With a hurdles world record firmly in hand, will Karsten Warholm tackle other events on the track?

Indian javelin star Neeraj Chopra makes a dream come true with his parents, on an airplane flight.
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Happy (belated) World Fencing Day! How are athletes celebrating?

Hong Kong's medalists from Tokyo 2020 enjoy special stamp commemoration from Hongkong Post.

How does speed skater Patrick Roest prepare for an upcoming season? Working on the farm helps.

Linda Chiamaka Nwagbo chats with Olympics.com on helping to make Nigerian curling a serious thing.

Anastasija Kravcenoka makes a plea on behalf of the International Beach Volleyball Players' Association.

In indoor volleyball news....Brazilian star Douglas Souza shares an uncomfortable airport incident. Homophobia at play...or no?

Team USA alpine skier Alice Merriweather suffers an injury setback in what was supposed to be a 'comeback season'.

New Zealander Anton Down-Jenkins credits Tom Daley and Matthew Mitcham for helping to pave the way for his career in diving.

Nagano 1998 Team Canada silver medalist and ice hockey trailblazer Manon Rheaume gets a statue honor in Quebec City.

Tokyo 2020 BMX champion Logan Martin has a new honor in Australia: 'Sports Dad of the Year'.

More diving: The New York Times examines Tom Daley's immediate post-Tokyo 2020 life.

Emilien Jacquelin is still in training for the upcoming biathlon season, despite a serious wrist injury.

Tennis star Venus Williams for The New York Times: "Being tough means taking care of my whole self".

October 18 this year is 'Flora Duffy Day' in Bermuda after the triathlete's gold medal-run at Tokyo 2020.

Team New Zealand rugby sevens star Michaela Blyde enjoys finally getting home after Covid-19 restrictions impacts.

Ecuadorian judoka Vanessa Chala receives a special donation from her Olympic committee to help her sports school get off the ground. (in Spanish)

Team Denmark soccer stalwart Nadia Nadim has a unique perspective on current events in Afghanistan, as she fled the Taliban herself years ago.

Superstar - and Beijing 2008 gold medalist - Leo Messi surpasses soccer legend Pele as he sets yet another milestone mark.

Commemorating the founder of the modern Olympic Games' initiative for a multi-sport event as a "test for an ideal, well-rounded soldier", the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) established September 9 for recognition of the sports' origins. Thought of as a representation of a soldier needing to swim, fence, ride horseback, shoot, and run from behind enemy lines, the sport has been on the Olympic program since Stockholm 1912.

With its oddball conception and historically spectator-unfriendly, modern pentathlon has often been overlooked as a key Olympic sport, and often seen at risk in the schedule. But it's worked to be adaptive to remain in the IOC's good graces, and I personally find it charming that de Coubertin's specific sport concept is still included. With 125 international federation members, - a diversity of nations, including Great Britain, Egypt, Ireland, South Korea, Lithuania, the United States, Mexico, Hungary, Ecuador, France, Japan, Guatemala, and more appeared at Tokyo 2020 - it's also still undoubtedly an active, global sport. World championships have been held since 1949, with individual, team, and relay events for both men and women. A mixed relay event has also been on the world championship program since 2010, and here's hoping it'll be added to the Olympics as well to further support the IOC's commitment to gender equity.

​#HighFive to modern pentathlon!

Trampoline gymnast Dominic Clarke reflects on his unique Tokyo 2020 experience for Outsports.

Tokyo 2020: Albert Gines Lopez, sport climbing's first Olympic gold medalist, is still "walking on clouds".

Usain Bolt - track & field superstar, world record-holder, Olympic legend...reggae artist?

More Jamaica: A belated look at Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's essay in The Players's Tribune from last month,  but in time for the Diamond League final. "Track is Jamaican culture. It's tradition."

Letsile Tebogo of Botswana and Udobi Onwuzurike of Nigeria are just two of Africa's up-and-comers leading a track sprint surge.

BMX racer Connor Fields appears on Instagram to say thanks as a progress on his crash recovery.

