Kai Kazmirek has a photoshoot.
Laura Peel flies.
Tommaso Dotti's feeling blue.
Sprinter Leon Reid tries his hand at modeling.
Luis Knabl and friends take a hike.
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The Nathan Chen - Yuzuru Hanyu duel is the marquee event at the World Figure Skating Championships this week. Who has the edge?  Meanwhile, get to know Anna Shcherbakova - and her jumps - as she heads to the ladies' finals in the lead. Indian table tennis player Sathiyan Gnanaseskaran reaches Tokyo 2020, completing a comeback from Rio 2016 qualification heartbreak and a deep personal loss. "Sexism isn't a women's issue, any more than racism is a Black issue." Tennis champion Venus Williams opens up for Vogue in a personal op-ed. More tennis: count Simona Halep as another star looking for Olympic success this year. Champion biathlete from Germany Arnd Peiffer announces his retirement. Field hockey: Great Britain's top Olympic scorer Ashley Jackson "steps away" from the team. For Chinese Taipei boxer Chen Nien-Chin, success at the Olympics will be another in a career of challenges to overcome. Tokyo 2020-bound sport climbing star Adam Ondra chats with El Capitan-free solo star Alex Honnold. Congratulations to New Zealand's Olympic sports athletes who were recognized by the ISPS Handa Halberg Awards for a decade of excellence, including rowers Hamish Bond & Eric Murray and Nathan Cohen & Jason Sullivan, golfer Lydia Ko, and canoeist Lisa Carrington. The Irish Field (paywall): Equestrian Cian O'Connor finds success with his partner horse, Kilkenny. More Ireland: Arthur Lanigan-O'Keefe maintains a composure over what he can control as he approaches the start of his modern pentathlon season.  Olympic 49er sailor Pawel Kolodinski is in the thick of competition again and targeting Tokyo 2020, after a long recovery from a broken leg. Yukiko Ueno, Yamada Eri, and Yukiyo Meno - all holdovers from the gold medal-winning team 13 years ago at Beijing 2008 - named to Japan's softball team for Tokyo 2020. Get to know Laurent Dubreuil, recent speed skating world champion, who has finally channeled family experience in the sport into elite success. Sweden's women's handball team went from 11th at last year's world championships to an impressive qualification this past weekend. It took a new approach with a younger team to do it. R.I.P. to two-time Olympic snowboarder Julie Pomagalski of France, who passed away at age 40 after an avalanche accident. And, Barcelona 1992 champion judoka Toshihiko Koga passes away at age 53, after a long battle with illness. Weightlifter Yulduz Jumabayeva gets a hero's reception in Turkmenistan for a belated gold medal award. Fredrik Samuelsson leads a community of decathletes and heptathletes in a campaign to preserve combined events' place in athleteics. Contribute your thoughts on World Athletics growth in their landmark survey. Passionate about motherhood not impeding opportunities, former Olympic runner Alysia Montano launches "&Mother", to help support professional athletes. Even more Ireland: Relive Irish legend Eamonn Coghlan's rise to elite running, via key development in the United States, courtesy of Buzz.ie.  Holger Rune, at only 17 reached his first ATP Tour main draw at the recent Chile Open. How far will he take Danish tennis?  Ishita Malaviya is leading a wave of women surfers in - and for - India.  NIna Kennedy announces there's a new name in the mix for women's pole vaulting.  Can Brian Rice become the first African-American snowboarder at the Olympics? 
Antoinette de Jong plays with a friend.
Michel Bourez is coming at you.
Gregor Traber's focused.
Thiago Braz has good memories of Rio.
Stefanos Tsitsipas settles into Acapulco.
A very happy 30th birthday, indeed, as alpine skier Alexis Pinturault wins both the overall World Cup and giant slalom titles this weekend. Petra Vlhova is the women's first Slovakian overall winner. Congrats!  It's three in a row for the 2021 Nordic Combined overall World Cup winner, Jarl Magnus Riiber. Alexandra Escobar leads a talented group of Ecuadorian female weightlifters with Olympic dreams ahead of the Pan American Championships next month. (in Spanish) New Zealand boxing gets a boost as heavyweight David Nyika, recently turned professional last month, is officially selected for Tokyo 2020. The Olympic Channel: gymnast Larisa Iordache, back last year from injury setback, is determined for an Olympic return. Missing the birth of his first child might be worth it if Ryan Seaton can qualify for his third Olympics in 49er sailing this week. With Olympic qualification secured, Daria Dimitrieva shares how Team Russia's women's handball is determined to repeat as gold medalists. Yang Jiayu continues China's recent dominance in women's race walking with a world record race, bettering the previous mark by 49 seconds. After a setback of a year in 2019, veteran heptathlete Anouk Vetter is back on track to tackle Olympic qualification this spring.  R.I.P., Katherine Diaz Hernandez, Olympic-hopeful surfer who passed away in a freak lightning accident. Nevin Harrison: though she may be a world champion, she's only 18, and has only raced once in the last two years...but she's earned her way onto Team USA's canoeing team. Meet Alicia Lucas, Australian gold medalist from Rio 2016 in rugby sevens, in the latest Female Athlete Project podcast. She's 'Quirky'! Tokyo 2020 profiles Cat Osterman, star player for Team USA softball, who's come out of retirement for another go at Olympic gold. For swimming champion Adam Peaty, it "isn't just about winning, it's about dominating" as he looks to the Tokyo Olympics. Washington Times: Meet Jason Kozeniesky, Team USA shooter working toward his second Olympics. Can he win the USA's first gold in air rifle? Find out "Ten Things Rafael Nadal Can't Live Without" along with GQ. Giorgio Di Bonaventura: 3x3 basketball player can make moves off the court, too, as a contestant on Italy's dating show "Uominni e Donne".  |
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