Kelly Sildaru enjoys a winter wonderland.
Happy Birthday, Johanna Ordonez!
Julian Weber has a laugh.
Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe takes a hike.
Hello, Will Claye!
The Stars of Olympic Sports Are Just Like Us, on Social Media...
Marco Lehmann enjoys some architecture.
Congrats, Eliud Kipchoge on a special recognition!
Tobias Schneider enjoys some winterland.
Ilona Maher hangs out by the pool.
Sasha Zhoya gets arty with Mathieu Forget.
Olympic Sports Stars Are Making The News
Fellow USA Swimming Olympian Klete Keller gets his probation sentencing for his January 6th insurrection participation.
Will swimmer Tom Dean win five medals at Paris 2024 for Team Great Britain? Despite more 'stable' morale, swimmer Myhailo Romanchuk knows past success will be tough to repeat. (in Ukrainian) Team Australia swimming star Stephanie Rice causes a stir with a life move to Dubai. 'Giving herself grace', U.S. swimming star Simone Manuel is 'getting back to where she wants to be'. Team Canada soccer star Christine Sinclair 'reflects on her record-breaking-career' with CBC Sports. Stalking and harassment? What was Beijing 2008 tennis Olympian David Nalbandian thinking? Meanwhile, rising tennis stars Leylah Fernandez scores in a new, unique partnership with LEGO. Andy Murray, mental health darkness, and more...tennis' Nick Kyrgios has opened up to Piers Morgan. Tennis legend Rafael Nadal finds "the right moment" to finally make his comeback from injury. A stint on reality competition SAS Australia may be the key to Melissa Wu's new confidence in diving. Eduarda 'Duda' Lisboa takes her passion for beach volleyball a step further with a new fashion line. Champion Team Canada lacrosse player Erica Evans has 'happy tears' contemplating Los Angeles 2028. What is gymnast Aurelie Tran's 'strategy' for making it to Paris 2024 with Team Canada next year? What's the connection between Team Canada's women's ski jumping team and...a bee hive? 3x3 basketball star Katie Samuelson has 'unfinished business' with the Olympics after Covid-19 derailed her Tokyo 2020 plans. The Guardian focus a feature on London 2012 volleyball Olympian-turned-filmmaker Savanah Leaf. Tokyo 2020 champion Kristian Blummenfelt has his sights on running under 29 minutes in the triathlon road race portion in his title defense. How did relatively new triathlete Beth Potter make it to the Olympics in a new sport after her Rio 2016 track & field appearance? Finnish double Olympic medalist Sanni Hakala suffers a debilitating injury in an ice hockey match. Team USA: Alpine skier Ryan Cochrane-Siegle is "still a small-town boy from Vermont" despite surprising Beijing 2022 podium success. Will the next U.S. college water polo stars come from New Zealand? Outsports: Rowers Robbie Manson and Emma Twigg, and sport climber Campbell Harrison are the publicly-LGBT athletes that have qualified for Paris 2024 so far... Olympic rower Serhiy Kirsanov talks sport, Kherson, and more with Sport24 (in Ukrainian). Team USA basketball star Kevin Durant is now a Top 10-all-time scorer in the NBA. Sprinter Luguelin Santos is no longer the youngest 400-meter medalist in Olympic history now... The 'lifetime achievement' accolades keep coming for landmark long sprinter Cathy Freeman. With university studies now behind him, sprinter Rohan Browning plans a full-focus on Paris 2024 goals. Paralympian and London 2012 Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius gets a parole date to complete his jail time after his murder conviction. Bahamanian champion sprinter Steven Gardiner is back healthy and eyeing another Olympic gold on the track. Olympics: Sprinters Sha'Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles headline the honorees at USA Track & Field's 'Night of Legends'. Speaking of....via NBC Sports: 'What makes up the formula for this phenomenon' of sprinter Noah Lyles? Irish long hurdler Thomas Barr knows that his Rio 2016 performance wasn't a 'one-off' as he prepares for one more Olympic campaign.
What News Are Olympic Sports Athletes Making?
Elina Svitolina (tennis), Yaroslava Maruchickh (track & field), and Olga Kharlan (fencing) grace the cover(s) of Vogue Ukraine's Fall 2023 edition.
