Checking Out Olympic Sports Stars On Social Media
Johannes Hoesflot Kalebo found time for a holiday break.
Well...hello, seaside Anna Ryzhykova!
Sergiy Popov rinses off Rio.
Teddy Riner shoots his shot.
Adam Siao hangs out in Paris.
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Get To Know Olympic Sports Stars Through Recent News Features.
FIBA: As Rudy Fernandez has one more Olympic run in him for Team Spain; what are his 'top five moments' at the Games?
What does Team USA stalwart Diana Taurasi remember about her first call-up to the Olympic squad ahead of Athens 2004?
What's exciting about Team New Zealand's women's football as Paris 2024 looms? FIFA asks Ali Riley and Hannah Wilkinson. Renars Uscins and David Spaeth are a bonded pair in both winning a international junior title and headed to Paris 2024 for Team Germany handball. BiathlonWorld: Anna Gandler, Gilonne Guigannot, and Selina Grotian are three biathletes 'poised for bigger things' in the future. Thalia Rockx is an up-and-coming equestrian dressage rider for Team Netherlands with family pedigree. Will Swede Ludvig Aeberg and Dane Nicolai Hoejgaard 'carry the Olympic mantle for Nordic nations' in Paris this summer? Will 2024 be a Laura Asadauskaite 'kind of year' for the Olympic modern pentathlon veteran? Jambaljamts Sainbayar has eyes on a rare Olympic road cycling appearance for Team Mongolia in Paris. Curious about the business acumen and/or the post-playing career of tennis star Serena Williams? Rome 1960 champion and boxing superstar Muhammad Ali gets a posthumous Wrestlemania honor. Oh...and...Ali's power to draw in fandom still holds.... 46-year-old ailor Nikola Girkeisn't shy about trying different disciplines...or aiming for another Olympics, or two. Can Iranian-born Refugee Team weightlifter Yekta Jamali turn her World Cup performance into a Paris 2024 appearance? Will table tennis star Fan Zhedong complete an 'unparalleled' quest with a fifth World Cup title? Did time run out? Rio 2016 wrestling medalist Frank Chamizo levels 'corrupt' charges in the sport after not winning a Paris 2024 spot (yet?). Where does canoeist Titouan Castryck turn for road to Olympics advice? His Olympian mom, for one... Taiwan's Chou Tien Shen's treatment for cancer last year was a previously-unknown factor in his dip in badminton form. YouTube: Get to know Team Egypt's 'powerhouse' 3x3 basketball star Soraya Mohamed. Who were the star-making headlines in rugby sevens' World Sevens Series stop in Hong Kong last week? FIL's 2023-24 season review continues with a look at luger Max Langenhan's doubly successful run. Sport climber Janja Garnbret is '"ready" for the maximum' as she looks to defend her Olympic title. Ever notice Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh takes her socks and shoes off between jumps?
Olympic Sports Athletes In The News
World Rowing looks at the single scull career of New Zealander Robbie Manson.
Who were the 'best jumpers' in Nordic combined this past 2023-24 season?
38-year-old soccer star Marta talks to FIFA about her 'remaining dreams' in the sport for Team Brazil. Team USA talks 'woman to woman' with soccer player and first-generation athlete Naomi Girma. Chilean Camila Caram and Indian PR Sreejesh are named co-chairs of field hockey's Athletes Committee. Dennis Schroeder is feeling pretty confident that Team Germany "can beat any team" at Paris 2024's basketball tournament after an exceptionally strong World Cup showing. What has the 'path to Paris' looked like for soon-to-be Olympic triathlete Nina Elm of Team Germany? 'Relief' is the key word for archer Arif Pangestu as his Paris 2024 qualification is already secured. "Weightlifting is my life." A strong World Cup performance has Papua New Guinean Dika Toua on the brink of a sixth Olympics Games. Will a training camp in Japan be the key for wrestler Frank Chamizo's Paris 2024 ambitions? "When I fight I feel free." Judoka Fabio Basile finds motivation in the trials and tribulations of the sport. Biathlon World helps say goodbye to retiring 'reliable relay leadoff leg' Peppe Femling. World champion Alvaro Martin is used to big expectations of Team Spain in race walking, and he's readying to help deliver at Paris 2024. Ugandan running star Jacob Kiplimo survives a 'nasty' car accident back home. Did you know? The movie "Jaws" was a fruitful distraction that helped French gymnast Henri Boerio reach the Montreal 1976 podium. World Aquatics takes a look at the career-highlight goal for Team Japan water polo player Kai Inoue at the recent world championship. Battling "inner demons" was key to Loh Kean Yew finally winning a badminton world tour title after a three year gap. What does Kaori Sakamoto think of realizing a world championship three-peat in singles figure skating? Who were some of the standout rugby sevens stars in Hong Kong Sevens Series history? Cyprien Sarrazin, Elvedina Muzaferija, Guglielmo Bosca, Nils Alegre, AJ Hurt, Jacqueline Wiles, Stephanie Venier, and Zrinka Ljutic are Alpine skiers with a breakthrough 2023-24 season. Olympians Pal Trulsen and Thomas Ulsrud are included in the World Curling Hall of Fame 2024 class.
A Look At Olympic Sports Stars In Recent News
Judokas Eteri Liparteliani and Temur Nozadze share a special moment with the home crowd at last week's Grand Slam stop in Tbilisi.
Austrian Alpine skier Conny Huetter was left "speechless" after winning her first World Cup downhill overall title, on home soil no less.
