Benjamin Karl is focused ahead.

Johannes Ludwig gets in touch with the ice.

Tobia Bocchi works out.

Sakura Yosozumi goes traditional in her skate.

Lewis Gibson strikes a pose.

Get to know two-time Olympic super-G champion Matthias Mayer, the man with two prized gondolas in Kitzbuhel named after him.

It's history for Great Britain on the Alpine skiing World Cup circuit, courtesy Dave Ryding.

"I don't think it's going to be quite the typical Olympic experience." Ski jumper Kevin Bickner looks ahead to his second Winter Games.

Team USA champion figure skaters chat with People​ on "podium dreams and Olympic prep".

Can curler Denise Dupont secure a rare Danish Winter Olympics medal in her fourth Games?

Should we worry about biathlete Emilien Jacquelin's form leading into Beijing 2022? (in French)

Puerto Rican William Flaherty follows in his brother's footsteps as an Olympic Alpine skier, after his successful cancer treatment. (in Spanish)

Cross-country skier Hannah Halvorsen is set for her first Olympics, two years after brain surgery.

Two-time Olympic Alpine skier Laurenne Ross showcases her painting as an Olympian Artist-in-Residence for the Olympic Agora Beijing 2022 program.

Can Choi Min Jeong and Lee Yubin keep South Korea an Olympic short track speed skating powerhouse with rival nations strengthening?

"How to eat and train like a top athlete": The Irish Mirror checks in with modern pentathlete Natalya Coyle's daily regimen.

LGBTQ Olympic swimmer Michael Gunning gets a cover feature from Pride Life magazine: "Swimming is a life skill and should be accessible to everyone".

Speed skater Miho Takagi is "Japan's new Ironwoman", set to compete in five events at Beijing 2022.

Three-time Olympic ice hockey medalist Meghan Duggan has a new, major role supporting women's sports.

Naomi Osaka aims to look for the positives despite another early loss at a tennis Grand Slam.

Mateusz Sochowicz set to return to Beijing 2022's luge track, where he was victim to a training accident in the fall.

Rivvia Projects: Tokyo 2020 surfer Julian Wilson launches a clothing line.

London 2012 basketball gold medalist Kevin Love joins the Blindsided podcast to talk mental health and experiencing public panic attacks.

Meanwhile, basketball 'Dream Team' member John Stockton feels the repercussion of going down a misinformation rabbithole.

Laura Deas hopes to be "hardened for battle" as she looks to continue Team Great Britain's Olympic skeleton success at Beijing 2022.

Add American Samoa's Nathan Crumpton to the list of dual Summer and Winter Olympians, as the skeleton racer heads to Beijing 2022 after sprinting at Tokyo 2020.

And add Alexandra Burghardt as well...she'll be a Beijing 2022 bobsledder after a Tokyo 2020 track sprinter turn. (in German)

And...ditto fellow bobsledder Montell Douglas, who becomes Team Great Britain's first dual female Summer/Winter Olympian, returning to Beijing after a 2008 sprint appearance..

Tokyo 2020 Olympian Maike Diekmann is "proud to be helping lead the way" for Namibian rowing.

Snowboarder Belle Brockhoff has her sights firmly on a gold medal in her third Winter Olympics.

Will a private halfpipe help Scotty James secure a snowboarding medal at Beijing 2022?

Want to learn more about - and support - snowboarder Max Parrot's fight against cancer? "Max: Life as a Gold Medal" is available now.

World champion Lucas Eguibar heads to his third Winter Olympics, competing in honor of his once-fellow-pro snowboarder brother.

Team USA's Nordic combined team features two members of the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program.

Rio 2016 Olympian fencer Monica Aksamit has a brief star turn on reality television with Joe Millionaire.

How did freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy keep in shape in recovery from Covid-19? Bodyweight squats!

"Navigation comes naturally" for Team USA freestyle skier Alex Hall.

Catch up on YouTube with Tokyo 2020 Olympic sport climber Adam Ondra's attempt at an historic route.

