A Look At Recent Olympic Sports' Athletes In The News​
​"It's a hard time, so it's a very special medal." Gymnast Illia Kovtun hopes his world championship success highlights support for Ukraine.
Tennis star Elina Svitolina recently made a surprise visit to encourage fellow Ukrainians in their sport efforts while training in Poland.
Tennis.com: Will we see tennis star and Tokyo 2020 medalist Ashleigh Barty un-retire?
Simone Biles: When you're the GOAT of women's gymnastics, you can take a second to laugh at yourself.
NBA basketball legend and Olympic champion Shaquille O'Neal plans another appearance for his 'DJ Diesel' alter ego.
Meanwhile, Team USA basketball gets a big lift with NBA star Joel Embiid's commitment.
Could Rio 2016 Team USA basketball-er Klay Thompson play for Team Bahamas at Paris 2024?
Women's basketball legend Cheryl Miller visits the Knuckleheads podcast to talk Team USA, her brother Reggie, and much more.
Team Philippines brings 'joy and pride' to their basketball fans at home with a lndmark Asian Games title.
Will Team USA wrestling great Rulon Gardner complete a comeback for Paris 2024?
"It shouldn't be an undue burden for a victim to come forward." Fencer Kirsten Hawkes feels frustration in her allegations addressed to the U.S. Center for SafeSport.
Team Belgium's star road cyclist Lotte Kopecky name-drops Paris 2024 as a 'main target' for next season.
British road cycling great Mark Cavendish confirms one more year to try to get a Tour de France stage win record.
Biathlon World: 'How good is the chemistry' between Team Sweden star biathletes and partners Hanna Oeberg and Martin Ponsiluoma?
Aiming to be the 'first Mexican-American female gold medalist' at Paris 2024, boxer Yoseline Perez pens a letter to her younger self through Team USA.
Irish Independent: Boxer Dean Clancy's journey to Paris 2024 has had 'many twists and turns'.
Landmark triathlete Jack Bristow took to his first world championships with pride in Spain recently.
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The Athletics asks if Kelvin Kitum is now the GOAT of the marathon after his surprise world record. (And is there any long distance Sifan Hassan can't do?)
Track sprint legend Michael Johnson weighs in on how triathlon is 'a step ahead' of his own sport.
Anti-trans hysteria reaches an unfortunate level at the Asian Games with heptathletes Nadina Agasara and Swapna Barman.
'Medals and magazines' are two things that helped drive sprinter Annie Tagoe to her success today.
EJ Obiena's pole vault win at the Asian Games proves to be very rewarding.
Could a 10,000-meter run be the 'most fun ever had' by Team Great Britain's Jess Warner-Judd?
Team Ecuador's Pan American Games athletes get a welcome track & field legend in Jefferson Perez to accompany them to Chile.
Double world championships medalist long sprinter Sada Williams gets a billboard honor back home in Barbados.
Middle-distance runner Ollie Hoare talks running, and 'heavy topics that are arerly articulated by world class male athletes' on The Coffee Club with Kyle Merber.
'Loyalty' and 'love for the country' drove Team Kenya runner Peres Jepchirchir to commit to the recent World Road Running Championships.
Asian Games hurdlers Lin Yuwei and Wu Yanni unknowingly commit a historical reference sin, apparently to Chinese state media.
Olympians Peter Bol (track), Matthew Mitcham (diving), and Stephanie Rice (swimming) are set to be amongst the next victims of SAS Australia reality television premiering this week.
Congrats to swimmer Kuzey Tuncelli and rhythmic gymnast Darja Varfolomeev, joint winners of the European Olympic Committees' 2023 Piotr Nurowski Prize for 'best young summer athlete'.
Champion breaststroker Adam Peaty sees the emergence of a rival in Qin Haiyang as motivation.
Swimmer Shayna Jack reveals personal details of mental effects on her as she battled doping charges.
More Australia as field hockey star/runner Nova Perris, freestyle skier Lydia Lassila, and rower Kim Brennan join other sporting notables as Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees for 2023.
Olivia Price's and Evie Haseldine's 'unique partnership' has the sailors in prime shape for Paris 2024.
Olympians Kelly Rulon (water polo) and Erik Sullivan (volleyball) amongst eight new members of the UCLA Sports Hall of Fame this year.
Retiring soccer star Megan Rapinoe gets a hero's sendoff by her professional club and supporters.
Eduarda Lisboa and Ana Patricia Ramos may be the 'hottest team' in beach volleyball, but they know the road to a world championship this year will be tough.
Beach volleyballer Betsi Flint joins the Keep the Flame Alive podcast to talk Olympic goals and more.
