Olympic Sport Athletes Making Headlines This Week
"The invasion has disrupted their dreams but it has not killed them." 17-year-old race walker Valeriya Sholomitska and coach Olena Borysiuk persevere.
Olena Borysiuk (l) and Valeriya Sholomitska (r) (Dan Vernon)
Ukraine has a friend in three-time Olympic tennis medalist Andy Murray...
...while fellow tennis star Novak Djokovic shows support for Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky...
...and the wider tennis community plays for peace.
Ukraine's artistic swimming team receives a lifeline from the Italian swimming federation.
International Women's Day: 10 history-making Team USA women you should know about, including Sue Bird (basketball), Katie Ledecky (swimming), Raven Saunders (track & field), Mikaela Shiffrin (Alpine skiing), Chloe Kim (snowboarding) and Erin Jackson (speed skating).
And who are some of Team Great Britain's top female Olympians through the decades?
More International Women's Day: Read how seven Team Canada Olympians help "break the bias".
Tennis star Venus Williams, basketball player Lisa Leslie, and sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce are amongst '100 influential Black women in sports'.
Tokyo 2020 tennis champion Alex Zverev's "Acapulco incident" 'punishment' doesn't go over well.
Olympians Beezie Madden and Margie Engle - and Olympic mount Sapphire - inducted into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame.
Lillehammer 1994 champion Oksana Baiul 'linked' in friendship with former figure skating rival Surya Bonaly over support for Ukraine.
Ice dancer Paul Poirier embraces the opportunity to inspire open conversation on LGBTQ sport.
In support of mental health: Can gymnast Rhys McClenaghan enter the Guiness Book of World Records with a pommel horse stunt?
Meanwhile, fellow gymnast Carlos Yulo also looks to move on from Tokyo 2020 disappointment: "I realized your greatest opponent is yourself".
Family support has been key for Rocio Sanchez's successful return to Team Argentina field hockey.
ESPN.com: Meet shooter Eesha Singh, fresh off a remarkable World Cup debut and meeting an idol.
Soon-to-be retired Erik Lesser is the IBU's 'biathlete of the week'.
GQ looks at how Rio 2016 basketball gold medalist DeMar DeRozan refocused himself as he leads a new team in his NBA career.
Team China has an early announcement on its Paris 2024 basketball rosters...and not to rave reviews.
Will star Arianna Fontana make it to Milano Cortina 2026 for a short track speed skating curtain call at a home Games?
Thibaut 'Must-See TV' Vervoort may be 3x3 basketball's next big thing after a breakthrough 2021 season.
Race walker Inaki Gomez encourages athletes to use their voices to address key issues in sport.
Pole vaulter EJ Obiena's bid to compete at the upcoming Southeast Asian Games gets a lift from the Philippine Olympic Committee.
Meanwhile, Armand Duplantis' new pole vault world record gets a quick tribute back in Sweden.
Boxer Kimberley Gittens is one of 25 Commonwealth Sport Women's Leadership Program participants, with a scholarship to help become "a leader who can support the development of other women in sport".
David Jones: Olympic bronze medalist boxer Harry Garside is 'rewriting the rules'.
More than 60 bobsled and skeleton athletes in Canada submit an 'open letter' demanding action against a 'toxic culture' in their federation.
...while fellow tennis star Novak Djokovic shows support for Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky...
...and the wider tennis community plays for peace.
Ukraine's artistic swimming team receives a lifeline from the Italian swimming federation.
International Women's Day: 10 history-making Team USA women you should know about, including Sue Bird (basketball), Katie Ledecky (swimming), Raven Saunders (track & field), Mikaela Shiffrin (Alpine skiing), Chloe Kim (snowboarding) and Erin Jackson (speed skating).
And who are some of Team Great Britain's top female Olympians through the decades?
More International Women's Day: Read how seven Team Canada Olympians help "break the bias".
Tennis star Venus Williams, basketball player Lisa Leslie, and sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce are amongst '100 influential Black women in sports'.
Tokyo 2020 tennis champion Alex Zverev's "Acapulco incident" 'punishment' doesn't go over well.
Olympians Beezie Madden and Margie Engle - and Olympic mount Sapphire - inducted into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame.
Lillehammer 1994 champion Oksana Baiul 'linked' in friendship with former figure skating rival Surya Bonaly over support for Ukraine.
Ice dancer Paul Poirier embraces the opportunity to inspire open conversation on LGBTQ sport.
In support of mental health: Can gymnast Rhys McClenaghan enter the Guiness Book of World Records with a pommel horse stunt?
Meanwhile, fellow gymnast Carlos Yulo also looks to move on from Tokyo 2020 disappointment: "I realized your greatest opponent is yourself".
Family support has been key for Rocio Sanchez's successful return to Team Argentina field hockey.
ESPN.com: Meet shooter Eesha Singh, fresh off a remarkable World Cup debut and meeting an idol.
Soon-to-be retired Erik Lesser is the IBU's 'biathlete of the week'.
GQ looks at how Rio 2016 basketball gold medalist DeMar DeRozan refocused himself as he leads a new team in his NBA career.
Team China has an early announcement on its Paris 2024 basketball rosters...and not to rave reviews.
Will star Arianna Fontana make it to Milano Cortina 2026 for a short track speed skating curtain call at a home Games?
Thibaut 'Must-See TV' Vervoort may be 3x3 basketball's next big thing after a breakthrough 2021 season.
Race walker Inaki Gomez encourages athletes to use their voices to address key issues in sport.
Pole vaulter EJ Obiena's bid to compete at the upcoming Southeast Asian Games gets a lift from the Philippine Olympic Committee.
Meanwhile, Armand Duplantis' new pole vault world record gets a quick tribute back in Sweden.
Boxer Kimberley Gittens is one of 25 Commonwealth Sport Women's Leadership Program participants, with a scholarship to help become "a leader who can support the development of other women in sport".
David Jones: Olympic bronze medalist boxer Harry Garside is 'rewriting the rules'.
More than 60 bobsled and skeleton athletes in Canada submit an 'open letter' demanding action against a 'toxic culture' in their federation.
Mirela Rahneva (Pavel Golovkin/The Associated Press)
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