Danas Rapsys gets 'brave in his body'.
Francesco Bonsanto takes in some sun...
...as does Cynthia Bolingo...
Stefanos Ntouskos gets a plum assignment.
Liu Shaolin gets some rest in amidst the rain.
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A Look At What News Olympic Sports Stars In Recent News Features
British gymnastics legend Max Whitlock is "excited for the opportunity to try and create further history" before retirement.
Gymnast Rayderley Zapata is headed to Paris 2024 with 'intelligence, confidence, and inspiration'.
Olympics: Gymnastics legend Oksana Chusovitina remarkably takes a step closer to another Olympics. Five-time Olympic swimming medalist Lily King can now see the end of her career, to come sometime between Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028. Team Canada swimming star Maggie Mac Neil walks back some post Paris 2024 retirement speculation. Breaststroker Tatjana Smith's return to form - similar to ahead of Tokyo 2020 - was a highlight of the South African swimming championships. Meanwhile, Team Great Britain's James Guy isn't planning to let 'Olympic hype' distract him from an optimal Paris 2024 performance. "I'm excited to go and give it my all." Surfer Ethan Ewing looks ahead to a return to the scene of a bad crash with qualification to Paris 2024's competition in Tahiti. How is London 2012 boxer Oleksandr Usyk preparing for the upcoming 'fight of the century' against Tyson Fury? (in Ukrainian) âStar road cyclist Wout van Aert is prioritizing full health instead of a quick return to racing after a recent crash, in order to make an Olympics and Tour de France push. London 2012 Olympian and tennis major champ Simona Halep is 'ready to move forward' with a return from a surprise suspension. Tokyo 2020 cauldron lighter and tennis champion Naomi Osaka still has 'hope' to play at Paris 2024. Did you know about the Olympic tennis connection to the Titanic? Team Great Britain offers 'five things you should know' about rower Georgie Brayshaw. GQ Sports: Team USA basketball star Sue Bird 'is glad the world is finally catching up'. Team Japan captain Toi Suzuki credits his 'second home' of Greece for pushing forward his water polo career. (in Greek) âWho will be the 'Emerging Athlete of the Year' in Australia? Sprint kayaker Riley Fitzsimmons is headed to his third Olympics...and now he has fellow former surf life savers with him for Team Australia. Inspired by the sport opening to women at Sydney 2000, Tayla Ford is now to be Team New Zealand's first-ever Olympic wrestler. âWas wrestler Frank Chamizo offered a bribe ahead of a key Olympic qualification match? Team Canada looks at a number of sibling athletes with Paris 2024 ambitions, including wrestlers Ana and Karla Godinez Gonzalez, taekwondo stars Skylar, Tae-ku, and Braven Park, whitewater slalomists Lea and Alex Baldoni, 3x3 basketball players Michelle and Katherine Plouffe, runners Lucia Stafford and Garbielle DeBues-Stafford, and sailors Antonia and Georgia Lewin LaFrance. Will a switch to Isle of Man representation in Europe be the key for Bianca Cook to make it to Paris 2024 for Team Great Britain taekwondo? The British Columbia city of Burnaby now has two athletes headed to Paris 2024, after Josipa Kafadr's success at an "intense" taekwondo qualifier. "If I make it, I guess I'll have to figure it out." Team USA's Dakotah Lindwurm surprised with a marathon spot for Paris 2024, and now has to readjust her legal career plans. Emily Sisson makes a case for justice for fellow Team USA runner Alysia Montano, now in line for a belated London 2012 medal. Emile Cairess and Phil Sesmann are 'friends and rivals', and likely both headed to Paris 2024 as marathoners for Team Great Britain. One hobby that sprinter Dina Asher-Smith uses to relax? Pottery. Sprint hurdler Queen Harrison Claye adds her voice to the clamor against Nike's recent Paris 2024 track & field uniform reveal. He may only be 20-years-old, but rising javelin thrower Artur Felfner has eyes set on Paris 2024. Discus thrower Matt Denny's return from a recent Covid-19 battle was just one highlight from Team Australia's Olympic trials. Reuters: Will marathon great Eliud Kipchoge win a remarkable third Olympic title? Olympic and world champion triple jumper Yulimar Rojas' injury rules her out of Paris 2024. What News Have Olympic Sports Stars Been Making Recently?
