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What News Have Olympic Sports Athletes Been In Lately?
Connor O'Leary's path to Olympic surfing at Paris 2o024 means embracing his Japanese heritage.
Team Albania boxer Adam Maca also found a competitive route through a change in national representation, from England.
More from Inside the Games as figure skating icon Carolina Kostner previews, well, a preview, of the 2025 Winter University Games in Turin. Kenyan long sprinter Wiseman Were plans 'as many international races as possible' next year to best prepare for Paris 2024. Runner Josh Kerr, heptathlete Katerina Johnspn-Thompson, hurdler Femke Bol, and pole vaulter Armand Duplantis are the 'Athletes of the Year' by Athletics Weekly readers. Was a pregnancy break the catalyst for a return to competitiveness for runner Genevieve Gregson? Ethipoian runner Letesenbet Gidey's outreach to rival Sifan Hassan was the winner for World Athletics' 2023 'Fair Play Award'. A podium finish at the recent University Games is a "stepping stone" for middle-distance runner Knight Aciru's plans to continue her running career. Teenage Team Canada phenoms Spring and Ocean Ma see a new goal with squash now included in the Los Angeles 2028 program. Tennis star Naomi Osaka has eyes on more Grand Slams titles - and the Paris Olympics - in her competitive return. Meanwhile, Australian Nick Kyrgios is 'heartbroken' he won't be able to make his own tennis return yet. Not quite a surprise...tennis champion Novak Djokovic tells 60 Minutes of his lack of friendship with career rivals Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. Cycling star Silvia Persico doubles down on her Olympic opportunities this upcoming season by focusing solely on road racing. Olympic rower Caragh McMurtry has a new mission: supporting neurodiverse athletes's goals. Beth Potter's signature triathlon win this season was a hit at the Scottish Sports Awards. Swiss gymnast Lena Bickel qualified for Paris 2024, just two years after illness 'threatened her career'. "It means everything to me." Skateboarder Jagger Eaton looks ahead to a second Olympic appearance. Team South Korea makes plans to lean into military training to optimize performance at Paris 2024. Could there be a Team Haudenosaunee competing at Los Angeles 2028 in lacrosse? Diver Osmar Olvera and swimmer Maggie Mac Neil led the honors at the 2023 PanAm Sports Awards. "It's a big, big shame for the world of sport." Ukrainian swimming star Mykhailo Romanchuk jas thoughts on Russians participating at Paris 2024. Quadruple Olympic swimming champion Yana Klochkova has a conflicting legacy in her home Ukraine. (in Ukrainian) And...star wrestler Zhan Beleniuk has strong thoughts on the IOC's recent stance on Russian athletes at Paris 2024. (in Ukrainian) Queerty: Freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy talks his new acting role, holiday traditions, and more. Team GB looks at how track cyclist Laura Kenny is planning a return to the Olympics after giving birth. Jourdan Delacruz is counting on 'timing and preparation' to power her way to a second weightlifting Olympic appearance. Esquire Australia features 'the triumphant rise' of Team Australia soccer star Samantha Kerr. Team Canada: Get to know trampoline champion Rosie MacLennan, now chair of the Canadian Olympic Committee's Athletes' Commission. Triple Olympian Mike Modano sees gold potential in a possible Team USA men's ice hockey roster for Milano Cortina 2026. Glory Professional: Ice hockey star Sarah Nurse is 'pioneering the future' of the sport. A Look At Olympic Sports' Athletes In The News
Team Ukraine's Mykhailo Mudryk - star of its successful Olympic soccer qualifying run - has fun with fan art now that his pro season with Chelsea is settling in.
Caitlin Foord still can't bear watching repeats of Team Australia's Women's World Cup despite the soccer star's lead role.
