Yaroslava Mahuchikh finds a spot for a pose.
Greg Rutherford spray tans his way through Dancing on Iceâ.
Congrats, Sive Brassil!
Serena Williams tries on a skirt.
Harry Garside gets uncomfortable.
Recent News Items Highlighting Olympic Sports Athletes
Team Great Britain takes a look at the 'journey' of gymnast Giarnni Regini-Moran.
Team Australia's Georgia Godwin talks challenging tennis greats, and more, with International Gymnast.
Road cyclist Mark Cavendish heads to the hills of Colombia to best prepare for the 2024 season. Team Ukraine's early estimate is for 'over 100' athletes to qualify for Paris 2024, nearing Tokyo 2020. "Having another gold medal would be cool." Volleyball World talks with Team France's Antoine Brizard as he looks ahead to a title defense at Paris 2024. Will Hungarian butterfly swimming champion Kristof Milak be back in prime condition in time for Paris? Swimming star Emma McKeon is the 2024 'Young Australian of the Year'. Team Ireland's Mona McSharry "hated" swimming just two years ago, but now has a real medal chance at her second Olympics this summer. Olympic track cyclist Christos Volikakis' Survivor stint ends dramatically early. (in Greek) Bobsled Olympian Chris Kinney experiences a home robbery, with loss of Olympic memorabilia. Will Legnis Cala and/or Yakelin Stornell make history for Cuba in women's boxing at Paris 2024? Ukrainian champion boxer Oleksandr Usyk defends the traditional earring he wears in the face of pre-bout gamesmanship. "I really want to be in as many as I can, because it's just so special and it's life-changing." Surfer Carissa Moore talks Olympics ahead of her second one this summer. USA TODAY: Alpine skiing superstar Mikaela Shiffrin 'already in love with 2026 Olympic skiing venue in Cortina'. (And luckily avoids serious injury in a recent crash...) Meanwhile, fellow Alpine skier Aleksandr Aamodt Kilde gives a graphic update on his crash recovery. 'The lure of a third Olympics proved strong...' Team Bath finds Tokyo 2020 champion Kate French ready to return to modern pentathlon competition. R.I.P.: Was a botched surgery behind judoka Maricel 'La Mole' Espinoza Gonzalez's sudden death? Double Olympic medalist Mark Hunter 'goes down memory lane' with World Rowing. London 1948 rower Roger Lebranchu gets a special honor with a Paris 2024 Torch Relay spot. The depth of Team USA in women's basketball seems particularly challenging this year as an upcoming training camp will start the final roster discussions. And...Team USA men's general manager (and Atlanta 1996 champion) Grant Hill faces his own depth dilemma on the men's basketball side options. (p.s. notice no Draymond Green?) Tokyo 2020 Olympian Luka Doncic scores big on the basketball court to join some rare company. Elle Spain checks in with taekwondo athlete Adriana Cerezo and her 'tenacity, passion, and integrity'. (in Spanish) "It gives me self-confidence...that everything I did was not in vain." Khrystyna Dmytrenko relishes a podium finish at the European Biathlon Championships. (in Ukrainian) New Australian Open tennis champ Jannik Sinner "likes to dance in the pressure storm". U.S. tennis star Coco Gauff takes the 'mature self-reflection' approach dissecting her Australian Open experience this year. Ukrainian tennis star Marta Kostyuk takes a 'vamp' turn after her Australian Open run. (in Ukrainian) Rower talks mental health challenges with Team Canada as she continues her "Olympic journey". Olympians Robbie Manson (rowing), Ali Krieger (soccer), Brittney Griner (basketball), Daria Kasatkina (tennis) are recognized as Queerty LGBTQ+ 'Sports Hero' nominees, alongside Paris 2024 hopefuls Niiki Hiltz & Sha'Carri Richardson (track & field), Isaac Humphries (basketball), and Heath Thorpe (gymnastics). Los Angeles 1984 champ Joan Benoit heads Team USA's list of 'moments to remember' at the marathon Olympic trials from over the years. BBC: Will sprinter Zharnel Hughes find his chances at Paris 2024 be "third time lucky" after two previous disappointments? Long sprinter Cathy Freeman's iconic gold0medal race at Sydney 2000 is voted as 'Australia's greatest sporting moment'. Middle-distance runner Tamsyn (Lewis) Manou gets a commentating assignment for Paris 2024. Is "something special" coming in 2024 for long jumper Wayne Pinnock's Paris 2024 hopes? Sprinters Christine Mboma and Beatrice Maslingi lead the charge for Team Namibia's Paris 2024 qualification hopes in track & field. "Pole vault is a tedious event" World Athletics checks in with pole vaulting star Armand Duplantis (I think this is three straight 'A Little Roundups' with Mondo in the news...) on the start of a big year. AthElite: Check out a 'day in the life' with wrestlers Myles Amine and Stevan Micic. (YouTube) PanAm Sports: Wrestling legend Mijain Lopez 'prepares for his last dance' at Paris 2024.
