr Usyk defends the traditional earring he wears in the face of pre-bout gamesmanship. "I really want to be in as many as I can, because it's just so special and it's life-changing." Surfer Carissa Moore talks Olympics ahead of her second one this summer. USA TODAY: Alpine skiing superstar Mikaela Shiffrin 'already in love with 2026 Olympic skiing venue in Cortina'. (And luckily avoids serious injury in a recent crash...) Meanwhile, fellow Alpine skier Aleksandr Aamodt Kilde gives a graphic update on his crash recovery. 'The lure of a third Olympics proved strong...' Team Bath finds Tokyo 2020 champion Kate French ready to return to modern pentathlon competition. R.I.P.: Was a botched surgery behind judoka Maricel 'La Mole' Espinoza Gonzalez's sudden death? Double Olympic medalist Mark Hunter 'goes down memory lane' with World Rowing. London 1948 rower Roger Lebranchu gets a special honor with a Paris 2024 Torch Relay spot. The depth of Team USA in women's basketball seems particularly challenging this year as an upcoming training camp will start the final roster discussions. And...Team USA men's general manager (and Atlanta 1996 champion) Grant Hill faces his own depth dilemma on the men's basketball side options. (p.s. notice no Draymond Green?) Tokyo 2020 Olympian Luka Doncic scores big on the basketball court to join some rare company. Elle Spain checks in with taekwondo athlete Adriana Cerezo and her 'tenacity, passion, and integrity'. (in Spanish) "It gives me self-confidence...that everything I did was not in vain." Khrystyna Dmytrenko relishes a podium finish at the European Biathlon Championships. (in Ukrainian) New Australian Open tennis champ Jannik Sinner "likes to dance in the pressure storm". U.S. tennis star Coco Gauff takes the 'mature self-reflection' approach dissecting her Australian Open experience this year. Ukrainian tennis star Marta Kostyuk takes a 'vamp' turn after her Australian Open run. (in Ukrainian) Rower talks mental health challenges with Team Canada as she continues her "Olympic journey". Olympians Robbie Manson (rowing), Ali Krieger (soccer), Brittney Griner (basketball), Daria Kasatkina (tennis) are recognized as Queerty LGBTQ+ 'Sports Hero' nominees, alongside Paris 2024 hopefuls Niiki Hiltz & Sha'Carri Richardson (track & field), Isaac Humphries (basketball), and Heath Thorpe (gymnastics). Los Angeles 1984 champ Joan Benoit heads Team USA's list of 'moments to remember' at the marathon Olympic trials from over the years. BBC: Will sprinter Zharnel Hughes find his chances at Paris 2024 be "third time lucky" after two previous disappointments? Long sprinter Cathy Freeman's iconic gold0medal race at Sydney 2000 is voted as 'Australia's greatest sporting moment'. Middle-distance runner Tamsyn (Lewis) Manou gets a commentating assignment for Paris 2024. Is "something special" coming in 2024 for long jumper Wayne Pinnock's Paris 2024 hopes? Sprinters Christine Mboma and Beatrice Maslingi lead the charge for Team Namibia's Paris 2024 qualification hopes in track & field. "Pole vault is a tedious event" World Athletics checks in with pole vaulting star Armand Duplantis (I think this is three straight 'A Little Roundups' with Mondo in the news...) on the start of a big year. AthElite: Check out a 'day in the life' with wrestlers Myles Amine and Stevan Micic. (YouTube) PanAm Sports: Wrestling legend Mijain Lopez 'prepares for his last dance' at Paris 2024.
What News Are Olympic Sports Athletes Making?
Team Denmark gets a national honor after it's three-peat performance at the men's handball world championship in 2023.
Can Team USA's women's water polo extend it's remarkable global title streak at this year's world?
