A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In Recent Headlines
Coco Gauff wrote a letter to herself after missing the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to COVID-19. Here are some inspiring excerpts ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/sZbwfSlvmH
— On Her Turf (@OnHerTurf) July 18, 2024
Indian Atlanta 1996 landmark tennis medalist Leander Paes counts that experience as particularly momentous in his hall of fame career.
What does tennis' Marcus Daniells look forward to in a potential IOC Athletes' Commission role?
Did Team Mongolia win the gold in Paris 2024's Opening Ceremony outfit competition?
Here's hoping field hockey player Matt Dawson gets a podium finish in exchange for his finger...
Can Taylor Knibb's remarkable prowess on the bike be key to a triathlon podium finish in Paris?
Will Team Japan women's gymnastics captain Shoko Miyata be able to compete in Paris 2024?
Max Whitlock is ready for a "fairytale ending" to his star gymnastics career at Paris 2024.
How did gymnast Brody Malone recover from a 'devastating injury' to help lead Team USA to Paris 2024?
Is Team France's women's gymnastics team for Paris 2024 peaking at the right time?
Tokyo 2020 champion gymnast Sunisa Lee thinks she 'has more in the tank' for another podium run.
The Japan Times: Get to know sport shooter Misaki Nobata, the 'sniper from Oita'.
Internationally-inexperienced BMX rider Vincent Leygonie just hopes to make South Africa 'proud' with his Paris 2024 performance.
Is Sewon Ozakawa the 'LeBron James of boxin'g?
Who are some of the partnered couples competing at Paris 2024?
Diver Yona Knight-Wisdom's captaincy role for Team Jamaica at Paris 2024 is a landmark one.
Oleksiy Sereda may be recovered from injury, but the diver acknowledges missing key training as he heads to a second Games appearance, with more responsibility. (in Ukrainian)
Sarah Levy and Stephanie Rovetti aren't just rugby sevens teammates, they're also University of St. Augustine colleagues.
Can Yuki Isikawa lead Team Japan to a long-awaited return to the Olympic men's volleyball podium?
ESPN argues that swim legend Michael Phelps - who thinks he isn't too far off his heyday form - is the 'top professional athlete since 2000'.
Will Team China be the most drug-tested squad for Paris 2024's swimming competition?
Australian Isaac Cooper reflects on mental health challenges that temporarily derailed a budding swim career.
Rebecca Shorten's Olympic rowing career started with blowing off chemistry studies....
Rower Molly Goodman is part of unique Australian sporting history, as her triathlete brother Tom makes the Paris 2024 Paralympics.
"It's like a poison for the body." High jumper Kateryna Tabashnyk talks with CNN about persevering in the sport despite the war-caused tragedies at home in Ukraine.
Was not making another Olympics in the long hurdles a "blessing in disguise" for Irishman Thomas Barr?
World Athletics features some of the recent NCAA track & field champions who made it to Paris 2024.
"It's just nice to know that there's not one route to make it to the Olympics." Middle-distance runner Georgia Bell quit the sport just five years ago.
Team Kenya's mixed relay sprint squad members seem to be taking their Olympic challenge seriously.
Atlanta 1996 sprint champion Donovan Bailey does have certain thoughts about the Paris 2024 competition.
Australian sprinter Torrie Lewis isn't content with making it to the Olympics, she wants to make a mark.
Who might Team Ukraine's Paris 2024 medalists be this summer? (in Ukrainian)
A random college night out was the catalyst for jump starting breaker Sunny Choi's Olympic career.
Might Paris 2024 provide a major championship title (finally) for NBA basketball star Joel Embiid?
Speaking of Embiid...how confident is he that Team USA will win basketball men's gold?
Did you know that basketball superstar LeBron James is a big fan of biking?
Meanwhile, Team Canada's men have their ambitious eye on the basketball podium at Paris 2024.
How surprised was Team USA's Kahleah Copper at making it to Paris 2024 basketball?
Guess you can say that Australian basketball star Patty Mills still has enough of a competitive fire...
Making it to Paris 2024 meant basketball player Derrick White gave up a Cabo San Lucas vacation...
Off the Podium checks in with Team Australia's rhythmic gymnastics group: will Paris 2024 be a ground-breaking one?
Meet first-time sailing Olympian Hannah Snellgrove, part folk-singer and Cambridge graduate.
Team Afghanistan has only one Paris 2024-bound athlete competing inside its Taliban-controlled country: judoka Mohammad Samim Faizad.
Ukrainian wrestler Zhan Beleniuk is ready to face Russians at Paris 2024, but there's a limit.
Luca Kumahara: A table tennis player makes an Olympic return...in a new role and with a new identity.
Team India's table tennis players may not be content with just making it to Paris 2024's team events.
Keep the Flame Alive hosts Team USA's Paris 2024-bound fencers inits latest podcast.
Inside the Games: Who are some of the teenaged 'athletes to watch' at Paris 2024?
Alannah Yip 'learned a lot' since Tokyo 2020...does the sport climber have momentum to challenge for the podium at Paris 2024?
What has it been like to reach Paris 2024 for sport climbers Jenya Kazbekova and Yaroslav Tkach while their home Ukraine is under siege?
Two Ukrainian climbers will compete in Paris 2024: Jenya Kazbekova and Yaroslav Tkach. Representing their country on the Olympic stage will carry more significance than ever before against the backdrop of Russia's ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine.https://t.co/27GTrHQDBM
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