Two-time Olympic canoeing medalist Marcus Cooper Walz (Paris 2024 Spanish flag-bearer?) gets a training profile on CanalSur. (in Spanish)

Tokyo 2020 champion  Neeraj Chopra and Rio 2016 medalist Julius Yego join multiple-medalist Steve Backley to talk all things javelin.

Olympic race walker Tom Bosworth hasn't looked back since coming out publicly seven years ago.

The New York Times: Tokyo 2020 champion Kristian Blummenfelt is the lead "guinea pig" for a strengthening data-driven triathlon team from Norway.

We generally recognize that Olympic athletes are accomplished, driven, and talented humans - of course, in sport. But often they display drive and talent beyond the playing field, too. Some have been - or are - accomplished musicians. Others, not so much despite best - or lackluster - efforts.

From classical and opera, to country and reggae, and pop and hip-hop, the breadth of music is represented well in the annals of Olympic musicians. Let's take a look at some history of Olympic athletes making music.

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Success stories can be found as far back as Micheline Ostermeyer (London 1948), who fielded a long career as a pianist after winning three Olympic medals. Anne Pashley (Melbourne 1956) was known as the "fastest singer in the garden" as she transitioned from sprint track success to a 30-year profession as an opera soprano. Martin Lauer (Rome 1960) was a well-received country singer after a sprint relay gold medal. Runner Madeline Manning (Mexico City 1968, Munich 1972, Montreal 1976) continues a gospel career in her chaplain work.

Basketball star Wayman Tisdale (Los Angeles 1984) released eight jazz albums before his 2009 death. Short track speed skater Cathy Turner (Albertville 1992, Lillehammer 1994) was busy hustling together a singing career before her star turn at the Games. Sprinter Jon Drummond (Sydney 2000, Atlanta 1996) had a successful stint embedded with the Kirk Franklin & The Family gospel choir. Middle-distance runner Joanne Fenn (Athens 2004) had a music career and appeared on Fame Academy ahead of her Games appearance. You can count Vanessa Vanakorn (er, Vanessa-Mae), too, as the violinist had a prolific musical run before an appearance in Sochi 2014's Alpine skiing competition.

More recently, basketball players Carlos Arroyo (2004) and Damian Lillard (Tokyo 2020), as Dame D.O.L.L.A., have established respect in reggaeton and hip-hop, respectively. Triple jumper Will Claye (London 2012, Rio 2016, 2020) has serious ambitions for his own hip-hop career, and four-time Olympic Alpine skier Tina Maze (Salt Lake 2002, Turin 2006, Vancouver 2010, 2014) had a top Slovenian hit for her pop debut. Hard music is represented, too. Downhill skiing specialist Dominik Paris (2010, 2014, Pyeongchang 2018, Beijing 2022) is an established heavy metal artist, and luger Igor Lobanov (Albertville 1992) has been in Slot since 2002.

From ice hockey, Henrik Lundqvist (2006, 2010, 2014) is well-known as a guitarist and a member (with John McEnroe!) of The Noise Upstairs band. Fellow NHL'er Ryan Miller (2010, 2014) has also been known to dabble in rock music as well.

Matsui Yamato goes for a retro feel.

Tristan Walker tests the track.

Hi, Daria Bilodid!

Shaolin Liu gets self-promotionally dreamy.

Didn't think you needed a cute Chris Mazdzer post, didn't you?

Jaqueline Mourao has been to seven Olympic Games, across both Summer and Winter in mountain biking, biathlon, and cross-country skiing. She's qualified for her eighth. (in Portuguese)

Don't forget: donations to taekwondo's Pita Taufatofua's Tonga relief fund accepted through GoFundMe.

Four Team USA athletes - speed skater Erin Jackson, Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin, cross-country skier Jessie Diggins, and ice hockey player Abby Roque - headline Sports Illustrated's 2022 Olympic coverage. 