Skateboarder Hayley Wilson makes a quick un-retirement as key event qualification heats up.
Team France's Chloe Aurard is 'just the kind of player the new Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL)' needs.
Tennis.com: Will we see tennis star and Tokyo 2020 medalist Ashleigh Barty un-retire?
Simone Biles: When you're the GOAT of women's gymnastics, you can take a second to laugh at yourself.
NBA basketball legend and Olympic champion Shaquille O'Neal plans another appearance for his 'DJ Diesel' alter ego.
Meanwhile, Team USA basketball gets a big lift with NBA star Joel Embiid's commitment.
Could Rio 2016 Team USA basketball-er Klay Thompson play for Team Bahamas at Paris 2024?
Women's basketball legend Cheryl Miller visits the Knuckleheads podcast to talk Team USA, her brother Reggie, and much more.
Team Philippines brings 'joy and pride' to their basketball fans at home with a lndmark Asian Games title.
Will Team USA wrestling great Rulon Gardner complete a comeback for Paris 2024?
"It shouldn't be an undue burden for a victim to come forward." Fencer Kirsten Hawkes feels frustration in her allegations addressed to the U.S. Center for SafeSport.
Team Belgium's star road cyclist Lotte Kopecky name-drops Paris 2024 as a 'main target' for next season.
British road cycling great Mark Cavendish confirms one more year to try to get a Tour de France stage win record.
Biathlon World: 'How good is the chemistry' between Team Sweden star biathletes and partners Hanna Oeberg and Martin Ponsiluoma?
Aiming to be the 'first Mexican-American female gold medalist' at Paris 2024, boxer Yoseline Perez pens a letter to her younger self through Team USA.
Irish Independent: Boxer Dean Clancy's journey to Paris 2024 has had 'many twists and turns'.
Landmark triathlete Jack Bristow took to his first world championships with pride in Spain recently.
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The Athletics asks if Kelvin Kitum is now the GOAT of the marathon after his surprise world record. (And is there any long distance Sifan Hassan can't do?)
Track sprint legend Michael Johnson weighs in on how triathlon is 'a step ahead' of his own sport.
Anti-trans hysteria reaches an unfortunate level at the Asian Games with heptathletes Nadina Agasara and Swapna Barman.
'Medals and magazines' are two things that helped drive sprinter Annie Tagoe to her success today.
EJ Obiena's pole vault win at the Asian Games proves to be very rewarding.
Could a 10,000-meter run be the 'most fun ever had' by Team Great Britain's Jess Warner-Judd?
Team Ecuador's Pan American Games athletes get a welcome track & field legend in Jefferson Perez to accompany them to Chile.
Double world championships medalist long sprinter Sada Williams gets a billboard honor back home in Barbados.
Middle-distance runner Ollie Hoare talks running, and 'heavy topics that are arerly articulated by world class male athletes' on The Coffee Club with Kyle Merber.
'Loyalty' and 'love for the country' drove Team Kenya runner Peres Jepchirchir to commit to the recent World Road Running Championships.
Asian Games hurdlers Lin Yuwei and Wu Yanni unknowingly commit a historical reference sin, apparently to Chinese state media.
Olympians Peter Bol (track), Matthew Mitcham (diving), and Stephanie Rice (swimming) are set to be amongst the next victims of SAS Australia reality television premiering this week.
Congrats to swimmer Kuzey Tuncelli and rhythmic gymnast Darja Varfolomeev, joint winners of the European Olympic Committees' 2023 Piotr Nurowski Prize for 'best young summer athlete'.
Champion breaststroker Adam Peaty sees the emergence of a rival in Qin Haiyang as motivation.
Swimmer Shayna Jack reveals personal details of mental effects on her as she battled doping charges.
More Australia as field hockey star/runner Nova Perris, freestyle skier Lydia Lassila, and rower Kim Brennan join other sporting notables as Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees for 2023.
Olivia Price's and Evie Haseldine's 'unique partnership' has the sailors in prime shape for Paris 2024.
Olympians Kelly Rulon (water polo) and Erik Sullivan (volleyball) amongst eight new members of the UCLA Sports Hall of Fame this year.
Retiring soccer star Megan Rapinoe gets a hero's sendoff by her professional club and supporters.
Eduarda Lisboa and Ana Patricia Ramos may be the 'hottest team' in beach volleyball, but they know the road to a world championship this year will be tough.
Beach volleyballer Betsi Flint joins the Keep the Flame Alive podcast to talk Olympic goals and more.
Skateboarder Hayley Wilson makes a quick un-retirement as key event qualification heats up.
Team France's Chloe Aurard is 'just the kind of player the new Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL)' needs.
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