Coco Gauff gets Freddy-ed.
Costume? Vasek Pospisil is an injured player...
Katie Moon brings it.
Jordan Chiles had double the fun.
Checking Out Olympic Sports Stars In The News
Team Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev sees strategic value in a return to gymnastics club competition in Germany. (in Ukrainian)
Team Ukraine's Tokyo 2020 medalist karateka Stanislav Horuna sees "hypocrisy" in the admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes into the world championships.
Ukrainian Alexsandr Shaparenko talks rowing success, life after the Olympics, and more with Sport24. (in Ukrainian) Team Great Britain: What are 'five things that shaped gymnast Courtney Tulloch'? Is Paris 2024 next for 2023 Pan American champion gymnast Kayla DiCello? 'Psychological issues' are a major reflection point for Team China gymnast Zhang Jin after a mixed Asian Games performance. The Alpine ski season will be a 'less colorful and less competitive' following the unexpected retirement of 23-year-old star Lucas Braathen. Road cycling star Tadej Pogacar finds the 2024 Tour de France route "pleasant", despite a planned 'brutally diffiicult final week'... ...but fellow road cycling star Mark Cavendish is "shocked" at the route. âNew track cycling champion Emma Finucane is hoping her new fame doesn't impact her Olympic plans. Speed skater Martina Sablikova has a career end in mind...which includes a sixth Winter Games, in 2026. Heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson and middle-distance runner Josh Kerr headline the latest nominees list for UK Athletics' World Class Olympic Podium funding program. Running in the Pan American Games' marathon was the catalyst for a family reunion of sorts for Team Chile's Hugo Catrileo. Congrats to shot putter Valerie Adams and the new slate of the World Athletics Athletes' Commission! Long-distance runner Nadia Battocletti can see the end of her dual academic & track lifestyle as she eyes running fulltime just ahead of the next Olympics. Beijing 2008 sprinter Mechelle Lewis Freeman talks with ESPN on how she's fulfilling further Olympic dreams through coaching. Olympic champions Tania Lamarca (rhythmic gymnastics) and Angela Pumariega (sailing) help pitch the importance of female athletes' training allowance within their professional lives. (in Spanish) Tension is set to high as sailing legends Ben Ainslie and Blair Tuke gear up for the next leg of SailGP. Team USA's Erica Sullivan is 'outspoken, funny, and knows where she is going', including post-swimming. South Korean swimmer Hwang Sunwoo eyes even more success in 2024 after a successful 2023 season. Maggie Mac Neil joins 'swimming legends' with a standout performance at the Pan American Games. Meanwhile, fellow Team Canada swimmer Sydney Pickerem had to navigate depression and anxiety hurdles en route to her own PanAm success. What keeps 38-year-old Kristel Kobrich going? Olympics.com checked in with the veteran swimmer ahead of the Pan American Games. Get a peak at 'a day in the life at a swim meet' with Team Ireland twins Daniel and Nathan Wiffen. Open water swimmer Chelsea Gubecka gets the honor of being the first named selection to Team Australia's Paris 2024 contingent. Tennis player Jenson Brooksby's 'mental health' takes a hit amidst a suspension announcment. Embattled WNBA star Brittney Griner is set to make a return to Team USA basketball next month. Retired NBA star and triple Olympian Yao Ming takes a seat courtside, at the expense of some other fans. Team USA's Beijing 2008 soccer Olympian Robbie Rogers opens up to Queerty on 'fatherhood, marriage, and Fellow Travelers'. Soccer star Samantha Kerr gets a naming honor in Western Australia for her career accolades. Taekwondo athlete Caden Cunningham wants to have a lasting legacy of his own after Paris 2024. âCould we see soccer superstar Lionel Messi at a second Olympics for Team Argentina? Thomas Bach hopes so... Triathlete Beth Potter's championship 2023 season has her in the running as Scotland's 'Female Athlete of the Year'. Triple Olympic medalist Luka Spik may not miss rowing, but his life in England is full of physical activity. The Social Media Lives Of Olympic Sports' Athletes...
Luca Curatoli heads to the hills for a photoshoot.
Iryna Koliadenko presents autumn.
Lewis Clareburt holds Japan memories with Michael Pickett.