Tennis superstar Venus Williams is "the icon we all need right now" as Cosmopolitan's featured cover girl for October.

Leylah Fernandez may be one to watch in tennis, but fellow teenager Emma Raducanu also makes her mark as the first-ever man or woman to go from the qualifiers to the semifinals at the U.S. Open.

Weightlifter Hidlyn Diaz gets the anniversary cover of Tatler's Philippines edition for September.

Meanwhile, Tokyo 2020 Olympian Sarah Davies voices positivity for recent structural changes at the International Weightlifting Federation. Is it enough?

Can Mexico qualify a women's team to Paris 2024's indoor volleyball competition? FIVB is helping its development.

Olympic boxers Michaela and Aidan Walsh help the Federation of Irish Sport and EBS with the third annual Volunteers in Sport Awards.

Team Australia's Liz Cambage opens up on the mental stress she's been under, and reveals what was behind her Tokyo 2020 basketball withdrawal.

2021 is definitely a year to remember for road cyclist Primoz Roglic as he wins another Vuelta a Espana to go with his Olympic time trial title.

Gymnast Simone Biles makes a statement on Instagram. "...I can't hear you over my 7 Olympic medals...".

After a second successful Solheim Cup captaincy, Rio 2016 Olympic golfer Catriona Matthew calls time.

Runner-up moment: Maja Askag becomes the first to win both the European and world junior championship titles in both the long and triple jumps.

Some thoughts on what I loved...the exposure of Nairobi as a track & field destination, and what looked like a quality stadium...the infield musicians playing during the distance races...the Kenyan-style flourish of the volunteers, especially ceremony models and starting block kit carriers...and especially the depth and quality of competition despite the lack of athletes from the U.S., Great Britain, Germany, China, Japan, Ireland, and others.

What did I not like? That the current pandemic still impacts accessibility and attendance for spectators and participants. And, that the post-win celebrations of draping oneself in your flag has become dso choreographed that it lacks a sincerity and spontaneity.

​Paris 2024 or not, sprinter Su Bingtian still has plans to go fast after his Tokyo 2020 semifinal high.

Count tennis' world number one Ashleigh Barty a fan of the Olympic experience after Tokyo.

Greece's tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas gets a feature in Vogue. He has his own font!

Tokyo 2020 gold medalist Kristian Blummenfelt confirms his status as the best triathlete with the world title, just after Flora Duffy did the same on the women's side.

After Carli Lloyd's retirement from the USMNT in soccer, is Megan Rapinoe next?

More soccer: Team Canada's women's hockey team finds inspiration from their soccer counterparts.

And, the Tokyo 2020 BMX racing champions also duplicated their gold success at their own world events.

Swimmer Simone Manuel reflects on Tokyo 2020 and a "tough year" with For the Win.

And in Australia, the swimming Campbell sisters weigh their futures after still coming down from Tokyo 2020 highs.

Table tennis player Dorka Szekeres leads Hungary's needed representation at the LGBTI+ EuroGames.

Boxer Troy Isley gets a special hometown recognition after his Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020.

Meanwhile, boxers Lauren Price and Karriss Artingstall take their relationship further public after their Tokyo 2020 medal success.

Oh, what a night! Yulimar Rojas' long-sought triple jump world record leads a remarkable night in track & field at Tokyo 2020.

Both Jasmine Camacho-Quinn a Keni Harrison vanquish 2016 demons in the 100 hurdles final. And a second-ever gold for Team Puerto Rico, to boot!

Despite not making the 100 meter final, Rohan Browning certainly became Australia's next sprint star.

A night of first in gymnastics...Artem Dolgopyat wins Team Israel's first-ever gymnastics medal. Nina Derwael gets Team Belgium a historic gold. And, Lee Chih-Kai secures Team Taiwan its own first. And Team Brazil's first gold and Team South Korea's first women's medal...!

​Logan Martin won the first men's BMX freestyle gold with his "safety run".