Setter Antoine Brizard and outside hitter Kim Yeon-Koung named Volleyballworld's 'Best of 2021'.

Meanwhile, the 'Best FIFA Football Awards' for 2021 honorees include Olympians Christiane Endler, Christine Sinclair, and Cristiano Ronaldo.

GQ Australia: Soccer player Josh Cavallo is "ready to take on the world" after publicly coming out as gay.

Brian O'Neill is headed to Beijing 2022 after a surprise call-up to Team USA's ice hockey squad, after a "treasured" Pyeongchang 2018 experience.

"I'm aiming to make some waves over there": New Zealand speed skater Peter Michael looks toward his second Olympics at Beijing 2022.

Simidele Adeagbo relishes a historic moment in sliding sports for Africa with a special monobob victory.

Team Jamaica will have historic representation in three bobsled events at Beijing 2022: 4-man, 2-man, monobob.

And they'll have Caribbean company, as Trinidad & Tobago's Axel Brown has qualified his 2-man as well.

More bobsled: Greg Cackett visualizes an Olympic medal as 4-man brakeman to Brad Hall and after a strong season raising hopes.

21-year-old slalom skier Lucas Braathen of Norway is one to watch as he makes a historic mark at Wengen last weekend.

How did badminton star Andders Antonsen spend his holidays? Watch part I and II.

Pyeongchang 2018 champion snowboarder Chloe Kim talks with Time on fame, (not) trying to fit in, and adjusting to fame in the lead-up to her title defense.

Get to know snowboarder Seamus O'Connor on the cusp of his second Olympics. "The Olympics are overwhelming, eye-opening and non-stop, totally different than anything else you'll experience in sport."

A burgeoning skateboarding hotbed? Itzel Granados is one of many athletes staying put in Mexico City.

Can Jarl Magnus Riiber's Nordic combined dominance this season lift him past his fourth place finishes at his last Olympics?

"Winter Tracks": At Beijing 2022, Donovan Carrillo will be Mexico's first Olympic figure skater in 30 years.

Can anyone defeat heavy favorite moguls skier Mikael Kingsbury at Beijing 2022?

"I think I am a little bit of a showwoman." Freestyle skier Sarah Hoefflin looks to defend her gold medal.

Will freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy make it to a third Olympics despite recent injury and Covid-19?

Winter Olympic debutants Haiti and Saudi Arabia are among the expected unexpected national teams to compete in Beijing 2022's Apline skiing.

Three-time Olympic short track speed skater Allison Baver in trouble over alleged financial fraud that connects to Hollywood and actor Elijah Wood.

​The future of Latvian short track speed skating rests on Robert Kruzbergs, who's headed to Beijing 2022.

Is disgraced swimmer Sun Yang headed toward cosmetic mogul status next?

Can shooter Manu Bhaker "stay happy" and "bounce back from Olympic disappointment" with a busy Asian Games and Commonwealth Games 2022?

Gymnast Nicola Bartolini and tennis ace Matteo Berrettini steam up the pages of Icon's latest edition, "celebrating Italian talents and style".

Meanwhile, "humble" Carlos Alcaraz gets the cover story treatment from Vanity Fair Espana. (in Spanish)

Will Olympic tennis quarterfinalist - and model - Camila Giorgi stop home favorite Ashleigh Barty's run at the Australian Open?

How did Poland become a ski jumping nation?

Road cyclist Sam Bennett is "back and rarin' to go" as he looks ahead to a new season after injury.

More Ireland: Boxer Kelly Harrington's Tokyo 2020 gold medal run wins her the Irish Independent​'s 'Magical Moment of the Year'.

Australian kayaker Aly Bull is using surf lifesaving to help move past Tokyo 2020 disappointment and work toward Paris 2024.

Team USA curler Nina Roth trained for Beijing 2022 while working full time as a nurse...in a pandemic.

Curler Kaitlyn Lawes reflects on her Olympic experience as her third Games approaches: "...it's all about the experiences, enjoying the opportunity and moments with my teammates".