Will being "practical and down to earth" be the key to gymnast Zuo Tong reaching Paris 2024? Two-time Olympian Richard Murray still has the 'fire burning bright' for another triathlon at the Games. Did you think abuse allegations against Olympic tennis champ Alexander Zverev were a done deal? Tennis: Jessica Pegula's love for Buffalo sports teams helps bring a new fan base into tennis. Tennis superstar Rafael Nadal may not be fully recovered from injury, but the governing body definitely wants him at Paris 2024. Sanoa Dempfle-Olin looks set to make her Olympic surfing debut next year, capping an "unreal experience" of qualification. South African Olympic runner Caster Semenya: "I am a different woman". Long sprinter Grace Conrad's "future is certainly very bright" despite missing out on a PanAm podium. How is U23 European 10,000 meters running champion Rory Leonard pursuing Paris 2024 goals? Who will be the men's and women's Rising Stars' in 2023 for World Athletics? Calli Thackery reflects on her recent landmark marathon - the second fastest-ever by a British woman - for the Citius Mag podcast. âMunich 1972 pentathlon champion Mary Peters reflects on the turmoil back home in Northern Ireland at the time of her championship. Olympic steeplchaser Rosin McGettigan-Dumas is the new president of the Irish Olympians' Association. "If I'm requested to service my country, I'm going to do it." NBA veteran Andre Drummond ponders a Team USA call for basketball at Paris 2024. Tokyo 2020 Team USA 'Dream Teamer' Jayson Tatum reaches a "cool" landmark with the Boston Celtics. Team France fencer Ysaora Thibus makes another magazine feature cover with a spotlight by Stylist. (page 44, in French) Olympics: Mijain Lopez aims for a ffith wrestling gold medal...will he succeed at Paris 2024? Swimswam: Is Team USA swimming legend Michael Phelps the 'Jack Nicholson' of baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks? (LOL) âAustralian swimming star Kyle Chalmers is also known for his tattoos...which he now seems to regret. Skating: Team USA's Isabeau Levito has 'a new mindset' as she tackles the 2023-24 figure skating season. From 'demotivation' to having a 'sharper mental focus' has propelled Kate Shortman to new artistic swimming heights in 2023. Team France archer Lisa Barbelin sees the home competition in Paris next year as a "time to feel indestructible". âCould archer Trenton Cowles really reach the Olympiocs after a 'Wii Sports' start in the sport? Deadspin: Retired Team Canada ice hockey star Joe Thornton's 'legacy is what you want it to be'. 'Known for his creativity', Philip (B-Boy Phil Wizard) Kim heads to Paris 2024's breaking competition with a goal to make history. Diver Molly Carlson did not make it to Rio 2016. That'saved' her from further eating disorder trauma. Olympic diver Mathew Helm is now a New South Wales Hall of Champions member, joining other sports star inductees in 2023. Road cycling star Tadej Pgacar reflects on the 'cost' of racing both the Tour de France and Classic events. Team Ecuador's Miryam Nunez had thoughts of her recently passed grandmother as she powered to the Pan American Games road cycling podium. (in Spanish) FIG: What are 'six things to look out for' at the upcoming Trampoline World Championships? Marie Claire: What do the Paris Games mean for sport climber Oriane Bertone? (in French) A Look At Olympic Sports Stars In The News
Team Ukraine's Viktoriia Us shares thoughts on qualifying for her third Summer Games for Team Ukraine, but now in three canoeing disciplines. (in Ukrainian)
Ondrej Perusic and David Schweiner receive a hero's welcome as the new beach volleyball world champions return to Czechia.
For Team Chile's Francisca Irazoqui and Montserrat Obon, 'the anticipation is palpable' for a home FIH (field) Hockey Women's Junior World Cup later this year. Team Dominican Republic's women's volleyball squad receives a special congratulations from Thomas Bach for its recent Paris 2024 qualification. Olympics: According to surfer Leandro Usuna, 'joy is the most important ingredient for success'. Beijing 2022 medalist Jaclyn Narracott needs "a break" from skeleton as a busy start to 2024 looms. Former Team Canada junior national Travis Dermott makes his own pride support statement on the ice, despite National Hockey League thinking. Is it time to start thinking about NBA superstar and Olympic champion LeBron James' retirement? âWhat to make of the story behind a 'private consensual encounter' of Olympic basketball champion Dwight Howard's? Queertyâ: More insight on Matthew Mitcham's demons as the champion diver's marriage gets the confessional spotlight in SAS Australia promos. Team Great Britain's diver Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix is ready to tackle 'issues with body image' in sport. Olympians Rory McIlroy (golf) and Anthony Joshua (boxing) join other sports stars in a Formula One racing team investment. Can one of Team Ecuador's boxers fulfill former champion Ytalo Perea's faith in their potential for another rare Ecuadorian Pan American title? (in Spanish) Los Angeles 984 gymnastics hero Mary Lou Retton is taking "baby steps" in her recovery from a critical bout of pneumonia. Dorian Connix admits to World Triathlon that he wasn't all on board with his ultimately-successful season-long plan to claim a triathlon world title. Seeing taekwondo as a"smart sport", Ho-jun Jin looks to 'head games' to keep sharp ahead of Paris 2024. Camilla Gomes heads into Santiago 2023's Pan American trampoline competition with new confidence after a historic season. "One move at a time" was key to Jesse Gruper's gold - and Paris 2024 qualification - in sport climbing. Mathias Thyrri and Amalie Magalund "wanted it" and got it: a key match win that underscored the current mixed doubles strength in Denmark currently. With her mother now honored with a Nobel Prize in medicine, is double Olympic champion rower Susan Francia the most accomplished in her own family? "It's a tremendous opportunity that Panam Sports is giving us." Modern pentathlete Sophia Hernandez is grateful to compete, even though under a neutral flag. Could a pair of hammer throwers actually be the leaders of Team Canada in Paris 2024 athletics? "To become Olympic champion is so good." Team Greece's Ilias Iliadis is the latest judoka to feature in IJF's 'Olympic Champions' interview series. More Team Greece: Champion weightlifter Pyrros Dimas gets a new lead role with Mediterranean Weightlifting Confederation. Kaylee McKeown and Qin Haiyang are World Aquatics' 'Swimmers of the Year' for 2023. Kathrine Heindahl and Team Denmark eye bigger results this time as Denmark hosts handball's FIH Women's Championship for third time later this year. FIL takes a look at Olympic luger Yong Lee's successful transition from sport to politics in South Korea. Get a preview of a feature portrait on Alpine skier Lucas Braathen - 'the world's best slalom racer' - in The A Magazine. (in Norwegian) All eyes are on stars Marco Odermatt and Mikaela Shiffrin as the new Alpine skiing season is set to begin. Double Olympic medalist and soccer superstar Neymar joins other sports celebrities in a new menswear line debut from the celebrity Kardashian family.
