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Catch Up With Olympic Sports Stars In The News.
Artistic swimmers Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe find a themselves much better poised for a podium run in Paris 2024 than at Tokyo 2020 after a key recent win.
Alpine skier Guglielmo Bosca takes FIS 'from the beginning to (his) first World Cup podium'.
Was Race Imboden to blame for his partner and fellow fencer Ysaora Thibus' failed rug test? The New York Times dissects a new Skims ad campaign featuring, amongst others, Olympians Skylar Diggins-Clark, Kelsey Plum, and Candace Parker. âWill Paris 2024's be the 'greatest Olympic basketball tournament ever'? Siblings Hifumi and Uta Abe's 'mutual determination' just may well see them repeat as Olympic judo champions this summer. "We can not wait to begin our Olympic journey." Team leaders Hardik Singh and Harmanpreet Singh see hope in Indian men's field hockey squad's buildup in confidence. Figure skater Shoma Uno 'is ready to open a new chapter in his life'. What does a 'day in the life' of diver Sam Fricker look like? Just because London 2012 track Olympian Oscar Pistorius is out of prison doesn't mean the drama of his murder charge hasn't diminished. Middle-distance runner Emmanuel Wanyonyi talks Olympic pressure, and a rising championship career with Inside Track. Sport shooting legend Kim Rhodes reflects on her three Olympic championships for ISSF. Olympics: Can Yuto Horigome make it back to the Games to defend his Olympic skateboarding title? Athlete to Watch: 24-year-old Felicitas Hendricks is a good bet to lead Team Germany equestrian dressage into the future. Tommaso Giacomel, Johan-Olav Botn, and Campbell Wright are just three of the rising biathletes to watch in the future. Archer Anastasia Pavlova hasn't given up on securing Team Ukraine a Paris 2024 qualification spot despite unusual hardships and 'near misses'. How did 'heroic' Aguibou Camara lead Team Guinea to a landmark Paris 2024 qualification in soccer? 'Inspirational' Estavana Polman looks to put injury woes behind her and lead Team Netherlands to Paris 2024 success this summer. The Sun takes a look at speed skater Jutta Leerdam's romance with fighter Jake Paul. Canoeist Alyce Wood and water polo player Keesja Gofers both aim for a third Olympics after both experiencing 'conception, pregnancy, and giving birth' in between Games. Team Australis swimmers take to unique Paris 'simulations' as they train for this summer's Games. CBC: How does 3x3 basketball player Paige Crozon balance motherhood and sport? âMeanwhile, who are the top men and the top women to watch at the last chance qualification tournament in 3x3 basketball? Gymnast Nestor Abad shares his journey battling back from a second major knee injury to make his third Olympic team. (in Spanish) Olympic Sports Stars Are In The News
R.I.P. to baseball little league legend and Sydney 2000 champion Sean Burroughs.
The Athletic: American Ben Shelton is a tennis player 'who wants to be different'.
Is it a water bottle that can put a dent in tennis great Novak Djokovic's momentum? Fellow tennis star Coco Gauff sees an Olympic medal as a 'priority' for her career. Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina reminds us of the impact on mothers of the Russian war in Ukraine. (in Ukrainian) French superstar Kylian Mbappe's Olympic soccer ambitions get presidential support. Gymnasts Freed Richard and Casikmir Schmidt set to join Simone Biles and others on the revamped G.O.A.T. gymnastics post-Olympics tour. Manifesting "I'm that girl" is what is motivating gymnast Jordan Chiles as she looks to Paris 2024. Gymnast Emma Spence has an 'extra glow of self-confidence' as she eyes Paris 2024, after a visit to Paris. Tokyo 2020 Olympian Mariia Vysochanska gets a show of support for Ukraine with an Olympic flame moment in France. Is Team India finally ready for a breakthrough Olympic medal in archery at Paris 2024? Will Joel Embiid really be injury-free and be able to play for Team USA basketball - for his son - in Paris? Team Australia's Lauren Jackson is '43 and free' as she tries for a fifth Olympic basketball team. GQ Sports checks in with Olympic basketball star Jimmy Butler at the Miami Grand Prix race. Just call Team USA women's water polo members 'Swifties'...and, thanks to rapper Flavor Flav, that's not the only pop culture news the team found itself mixed up in lately. Zoe Arancini's Olympic journey in water polo has special meaning in her family as she fulfills her mother's own ambitions pre-sufficient gender equality at the Games. Dutch speed skater Jutta Leerdam goes her own way for training in the run up to Milano Cortina 2026. Citius: New world record-holding discus thrower Myklos Alekna reflects on that special day. Track & field legend Jesse Owens' 'day of days' recognized with a World Athletics Heritage Plaque. Long hurdler Rushell Clayton's 'ambitious goals' for 2024 certainly include an Olympic medal. Athlete to watch: Rising Austrian long-distance runner Sebastian Frey turns focus onto the track after finishing university studies. Retired pole vaulter Aphrodite Safida reflects on motherhood, parenthood, and more for Athlete Stories. (in Greek) "I try to stay as level as I can", says Team Ireland golfer Leona Maguire as she reflects on how a pro career can be a frantic life. Ana Kuwai is set to become the first Olympic rugby sevens player to also referee in an Olympics. CBC: Is track cyclist Dylan Bibic 'destined for greatness' at Paris 2024? Meanwhile, fellow track cyclist Ellesse Andrews is again a Paris 2024 top prospect after surprising herself with her quick injury recovery. Can the memory of her father help propel surfer Saffi Vette to Paris 2024 gold in Tahiti? And...will memories of brother Owen's medal at Tokyo 2020 propel surfer Tyler Wright to her own this summer? Zhu Ting returns to Team China volleyball after a long absence to help Paris 2024 qualifying efforts. Meanwhile, fellow player Brie O'Reilly sees a 'really special moment' happening now for Team Canada's chances of making it to Paris 2024 themselves. Rowers Evaldo Becker and Piedro Tuchtenhagen make an Olympic-sized sacrifice in light of historic flooding at home in Brazil. (And swimmer Vivianne Jungblut makes her own...) Swim superstar Michael Phelps stopped by The Tonight Show to chat family, Olympics, mental health, and more with host Jimmy Fallon. Swimmer to watch: Can William Yang make Team Australia's Paris 2024 squad after successful treatment for a tumor? Maggie Mac Neil doesn't see herself "doing anything differently" as she plans for another Olympic star turn this summer at Paris 2024. The Sydney Morning Herald looks at how Canadian swimming star Summer McIntosh just may 'break Australian hearts' in the Paris 2024 pool. Single-Minded: Get to know Irish-Ugandan single scull rower - and Olympian - Kathleen Noble. Get to know 'adrenaline junkie' Zak Perzamanos as he prepares for his Olympic debut in trampolining. Headed to his second Olympics, ILLCA 7 sailor Vishnu Saravanan hopes to promote his sport within India. Is the NFL a future option for Tokyo 2020 wrestler Gable Stevenson? Champion wrestler David Taylor switches campus allegiance with a coaching role at Oklahoma State.