Tajikistani-Ukrainian And Atlanta 1996 champion Rustam Sharipov talks with Sport24 on his gymnastics career, ties to Ukraine, and his now life in the U.S. (in Ukrainian)
Can Mana Okamura turn "regrets into motivations" for a strong showing at Paris 2024's gymnastics? Team USA Los Angeles 1984 gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton struggles against pneumonnia face a "scary setback". Former world championship team member Kara Eaker announces a retirement and abuse allegations in her collegiate gymnastics career. Tennis great Serena Williams' new book deal with Random House publisher promises reflections on her 'life and career'. Newly 26-years-old, tennis champion Naomi Osaka reflects on her birthday. Team USA luger Chris Mazdzer has strong thoughts on where Milano Cortina 2026's sliding competitions should be held... Janeth Jepkosgei reflects on her 'rare' move from a middle-distance running star for Team Kenya to coaching. Middle-distance runner Caster Semenya's The Race to Myself autobiography is due October 31st. Long hurdler Femke Bol and runner Jakob Ingebrigsten lead European Athletics' end-of-season awards. Sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson gets a unique honor with a track memorialized in her name. Speaking of Jakob Ingebrigsten...abuse allegations from him and his running brothers against their former coach - and father - rock Norway. âOpen water swimming champion Florian Wellbrock talks 'becoming water' in The Owl Post. Team Lithuania's other star breaststroker Kotryna Teterevkova makes a big training decision in her path to Paris 2024. Ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir earn 'Order of Sports' honors in Canada after their record five Olympic medals. Illia Malinin has "no words" for his record performance at Skate America, reaffirming his status as a star in figure skating. Olympic diving champion Matthew Mitcham opens up about the 'lowest pount in his life' in a special SAS Australia moment. Will the Native American inventors of lacross be represented as the sport makes its Olympic debut at Los Angeles 2028? Equestrian show jumper Harry Charles opines on the current state of big money spending in the sport...and almost wearing a suit while competing. Surfing 'prodigy' Erin Brooks gets a setback for her Team Canada citizenship plans for Paris 2024. Los Angeles 2028: Count Major League Baseball superstar Bryce Harper as an Olympic hopeful... Double soccer Olympian and Team South Africa legend Janine van Wyk set for a special career send-off this month. Rio 2016 Olympic soccer player Ali Krieger inspires gossip curiousity over her split with Ashlyn Harris. Team Canada soccer legend Christine Sinclair's 'storied career' gets a reflection by CBC. What was a 'last supper' with key club teammates like for retiring soccer star Megan Rapinoe? The Guardian: How does Team England's Mary Earp make soccer goalkeeping 'cool'? Cycling star Tom Pidcock reiterates road race and mountain bike plans for the Olympics nbext year. Chilean 3x3 basketball star Daniel Arcos makes a statement of inclusivity at the Pan American Games. Olympics: The Grimalt cousins look to defend their Pan American Games beach volleyball title in the "most important sports event in the history of Chile". Beach volleyball's Melissa Humana-Paredes and taekwondo siblings Skylar, Tae-ku , and Braven Park have special ties to Chile as they embark on a special Pan American Games experience for Team Canada. Gwen Jorgensen hopes a late-season schedule change now powers her path to Paris 2024 next year. Native South African canoeist Pierre Van Der Westhuyzen is one of a few foreign-born athletes that look set to compete for Team Australia's in Paris 2024. AthleteStories has '10 rare clicks' documenting the career of weightlifting legend Pyrros Dimas. (in Greek) âCan Team Austria's Lisa Hauser rebound in the 2023-24 biathlon season after a subpar 2022-23? Olympic Sports Athletes In The News
Ukrainian Rhythmic gymnast Khrystyna Pohranychna talks sport, and family, with Sport24â. (in Ukrainian)
Lara Culturi and Livio Hiltbrand are two 'Generation Z' Alpine skiers 'ready to enter the world's elite'.
Superstar Simone Biles wades into the turmoil surrounding a past alleged racial gymnastics incident in Ireland. More Irish gymnastics...as Andrew Steele's "good shot" at Paris 2024 qualification gets closer at the upcoming worlds. Can Krisztofer Meszaros 'raise the bar' for Team Hungary at the World Gymnastics Championships? R.I.P. to U18 world ice hockey champion Nic Kerdiles, victim of a motorcycle accident. Nominations for the 2023 World Rowing Awards are accepted through World Rowing through October 15th... ...and nominate your choice for the 2023 World Sailor of the Year through October 5th. What are the 'favorite songs of 2023' for some of your favorite Nordic combined athletes? Don't expect current 3x3 basketball star Jimmer Fredette on an NBA team again. Who will be the '2023 Winter Sports Athlete of the Year' in Italy? (in Italian) Team Paraguay's Marizza Faria, veteran of four World Handball Championships, adjusts to a new role. Diver Matthew Mitcham talks behind-the-scenes on his debut stage role in London with Attitude U.K.. Thai social Media star Pitchamon "Pink" Opatniputh does her best to take her eyes off the phone to focus on badminton. Team Mexico's landmark Olympic archer Mariana Avitia plots a return to the Summer Games in 2024. Vincent Zhou reminds us of the injustice continued from Beijing 2022's team figure skating competition. A disappointing World Athletics Championships set the stage for a season finale comeback for Team Ethiopia long-distance runner Guduf Tsegay. Speaking of Team Ethiopia running...World Athletics looks at three rising stars having a syccessful season with a road running test just ahead: Diribe Welteji, Freweyni Hailu, and Hirut Meshesha. "I would like to play them once again." Tennis superstar Rafael Nadal isn't done with the Olympics yet. Will up-and-coming biathlete Tommaso Giacomel be a star at Milano Cortina 2026? The only thing possibly distracting Corinne Stoddard from returning to the Olympics in short track speed skating? Her dog Mylo... Olympics: How has Jakob Schubert stayed so long at an elite level in sport climbing? Team France's Kaddiatou Diani talks about her Olympic 'dream' in soccer with FIFA. The Athletic shares some stories fit-for-publication on retiring Team USA soccer star Megan Rapinoe. Luger Natalie Geisenberger: 'Germany's most successful Olympic winter sport athlete retires.' (FIL) |
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