"If it made people smile a little bit, so much the better." Diver Alexis Jandard accidentally doesn't show his best self in front of a star audience.
Golfer Cameron Smith's 'desperation' to get to Paris 2024 may depend on a successful Masters run.
Boxer Harry Garside's gold medal ambitions have spurred him to avoid turning professional in order to target Paris 2024. While...fellow Tokyo 2020 boxing medalist Lauren Price sounds the alarm on the sport's future if fundamental governing changes are not implemented. VolleyballlWorld: Argentinean Bruno Lim thinks his team has "the quality to do something big" on the court this summer. "I started to cry, cry, and cry." Natala Escalera relishes reaching Paris 2024 with Team Mexico gymnastics. ESPN: Team USA gymnast Leanne Wong's 'road to Paris' includes 10,000 hair bows. Will a long-distance breaststroke focus be the key for 'big year and big meet' swimmer Katie Ledecky's Paris 2024 ambitions? Whatever happened to former Olympic and world champion swimmer Oleg Lisohor? (in Ukrainian) Kathleen Dawson feels "very emotional" as she makes a second Olympic swimming team in a return from back injury. Team USA's Laila Edwards has a "great feeling" as she makes history in ice hockey at the current worlds. London 2012 Olympian Daniel Teklehaimanot reflects with Olympics.com on the growth in success of Eritrean and Black African road cyclists. Tri247: Traithlete Gwen Jorgensen eyes her pathway to Paris 2024 with a streak of World Cup podiums. Meanwhile, fellow triathlete Beth Potter's plan is totrain with the best to be her best for Paris 2024. Gagik Snjoyan: The Russian problem isn't the only geo-political drama affecting prospective Olympians. Sport climber Campbell Harrison is the latest interview on the Off the Podium podcast... Congratulations are owed to Alpine skiing stars Aleksandr Aamodt Kilde and Mikaela Shiffrin! A final season on the courts is turning into a remarkable one for U.S. tennis player Danielle Collins. Vogue looks at the 'stunning rise' of tennis star Jannik Sinner. Tennis ace Carlos Alacaraz and snowboard/Alpine skiing star Ester Ledecka headline the 'Premios Nacionales del Deporte' as sportspeople of the year. (in Spanish) What were the 2023-24 season highlights for Team Canada athletes in winter sports? Jake Harvie admired his grandfather's Olympic memories...and the field hockey player is determined to make his own at Paris 2024 for Team Australia. As expected...two elite judokas in Christa Deguchi and Jessica Klimkait face the slimmest of separation for one Paris 2024 qualifying spot. Triple Olympic champion sports shooter Vincent Hancock aims for a fifth Games this summer...and a sixth in Los Angeles in 2028. Antwerp 1920 and Paris 1924 sport shooter Dennis Fenton gets some overdue recognition at home in County Kerry, Ireland. Tokyo 2020 rugby sevens star Abby Gustaitis sees good signs of the sports growth in the U.S. Go underwater with Team USA's artistic swimmers. NBC: Who are Team USA's key fencers to watch at Paris 2024? Two-time Team Great Britain Olympic decathlon champion Daley Thompson set to be featured in a new upcoming documentary. More Marca as long-distance runner Guduf Tsegay gets a profile: Tigray drama, life in Madrid, and more. "You can all write this headline, Peleteiro is back." Triple jumper Ana Peleteiro-Compaore is aiming for gold at the European Championships ahead of Paris 2024. CNN: Sprinter Noah Lyles 'is not a man short on confidence'. Sprinter Julien Alfred looks to provide 'hope and opportunity' back home in St. Lucia. "I have a lot of self-hatred and anger and adrenaline kicking in for this race." Runner Olli Hoare is ready for a comeback from injury statement.