What Have Olympic Sports' Stars Been Up To On Social Media?
Walter Wallberg makes a move.
Nelly Korda and Maria Sharapova also stunned at the Met.
Tommaso Marini checks out Hong Kong.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is a promise.
A News Roundup Featuring Olympic Sports' Stars
Artistic swimmers are "energized and excited" after inaugurating Paris 2024's Aquatic Center last week.
"Just enjoy handball itself", is the advice soon-to-be four-time South Korean Olympian Eun-hee Ryu has for future players.
Freestyle skier Jakara Anthony's 'record-breaking campaign' in the 2023-24 season earned her both Australian and FIS honors. BiathlonWorld: Get to know rising Slovakian biathlete Ema Kapustova. Check out some of the 'world famous, incredibly popular' basketball players headed to Paris 2024. Double Olympic champion Candace Parker with Team USA basketball gets a new plum post-playing role with Adidas. Olympic sports' stars Angel Reese, Ben Simmons, Dwyane Wade (basketball), Nelly Korda (golf), and Serena and Venus Williams (tennis) were amongst the Met Gala 2024 attendees. (umm...don't forget London 2012 tennis medalist Maria Sharapova, too...) "Clever, clear thinking" Idalys Ortiz is the latest Olympic judo champion to be featured in a Q&A by IJF. Beijing 2008 Olympic soccer player Stuart Holden chats with FIFA on Team USA's chances at Paris 2024, and much more. Will 19-year-old Jessica Dertell become Team Australia's 'youngest-ever Olympic dressage athlete'? Count Rio 2016 weightlifter Oleksander Pielieshenko as another fatal victim of Russia's war in Ukraine. Road cyclist Grace Brown is the latest Off the Podium podcast interview: Paris 2024, Tokyo 2020, university degrees, and more. IOL: Get to know Paris 2024-aspirant breaker Courtnae Paul of South Africa. Premio Princesa de Asturias de los Deportes 2024: Badminton star Carolina Marin gets a high honor at home in Spain. (in Spanish) Olympics: Swimmer Yusra Mardini hopes the world welcomes the Olympic Refugee Team with 'open hearts and minds'. Get to know Team Italy's Sara Curtis, the swimmer 'breaking records and barriers'. Evy Leibfarth looks forward to saying, 'whatever happens, I gave it my all' in the debut of kayak cross at Paris 2024 this summer. Who are the 'stars to follow' in women's wrestling at the final Paris 2024 Olympic qualification event? 'A series of blockbuster performances in 2023' has made Rosa Maria Tapia Vidal a potential podium medalist in triathlon this summer at Paris 2024. What does table tennis' mixed doubles field for Paris 2024 look like now, with qualification complete. Team Kuwait's Mohammad Aldaihani finally catches up to his father at age 40 with an imminent Olympic appearance in skeet shooting. Valentin Bontus has gone from 'class clown' to a Paris 2024 podium threat in sailing's formula kite class. "It's an honor to be able to compete alongside her." Brazilian gymnastics star Rebeca Andrade looks ahead to going up against legend Simone Biles at Paris 2024. Retired Olympic gymnast Nile Willson offers thoughts on'what makes a champion'. Double sculls rower Matteo Sartori is World Rowing's 'rower of the month' for April 2024. Benson Kipruto will have fallen teammate Kelvin Kiptum in mind when he takes to the streets at the Paris 2024 marathon. If middle-distance runner Jye Edwards makes a return to the Olympics, it'll be the result of 'overcoming setbacks and self-doubt'. Sprint star Noah Lyles may agree with track legend Carl Lewis on a 4x100 relay lineup...but won't Christian Coleman, Fred Kerley, and others have an opinion? FIBA3x3.com looks back at Teams Netherlands and Australia success - and Teams Lithuania and Canda shortfalls - in recent Paris 2024 3x3 basketball qualifying. R.I.P.: ISU pays respect to Dutch Olympic champion figure skater Sjoukje Dijkstra. 'Estonian luge is back' with the promise of riders Emma Triin Seer and Katariina Theresa Tomingas. Retired tennis Serhiy Stavhoskiy talks military service, Ukrainian footballers, and more in a wide-ranging interview. (in Ukrainian). Pyeongchang 2018 skeleton athlete Elisabeth Maier keeps her family's interest in clean sport going.
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