Matt Wearns' sailing gold for Team Australia was the result of a childhood switch from football.

Shi Tingmao completes a 3m springboard double gold, and Team China's fourth for diving this Games.

​Team USA's Zhang Beiwen is a badminton breakout star, despite her early injury exit.

Duncan Scott hasn't come to terms with being the first Briton to win four swimming medals in one Olympic Games.

C.T. Pan went from almost last place after the first round to a bronze medal after the final in men's golf.

Team USA's Raven Saunders "found her voice" ahead of the Games and a silver medal performance.

Lucilla Boari: A Team Italy archer's medal moment spurs a public coming out.

Mirabai Chanu pushed through a post-Rio 2016 depression to the weightlifting podium at Tokyo 2020.

Meanwhile, a gripping tale of depression and pressure through Arley Mendez, Team Chile weightlifter.

And...weightlifter Neisi Dajomes secures Ecuador's third-ever gold, and its first from a woman.

Team Switzerland's Angelica Moser used the pandemic delay to work on "weaknesses" and is eager to get pole vault competition in Tokyo started.

Running great for Team Netherlands Sifan Hassan confirms her intent to attempt a rare triple: 1,500, 5,000, and 10,000 meters all within one week. It's a tough start.

Team Nambibia's Christine Mboma, barred from the 400 meters, is now the leading qualifier in track's 200 meters.

Team New Zealand's controversial weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has an Olympic debut on Monday.

Thomas Gilman's combination of 'fire and ice' has led him to represent Team USA in wrestling.

Team Russia enters artistic swimming at Tokyo 2020 as the overwhelming favorite across both events.

Eumir Murcial has guaranteed a medal, but will it be gold after an impressive quarterfinal win.

Carissa Moore pays homage.

Sofia Mattson enjoys a last rest before Tokyo.

Caeleb Dressel had a good week.

Martin Haener is a semifinalist with Team Germany.

Oliver Townend and Ballaghmor Class jump clear.

Shooter Alessandra Perilli wins San Marino its first ever medal; it's the smallest country to have one.

"(Teeing off at Tokyo 2020) was probably the coolest thing I've ever done in golf." Team Great Britain's Paul Casey is enjoying the Olympic spirit.

Team Spain's Pedri Gonzalez's game count in soccer has now reached 70 in just 11 months, after starring at the recnt Euros and now Tokyo 2020.

Meanwhile, Crystal Dunn is confident that Team USA can right its ship in time for its quarterfinal match.

Sunisa Lee's gymnastics all-around gold brings a spotlight on the Hmong community in the U.S.

Oranje Hockey takes a moment to stand for equality.

Friends Amber English and Vincent Hancock both won skeet shooting gold within hours for Team USA.

Team China's Yang Qian sparks a fashion run after her 'lucky charm' helps her to shooting gold.

After a women's bronze the day before, Team Ireland wins its first-ever rowing gold in men's doubles.

A little pre-race jitters didn't stop Team Australia's Jessica Fox from securing a landmark canoe gold.

Katie who? Team China's Zhang Yufei wins two gold medals within an hour in the swimming pool.

59th-ranked Guatemalan Kevin Cordon makes a splash as he goes into the badminton quarterfinals.

161st-ranked Sepp Straka of Team Austria won the first round of men's golf, surpassing all the top 10 ranked players coming into the competition.

Guinean wrestler Fatoumata Yarie Camara keeps her Olympic dreams alive, despite severe bureaucratic bungling.

Can sprinter Noah Lyles find the fun again as he strives to fulfill gold medal expectations?

No pressure: Can Dina Asher-Smith answer Team Great Britain's hopes in the sprints?

Team Switzerland's surprising tennis star Belinda Bencic has the chance for two golds at Tokyo 2020.

Simone Biles gives thanks.

Jorge Urena gets ready.

Andras Szatmari gets some medal love.

Paola Egonu is focused.

Logan Martin flies high in training.

(+1) Denis Almas enjoys my kind of cool down.