Alberto Gines enjoys (?) a lemony dip.
Garbine Muguruza enjoys a Barcelona night out.
Matthew Mitcham recaps a Wales visit.
Mary Kom is a knockout in peach.
Claudio Treviso looks for happiness on the beaches of Kenya.
Peeping at Olympic Sports Stars' Socials...
The many sides of Tommaso Marini...
Theodores Iakovides gets a new friend.
Stiliana Nikolova floats away.
Lasha Bekauri leans out a window, ladies and gentlemen...
Lotte Kopecky has a beach day.
A Look At Recent Olympic Sports' Athletes In The Newsâ
â"It's a hard time, so it's a very special medal." Gymnast Illia Kovtun hopes his world championship success highlights support for Ukraine.
Tennis star Elina Svitolina recently made a surprise visit to encourage fellow Ukrainians in their sport efforts while training in Poland.
Tennis.com: Will we see tennis star and Tokyo 2020 medalist Ashleigh Barty un-retire? Simone Biles: When you're the GOAT of women's gymnastics, you can take a second to laugh at yourself. NBA basketball legend and Olympic champion Shaquille O'Neal plans another appearance for his 'DJ Diesel' alter ego. Meanwhile, Team USA basketball gets a big lift with NBA star Joel Embiid's commitment. Could Rio 2016 Team USA basketball-er Klay Thompson play for Team Bahamas at Paris 2024? Women's basketball legend Cheryl Miller visits the Knuckleheads podcast to talk Team USA, her brother Reggie, and much more. Team Philippines brings 'joy and pride' to their basketball fans at home with a lndmark Asian Games title. Will Team USA wrestling great Rulon Gardner complete a comeback for Paris 2024? "It shouldn't be an undue burden for a victim to come forward." Fencer Kirsten Hawkes feels frustration in her allegations addressed to the U.S. Center for SafeSport. Team Belgium's star road cyclist Lotte Kopecky name-drops Paris 2024 as a 'main target' for next season. British road cycling great Mark Cavendish confirms one more year to try to get a Tour de France stage win record. Biathlon World: 'How good is the chemistry' between Team Sweden star biathletes and partners Hanna Oeberg and Martin Ponsiluoma? Aiming to be the 'first Mexican-American female gold medalist' at Paris 2024, boxer Yoseline Perez pens a letter to her younger self through Team USA. Irish Independent: Boxer Dean Clancy's journey to Paris 2024 has had 'many twists and turns'. Landmark triathlete Jack Bristow took to his first world championships with pride in Spain recently. â The Athletics asks if Kelvin Kitum is now the GOAT of the marathon after his surprise world record. (And is there any long distance Sifan Hassan can't do?) Track sprint legend Michael Johnson weighs in on how triathlon is 'a step ahead' of his own sport. Anti-trans hysteria reaches an unfortunate level at the Asian Games with heptathletes Nadina Agasara and Swapna Barman. 'Medals and magazines' are two things that helped drive sprinter Annie Tagoe to her success today. EJ Obiena's pole vault win at the Asian Games proves to be very rewarding. Could a 10,000-meter run be the 'most fun ever had' by Team Great Britain's Jess Warner-Judd? Team Ecuador's Pan American Games athletes get a welcome track & field legend in Jefferson Perez to accompany them to Chile. Double world championships medalist long sprinter Sada Williams gets a billboard honor back home in Barbados. Middle-distance runner Ollie Hoare talks running, and 'heavy topics that are arerly articulated by world class male athletes' on The Coffee Club with Kyle Merber. 'Loyalty' and 'love for the country' drove Team Kenya runner Peres Jepchirchir to commit to the recent World Road Running Championships. Asian Games hurdlers Lin Yuwei and Wu Yanni unknowingly commit a historical reference sin, apparently to Chinese state media. Olympians Peter Bol (track), Matthew Mitcham (diving), and Stephanie Rice (swimming) are set to be amongst the next victims of SAS Australia reality television premiering this week. Congrats to swimmer Kuzey Tuncelli and rhythmic gymnast Darja Varfolomeev, joint winners of the European Olympic Committees' 2023 Piotr Nurowski Prize for 'best young summer athlete'. Champion breaststroker Adam Peaty sees the emergence of a rival in Qin Haiyang as motivation. Swimmer Shayna Jack reveals personal details of mental effects on her as she battled doping charges. More Australia as field hockey