FIBA: What have been triple Olympic basketball champion Kevin Durant's 'top 10 USA games'? Which 3x3 basketball teams 'defined 2023'? FIBA 3x3 takes a look at the men's and women's top teams. Rasmus Stegfeldt, Elliot Vaillancourt, Alli Macuga, and Maia Schwinghammer are moguls freestyle skiers with recent big 'breakthrough' moments. Akane Yamaguchi is taking "one tournament at a time" after making a strong comeback to badminton from a long injury layoff. Team China's weightlifters got a grounds-eye sneak peek at Paris 2024 recently. "2023 made me believe i myself even more." A successful season pushed rhythmic gymnast Barbara Domingos into the Brazilian spotlight. Is a 'trilogy fight' in the boxing cards for Team Ireland London 2012 champion Katie Taylor against rival Chantelle Cameron? Equestrian eventer David Doel has eyes on being a member of a championship British team...and 2024 presents multiple global opportunities. Having a work-life balance, inspiring others, and continuing fashion headlines are just some of the 2024 goals for track & field stars Armand Duplantis, Faith Kipyegon, and Noah Lyles. High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh leads the Ukrainian Olympic Committee's 2023 honors as the 'best athlete of the year'. Mete Gazoz and Lim Sihyeon headline World Archery's 'best archers' for the 2023 season. Team Spain soccer star Aitana Bonmati may have had a stellar 2023 season, but she wants even more. Sport climber Emma Hunt is the lone Olympic sport representative on the World Games Athlete of the Year nomination list for 2023. (voting is open!) Team USA rugby sevens star Ilona Maher takes her cellulite (and body positivity) to the spotlight. âMeanwhile, Team Chile's men's rugby sevens squad has high hopes for this year's challenger series...can it make it to a promotion tournament in Madrid? Sports shooters Clement Bessaguet and Doreen Venekamp are the ISSF Athletes of the Year for 2023. Double Olympic shooting champion Michael Diamond sees his Paris 2024 hopes 'dashed'. Can Jade Jones win the third taekwondo Olympic title that eluded her in 2021? Joseph Choong, Elena Micheli, and Mohana Shaban are the top senior modern pentathletes in the UIPM Awards for 2023. What's the latest with Los Angeles 1984 star gymnast Mary Lou Retton and the crowd-sourced funding for her urgent treatment? Team Italy gymnast Alice D'Amato may be an all-around event star but she's just focused on staying healthy ahead of Paris 2024. Champion gymnast Simone Biles talks 'marriage, WAG life with Taylor Swift, and the Paris Olympics' with Vanity Fair. Tahitian surfer Kauli Vaast makes a fashion statement with the house of Dior ahead of Paris 2024. The Athletic: Is Novak Djokovic the 'GOAT' of tennis? Get yourself a Meta Avatar of tennis and Tokyo 2020 star Naomi Osaka! Recent News and Headlines Featuring Olympic Sports Athletes
In Style: Naomi Osaka is "more sure of herself than ever before" upon the eve of her tennis return.
The ATP Tour announces its 2023 ATP Award winners, including stars Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Janik Sinner, and more.
Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu may pass on the Australian Open next month, but certainly has Paris 2024 on her mind. How flexible are you compared to tennis champion Novak Djokovic? Short track speed skater Lin Xiaojun (Lim Hyo-jun) feels the heat on Chinese social media. SFGate offers some reason for San Francisco Giants baseball fans to be excited about Tokyo 2020 Olympian Jung-hoo Lee's arrival next season. Meanwhile, Beijing 2008 bronze medalist John Gall is named the new president of USA Baseball: "I am humbled and privileged". Who will be FIFA's 'best' male and female soccer players of 2023? We'll find out January 15... Laia Aleixandri and Lucia Garcia write for The Players' Tribune on *not* playing for Team Spain at the recent FIFA World Cup and how that came to be. "It is something magical, though, with the Olympics." Champion soccer player Julie Foudy talks Paris 2024 vs the next World Cup with CNN. Four-time Alpine skiing Olympian Aksel Lund Svindal talks of the Games' ability to inspire in the latest Olympic Review. Team Ukraine's recent mixed relay biathlon junior success has caused sights set on Milano Cortina 2026. (in Ukrainian) "Clunky"? Count The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw as not a fan of The Boys in the Boat film on Team USA's Berlin 1936 rowing champions. Champion New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko looked for some fellow champion's advice after closing out a