Good Morning, Andy Murray.
Yaroslava Mahuchikh shows off her October style.
A Look At Olympic Sports Stars In The News
Team Ukraine's Viktoriia Us shares thoughts on qualifying for her third Summer Games for Team Ukraine, but now in three canoeing disciplines. (in Ukrainian)
Ondrej Perusic and David Schweiner receive a hero's welcome as the new beach volleyball world champions return to Czechia.
For Team Chile's Francisca Irazoqui and Montserrat Obon, 'the anticipation is palpable' for a home FIH (field) Hockey Women's Junior World Cup later this year. Team Dominican Republic's women's volleyball squad receives a special congratulations from Thomas Bach for its recent Paris 2024 qualification. Olympics: According to surfer Leandro Usuna, 'joy is the most important ingredient for success'. Beijing 2022 medalist Jaclyn Narracott needs "a break" from skeleton as a busy start to 2024 looms. Former Team Canada junior national Travis Dermott makes his own pride support statement on the ice, despite National Hockey League thinking. Is it time to start thinking about NBA superstar and Olympic champion LeBron James' retirement? âWhat to make of the story behind a 'private consensual encounter' of Olympic basketball champion Dwight Howard's? Queertyâ: More insight on Matthew Mitcham's demons as the champion diver's marriage gets the confessional spotlight in SAS Australia promos. Team Great Britain's diver Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix is ready to tackle 'issues with body image' in sport. Olympians Rory McIlroy (golf) and Anthony Joshua (boxing) join other sports stars in a Formula One racing team investment. Can one of Team Ecuador's boxers fulfill former champion Ytalo Perea's faith in their potential for another rare Ecuadorian Pan American title? (in Spanish) Los Angeles 984 gymnastics hero Mary Lou Retton is taking "baby steps" in her recovery from a critical bout of pneumonia. Dorian Connix admits to World Triathlon that he wasn't all on board with his ultimately-successful season-long plan to claim a triathlon world title. Seeing taekwondo as a"smart sport", Ho-jun Jin looks to 'head games' to keep sharp ahead of Paris 2024. Camilla Gomes heads into Santiago 2023's Pan American trampoline competition with new confidence after a historic season. "One move at a time" was key to Jesse Gruper's gold - and Paris 2024 qualification - in sport climbing. Mathias Thyrri and Amalie Magalund "wanted it" and got it: a key match win that underscored the current mixed doubles strength in Denmark currently. With her mother now honored with a Nobel Prize in medicine, is double Olympic champion rower Susan Francia the most accomplished in her own family? "It's a tremendous opportunity that Panam Sports is giving us." Modern pentathlete Sophia Hernandez is grateful to compete, even though under a neutral flag. Could a pair of hammer throwers actually be the leaders of Team Canada in Paris 2024 athletics? "To become Olympic champion is so good." Team Greece's Ilias Iliadis is the latest judoka to feature in IJF's 'Olympic Champions' interview series. More Team Greece: Champion weightlifter Pyrros Dimas gets a new lead role with Mediterranean Weightlifting Confederation. Kaylee McKeown and Qin Haiyang are World Aquatics' 'Swimmers of the Year' for 2023. Kathrine Heindahl and Team Denmark eye bigger results this time as Denmark hosts handball's FIH Women's Championship for third time later this year. FIL takes a look at Olympic luger Yong Lee's successful transition from sport to politics in South Korea. Get a preview of a feature portrait on Alpine skier Lucas Braathen - 'the world's best slalom racer' - in The A Magazine. (in Norwegian) All eyes are on stars Marco Odermatt and Mikaela Shiffrin as the new Alpine skiing season is set to begin. Double Olympic medalist and soccer superstar Neymar joins other sports celebrities in a new menswear line debut from the celebrity Kardashian family.
Junior Judokas Making A Mark...
Lars van Oostrum, Lieke Derks, and Paulien Sweers were a hometown hot for Team Netherlands at the 2023 European Junior Judo Championships...
...but Team Georgia's Shalva Gurashidze, Nino Lozadze, Giorgi Terashvili, Eter Askilashvili, Nino Papidze, and Tamaz Koberidze had the last laugh as mixed team champions.
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