Olympic Sport Athlete Features in the News This Week
A high-profile speed skating squad for Beijing 2022 is announced by Team Netherlands, including veterans Sven Kramer and Ireen Wust.
Sven Karmer (Getty Images / insidethgeames.biz)
Who are Team Canada's confirmed Beijing 2022 Olympians so far?
One to watch: Up-and-coming road cyclist Imogen Cotter has Le Tour Femmes ambitions after a relatively late start in the sport.
On the other career spectrum, retired Nicolas Roche gets the feature treatment from rsvplive.ie ahead of an upcoming Dancing with the Stars appearance.
Cross-country star for Team USA, Jessie Diggins: "I'm really good at suffering for a long time".
Biathlete Johannes Kuehn has a "perform well in every race" goal as he looks toward Beijing 2022.
Might we see Team Australia shooter Laura Coles in more Olympics through 2040? Take a listen to the latest Off the Podium podcast.
Get to know curling's Team Jennifer Jones courtesy CBC Sports: "I feel like we're a family".
Enjoy "One for All", the documentary on fencer Aron Szilagyi's road to defend his consecutive golds at Tokyo 2020? Spotify now has the soundtrack...
Charlotte Banks talks with Eurosport on how a switch to Team Great Britain rejuvenated her snowboarding career ahead of Beijing 2022.
"Broken": count Pyeongchang 2018 landmark Olympian Akwasi Frimpong as one Covid-19 casualty ahead of Beijing 2022.
Irish rugby sevens Olympian Greg O'Shea shares his 2021 "highs and lows" on social media.
Count snowboarder Mark McMorris in for making every effort to get to Beijing 2022: A small price to pay for something that is a huge goal of mine..."
Revisit the knee injury that knocked Jordy Smith out of Tokyo 2020's debut surfing competition, courtesy Surfer's "Silver Linings".
Ice dancers Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue prepare for their final season, wanting "to be remembered for how they made fans feel."
Meanwhile, Vancouver 2010 ice skating champion Evan Lysacek's advice for Beijing 2022 favorite Nathan Chen? "There's always kind of that one (program) that's perfect...and the one that's perfect will win."
Star swimmer Adam Peaty has officially shared the wealth, with sponsorship of Luke Greenbank by his AP Race Club.
Beijing 2008 medalist and double Olympian Becky Hammon finally gets that professional basketball head coaching job she's been long due.
Soccer journalist Grant Wahl takes a look at Tokyo 2020 Olympian and rising star Catarina Macario.
Trampoline legend Dong Dong is looking forward to Beijing 2022's freestyle skiing aerialist competition.
Novak Djokovic: And some wonder why the tennis star isn't as popular as he c/should be? (And that's written before yesterday's events!)
Meanwhile, Naomi Osaka gets some positive feature with her boyfriend, musician Cordae: "the most dynamic and outspoken young couple in the culture right now".
Who are Badminton World Tour's 'Young Stars to Watch in 2022'?
Short track speed skater Sidney Chu acknowledges the pressure to win coming from Hong Kong's Tokyo 2020 success.
Golfer Xander Schauffele's Tokyo 2020 championship opens new doors for him on the PGA Tour.
Bad news back home for Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena.
"I was just happy to survive." Distance runner Sifan Hassan reflects on her remarkable Tokyo 2020 multi-event campaign.
The42.ie features rising sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke, "the Irish Teen with the world at her feet".
Seventh in that famous Tokyo 2020 final, 400m hurdler Rasmus Magi finds motivation in the experience to look ahead to Paris 2024. (in Estonian)
Is Leyanis Perez destined to be the next great in a long line of Cuban triple jumpers?
One to watch: Up-and-coming road cyclist Imogen Cotter has Le Tour Femmes ambitions after a relatively late start in the sport.
On the other career spectrum, retired Nicolas Roche gets the feature treatment from rsvplive.ie ahead of an upcoming Dancing with the Stars appearance.
Cross-country star for Team USA, Jessie Diggins: "I'm really good at suffering for a long time".
Biathlete Johannes Kuehn has a "perform well in every race" goal as he looks toward Beijing 2022.
Might we see Team Australia shooter Laura Coles in more Olympics through 2040? Take a listen to the latest Off the Podium podcast.
Get to know curling's Team Jennifer Jones courtesy CBC Sports: "I feel like we're a family".
Enjoy "One for All", the documentary on fencer Aron Szilagyi's road to defend his consecutive golds at Tokyo 2020? Spotify now has the soundtrack...
Charlotte Banks talks with Eurosport on how a switch to Team Great Britain rejuvenated her snowboarding career ahead of Beijing 2022.
"Broken": count Pyeongchang 2018 landmark Olympian Akwasi Frimpong as one Covid-19 casualty ahead of Beijing 2022.
Irish rugby sevens Olympian Greg O'Shea shares his 2021 "highs and lows" on social media.
Count snowboarder Mark McMorris in for making every effort to get to Beijing 2022: A small price to pay for something that is a huge goal of mine..."
Revisit the knee injury that knocked Jordy Smith out of Tokyo 2020's debut surfing competition, courtesy Surfer's "Silver Linings".
Ice dancers Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue prepare for their final season, wanting "to be remembered for how they made fans feel."
Meanwhile, Vancouver 2010 ice skating champion Evan Lysacek's advice for Beijing 2022 favorite Nathan Chen? "There's always kind of that one (program) that's perfect...and the one that's perfect will win."
Star swimmer Adam Peaty has officially shared the wealth, with sponsorship of Luke Greenbank by his AP Race Club.
Beijing 2008 medalist and double Olympian Becky Hammon finally gets that professional basketball head coaching job she's been long due.
Soccer journalist Grant Wahl takes a look at Tokyo 2020 Olympian and rising star Catarina Macario.
Trampoline legend Dong Dong is looking forward to Beijing 2022's freestyle skiing aerialist competition.
Novak Djokovic: And some wonder why the tennis star isn't as popular as he c/should be? (And that's written before yesterday's events!)
Meanwhile, Naomi Osaka gets some positive feature with her boyfriend, musician Cordae: "the most dynamic and outspoken young couple in the culture right now".
Who are Badminton World Tour's 'Young Stars to Watch in 2022'?
Short track speed skater Sidney Chu acknowledges the pressure to win coming from Hong Kong's Tokyo 2020 success.
Golfer Xander Schauffele's Tokyo 2020 championship opens new doors for him on the PGA Tour.
Bad news back home for Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena.
"I was just happy to survive." Distance runner Sifan Hassan reflects on her remarkable Tokyo 2020 multi-event campaign.
The42.ie features rising sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke, "the Irish Teen with the world at her feet".
Seventh in that famous Tokyo 2020 final, 400m hurdler Rasmus Magi finds motivation in the experience to look ahead to Paris 2024. (in Estonian)
Is Leyanis Perez destined to be the next great in a long line of Cuban triple jumpers?
Leyanis Perez (Calixto N Llanes / worldathletics.org)
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