Joshua Cheptegei goes for a run.
Kelly Sildaru is feeling pretty.
Kim Meylemans and Nicole Silveira hang out.
Nicholas Roche takes a dip in the Mediterranean.
Ivana Spanovic relaxes before competition day approaches.
Olympic Sport Athletes Making Headlines"But I have no fear of the enemy." Youth Olympic champion biathlete Kristina Dmitrenko joins the Ukrainian National Guard to defend her country from invasion. Tennis' world number one women's player Iga Swiatek still has the Ukraine crisis on her mind.
Atlanta 1996 Olympic champions Lilia Podkopayeva and Rustam Sharipov are amongst the Ukrainian gymnasts working to support their countrymen from abroad during the current war. More International Gymnast: Nuriman Kurbanov is "still at the stage of finding the golden mean" in his rising career. Champion speed skater Erin Jackson on adjusting to life after her Beijing 2022 success: "...people don't care a whole lot once the Olympics are over". More speed skating: Sverre Lunde Pedersen launches his 'Best Again' YouTube series following his journey over the next two years of competition. Olympic medalists Petra Kvitova and Barbora Krejcikova join fellow Czech tennis stars Karolina Pliskova and Martina Navratilova as Vogue 'Leaders' cover models. Double Olympic medalist Takaharu Furukawa feels fit ahead of his return to World Cup archery competition after a long layoff. Tokyo 2020 champion Joe Choong and other (modern) Pentathlon United athletes ask for decision-making transparency from their sport's governing body, again. Figure skaters Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean-Luc Baker discuss their upcoming Stars on Ice run, upcoming changes in ice dance for the next season, and more. Statistics, data science, and guitar lessons...Tokyo 2020 figure skating champion Nathan Chen plans a return to Yale. Fencer Ryan Choi Chun-Yin is back feeling in positive form, and earning pop boy-band praise. Track cycling superstars Jason and Laura Kenny highlight the Olympic names on the British royal honors roll as they become a knight and dame, respectively. The soccer stars of the USWNT take the fight for pay equity a big step forward. Charlotte Kalla's cross country skiing exploits highlight a royal celebration of Sweden's Olympians. Four-time Olympic judoka Sabrina Filzmoser successfully scales Mount Everest. "I love how being strong feels." Weightlifter Hayley Whiting eyes the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Weightlifters Parisa Jahanfekrian and Jekta Jamali join other Iranian athletes defecting to Germany. Trampolinist Ryusei Nishioka is eager for more after a "brazen show of daring" in his first World Championships last year. Nordic combined star Mario Seidl catches up with FIS to recap the 2021/22 season, his spring break, his optimism, and more. Double Olympic basketball champion Candace Parker's career gets a 'Pride 50' look from Queerty. Triple Olympic champion luger Johannes Ludwig retires. Road cyclist Biniam Girmay makes history as the first Black African to win a Grand Tour stage. Congrats! Get to know rising track sprinter Clarence Munyai, courtesy of Team South Africa. Can sprinter Brianna Lyston put her young career 'setbacks' behind her at this summer's World Athletics U20 Championships? Cuban national volleyball player Ailama Cese Montalvo faces racial abuse...from her own coach in Russia. Collegiate sprinter Julien Alfred gets a 'shout out' from the president of the St Lucia Athletics Association. One to watch: Teenager Gary Martin is the fastest high school-race miler in 57 years. Team Great Britain: Canoeist Kimberley Woods 'speaks with clarity and candor on a relationship with mental health that has been choppy for as long as she can remember'. Tokyo 2020 champion rowers Lucy Stephan, Jessica Morrison, Rosie Popa, diver Annabelle Smith, and shooter Elena Galiabovitch amongst the honorees for the Victorian Institute Sports Awards. Great Britain's 'most-decorated diver' Tom Daley shares thoughts on his "Coming up for Air" memoir. Despite a 'trophy cabinet bursting with medals', Spanish water polo player eyes to continue through this year's World Championships and possibly Paris 2024. Are These Emerging Athletes Future Olympic Games Stars?Favour Ofili is the first collegiate woman to run the 200 meters in under 22 seconds...and is attracting attention back home in Nigeria. Jacob Patrick is an up-and-coming basketball-er in Germany, more so when school finishes soon. Can 18-year-old Nour Youssri "make badminton famous in Africa"? Emil Tavernier was the catalyst for Team France to win a recent U18 world medal in ice hockey.
