Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk and Misha Romanchuk enjoy spring together.
Janja Garnbret takes us behind the Cosmopolitan scenes.
Emma Hinzee takes in a mountainous view.
Jordan Chiles is...somewhere.
Alessandro Haemmerle continues in Costa Rica.
Checking Out Olympic Sports Athletes On The 'Gram...
Ilia Malinin hangs out in Osaka.
David Taylor and family went Disney.
Maxime Laoun heads up the mountaintop.
Breezy Johnson went on a break.
Suzanne Schulting stops to take a pic in New York.
What Are Olympic Sport Athletes Doing On Social Media?
Harrie Lavreysen and his quads had a photo shoot.
Mateusz Prbyzylko hangs out in South Africa.
Antoinette de Jong heads to the beach.
Mikaela Shiffrin was in New York City.
Romane Dicko dresses up.
Stories of Olympic Sports Athletes...R.I.P. to Youth Olympic medalist and former European youth boxing champion Maxim Galinichev, killed in the Russian war against Ukraine. Marta Kostyuk has another watched moment with a Russian opponent on the tennis court, but reveals frustration with the WTA's response to fellow Ukrainians' attempts to meet.
Need an inspirational story from this weekend's World Figure Skating Championships? Check out Team Estonia's Solene Mazingue's comeback. No time to rest - men's double figure skating champion Shoma Uno's coach is eyeing a three-peat. Double Olympian and TV announcer Johnny Weir announces a new figure skating venture in coaching. Hong Kong's Wai Hung Shek isn't just a vault specialist in gymnastics...he has high bars goals, too. Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin visits The Tonight Show and Jimmy Fallon to talk history, reindeer, and more. And...fellow Team USA Alpine skiing great Bode Miller gets a 'home' induction into the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame...which left him with bare emotions. Meanwhile, former Olympic Alpine Skier Allyson Forsyth speaks her truth in pushing for safe sport. Landmark Team Great Britain rower Helen Glover wants a go at another Olympics: will her children see her win a medal? Rowing great Emma Twigg confirms she's targeting a fifth Olympic Games at Paris 2024. Team Australia swimmer Samantha Riley is in the celebrity pages as her marriage split makes headlines. Champion swimmer Aliaksandra Herasimenia receives a stiff prison sentence - in absentia - for her role criticizing her home Belarusian government. (in Spanish) Swimmers Lara van Niekerk and Pieter Coetzee join soccer star Andile Diamini and men's rugby sevens team, and others, as South Africa Sports Awards winners. Can Rio 2016 Olympian Ali Krieger win one more title before she calls time on her soccer career? Katy Marchant's and Elinor Barker's cycling careers have grown closer as they similarly recently returned back to the track from motherhood breaks. Biathlon World catches up with some big names calling it a career at the end of this season: Marte Olsbu Roeiseland, Anais Chevalier-Bouchet, Denise Herrmann-Wick, and Tiril Eckhoff. Can Team Hong Kong fencer Ryan Choi Chun-yin get through a 'rough patch' to qualify for Paris 2024? 32 recipients across 16 sports are awarded grants from Team Ireland in support of Paris 2024 and Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic goals. Double Olympic champion Wu Jingyu joins support for the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation. Team USA's taekwondo champion Anastasija Zolotic has let the magnitude of her gold for other women in the sport sink in. Olympic snowboarder Pat Burgener's debut album is out, and it 'sounds as fresh as the snow in the halfpipe'. (in German) Team USA snowboarder Mick Dierdorf is 'at peace with his decision to retire':" "Overall it's for sure just a bunch of excitement". Olympians snowboarder Chloe Kim, bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor, high jumper Chaunte Lowe, basketball player Tamika Catchings, and triathlete Melissa Stockwell join the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, & Nutrition. Barcelona 1992 'Dream Team' basketball player Charles Barkly gets the 60 Minutes feature treatment. Team Australia high jumper Lawrie Peckham reminisces on witnessing the landmark 'Fosbury Flop' in person at Mexico City 1968. Is there a faster and better version of hurdler Karsten Warholm looming? The 'acceptance and kindness of Australians' has buoyed Afghani sprinter Kimia Yousefi as she looks to a possible third Olympic appearance. Olympic runner Alexi Pappas had a celebrity companion during the recent LA Marathon. Long-distance runner Zane Robertson opens up on his suspension: "A lot of stress was placed on me and I made some bad decisions in a really dark place". Meanwhile, twin brother and fellow runner Jake Robertson is feeling the related stress. Retired runner Kara Goucher entertains a Q&A with The New York Times on her recent memoir that 'keeps running accountable'. Nozomi Tanaka's eighth-place finish at Tokyo 2020's 1500 meters was a game-changer for the runner. "Patience, poise, and perfection" helped propel shot putter Zane Weir to a major 'emotional' indoor gold. A Look at Olympic Sports Athletes in the News"Our moral feelings don't allow us to stand near ... these people." Count artistic swimmers Maryna and Vladyslava Aleksiiva and diver Stansislav Oliferchyk as adamantly opposed to a Russian presence at Paris 2024. Double Olympic basketball gold medalist Swin Cash has a letter to her younger self. (The Players Tribune)
Pole vaulter Emmanouil Karalis 'resets' after a first panic attack in summer 2022. (Spikes) An injury break allowed javelin throwe rJohannes Vetter to dabble in local politics for his adopted home. (in German) Laura Muir's fifth European Indoor Athletics Championship is a "pinch me moment". Team Australia's Mack Horton and Cody Simpson help break the Rottnest Channel Swim record. Alexandria Loutitt's surprise ski jumping world title has her on "her own little planet right now". How did Metallica help snowboarder Mia Brookes become a world champion? The Globe and Mail: Team Canada's Erin Brook is pushing surfing to new heights. (paywall) Count Team Ireland boxer Emmet Brennan as not a fan of wanna-be boxers Jake Paul and Tommy Fury. Team Mexico hosted a slew of their Olympians for a 'Sports as an Inspiration' workshop designed to help launch opportunities to share their stories of sports success. Meanwhile, from Team Canada...OLY Canada Legacy Grants helps athletes make a 'positive impact'. So...how does one pronounce curling great Brad Gushue's name? Team Great Britain takes a look at the 'whirlwind journey' of bobsledder Arran Gulliver. Taekwondo athlete Leslie Soltero gets a feature interview in Lideres on her rise in the sport, taking control of her dream, and more. (in Spanish) Katie Zaferes' return to triathlon from a maternity break was 'a mix of pride and acceptance'. Team Ireland's track cycling women's team pursuit is "growing in confidence' with another national record. Chatuphum Chinnawong waits (im)patiently for a Rio 2016 weightlifting medal that could change his family's life if and when awarded. IIHF takes a look at Team Belgium's 'historic campaign' in winning a global ice hockey championship. Biathlon World: Julia Simon finds balance outside of sport through...wood. Were gunmen trying to intimidate soccer superstar Lionel Messi back home in Argentina? Were 'dog drugs' at fault for retired mountain bike Olympian Katerina Nash's positive drug test? What will Alpine skier Travis Ganong do after retirement at the end of the season? More skiing... And Alpine skiing community cheers another Team USA stalwart as Steven Nyman also retires. Will Novak Djokovic finally win an 'elusive gold' at Paris 2024's tennis competition? Ahead of this weekend's world championships, The New York Times featured 'America's next great speed skater', Jordan Stolz. (paywall) |
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