Two Rio 2016 Olympians - swimmer Yursa Mardini and judoka Popole Misenga - will lead the return of the Refugee Olympic Team this summer, as a 29-person selection is announced.

Fresh off an early NBA Playoffs exit, Luka Doncic now turns to help lead Team Slovenia to Olympic basketball qualification.

Australian shooter Elena Galiabovitch balances training for Tokyo 2020 with working the pandemic frontlines as a medical professional.

​Matty Lee was a fan of Tom Daley as a child; now he's partnering with him at Tokyo 2020's diving competition this summer for Team Great Britain.

Daniil Medvedev confirmed to lead a particularly strong Team Russia(n Olympic Committee) men's tennis team at Tokyo 2020.

Chinese strength: Gold medalists Cai Yun, Zhang Ning, and Xu Haifeng inducted into the Badminton World Federation Hall of Fame.

Tokyo 2020's skateboarding field of athletes is all set, including two 12 year-olds...and a 46 year-old.

Arthur Lanigan-O'Keefe: Ireland's once-strong modern pentathlon hopes for Tokyo 2020 take a big hit.

IIHF World Hockey Championship MVP Andrew Mangiapane made the most of his last minute call-up to Team Canada for the tournament.

Can Debbie Soh and Miya Yong secure Singapore's first artistic swimming Olympic qualification this weekend, despite no competition since 2019?

Michaela and Aidan Walsh score Olympic qualification, and history, as the first siblings to box in the Olympics for Team Ireland.

Meanwhile, professional boxer Keyshawn Davis unexpectedly set to make his Olympic debut this summer for Team USA.

Sinead Diver will be Australia's oldest-ever Olympian (really?), making her debut in the marathon at age 44 this summer.

Triple jumper Will Claye continues his artistic career with the release of Elevate, a personal journey short film in conjunction with sponsor Red Bull.

Julia Figueroa and Laura Martinez: A tale of two Spanish judokas fighting for one Tokyo 2020 spot.

​#Simonethings includes seven U.S. national gymnastics all-around championships.

Vietnam: As the Tokyo 2020 fields for karate take shape this weekend, Covid-19 provides more unfortunate obstacles.

Team Ireland rugby sevens hopeful Greg O'Shea shares how he soured on reality TV fame.

Pride Month: BMX Olympian Brooke Crain hits an unfortunate roadblock in her attempt to help address suicide prevention and mental health.

But on a positive note...fellow BMXer Chelsea Wolfe is close to making history as a transgender Olympian for the United States.

Champion Simone Biles is the star of the show as she debuts a Yurchenko pike in her return to gymnastics competition.

Can Uche Eke make history as the first-ever Olympic gymnast for Nigeria?

​Katinka Hosszu is the most decorated female European Championships swimmer in history after a silver medal last Thursday.

Spaniard Sandra Sanchez wins her sixth European championship in karate this weekend, cementing her status as medal-favorite for Tokyo 2020.

Olympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel plans a historic swim in Rode Island supporting cancer awareness.

Mozambique's Joaquim Lobo is surprised but ready for a return trip to the Olympics in canoe sprint.

Those looking for a feel-good story should find footage of Tomas Paul and Zuzanna Paulova winning Beijing 2022 qualification in curling...

Nikolaj Majorov takes his family's figure skating legacy in Sweden toward Beijing 2022.

Attitude Magazine catches up with diver Tom Daley as he balances fatherhood with this season's training for Tokyo 2020.

Can Alys Williams become the first water polo player to make an "American team after she was cut when the roster was finalized for the previous Games"?

At age 23, Taylor Knibb will be the youngest U.S. woman at an Olympic triathlon ever this summer.

Based on an adjusted pandemic-induced training regimen, three-time Olympic track cyclist Christos Volikakis has high hopes for a Tokyo 2020 podium.

More cycling: count Australian road cyclist star Richie Porte as confirmed for Tokyo 2020, as he looks to banish memories of Rio 2016.

ABC.net looks at Kirsten Kinash and Australia's artistic swimming's goals for Tokyo 2020, and recognition at home.

Coco Gauff makes a late charge to close in on an Olympic spot in tennis, in a tight race for U.S. women.
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Will snowboarding Olympic medalist Ayumu Hirano make it to Tokyo 2020 in skateboarding?

New Zealand hammer thrower Julia Ratcliffe sees her coming Olympic experience as a shared one with her coach and father.

Get to know the full-strength U.S. squad of weightlifters headed to Tokyo this summer, led by Rio 2016 medalist Sarah Robles.

Koen Verweij gives us a photoshoot sample.

Ona Carbonell gets ready.

Fanny Smith soaks in some rays.

