Olympic Sports Athletes' Headline Features This Week
World Athletics pledges funding support for Team Ukraine in advance of the world championships this summer. "The deliberate destruction of Ukrainian athletics facilities and equipment is also a serious attack on the accessibility of our sport."
Yarolslava Mahuchikh (Alex Livesey/Getty/European Athletics)
Soccer superstar Lionel Messi and track spint champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce headlined the 2023 World Laureus Awards, as Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year, respectively. Freestyle skier Eileen Gu and tennis' Carlos Alcaraz also placed amongst the honorees.
p.s. Think you know everything about sprinter Fraser-Pryce?
Want to see perseverance? Check out Team Cambodia's 5,000-meter runner Bou Samnang at the Southeast Asian Games.
Congratulations: Sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke and discus thrower Mykolas Alekna are the European Athletics' 'Athletes of the Month' for April 2023.
More Adeleke: Is her 'setup' in Texas the best for her Paris 2024 ambitions?
Team Canada judoka siblings Christa and Kelly Deguchi often have a key support figure on hand at competitions: their father.
Jean-Alexandre LeGras was an 'unlikely' star at the recent Youth Nations Cup for equestrian jumping: "I wanted to show that I had earned my place in the team".
Canoe champion Jessica Fox reveals a commonly unknown fact of canoe competition: the kneel.
Team Ireland gymnast Rhys McClenghan has 100 vlogs on YouTube, a channel started to "inspire younger gymnasts to chase their dreams".
Vogue got some exclusive access to champion gymnast Simone Biles' wedding in Cabo...
A 'watershed moment' for South American rhythmic gymnastics came from Team Brazil's winning form in the group competition this past weekend.
Team Scotland's boxer Aqeel Ahmed forges ahead ahead apart from Team Scotland...or does he?
Triathlete: 'How much does it cost to make an Olympian'?
Olympian Tom Slingsby wins for a third straight season as Team Australia 'stamps authority' on SailGP.
Can taekwondo Olympian Sorn Seavmey 'inspire Cambodians at home Southeast Asian Games'?
Get to know Team Chile's Martin Vidaurre and his journey to elite mountain bike competition in a new Red Bull en Espanol video. (in Spanish)
"I dropped to my knees and cried for what felt like weeks." Sport shooter Amber Rutter opens up on the disappointment and mental toll of not reaching Tokyo 2020.
Is Team France due for a renaissance in archery at Paris 2024?
Team Indonesia's Wilda Siti Nurfadilah talks volleyball, club play fashion, trailblazing, and more with VolleyballWorld.
Speaking of Team France, CNN looks at potential basketball team star Joel Embiid's "improbable journey from newcomer to NBA MVP'.
Team Australia's sixth-place finish at the 2023 IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship is the first step toward a Brisbane 2032 appearance in team handball.
Swimming champion Kristof Milak is the undisputed one to watch for Team Hungary in this year's world championships, where new names populate the squad.
p.s. Think you know everything about sprinter Fraser-Pryce?
Want to see perseverance? Check out Team Cambodia's 5,000-meter runner Bou Samnang at the Southeast Asian Games.
Congratulations: Sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke and discus thrower Mykolas Alekna are the European Athletics' 'Athletes of the Month' for April 2023.
More Adeleke: Is her 'setup' in Texas the best for her Paris 2024 ambitions?
Team Canada judoka siblings Christa and Kelly Deguchi often have a key support figure on hand at competitions: their father.
Jean-Alexandre LeGras was an 'unlikely' star at the recent Youth Nations Cup for equestrian jumping: "I wanted to show that I had earned my place in the team".
Canoe champion Jessica Fox reveals a commonly unknown fact of canoe competition: the kneel.
Team Ireland gymnast Rhys McClenghan has 100 vlogs on YouTube, a channel started to "inspire younger gymnasts to chase their dreams".
Vogue got some exclusive access to champion gymnast Simone Biles' wedding in Cabo...
A 'watershed moment' for South American rhythmic gymnastics came from Team Brazil's winning form in the group competition this past weekend.
Team Scotland's boxer Aqeel Ahmed forges ahead ahead apart from Team Scotland...or does he?
Triathlete: 'How much does it cost to make an Olympian'?
Olympian Tom Slingsby wins for a third straight season as Team Australia 'stamps authority' on SailGP.
Can taekwondo Olympian Sorn Seavmey 'inspire Cambodians at home Southeast Asian Games'?
Get to know Team Chile's Martin Vidaurre and his journey to elite mountain bike competition in a new Red Bull en Espanol video. (in Spanish)
"I dropped to my knees and cried for what felt like weeks." Sport shooter Amber Rutter opens up on the disappointment and mental toll of not reaching Tokyo 2020.
Is Team France due for a renaissance in archery at Paris 2024?
Team Indonesia's Wilda Siti Nurfadilah talks volleyball, club play fashion, trailblazing, and more with VolleyballWorld.
Speaking of Team France, CNN looks at potential basketball team star Joel Embiid's "improbable journey from newcomer to NBA MVP'.
Team Australia's sixth-place finish at the 2023 IHF Men's Emerging Nations Championship is the first step toward a Brisbane 2032 appearance in team handball.
Swimming champion Kristof Milak is the undisputed one to watch for Team Hungary in this year's world championships, where new names populate the squad.
Kristof Milak (Mike Lewis/World Aquatics)
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