What News Are Olympic Sports Athletes Making?
Elina Svitolina (tennis), Yaroslava Maruchickh (track & field), and Olga Kharlan (fencing) grace the cover(s) of Vogue Ukraine's Fall 2023 edition.
Tajikistani-Ukrainian And Atlanta 1996 champion Rustam Sharipov talks with Sport24 on his gymnastics career, ties to Ukraine, and his now life in the U.S. (in Ukrainian)
Can Mana Okamura turn "regrets into motivations" for a strong showing at Paris 2024's gymnastics? Team USA Los Angeles 1984 gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton struggles against pneumonnia face a "scary setback". Former world championship team member Kara Eaker announces a retirement and abuse allegations in her collegiate gymnastics career. Tennis great Serena Williams' new book deal with Random House publisher promises reflections on her 'life and career'. Newly 26-years-old, tennis champion Naomi Osaka reflects on her birthday. Team USA luger Chris Mazdzer has strong thoughts on where Milano Cortina 2026's sliding competitions should be held... Janeth Jepkosgei reflects on her 'rare' move from a middle-distance running star for Team Kenya to coaching. Middle-distance runner Caster Semenya's The Race to Myself autobiography is due October 31st. Long hurdler Femke Bol and runner Jakob Ingebrigsten lead European Athletics' end-of-season awards. Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson gets a unique honor with a track memorialized in her name. Speaking of Jakob Ingebrigsten...abuse allegations from him and his running brothers against their former coach - and father - rock Norway. âOpen water swimming champion Florian Wellbrock talks 'becoming water' in The Owl Post. Team Lithuania's other star breaststroker Kotryna Teterevkova makes a big training decision in her path to Paris 2024. Ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir earn 'Order of Sports' honors in Canada after their record five Olympic medals. Illia Malinin has "no words" for his record performance at Skate America, reaffirming his status as a star in figure skating. Olympic diving champion Matthew Mitcham opens up about the 'lowest pount in his life' in a special SAS Australia moment. Will the Native American inventors of lacross be represented as the sport makes its Olympic debut at Los Angeles 2028? Equestrian show jumper Harry Charles opines on the current state of big money spending in the sport...and almost wearing a suit while competing. Surfing 'prodigy' Erin Brooks gets a setback for her Team Canada citizenship plans for Paris 2024. Los Angeles 2028: Count Major League Baseball superstar Bryce Harper as an Olympic hopeful... Double soccer Olympian and Team South Africa legend Janine van Wyk set for a special career send-off this month. Rio 2016 Olympic soccer player Ali Krieger inspires gossip curiousity over her split with Ashlyn Harris. Team Canada soccer legend Christine Sinclair's 'storied career' gets a reflection by CBC. What was a 'last supper' with key club teammates like for retiring soccer star Megan Rapinoe? The Guardian: How does Team England's Mary Earp make soccer goalkeeping 'cool'? Cycling star Tom Pidcock reiterates road race and mountain bike plans for the Olympics nbext year. Chilean 3x3 basketball star Daniel Arcos makes a statement of inclusivity at the Pan American Games. Olympics: The Grimalt cousins look to defend their Pan American Games beach volleyball title in the "most important sports event in the history of Chile". Beach volleyball's Melissa Humana-Paredes and taekwondo siblings Skylar, Tae-ku , and Braven Park have special ties to Chile as they embark on a special Pan American Games experience for Team Canada. Gwen Jorgensen hopes a late-season schedule change now powers her path to Paris 2024 next year. Native South African canoeist Pierre Van Der Westhuyzen is one of a few foreign-born athletes that look set to compete for Team Australia's in Paris 2024. AthleteStories has '10 rare clicks' documenting the career of weightlifting legend Pyrros Dimas. (in Greek) âCan Team Austria's Lisa Hauser rebound in the 2023-24 biathlon season after a subpar 2022-23? |
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