disappointing 2023 season. Tokyo 2020 qualification disappointment has U.S. triathlete Taylor Knibb wary as 2024 approaches. "Madness" is how skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych describes the IOC's decision to allow Russians and Belarusians at Paris 2024. (in Ukrainian) Double world champion gymnast Rhys McClenaghan is 2023's RTE Sports Sportsperson of the Year. Weightlifter Maude Charron, skateboarder Fay de Fazio Ebert, gymnast Felix Dolci, and archer Eric Peters are just some of Team Canada's aspiring Olympians put through the media paces ahead of Paris 2024. Gymnast Lukas Dauser has a 'soaring level of confidence' after a big 2023 both on and off the mat. Could we see Team Kenya's 'Ice Lion's ice hockey squad at a Winter Olympics in the (near) future? World track cycling champion Wong Kam-po looks to... North Korea?...for Hong Kong sporting success. âCycling star Tom Pidcock aims to 'prove himself' at the 2024 Tour de France ahead of the Paris Olympics. Olympians dominate USA TODAY's looks at 'sports' biggest cheats': road cyclist Lance Armstrong, sprinters, Marion Jones and Ben Johnson, modern pentathlete Boris Onischenko, marathoner Frederick Lorz, and figure skater Tonya Harding. World Athletics: Long-distance runner Faith Kipyegon sure removed any doubts of her career resume with a world-record 2023 season. ââJamaican junior triple jumper Jaydon Hibbert makes Bowerman Award history. For sprint hurdler Kostas Douvalidis, watching Paraskevi Patoulidou's Barcelona 1992 triumph was a "stimulus" for his start in the sport. (in Greek) Not being on the BBC's shortlist of 'SportsPersonality of the Year' just provides more Paris 2024 motivation for world champion runner Josh Kerr. Winning the 2023 European Cross Country title has put 'Paris (2024) pressure and glory' onto Team France runner Yann Schrub. (But he and heptathlete Katerina Johnson-Thompson win 2023 accolades from the British Athletics Writers Association...) Mackenzie Little has big plans for 2024: both throwing the javelin at Paris 2024 and completing her first-year as a full doctor. Will Team USA basketball star Draymond Green's on-court dramas finally push his Golden State Warriors to a breaking point this season? Australian star swimmer Libby Trickett has thoughts on over-parenting and declining participation in Australian youth sports system. Irish swimmer Daniel Wiffen's recent world record performance put his mother in a "state of shock". SwimSwam: What should Team USA women's swimming fans be watching for in the lead-up to Paris? A Men's Health look back: Team Italy veteran Ivan Zaytsev looks to "leave the volleyball world in better conditions" once he (finally) retires. (in Italian) A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes Making News
High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh makes the cover of the latest Elle Ukraine, 'dedicated to the personal achievements of Ukrainians in turbulent times'. (in Ukrainian)
Team Poland's former 800-meter specialist Adam Kszczot had a memorable finish to his New York City Marathon experience...
World Athletics confirms the membership of its various athlete commissions. Elvira Oeberg tells IBU she's 'ready to go after' the new biathlon season's overall title. Rio 2016 Olympians Federico and Juan Pablo Simonet, along with third brother Sebastian, lead history-making for Argentinian handball at the upcoming IHF Men's Super Globe club tournament. One gymnast to watch at this week's trampoline worlds? Canadian Keegan Soehn, who 'cannot seem to get enough of the sport', even at age 31. The IHF salutes retiring ice hockey stars Joe Thornton, Tomas Plekanec, and Meaghan Mikkelson. FIS: The stars of the new Alpine skiing season are 'loving life back on tour'. Does Team Canada tennis have a new rising star in Marina Stakusic? A Paris 2024 appearance does not seem so unreachable for Team Great Britain's Hugo Milner, despite only starting triathlon in 2021. UIPM World checks in with world number three Kerenza Bryson, star of Team Great Britain modern pentathlon. 'Equestrianism remains the passion' of Melbourne 1956 Olympian William de Rham. Looking for 'five minutes of (wrestler) Akzhol Makhmudov madness'? Tripl Olympian Yukiko Inui calls an end to her artistic swimming career. Skeleton race Andrew Blaser talks retirement with Queerty: 'painted nails, facial hair', and more'. More FIS as it checks in with Beijing 2022 champion freestyle skier Walter Wallberg, 'who has been diligently preparing for the challenges ahead'.
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