Hannah Taylor has a Mexico break.
Domonic Bedggood has a cup of coffee.
Tai Tzu Ying previews Paris.
Serena Williams is ready for a red carpet.
Kelly Sildaru poses with a reluctant friend.
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Olympic Sports Stars Making News...
Which Olympic sport athlete will win the 94th AAU James E. Sullivan award as the 'most oustanding athlete at the collegiate or Olympic level in the United States'?
Alyson Annan, Savita, and Luciana Aymar are just some of the stars recognized by International Hockey Federation for International Women's Day.
'Ferocious, relentless, and unyieldling', basketball star Rudy Gobert has something to prove this year. Team Turkey's volleyball star Eden Erdem gets honored with a statue in Istanbul. Biathlon World has 'five burning questions' for Team Austria's Anna Gandler. What 'advice for women in leadership' does Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry offer? Archer Ane Marcelle dos Santos hopes to continue representing her community through another Olympics appearance. Get 'face to face' with short track speed skater Park Ji Won with ISU. Weightlifter Mattie Rogers' "soul-crushing injury" sees her Paris 2024 hopes die. Meanwhile, Cook Islands' Luisa Peters recounts her start in weightlifting through two Olympics for IWF. Congrats to gymnasts Nina Derwael, Valentina Georgieva, An Chang Ok, Charlize Moerz, and Ryu Sunghyun on their Paris 2024 qualification! Are future women's beach volleyball stars from Qatar? Mexico's Kenia Lechuga is World Rowing's 'rower of the month' for March 2024. Team France's Laetitia Guapo has big hopes for the future of 3x3 basketball post-Paris 2024. Lindsey Horan talks with FIFA about her hopes for Team USA soccer at this summer's Olympics. "It feels amazing." Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo relishes a 'landmark' mass start cross-country skiing win. More from FIS as freestyle skier Brittany Phelan has "big goals" following a first World Cup ski cross win. Marten Luiten is a rising equestrian dressage star for Team Netherlands, starting in the sport working alongside his parents in the sport. How does goalkeeper Andreas Wolff size up Team Germany's Paris 2024 qualification chances? Who are some of the 'Olympic heroes' of women's sailing? Petra Klingler is the next sports climber to be featured on IFSC Lounge live stream. Badminton star Loh Kean Yew talks with Olympics.com on Cristiano Ronaldo, marriage, and more. Call him 'mailman': Runner Josh Kerr delivers when it counts, and he's eyeing a big delivery in Paris. What's on the mind of long sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke for the fast-approaching Olympics? Gold.
Olympic Sports' Stars And Their Social Feeds...
Happy Birthday, Karsten Warholm...
...and Reece Prescod!
Emilien Jacquelin takes a photo.
Dima Ovtcharov gets cold.
Hello, Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk!
Olympic Sports Athletes Making Recent News
24-year-old Milad Karimi made worlds history for Team Kazakhstan; now he's targeting a Paris 2024 gymnastics podium as well.
FEI: Get to know the 'young jumping ace' Gilles Thomas in Team Belgium equestrianism.
