Olympic Sports' Athletes In The News
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach visits Ukraine's president Volodomyr Zelenskyy and its embattled athletes at the nation's Olympic Training Center.
Team Ukraine with Bach and Zelenskyy (National Olympic Committee of Ukraine)
"It is time for all sports to ban Russian athletes until the war is over." Skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych doubles down in his support for Ukraine as the war continues.
Sydney 2000 gymnastics medalist Ruslan Mezentsev auctions off his silver medal to help fund protective equipment at home in Ukraine during the war.
What motivates Lesia Tsurneko to keep playing professional tennis? The money she can send home as support during the war against Ukraine.
More Ukrainian tennis: Tokyo 2020 medalist Elina Svitolina 'feels the weight of war'.
Tennis player Marie Bouzkova's Wimbledon quarterfinal run came after a difficult Covid-19 bout just a month earlier.
Is Beijing 2022 ice hockey silver medalist Ivan Fedotov a military dodger?
Daniela Fonseca returned Cuba to women's Olympic table tennis at Tokyo 2020...does she have another Games in her future? (ITTF Magazine page 72)
Is figure skating great Yuzuru Hanyu not retired?
Olympic gymnastics champion Sunisa Lee returns to Team USA training camp with an eye to an international return.
Beijing 2008 soccer player Sacha Kljestan has some words on gun violence in the U.S.
NCAA sprint star Abby Steiner sets a record for sponsorship for a female collegiate athlete.
Long jumper Quanesha Burkes has a mission as she looks to her next appearance with Team USA: "Now it's time to get medals".
London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius works toward an early parole release with a meeting with his victim's father.
How much will a recent Covid-19 bout affect Olympic sprinting star Andre de Grasses's World Championship status?
Is middle-distance -turned-long-distance runner Caster Semenya "the greatest that has ever done it"?
'Perfection is a place that must remain out of reach.' Shot put star Ryan Crouser chases it regardless.
Meanwhile, fellow shot putter Raven Saunders takes a break from the rest of the season.
Discus thrower Nicholas Percy is 'ecstatic' for the 'bonus' of making Team Great Britain's world championship squad this summer.
Runner Sara Carcinelli leads a team from the Vatican (!) to an appearance at the Mediterranean Games.
Speaking of small states...Shannon Galea is the latest feature on the Keep the Flame Alive podcast, discussing her journey as a skeleton athlete for Malta.
Need a feel-good moment? Francisca Tala of Team Chile scores a special goal at the women's field hockey World Cup.
Well, count Cedric Chatellier as one modern pentathlete open to the proposed changes to the sport.
Swimmer Octavio Alesi and fencer Cody Mattern are just two athletes leveraging Los Angeles 2028's Athlete Fellowship Program to gain hands-on work experience.
United World Wrestling: What makes Amir Yazdani Olympic wrestling's next big superstar?
Denise Herrmann reflects on her 'perfect Olympic day' with BiathlonWorld.
"I'm terrified I might be here forever." Basketball star Brittney Griner writes from Russian jail.
Is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander the 'key to Canada's basketball renaissance'?
Six-time Olympic luge champion Natalie Geisenberger now 'wants to concentrate fully on her family'.
Count Team France star Allison Pineau as not a fan of Paris 2024's scheduling plans for team handball.
Sydney 2000 gymnastics medalist Ruslan Mezentsev auctions off his silver medal to help fund protective equipment at home in Ukraine during the war.
What motivates Lesia Tsurneko to keep playing professional tennis? The money she can send home as support during the war against Ukraine.
More Ukrainian tennis: Tokyo 2020 medalist Elina Svitolina 'feels the weight of war'.
Tennis player Marie Bouzkova's Wimbledon quarterfinal run came after a difficult Covid-19 bout just a month earlier.
Is Beijing 2022 ice hockey silver medalist Ivan Fedotov a military dodger?
Daniela Fonseca returned Cuba to women's Olympic table tennis at Tokyo 2020...does she have another Games in her future? (ITTF Magazine page 72)
Is figure skating great Yuzuru Hanyu not retired?
Olympic gymnastics champion Sunisa Lee returns to Team USA training camp with an eye to an international return.
Beijing 2008 soccer player Sacha Kljestan has some words on gun violence in the U.S.
NCAA sprint star Abby Steiner sets a record for sponsorship for a female collegiate athlete.
Long jumper Quanesha Burkes has a mission as she looks to her next appearance with Team USA: "Now it's time to get medals".
London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius works toward an early parole release with a meeting with his victim's father.
How much will a recent Covid-19 bout affect Olympic sprinting star Andre de Grasses's World Championship status?
Is middle-distance -turned-long-distance runner Caster Semenya "the greatest that has ever done it"?
'Perfection is a place that must remain out of reach.' Shot put star Ryan Crouser chases it regardless.
Meanwhile, fellow shot putter Raven Saunders takes a break from the rest of the season.
Discus thrower Nicholas Percy is 'ecstatic' for the 'bonus' of making Team Great Britain's world championship squad this summer.
Runner Sara Carcinelli leads a team from the Vatican (!) to an appearance at the Mediterranean Games.
Speaking of small states...Shannon Galea is the latest feature on the Keep the Flame Alive podcast, discussing her journey as a skeleton athlete for Malta.
Need a feel-good moment? Francisca Tala of Team Chile scores a special goal at the women's field hockey World Cup.
Well, count Cedric Chatellier as one modern pentathlete open to the proposed changes to the sport.
Swimmer Octavio Alesi and fencer Cody Mattern are just two athletes leveraging Los Angeles 2028's Athlete Fellowship Program to gain hands-on work experience.
United World Wrestling: What makes Amir Yazdani Olympic wrestling's next big superstar?
Denise Herrmann reflects on her 'perfect Olympic day' with BiathlonWorld.
"I'm terrified I might be here forever." Basketball star Brittney Griner writes from Russian jail.
Is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander the 'key to Canada's basketball renaissance'?
Six-time Olympic luge champion Natalie Geisenberger now 'wants to concentrate fully on her family'.
Count Team France star Allison Pineau as not a fan of Paris 2024's scheduling plans for team handball.
Allison Pineau (Getty)
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