star/runner Nova Perris, freestyle skier Lydia Lassila, and rower Kim Brennan join other sporting notables as Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees for 2023. Olivia Price's and Evie Haseldine's 'unique partnership' has the sailors in prime shape for Paris 2024. Olympians Kelly Rulon (water polo) and Erik Sullivan (volleyball) amongst eight new members of the UCLA Sports Hall of Fame this year. Retiring soccer star Megan Rapinoe gets a hero's sendoff by her professional club and supporters. Eduarda Lisboa and Ana Patricia Ramos may be the 'hottest team' in beach volleyball, but they know the road to a world championship this year will be tough. Beach volleyballer Betsi Flint joins the Keep the Flame Alive podcast to talk Olympic goals and more. Skateboarder Hayley Wilson makes a quick un-retirement as key event qualification heats up. Team France's Chloe Aurard is 'just the kind of player the new Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL)' needs. Team Israel's Olympic Sports Athletes React To A Declaration Of WarA Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In Recent News
"...We will work calmly and prepare for the last Olympics in my career." Landmark Team Ukraine wrestler Zhan Beleniuk contemplates his tough road to Paris 2024 qualification. (in Ukrainian)
From curling to speed skating and bobsled to skiing, 11 Olympic sports stars have been named as 'Athlete Role Models' for the Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Winter Games.
Tokyo 2020 rugby sevens Olympian-turned media celebrity Greg O'Shea ups his fitness, Ironman-ly. Snow Magazine and photographer David Yarrow present Alpine star Mikaela Shiffrin: 'the racer, the explorer, the woman'. Can its mix of 'young and experienced players' lead Team Sweden to a landmark global medal as it co-hosts the upcoming World Women's Handball Championship later this year? NHL star Tyler Myers 'cherishes' the special Team Canada ice hockey titles club he's in. (Will he get Olympic gold, too in 2026?) "Anger" is what helped drive Tokyo 2020 Olympian and star golfer Rory McIlroy - and Team Europe - to an emphatic Ryder Cup victory. Freestyle skier Ollie Davies takes us on a training tour of the skicross course in Corralco, Chile. Team Italy volleyball star Simone Anzani is 'grit and passion personified'. Tokyo 2020 gymnastics champion Sunisa Lee 'finds her balance' in a feature with Self magazine. More FIVB Athletes' Commission: Egyptian Doaa Elghobashy is a 'history maker defying the odds' in beach volleyball. Can Vittoria Bussi reclaim the track cycling one hour record on October 11? Second Chances: Team Ireland's Matthew Bell recounts his 'extraordinary comeback' to field hockey after battling cancer. Triple Olympic tennis medalist Conchita Martinez takes her promotion of the upcoming Billie Jean King Cup Finals to the people in Seville. How is the transition from obstacle specialist to modern pentathlete going for junior Kian O'Bolyle? It's now judoka Clarisse Agbegnenou's turn in the IJF's 'The Olympic Champions' interview series. Badminton star Tony Gunawan contemplates the current state of Team USA juniors. Who are 'five female swimmers to watch' at the upcoming World Aquatics World Cup events? World champion Darja Varfolomeev acknowledges "things to improve" in her rhythmic gymnastics. The Athletic asks if Tokyo 2020 Olympic basketball player Jrue Holiday is the 'missing piece' for the NBA's Boston Celtics after a key trade. How will time on the court as new teammates work out for Team USA basketball stars Chris Paul and Draymond Green? Team Greece star Vasilis Spanoulis sees "a dream come true" as he is named head coach of the national team ahead of key qualifying tournaments. FEI looks at how Team China secured momentous equestrian eventing gold at the current Asian Games. Biathlon World: How well do retired biathlon stars Marte Olsbu Roeiseland, Tiril Eckhoff, and Denise Herrmann-Wick know each other? Get to know Team Greece's sports shooter Emmanuela Katzouraki, who only started in the sport "to see what a gun was". (in Greek) Olympic track & field legend Carl Lewis gets a special Pan American 'Guest of Honor' invitation. London 2012 long jump champion Greg Rutherford set to contest Dancing on Ice for the kids. |
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