Team Poland kayaker Klaudia Zwolinska is 'ready to take on the pressure' after a frustrating fifth-place Tokyo 2020 slalom finish. Team Canada curling star Jennifer Jones makes a retirement announcement. Wrestler Zhan Beleniuk aims to use the European Championships this month as a stepping-stone to a third and perhaps final Olympic appearance. (in Ukrainian) Slovenian ski jumping quadruple Olympic medalist Peter Prvec announces the end to a stellar career. Sports shooter Doreen Vennekamp had "an incredible year" in 2023...what does she plan for 2024? Team USA hosts a 'star-studded' training camp roster in men's 3x3 basketball to trim toward Paris 2024. Short track speed skater Suzanne Schulting is "back in business" after a return to a World Cup podium after her injury hiatus. Can Team South Korea leverage home team advantage at the upcoming World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals? ITTF takes a look at that and other 'burning questions'. Get to know sport climber Sean McColl as he helps inaugurate the IFSC Lounge podcast. 'Where are they now?' World Rowing checks in on Team France's Athens 2004 champion Adrien Hardy. "I want all my energy and my mind in the right place." Shirine Boukli accepts the unique pressure facing Team France's judo team for Paris 2024. Olympic diver Jose Antonio Guerra takes charge of the new generation who have "hope in their eyes" in his new role as coach. "It's all the little things adding up." Team Singapore's badminton player Yeo JIa MIn sees her stock continue to rise over the past year. Jess Learmonth is "not far away" from optimal performance condition as she looks to return to elite triathlon competition after pregnancy last year. Sports is filled with stories of what might have been and hopeful comebacks. Here's Team Ireland sprinter Gina Akpe-Moses'. The Museum of World Athletics welcomes the new addition of race walk champion Stefano Baldini's gold medal-winning shoes. Latvian Rockets: A new theater production looks at how Team Latvia became a bobsled powerhouse. Who will win seats on the IBU Athletes' Commission? Biathletes Kelsey Dickinson, Simon Eder, Lena Hacki-Gross, Jessica Jislova, and Anna Maka are up for the two spots to be decided later this month. Los Angeles 1984 star Flo Hyman and her civil rights advocacy honored by USA Volleyball. Remembering that time at London 2012 when volleyball-er Courtney Thompson had an 'awkward' meeting with tennis great Serena Williams... ITF asks 'who are the biggest risers in junior tennis so far in 2024"? Refreshing: Tennis superstar Carlos Alcaraz has big, Olympic-sized ambitions this summer. Ice hockey stars Connor Bedard and Hilary Knight are now officially the 2023 IIHF 'Players of the Year'.
A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In The News
Esquire Australiaâ: Tennis star Alex de Minaur "is the real deal".
Is new Australian Open tennis champion Jannik Sinner the long-awaited 'successor to the 'Big Three''?
How have Conchita Martinez and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario "raised the bar" for tennis in Spain? Who are the 'most successful (badminton) players in Indonesia Masters history? Team China's Zheng Si Wie and Huang Ya Qiong... Olympic golfers Justin Thomas, Mackenzie Hughes, and Seamus Power make the cut of 16 for the PGA TOUR's 2024 Advisory Council. Canadian ice dancer Meghan Duhamel has a definite opinion on Team Russia retaining a podium position from Beijing 2022's controversial team figure skating event. Meanwhile, some now-gold medalist Team USA figure skaters stopped by the Today show to talk delayed satisfaction, and more. YouTubeâ: What was the start of the this season like for biathlete Sturla Holm Laegreid? "It's an odd place to be", says windsurfer Sam Sills as he enters a world championships with Olympic qualification already secured. Teams Ireland and Argentina made emphatic statements in the World Rugby Sevens Series stop last weekend, as the Olympic picture gets more competitive. FEI: Team Denmark's Thea Bech "is achieving great things with partner Dionisos" in equestrian dressage. Can skateboarder Chloe Covell become Team Australia's youngest-ever gold medalist with a Paris 2024 win this summer? Canoe slalom Olympic champions Jessica Fox and Jiri Prskavec look right on form to defend as the 2024 season opens. A world championship podium finish last year propelled beach volleyballers David Ahman and Jonantan Hellvig to prime recognition as Sweden's 'Team of the Year'. Will Team Netherlands be able to remain ranked number one after the women's water polo worlds soon? 19-year-old Viola Leauchter's experience with helping Team Germany to a successful sixth-place finish at the recent women's World Handball Championship was heightened by a 'Best Young Player' award. Hammer thrower Krisztian Pars takes his place at the Museum of World Athletics while World Athletics looks back at his championship career. German Oliver Zeidler is World Rowing's 'Men's Crew of the Year' for 2023. International Gymnast: Team Finland's Robert Kirmes "plans to fight for the last chance to qualify" for the Olympics this summer. Emerging senior-level gymnast Sabrina Maneca-Voinea has 'big expectations for 2024'. Olympics: Get to know snowboarder Siddhartha Ullah, who 'wants to support the sport to be more reflective of the world'. Will swimmer Tom Dean's Tokyo 2020 gold give him an advantageous aura at Paris 2024? Star swimmers Ariarne Titmus and Kaylee McKeown lead the uproar in Australia against the IOC's new rule limiting Olympic Village over-stays. Rising star Megan Gustafson's debut with Team Spain will be super-charged with Olympic basketball qualification on the line. The 'feeling of losing control' prompted retirement for basketball star Ricky Rubio. The Athletic checks in.
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