Faith Kipyegon gives us some shine.
Grigor Dimitrov hangs in New York.
Alexa Moreno went blonde!
Tim Nowak trains.
Thomas Goyard practices a new move.
Austrian Franz-Josef Rehrl is back competing after injury almost a year ago. "It's cool to be back!" Is Egyptian-Finnish basketballer Awak Kuier the 'next superstar' of European women's basketball?
Long hurdle world champion Kori Carter opens up about a diabetes diagnosis. Can Neeraj Chopra's Tokyo 2020 javelin gold "awaken the sleeping giant"? Now ice dancer Daisuke Takahashi is on the cusp of a special milestone in Olympic figure skating. Swimmer Pieter Timmers joins gymnast Nina Derwael on Dancing with the Stars this fall. (in Dutch) Practice more Dutch...Helden offers multiple Olympians amongst its 'Heroes of the Year' candidates. Rower Luke Letcher is episode 164's featured interview on the Off the Podium podcast: working through the pandemic, winning an Olympic medal, movies, and more. Canada has not one but two standout up-and-coming track cyclists in Dylan Bibic and Carson Mattern. And more gymnastics...Stephen Nedoroscik says Team USA coaches "made a good call" with his world championship team call-up. And even more...Simone Biles hailed as one of Adweek's 'Most Powerful Women in Sports' for 2021. Plus, she gets unique words of honor from U.S. poet Amanda Gorman. Can Bryony Page make it to the top of the podium for her first global individual title at the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships? Meet 12-year-old Tobi Abekin, Nigerian table tennis hopeful who is dreaming of becoming the "best player in the world." Congrats to two-time Olympian Tamas Toth, newly-elected Chair of World Triathlon's Athletes Commission, leading the ten member group for representation. Young judoka Aris Leonidis has a message of thanks for his supporters as he works to recover from serious injury in competition. Will next month's World Championships be Tokyo 2020 badminton champion Greysia Polii's last major competition? FIVB goes in-depth on Madelein Meppelink, elite beach volleyballer who doubles, er triples, as FIVB Athletes' Commission and Board of Administration member. Another beach volleyball Olympian, Taliqua Clancy, joins boxer Brad Hore on outreach to Far North Queensland communities through sport. Tokyo 2020 Olympian and golf superstar Rory McIlroy: Eco-warrior? Congrats to the six Olympians headed to the Sport Australia Hall of Fame! Will alpine skier / snowboarder Esther Ledecka win double gold again at Beijing 2022? Olympians Jarome Iginla, Marian Hossa, and Kim St-Pierre are three stars to finally get their (ice) Hockey Hall of Fame enshrinement moment. Will out gay skeleton racer Andrew Blaser make it to Beijing 2022 for Team USA? U23 wrestler Lucia Yepez takes it up a notch with a historic World Championship gold. (in Spanish) Like countryman Mario Mola, Igor Bellido won a World Triathlon Junior title. Can he follow Mola to senior-level success? Juulia Turkkila and Mattias Versluis are hoping to look ahead to multiple Olympics as they continue in ice dancing after solo skating starts. (in Finnish) Jabreel and Ummi Green are two teenage brothers, authors - and nationally-ranked fencers.
Men's tennis has taken over Torino.
Emil Iversen models new sportswear.
Felix Dolci continues the grind.
Briana Williams gives us a polished photoshoot.
PV Sindhu enjoys the small things.
Olympic figure skating silver medalist Uno Shoma still has gold medal ambitions. Sunisa Lee: Not even Olympic gold medal-winning gymnasts are immune from racial abuse.
Gazzetta Sportweek features gymnast Nicola Bartolini: "Don't call me a bad boy". (in Italian, paywall) Is the silver screen next on the horizon for London 2012 boxing gold medalist Nicola Adams? Meanwhile, boxer Kellie Harrington is Irish Tatler's 'Woman of the Year' for 2021. Want to know more about Team USA ice hockey star Kendall Coyne? Read a book... Veteran Tatsiana Piatrenia is back at trampolining after a "retirement" in 2017. Canoeist Saul Craviotto is GQ Espana's Olympic Hero of 2021. Meet Hanna and Elvira Oebrg, sisters powering Swedish biathlon this season. Olympian and world champion freestyle aerialist Aliaksandra Ramanouskaya runs afoul of Belarusian political oppression against athletes. Judo champion Paula Pareto takes her turn on MasterChef in Argentina. (in Spanish) Team USA's Erin Jackson makes history with a speed skating World Cup win. With the post-Tokyo 2020 "mourning" period waning, Team Canada's women's basketball team regroups and looks forward to the road ahead. Geeta Phogat: A medal-winning effort in a comeback fuels Paris 2024 ambitions for the Indian wrestler. Four-time Olympic diver Maria Jose Alcala is the incoming president of the Mexican Olympic Committee...the first woman ever to hold the position. And first-ever Israeli medalist follows suit. More Mexico: Taekwondo legend Maria Espinoza wins another National Sports Award. Two-time Olympic snowboarder Eva Samkova looks to Beijing 2022 to complete a trio of Olympic podiums. Team Argentina women's rugby sevens: Introducing Las Yaguaretes. Would-be Olympic swimmer Cody Simpson talks of the special inspiration behind a Men's Health Australia photoshoot. Meanwhile, Team USA swimming star Caeleb Dressel looks to focus more on his mental health on the road to Paris 2024. Hong Kong swimmer Siobhan Haughey and fencer Edgar Cheung tipped to score end-of-year awards. Red Bull's Red Bulletin profiles Carissa Moore, after a banner surf season that saw her win Olympic gold and a fifth world championship. New Laser sailing world champion Tom Saunders almost didn't compete at all at the championships. |
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