Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk says it for all of us.
Johannes Vetter lends his voice.
Serena Williams previews spring.
Grigor Dmitrov working out on a beach...yes, please!
Chris Mazdzer's on the road to recovery.
What's New with Olympic Sport Athletes?Skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is using his 'platform as an athlete' to help people during the Ukrainian invasion. Kyiv-born figure skater Aljona Savchenko weighs in on the "inhumane" Ukraine crisis. Decathlete Oleksiy Kasyanov has an important ask for Ukraine's athletes. Eleanor Patterson expressed a 'beautiful tribute' to fellow high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine.
Fresh off victory at the World Athletics Indoor Championships, shot putter Darlan Romani sparks another life moment to remember. Dina Asher-Smith chats with BBC Sport on her outlook for the upcoming season, and more. "I'm so much stronger physically and mentally." Can triple jumper Yulimar Rojas break 16 meters next? How did Molly Seidel overcome 'impostor syndrome' to find marathon success in time for Tokyo 2020? USA TODAY's Christine Brennan: Would-be Beijing 2022 figure skating team event medalists have more pressing concerns. Meanwhile, is Ilia Malinin 'heaven sent' as the next great Team USA figure skater? Veteran ice dancers Kana Muramoto & Daisuke Takahashi look to 'make a splash' at the World Championships this week. Ayumu Hirano shares with Olympics how his road to the top of snowboarding has been a lonely one. Ahead of the Women's Junior World Cup, Millie Giglio and Team England look to "enjoy playing really good, high-level international (field) hockey". FIS looks at the "end of an era" upon us with the retirement of cross-country skiing great Dario Cologna. Lu Xiaojun retroactively becomes the first Asian weightlifter with three Olympic titles. Mark Todd: Olympic champion doesn't help counter the anti-equestrian sport voices. Why did basketball star Sue Bird decide to play another year? 60 Minutes asks. On the other hand...star tennis player Ashleigh Barty makes a surprise retirement announcement. Tennis great Roger Federer pledges support for Ukrainian children's education, to the tune of $500,000. UCI looks at the "intertwined sprints" of road cyclists Elisa Balsamo and Lorena Wiebes as they look to increasingly battle each other this season. Olympic rugby sevens player Nicole Heavirland is now an openly LGBT athlete, after missing an announcement ahead of Tokyo 2020. "I would really like to go to a non-COVID Olympics." Team Great Britain's badminton players look ahead to Paris 2024 as they shake pairings up. Special knitting requests for diver Tom Daley know no bounds, according to a recent Planet Weirdo with Holly H podcast appearance. Swimmer Tilali Sanalan, soccer player Wendie Renard, and sailor Hannah Mills are just a few of the Olympic athletes leading sustainability conversations through sport. Harry Garside donates his Olympic boxing medal to the Melbourne Cricket Ground museum as thanks for the inspiration to his career. Olympic boxing medalist Lovlina Borgohain enjoys "living more freely now while training scientifically". CNN looks in detail at the abuse allegations behind bobsledder Kaillie Humphries' move from representing Canada to the Unites States. "Scared for my safety"... ...and current Team Canada bobsled star Justin Kripps lends his support for his fellow athletes. Team USA alpine skier Breezy Johnson has an update on her injury recovery. Mikaela Shiffrin's fourth overall World Cup 'crystal globe' trophy helps settle any doubts on her season's performance after a disappointing Beijing 2022 for the alpine skier. Olympic Sport Athletes Making a Name for ThemselvesMarcel and Tyrone Sterkenburg impress at the European U23 Wrestling Championships. (in Dutch) Magdalena Egger was a big winner at the World Junior Alpine Skiing Championships, with five medals. Nick Griggs put his name on track fans' radar with a new U20 world lead and U20 European record in the indoor mile. Is Florence Brunelle the 'heir apparent' to Canadian short track speed skating great Kim Boutin?
What Have Olympic Sport Athletes Been Up To On Social Media?
Vladyslav Heraskevych has a message.
Eileen Gu sits for Marie Claireâ.
Anja Osterman plays on the beach.
Jutta Leerdam channels Beyonce.
Tomas Gonzalez flips in Rio.
Olympic Sport Athletes Making HeadlinesPole vault legend and IOC member Sergey Bubka aims to help Ukrainian athletes still compete internationally during - and despite - the on-going Russian invasion. How boxing's Klitschko brothers "signed up for the fight of their lives" for Ukraine.
20-year-old Yaroslava Mahuchikh slips out of Ukraine and overcomes "total panic" - and then some - with her World Indoor Athletics Championships high jump gold. Olympian Sunisa Lee experienced "impostor syndrome" after her golden Tokyo 2020 gymnastic success. Nimroy Turgott's journey to bobsledding for Jamaica at the Olympics is one of "overcoming adversity". Team USA looks at the history of its women in Olympic bobsledding, a tradition of success bolstered by Elana Meyers Taylor and Kallie Humphries at Beijing 2022. Olympic champion Kjeld Nuis speed skates his way to a new on-ice speed record. New badminton stars? Doubles team Muhammad Shohibul Kifri & Bagas Mulana make a splash winning a "dream victory" this weekend. Were figure skater Alysa Liu and her father targets of political intimidation before and during the recent Beijing 2022 Games? Meanwhile, fellow Team USA figure skater Vincent Zhou looks to bounce back from a disappointing Beijing 2022 at the World Figure Skating Championships. "New" but "experienced pairs figure skaters Vanessa James and Eric Radford reflect on their special Beijing 2022 Olympic experience with ISU. Two-time Olympian Atanda Musa has thoughts on Team Nigeria's table tennis talent and looks to coach. Retiring biathlete Erik Lesser caps off a career with a win and a meeting with royalty. (in German) And in what should be a new tradition, all retiring biathletes get a lap of honor in their final weekend. Kayla Blas looks to help Team USA field hockey continue to define its style of play at the upcoming Women's Junior World Cup. Olympic silver medalists Nicolas Batum and Evan Fournier raise objection to venue plans for Paris 2024's basketball competition. Unlikely Australian Olympians Dean Hewitt and Tahli Gill powered their way to Beijing 2022 with the help of curling legend John Morris. Goalkeeper Drew Holland has been key to the resurgence of Team USA's men's water polo as the world championships approach. IJF.org catches up with members of Team France's Tokyo 2020 gold medal-winning mixed judo team to hear reflections on their success. Tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams make a fashion statement at the Producer Guild Awards. Swimmers Aliaksandra Herasimenia and Yauhen Tsurkin find themselves in deeper limbo as they continue to resist Belarusian autocracy. Maggie Mac Neil is Canada's 'female swimmer of the year' after her three-time Tokyo 2020 Olympic medal success. Olympian Tatjana Schoenmaker is a three-time winner at South Africa's SA Sports Awards. Kaylee McKeown ponders a six-race schedule at this year's Commonwealth Games swimming schedule. With a new world record, pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis doesn't offer complacency for fans of the sport. Groomed in track & field after a start in parkour, Miltiadis Tentoglou is the reigning Olympic, European, and now World Indoor long jump champion. Long-distance runner Hellen Obiri plans one more track race, reversing initial post-Tokyo 2020 thought. The first Jamaican woman with a sprint hurdles Olympic medal, Megan Tapper wants to "keep blazing a trail" in the sport. |
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