It's award season for Evangelia Platanioti.
Timi Jajc hangs out in Japan...
...while Jiri Prskavec does Australia.
Darja Varfolomeev gets artsy for her sport in a photoshoot.
Andre De Grasse catches a home game.
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'.
Who Won The 2024 FIS Ski Flying World Championships?
The 2024 FIS Ski Flying Championships ended today after four days of action on the Kulm hill in Bad Mitterndorf, Austria. The inaugural championships were held in 1972; this was the sixth time that the Austrian city has hosted the now-biennial event (1975, 1986, 1996, 2006, 2016).
Ski flying, a specific extended version of ski jumping with the potential for greater distances from longer and higher hills, is not an Olympic discipline, but the championships is a key stop on the ski jump circuit. Ski flying is the remaining Nordic skiing discipline only offered for men. Though Team Austria entered 2024 with an overall medal total of 22, Team Norway's 10 golds (20 overall) has them with the most titles. This year, though, the Norwegians were left off the podiums, with Teams Austria, Slovenia, and Germany all earning two medals each across the individual and team competitions. Ski flying world record-holder (and Beijing 2022 gold medalist) Stefan Kraft took the individual title, while Team Slovenia won the team event. Congratulations to the 2024 medalists! A quick recap is below, and complete results can be found online at fis-ski.com.
2024 Ski Flying World Championships Medalists
Individual:
Stefan Kraft (AUT) | Andreas Wellinger (GER) | Timi Zjac (SLO) Team: Team Slovenia (Lovro Kos, Domen Prevc, Peter Prevc, Timi Zajc) | Team Austria (Michael Hayböck, Manuel Fettner, Jan Hörl, Stefan Kraft) Team Germany (Pius Paschke, Karl Geiger, Stephan Leyhe, Andreas Wellinger)
Who Are New Names In Olympic Sports Worth Keeping An Eye On?
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Can Team Denmark youth curlers Jacob and Katrine Schmidt 'follow in the footsteps of both their parents' and make it to a Winter Olympics?
A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In The News
Cross-country skier William Poromaa reaches across sports to fuel a rivalry we didn't know we needed...and biathlon greats respond. (in Norwegian)
Ukrainian triple Olympian Iryna Taranenko-Terelya talks to Sport 24 about her cross-country skiing career with the Soviet Union, life after competition, and more. (in Ukrainian)
Athlete to watch: Ashley Tshanda Ongong'a is set to make history as the first African in girls' cross-country skiing at a Winter Youth Olympics this year. "Olympics is the big one in hockey." Sean Murray has high hopes for Team Ireland at the upcoming field hockey qualification tournament. Gymnast brothers Eddie and Kevin Penev talk 2024 season goals and the opportunity to represent Team Bulgaria with International Gymnast. Tokyo 2020 Olympic golfer Rory McIlroy's recent comments about the presence of upstart LIV Golf is deeply telling on the concerns of the PGA Tour. Rio 2016 rugby sevens gold medalist Ellia Green joins The LGBT Sport Podcast to talk trans-itioning, sport, and more. 'Humble and stylish' tennis star Grigor Dimitrov reveals a modeling campaign with Lacoste underwear. Spanish tennis star Carlos Alcaraz has reiterated his targeting gold at Paris 2024 this summer. Meanwhile, American tennis star Frances Tiafoe thinks a more aggressive approach will result in a big 2024 season on the court. Badminton star PV Sindhu has 'overhauled her life' to maximize gold potential at Paris 2024. NBC Sports: This summer, Kate Douglass hopes to be the rare Team USA female swimmer to take on six events at an Olympics. R.I.P. to Moscow 1980 Team USA swimmer and "avid surfer" Richard Thornton... SwimSwam's readers vote Caeleb Dressel's competition return and Summer McIntosh's Olympic gold hunt as the top 'interesting' storylines this season. Greek swimmer Apostolos Christou hopes to finally make an Olympic final in the backstroke after two tries in 2016 and 2021. (in Greek) Team USA swimming star Nancy Hogshead speaks up on abuse accusations against Team Canada ice dancer Nikolaj Sorensen. "Everything has kind of returned to quote-unquote normal", as fellow ice dancer Piper Gilles returns to Canadian nationals competition after cancer treatment. Rising road cycling star Arnaud De Lie is fresh off a breakout 2023 and is eyeing a berth on Team Belgium's Paris 2024 team. The New York Times: Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin looks to pop star Taylor Swift for inspiration on handling fame and success. Two-time Olympic softball medalist Kelly Krestchman has a positive outlook on the next few years of the sport for women with Los Angeles 2028 looming. Team Ecuador wrestler Jacqueline Mollocana's ambitions to reach - and medal at - Paris 2024 go through a Training stop in Spain. (in Spanish) 50-year-old Andy MacDonald and 13-year-old Tommy Calvert sure do make an unlikely pair of teammates on Team Great Britain's skateboarding squad. Sailor Gordon Ingate reflects on his extraordinarily long journey to an Olympic appearance at Munich 1972 with Team Australia. Tina Rahimi had to 'fight harder than most' to make history on Team Australia's Paris 2024 boxing team. Long jump champion Greg Rutherford is getting 'pushed to the limit' as he prepares fro another reality TV opportunity. Men's Health: What's the science behind Team USA sprinter Noah Lyles' speed? Can middle-distance runner Yared Nuguse break the indoor mile world record next month? Beijing 2008 marathoner Constantina Dita reflects on her 'greatest race' with Athletics Weekly. London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius is released from prison on parole. Can sprint hurdler Tobi Amusan bring glory to Team Nigeria this year after a disappointing 2023 for Nigerian sport? Will triple jumper Hugo Francis Zango bring even more 'hope to the youth' with an Olympic title in 2024? Double Olympic sprint medalist Christophe Lemaitre joins the Athletes Mondiaux podcast: 'the pleasure of running above all'. (in French) Is a change in coach the key to securing a fourth Olympic medal for long sprinter Kirani James? What are Team USA's 'key storylines' to follow for as the 2024 Olympic season unfolds? Who were Team Great Britain Olympic athletes recognized with New Years Honors in the U.K. this year? How has national team retirement been so far for Kim Yeon-Koung, still the 'face of Korean volleyball'. Abigail Strate's recent World Cup success just might place ski jumping higher in awareness in Canada. To hear his coach, Tokyo 2020 triathlon champion Kristian Blummenfelt sure seems serious about his title defense this summer. Team Australia triathlete Matthew Hauser joins the Off the Podium podcast to talk Paris 2024 and more.
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