Onward, Cody!

Canoeist Vit Prindis enjoys recent medals.

Russia and Mongolia (!)) each earn a full women's wrestling team for Tokyo 2020 after Veronika Chumikova and Bolortuya Khurelkhuu score dramtic wins at the final Olympic qualifier,

Basketball star Liz Cambage makes a loud point over advertising white-washing of Team Australia.

Goalkeeper Anna Leat talks New Zealand's Ferns' staying positive ahead of the challenge within Tokyo 2020's women's soccer's "group of death".

Meanwhile, U.S. soccer legend Brandi Chastain talks with CNN on her perspective of the Games and pandemic.

The death of Soviet Union track & field legend Tamara Press at age 83 raises still lingering questions.

UCI.org​ checks in with Lauren Reynolds, BMX star for Australia in training for Tokyo 2020.

Can Sathiyan Gnanasekaran breakthrough with a first-ever table tennis medal for India this summer?

Orasa Thiangkathok will bring Thailand to the Olympics this summer in canoe sprinting for the first time.

Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard set to make transgender history at the Olympics this summer.

More weightlifting: A unique family set-up will support U.S. lifter Harrison Maurus as close as possible amidst on-site restrictions.

Who will win the Piotr Nurowski Prize as Europe's leading youth winter sports athlete for 2021? The nominee finalists are announced.

Despite the pandemic shutdown, star rugby sevens Tom Mitchell realized he's still committed to representing Team Great Britain at the Games.

John John Florence remains positive for a recovery from a new knee injury, in time for Tokyo 2020's surfing debut. 

More Team GB...which will feature a pair of brothers on the swim team - Joe and Max Litchfield - for the third time in history.

Now a springboard specialist, diver Mohab Ishak is ready for Tokyo 2020 after making a splash during the recent World Cup event this past week.

London 2012 medalist Nina Curtis gets a seat on Australia's SailGP entry this second season.

Spain's artistic swimming team has a new, inclusive routine to help lead them to Tokyo 2020.

Iranian star weightlifter Kianoush Rostami wins a gold medal consolation prize ahead of a Tokyo 2020 competition in which he would have been a strong favorite.

Will the famous Barry family of basketball legend make it to the Olympics through 3x3 star Canyon?

Also in basketball...French teammates Diandra Tchatchouang and Valeriane Ayayi-Vukosavljevic are looking not just for Tokyo 2020 success but to represent women as well.

New Zealand's champion rower Jackie Kiddle hit with an Olympic withdrawal out of her control.

Russia keeps on churning gymnastics stars out. Newly eligible senior gymnast Viktoriia Listunova is the new star to watch for women's gymnastics as she wins the European title.

More gymnastics: Hear from Great Britain's star Max Whitlock on his start in the sport, the impact of London 2012, and more, in a quick video from FIG.

And more: Does Simone Biles' new sponsorship represent a shot across the bow to USA Gymnastics?

The two Svetlanas - Romashina and Kolesnichenko - talk with Fina.org on their Olympic goals as the leading artistic swimming duet for Russia after their strong 2021 start.

Julio Cesar La Cruz has designs on carrying the Cuban boxing standard for Tokyo 2020 (and through Paris 2024), if he can make it there despite a weight class change.

Water polo stars Maggie Steffens and Ashleigh Johnson share with People their experiences on the Team USA: "It's one of the most empowering spaces for women".

Hear BMX racing gold medalist Connor Fields' thoughts on Tokyo 2020's course, and more on Keep the Flame Alive's latest podcast.

Tennis player Carla Suarez Navarro announces a recovery from Hodgkin's Lymphona. Will we see her in Tokyo this summer?

But count Team France's 'enfant terrible' of tennis out of an Olympic appearance...

Canadian ice hockey legend Hayley Wickenheiser weighs in on whether an Olympics during the current pandemic is still viable.

But more from ice hockey...the women's ice hockey worlds are postponed (?) with short notice and U.S. star Kendall Coyne Schofield has some thoughts.

It's all good will amongst Mexico's men's beach volleyball teams as they compete to earn their nation a spot at Tokyo 2020.

From last month, a great piece in The New York Times not only profiling Tokyo 2020's sport climbing favorite Adam Ondra, but also a good sense of the Olympic event itself.

Panagiotis Gionis will appear at his fifth  Olympic Games this summer, as the table tennis stalwart made it through European qualification this weekend.

U.S. runner Nikki Hiltz opens up to NBC Sports' On Her Turf re: transgender identity while an athlete.

Irish hurdler Thomas Barr articulates the risk of lessening youth interest in track & field due to the pandemic.

Can Switzerland's women sprinters challenge for a medal in the relay? The team has confidence.