Biathlon World offers us Q&A sessions with both of this season's Total Score winners, Lisa Vittozzi and Johannes Thingnes Boe. Olympics: Will Carolina Marin win back her Olympic badminton singles title at Paris 2024? Swimmers Noe Ponti and Sarah Sjostrom win 2023's European Aquatics' 'Swimmers of the Year' honors. Stockholm 1912 champion swimmer Duke Kahanamoku gets a new museum exhibition in Huntington Beach on his surfing exploits. Who were Nordic combined's season-end award winners? Can Brazilian star archer Marcus D-Almeida have his "moment" at Paris 2024 this summer? Diver Matty Lee recovers from surgery. Spaniard Alberto Gonzalez Garcia and Ecuadorian Elizabeth Bravo were the big risers in Olympic qualification after the latest World Triathlon Cup stop. Olympic champion weightlifters Hidilyn Diaz, Zhou Zhihui, Wang Zhouyu, Chen Lijun, and Neisi Dajomes all face a severe final test to make it to Paris 2024. Portugal's Montebela Aguieira becomes a center for prospective Olympic canoe sprinters-in-training. The World Sailing Show: Will it be either Australian Matt Wearn or Briton Michael Beckett emerging as Paris 2024's ILCA 7 champion? ITF: Who are the current 'movers and shakers' on the junior tennis circuit so far this season? Is 2024 the 'time to shine' for Kenyan long-distance runner Emmaculate Anyango, with the cross-country championships a first test? A change in training and coach, plus a solid start indoors, has sprint hurdler Cyrena Samba-Mayela 'dreaming of bigger days to come' in 2024. Mathias Gidsel, Henny Reistad, Elias Ellefsen a Skipagotu, and Lena Grandveau are the 'World Players of the Year' in handball for 2023. What has multi-Olympic rower Rumyana Neykova been up to since setting a world-best time in 2002? What impact might a world figure skating championship at age 40 by Deanna Stellato-Dudek have for others watching? Team Great Britain's sports shooter Seonaid McIntosh talks Olympic inspiration, Tokyo 2020 disappointment, and more with ISSF. What does Team Dominican Republic soccer star Edison Azcona think of making it to Paris 2024? "The Olympics is a whole different level." Former college basketball phenom Jimmer Fredette is headed to Paris 2024 in 3x3. Which possible 'iconic moments' does FIBA's Jeff Taylor want to see in this Olympic basketball summer? Tokyo 2020 Olympian Tri Bourne helps share the story of beach volleyball's 'most unique partnership'. "I just have to keep fighting and it will come." Road cyclist Sam Bennett looks to regain the form that saw a breakthrough performance a few years back. Retired speed skater Joey Mantia meets some local Belgians on an inline skating outing. Meanwhile, fellow Team USA speed skate Conor McDermott-Mostowy has a 'cracker of a conversation' on the BBC's LGBT Sports Podcast. Team Ireland equestrian show jumpers Cian O'Connor, Darragh Kenny, Daniel Coyle, and Shane Sweetnam 'are looking stronger than ever' after a key victory in an Olympic season. Elite fencer Despina Georgiadou has something to say about the qualification system for Paris 2024... Panam Sports: London 2012 champion fencer Ruben Limardo has big, golden dreams for Paris 2024.
A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In The News
Can Danish canoe marathon champion Mads Brandt Pedersen successfully make a switch to Olympic canoe sprinting?
Is an Olympic medal on tennis star Coco Gauff's vision board, er...note? You bet.
What are some of Team Canada's favorite Team Canada moments? World Aquatics goes 'inside the minds' of Martina Terre and Unai Aguirre to learn more about top water polo goalkeeping philosophies. Former junior champion Tomoka Miyazaki's breakthrough senior-level world tour win has the badminton rising star hopeful for bigger things to come. Meanwhile, Spanish badminton champion Carolina Marin is still 'a force to be reckoned with' despite recent injury setbacks. Could NBA star Donte di Vincenzo suit up for Team Italy basketball? Check out Team Brazil gymnast Rebeca Andrade in miniature form! Get to know open water swimmer Marc-Antoine Olivier in the latest Extraterrien podcast. (in French) Seven straight Olympics isn't in the cards for star sports shooter Kim Rhodes, but does Los Angeles 2028 beckon for 'the most successful female shooter in Olympic history'? American cross-country skiing star Jessie Diggins sees an "incredible" end to the world cup season with two Crystal Globes. Jose Larocca may be 55-years-old, but the 'honored equestrian athlete' still has Olympic ambitions. Fiji-born Eileen Cikamatana is Team Australia's 'new Olympic Amazon'. Team Ireland's long sprinter Sharlene Mawdsley missed out on Tokyo 2020...which just spurred 'resilience'. "The Olympics is basically an expression of who you are as an athlete." Triathlete Kenji Nener has hopes to breakthrough with Paris 2024 qualification for Team Japan. Who are the current leading skateboarders in the Olympic Qualifier Series rankings before the last two stops later this spring? Can Sofia Raffaeli withstand the 'intriguing challenge' from a slew of fellow elite rhythmic gymnasts at the first real Olympic season test? Play True Award: Triple skeleton Olympian Ben Sandford honored for his career 'contributions to the anti-doping movement'. Which PanAmerican rowers found success at the latest Olympic regatta last week? IJF's 'The Olympic Champions' series returns with a look at Moscow 1980 champion judoka Robert Van De Walle of Belgium. How have recent weeks affected the current world rankings in field hockey? Road and mountain bike cyclist Peter Sagan's road to Paris 2024 gets trickier after more heart concerns. How is Cody Simpson balancing the demands of elite swimming Paris 2024 hopes with a music career? Team Zimbabwe's retired Rio 2016 swimmer Sean Gunn talks Olympics, competition, and coming out as LGBT with Outsports.
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