Catch Up On Olympic Sports Athletes In Recent Features
Charlize Moerz once thought she didn't have a chance to qualify for Paris 2024, but the gymnast has done it, and early, too.
What has life been like over the past years for Ukrainian Atlanta 1996 gymnastics champion Lilia Podkopaeva? (in Ukrainian)
Off the Podium podcast asks Australian sport climber Oceania Mackenzie what to expect in Paris this summer, and more. Australian Michael Hooper is the latest rugby star to try his hand at sevens with an aim at Paris 2024. Middle blocker Agnieszka Korneluk shares the 'aspirations' of Team Poland this summer in women's volleyball at Paris 2024 with Volleyball World. Tennis champion Roger Federer heads to college this summer, as a commencement speaker. Some of Team Great Britain's top track & field Olympic hopefuls get a spotlight in a new documentary. Citius Magazine talks 2024 mindset...and world record goals...with sprinter Shericka Jackson. Middle-dstance runner Georgia Despollaris still has an eye for soccer despite track getting her time now. (in Greek) NCAA: Track & field legend Jackie Joyner-Kersee talks 'lessons learned on the way to athletic dominance'. Javelin champion Neeraj Chopra is headed to almost-mythological status at home in India if he can repeat an Olympic gold medal win. Hurdler Sarah Lavin offers the next generation some inspiration with a visit to a primary school back home in Limerick. Sprint hurdles champion Colin Jackson has high hopes that Paris 2024 is a fruitful one for Team Great Britain's track & field stars. Tokyo 2020 sprint champion Marcell Jacobs hopes "radical change" in training will prove doubters wrong. Adele Nicoll's drive to "be a professional athlete" kickstarted during the Covid-19 pandemic and has her on the cusp on being both a bobsled and shot put Olympian. Bobsledder Cynthia Appiah highlights the financial stress many athletes are under as they target elite sporting careers and Olympic ambitions. Track cyclist Anna Meares chats with water polo player and fellow Olympian Rowie Webster on her new role as chef-de-mission for Team Australia at Paris 2024. Team Ireland boxer Amy Broadhurst looks across the sea for options to compete at Paris 2024. Refugee taekwondo star Kimia Alizadeh's saga away from Iran continues with a move toward Bulgaria. What are NBC Sports' 'top ten moments in Olympic soccer history'? Team GB looks at kayaker Joe Clarke's 'secret to success' in Olympic paddling. Is Canadian curling great Brad Gushue treating the current worlds and this season as his last? Olympics: Get to know Paris 2024 skateboarding aspirant, 14-year-old Lily Erickson. A 'heart-to-heart' conversation led Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes to reunite as beach volleyball partners, and toward Paris 2024 as top contenders. So...what's that I hear about an injury to beach volleyball star Andy Mol? He has an update... Equestrian Andrew Hoy has 'no intention of slowing down anytime soon' despite approaching a ninth Olympics this summer. Team Great Britain's sports shooter Amber Rutter may be expecting a baby this month, but still targets Paris 2024 competition. Norwegian triathlon stars Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav Iden have varying approaches to a 2024 season 'filled with anticipation and expectation'. Naoki Mizunuma and Katsuhiro Matsumoto are set to lead Team Japan in swimming at Paris 2024. How does star swimmer Siobhan Haughey keep 'floating above the pressure'? Marco Odermatt and Laura Gut-Behrami topped the top earners lists in Alpine skiing this season. What's in the future for Emilien Jacquelin as he reflects on an up-and-down season with Biathlon World. Wait...didn't Australian basketball star Lauren Jackson retire...twice? âLos Angeles Times: Retired Team USA star Sue Bird 'is still not used to being described as a retired basketball player'. 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.
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