What Have the Athletes of Olympic Sports Been up to on Social Media?
Yaroslava Mahuchikh leads a chorus in support of her fellow Ukrainians.
Headline News Featuring Olympic Sports Stars and Athletes A "mentally drained" Elina Svitolina speaks on mental health and the impact the war in her native Ukraine has had on her as the Tokyo 2020 tennis medalist considers when to return to competition. The injured daughter of slain water polo player Eugine Obedinskiy gets a hospital visit from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Olympic champion rhythmic gymnast Alina Kabaeva included in sanctions against Russian figures with ties to Vladimir Putin. The International Judo Federation comes through again to support youth athletes looking for relief from the war in Ukraine. More from Inside the Games: London 2012 Olympic boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk's new charitable foundation aims to assist his civilian countrymen as Ukraine suffers through Russia's war. Athens 2004 medalist and world boxing champion Amir Khan announces his retirement. Slovenian Olympic basketball player Luka Doncic joins the 700-NBA playoffs-points club in quick fashion. The news for Team USA's Brittney Griner, jailed in Russia on dubious charges, doesn't get better. Tokyo 2020 gold medalist boxer Kellie Harrington to be awarded a 'Freedom of Dublin City' honor. Get to know 2022 U.S. field hockey Hall of Fame inductee and Olympian Lauren Crandall Liska. While she contemplates a possible run at Milano Cortina 2026, short track speed skater Elise Christie is focusing on scooter racing. (really) The friendly rivalry between triathletes Alex Yee and Hayden Wilde leans into sportsmanship. Former youth gymnast tells CNN how she quit the sport at age 13 due to "straight up child abuse". Albanian gymnast Matvei Petrov considers 'perfection' may be the key to ultimate competitive success Ilia Malinin lands a quadruple axel? Figure skating will "have to update their scale of values very soon". Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus and coach Dean Boxall reflect on Tokyo 2020 and what's next as the swimmer is "just in a different headspace" now. More news from Australia swimming...super star Emma McKeon lands in the gossip pages with a connection to pop star (and once Olympic hopeful) Cody Simpson. Nhat Nguyen talks with Team Ireland on his transition from Vietnam to Ireland and his rise in badminton. Is soccer superstar and Beijing 2008 gold medalist Lionel Messi the 'posterboy of sportswashing'? Track & field Olympic medalist Gwen Torrance puts in her opinion on the status of Florence Griffith-Joyner's sprint world records in the era of today's marks. Rio 2016 pole vaulting surprise medalist Eliza McCartney has had to 'reset' as she bounces back from injury woes and looks ahead to regain competitive form. Olympic marathoner Aliphine Tuliamuk shares thoughts on motherhood as an elite athlete. Sprint hurdler Dawn Harper-Nelson shares her struggles with 'rock-bottom' mental health issues. Cocaine scandal-plagued Leon Reid has his funding reviewed after initial approval for the Irish sprinter. Evening Standard: Sprinter Dina Asher-Smith is 'harder, better, faster, stronger'. 'He's just going to have to run a lot faster now.' After that Tokyo 2020 race, hurdler Rai Benjamin reflects on still wanting to be the fastest hurdler on the track. Canada's Sports Hall of Fame class for 2022 includes Olympic medalists Hayley Wickenheiser (ice hockey), Adam van Koeverden (canoeing), and Tricia Smith (rowing). "I've had so many fantastic experiences and races." Multiple Olympic medal-winning canoeist David Florence calls it a career. Team Great Britain shooter Kirsty Hegarty is 'herself again' after a disappointing Tokyo 2020 appearance. Anamarija Lampic announces a pending switch from cross country skiing to biathlon. (in Slovenian) Tennis star Naomi Osaka doubles down on mental health awareness with a Modern Health partnership and also takes charge of some business affairs. Tennis champion and Olympic bronze medalist Novak Djokoic joins an exclusive 1,000-win club. Bobsledder Josh Williamson makes a Keep the Flame Alive podcast appearance to discuss Beijing 2022. Freestyle skiing champion Eileen Gu walks the catwalk for Louis Vuitton. |
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