Olympic Sports Athletes In The News
Count tennis star Iga Swiatek as one Ukrainian supporter left 'confused' by the IOC's evolving stance on Russian and Belarusian participation in sport.
Iga Swiatek (Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters)
Team Ukraine artistic swimmer Yelyzaveta Yakhno finds new life in Canada with a coaching offer rescue.
Speaking of Iga Swiatek, her and 'equally focused' Carlos Alcaraz's wins this weekend provide some unexpected stability to the tennis season so far.
With the close of a 30-year run at hand, figure skater Kurt Browning reflects on his Stars on Ice career.
Team Great Britain's snowboarder Katie Ormerod looks to put a 'nightmare season' behind her as she plots a return from illness.
Legend Kelly Slater finds himself with an uphill battle to make it to Paris 2024's surfing competition.
"Anyone can win on the day." Surfer Paige Hareb plans her bid to represent Team New Zealand at Paris.
Even more surfing, as Tokyo 2020 Team Ecuador Olympian Dominic Barona sees the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games as a key gateway to Paris 2024. (in Spainish)
Teenager Tomokazu Harimoto may not have "that confidence yet", but he has plans on being number one in table tennis.
Rio 2016 champion Hui Ruoqi hopes fans give Team China "time and tolerance" as the current squad falls behind past successes.
ISU: Get a peek at 'a day in the life' on speed skater Yuma Murakami.
You can call her champion gymnast Simone Biles Owens now...
2018 Youth Olympic golf champion Grace Kim is now an LPGA tour winner, too.
World Athletics has a look back at how greats Grete Waitz and Ingrid Kristiansen 'made a name for themselves' with London Marathon successes.
Meanwhile, how is current marathon great Eliud Kipchoge planning to bounce back after a Boston Marathon disappointment?
Long sprinter Michael Norman is now a "100% committed", 'born-again 100-meter man'.
Can high jumper Eleanor Patterson win two world championships in a row after an injury comeback?
Road racing cyclist Demi Vollering completes the "unique opportunity" to complete a hat trick of Ardennes Classics victories.
Lin Na and Marie-Eve Marleau: Two old diving rivals reunite in Xi'an, 23 years after competing against each other yet finding a 'common language' in the sport.
Team Canada: How is Brenda Taylor 'powering rowing towards a carbon-free future'?
Rower Mohammed Sbihi reflects on the challenge of training for Tokyo 2020 during Ramadan.
Team Australia's star swimmer Cate Campbell opens up about mental abuse she's battling through.
More Australian swimming: Star Kyle Chalmers hopes his openness with his mental health challenges serves to help others.
And even more: Newcomer Sam Short is "definitely heading in the right direction" after a strong national swimming championships performance.
Swimmer Daniel Wiffen dreams of a top podium finish and hearing Ireland's anthem on a global stage.
Team France may not get its long distance ringer in Anastasia Kirpichnikova in time for key global swimming events, after all.
Drama returns to Team India wrestling as Bajrang Punia, Vinseh Phogat, and Sakshi Malik, amongst others, take a (sit-down) against abuse within the federation.
Sentimental favorite Theodoros Iakovidis makes a return to weightlifting after he finds himself with more secure funding for training.
Speaking of Iga Swiatek, her and 'equally focused' Carlos Alcaraz's wins this weekend provide some unexpected stability to the tennis season so far.
With the close of a 30-year run at hand, figure skater Kurt Browning reflects on his Stars on Ice career.
Team Great Britain's snowboarder Katie Ormerod looks to put a 'nightmare season' behind her as she plots a return from illness.
Legend Kelly Slater finds himself with an uphill battle to make it to Paris 2024's surfing competition.
"Anyone can win on the day." Surfer Paige Hareb plans her bid to represent Team New Zealand at Paris.
Even more surfing, as Tokyo 2020 Team Ecuador Olympian Dominic Barona sees the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games as a key gateway to Paris 2024. (in Spainish)
Teenager Tomokazu Harimoto may not have "that confidence yet", but he has plans on being number one in table tennis.
Rio 2016 champion Hui Ruoqi hopes fans give Team China "time and tolerance" as the current squad falls behind past successes.
ISU: Get a peek at 'a day in the life' on speed skater Yuma Murakami.
You can call her champion gymnast Simone Biles Owens now...
2018 Youth Olympic golf champion Grace Kim is now an LPGA tour winner, too.
World Athletics has a look back at how greats Grete Waitz and Ingrid Kristiansen 'made a name for themselves' with London Marathon successes.
Meanwhile, how is current marathon great Eliud Kipchoge planning to bounce back after a Boston Marathon disappointment?
Long sprinter Michael Norman is now a "100% committed", 'born-again 100-meter man'.
Can high jumper Eleanor Patterson win two world championships in a row after an injury comeback?
Road racing cyclist Demi Vollering completes the "unique opportunity" to complete a hat trick of Ardennes Classics victories.
Lin Na and Marie-Eve Marleau: Two old diving rivals reunite in Xi'an, 23 years after competing against each other yet finding a 'common language' in the sport.
Team Canada: How is Brenda Taylor 'powering rowing towards a carbon-free future'?
Rower Mohammed Sbihi reflects on the challenge of training for Tokyo 2020 during Ramadan.
Team Australia's star swimmer Cate Campbell opens up about mental abuse she's battling through.
More Australian swimming: Star Kyle Chalmers hopes his openness with his mental health challenges serves to help others.
And even more: Newcomer Sam Short is "definitely heading in the right direction" after a strong national swimming championships performance.
Swimmer Daniel Wiffen dreams of a top podium finish and hearing Ireland's anthem on a global stage.
Team France may not get its long distance ringer in Anastasia Kirpichnikova in time for key global swimming events, after all.
Drama returns to Team India wrestling as Bajrang Punia, Vinseh Phogat, and Sakshi Malik, amongst others, take a (sit-down) against abuse within the federation.
Sentimental favorite Theodoros Iakovidis makes a return to weightlifting after he finds himself with more secure funding for training.
Theodoros Iakovidis (Brian Oliver)
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