A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In Recent News
'Who am I if I don't do this anymore?' Surfer Carissa Moore announces the pending end of her career
Team Great Britain: Get to know star track cyclist Emma Finucane.
Equestrian Nicolas Wettstein is proud to participate in a landmark third Olympics, this time in Paris 2024 with two other Team Ecuador riders. (in Spanish) Champion judoka Luka Krpalek eagerly eyes Paris 2024 - his first Olympics with family in attendance. Former Team Canada star Joe Thornton is set to receive a rare retirement honor from the San Jose Sharks ice hockey team. Tennis.com: Who is Shang Juncheng, who 'made his mark' at the Australian Open last week? Athlete to watch: Ukrainian junior tennis player Elizaveta Kotlyar causes a stir with a post-match handshake. (in Ukrainian) Thaisa Menezes has returned to global competitive volleyball...and has 'top tier' plans for Team Brazil at Paris 2024. Alpine skier Aleksander Aamodt Kilde reflects on that season-ending crash. Will we see an even "better version" of gymnast Hillary Heron at her first Olympics in Paris this summer? Gymnast Georgia-Rose Brown is successful in her nationality switch to New Zealand in competition. Open water swimmer Nick Sloman has 'unfinished business' at a classic race in South Africa, and has plans to tackle that before a Paris 2024 appearance. "I honestly couldn't help but smile." Swimmer Yui Ohashi's recent Kotsuke Kitajima Cup success is a big 'confidence' boost'. Will a weight division change be the key for Paris 2024 success for boxer Charley Davison? Champion canoeist Jessica Fox may have strong recent ties to France, but her heart remains Australian ahead of Paris 2024. Is Team Italy's 40-year-old Joel Retornaz the 'next John Shuster' in curling? NBC Sports: 'What's been working so far' this season for freestyle skier Jaelin Kauf? Freestyle skiing star Mikael Kingsbury looks ahead to a home-course advantage in support as the World Cup moves to Quebec. What was the 'most important piece of advice' champion triathlete Alistair Brownlee received? Is veteran basketball star Lauren Jackson headed toward another Olympics appearance this summer? Team Greece's stars of recent global competitions, and those headed to Paris 2024, are feted by the Hellenic Olympic Committee. Olympic hopeful triathlete Hugo Milner 'stays true to his cross-country roots'. "Very good at peaking at the right time", middle-distance runner Josh Kerr already has a clear vision of his Paris 2024 race plans. Citius Magazine introduces us to new 10k road world record-holder Agnes Ngetich. Rio 2016 long jump champion Jeff Henderson takes his talents to the coaching ranks. Sprinter Lanae-Tava Thomas' recent eligibility 'heartbreak' hasn't stopped her from eyeing Paris 2024 for Team Jamaica. Team Great Britain sprinting star Zharnel Hughes has Usain Bolt-like plans for the future, including big dreams for Paris 2024. R.I.P. to Canadian Olympian and world champion pole vaulter Shawnacy Barber, passed away from 'medical complications' last week. Pole vaulter Armand Duplantis has big plans for 2024, as he tells Inside Track.
Recent News and Headlines Featuring Olympic Sports Athletes
In Style: Naomi Osaka is "more sure of herself than ever before" upon the eve of her tennis return.
The ATP Tour announces its 2023 ATP Award winners, including stars Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Janik Sinner, and more.
Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu may pass on the Australian Open next month, but certainly has Paris 2024 on her mind. How flexible are you compared to tennis champion Novak Djokovic? Short track speed skater Lin Xiaojun (Lim Hyo-jun) feels the heat on Chinese social media. SFGate offers some reason for San Francisco Giants baseball fans to be excited about Tokyo 2020 Olympian Jung-hoo Lee's arrival next season. Meanwhile, Beijing 2008 bronze medalist John Gall is named the new president of USA Baseball: "I am humbled and privileged". Who will be FIFA's 'best' male and female soccer players of 2023? We'll find out January 15... Laia Aleixandri and Lucia Garcia write for The Players' Tribune on *not* playing for Team Spain at the recent FIFA World Cup and how that came to be. "It is something magical, though, with the Olympics." Champion soccer player Julie Foudy talks Paris 2024 vs the next World Cup with CNN. Four-time Alpine skiing Olympian Aksel Lund Svindal talks of the Games' ability to inspire in the latest Olympic Review. Team Ukraine's recent mixed relay biathlon junior success has caused sights set on Milano Cortina 2026. (in Ukrainian) "Clunky"? Count The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw as not a fan of The Boys in the Boat film on Team USA's Berlin 1936 rowing champions. Champion New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko looked for some fellow champion's advice after closing out a disappointing 2023 season. Tokyo 2020 qualification disappointment has U.S. triathlete Taylor Knibb wary as 2024 approaches. "Madness" is how skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych describes the IOC's decision to allow Russians and Belarusians at Paris 2024. (in Ukrainian) Double world champion gymnast Rhys McClenaghan is 2023's RTE Sports Sportsperson of the Year. Weightlifter Maude Charron, skateboarder Fay de Fazio Ebert, gymnast Felix Dolci, and archer Eric Peters are just some of Team Canada's aspiring Olympians put through the media paces ahead of Paris 2024. Gymnast Lukas Dauser has a 'soaring level of confidence' after a big 2023 both on and off the mat. Could we see Team Kenya's 'Ice Lion's ice hockey squad at a Winter Olympics in the (near) future? World track cycling champion Wong Kam-po looks to... North Korea?...for Hong Kong sporting success. âCycling star Tom Pidcock aims to 'prove himself' at the 2024 Tour de France ahead of the Paris Olympics. Olympians dominate USA TODAY's looks at 'sports' biggest cheats': road cyclist Lance Armstrong, sprinters, Marion Jones and Ben Johnson, modern pentathlete Boris Onischenko, marathoner Frederick Lorz, and figure skater Tonya Harding. World Athletics: Long-distance runner Faith Kipyegon sure removed any doubts of her career resume with a world-record 2023 season. ââJamaican junior triple jumper Jaydon Hibbert makes Bowerman Award history. For sprint hurdler Kostas Douvalidis, watching Paraskevi Patoulidou's Barcelona 1992 triumph was a "stimulus" for his start in the sport. (in Greek) Not being on the BBC's shortlist of 'SportsPersonality of the Year' just provides more Paris 2024 motivation for world champion runner Josh Kerr. Winning the 2023 European Cross Country title has put 'Paris (2024) pressure and glory' onto Team France runner Yann Schrub. (But he and heptathlete Katerina Johnson-Thompson win 2023 accolades from the British Athletics Writers Association...) Mackenzie Little has big plans for 2024: both throwing the javelin at Paris 2024 and completing her first-year as a full doctor. Will Team USA basketball star Draymond Green's on-court dramas finally push his Golden State Warriors to a breaking point this season? Australian star swimmer Libby Trickett has thoughts on over-parenting and declining participation in Australian youth sports system. Irish swimmer Daniel Wiffen's recent world record performance put his mother in a "state of shock". SwimSwam: What should Team USA women's swimming fans be watching for in the lead-up to Paris? A Men's Health look back: Team Italy veteran Ivan Zaytsev looks to "leave the volleyball world in better conditions" once he (finally) retires. (in Italian) What News Have Olympic Sports Athletes Been In Lately?
Connor O'Leary's path to Olympic surfing at Paris 2o024 means embracing his Japanese heritage.
Team Albania boxer Adam Maca also found a competitive route through a change in national representation, from England.
More from Inside the Games as figure skating icon Carolina Kostner previews, well, a preview, of the 2025 Winter University Games in Turin. Kenyan long sprinter Wiseman Were plans 'as many international races as possible' next year to best prepare for Paris 2024. Runner Josh Kerr, heptathlete Katerina Johnspn-Thompson, hurdler Femke Bol, and pole vaulter Armand Duplantis are the 'Athletes of the Year' by Athletics Weekly readers. Was a pregnancy break the catalyst for a return to competitiveness for runner Genevieve Gregson? Ethipoian runner Letesenbet Gidey's outreach to rival Sifan Hassan was the winner for World Athletics' 2023 'Fair Play Award'. A podium finish at the recent University Games is a "stepping stone" for middle-distance runner Knight Aciru's plans to continue her running career. Teenage Team Canada phenoms Spring and Ocean Ma see a new goal with squash now included in the Los Angeles 2028 program. Tennis star Naomi Osaka has eyes on more Grand Slams titles - and the Paris Olympics - in her competitive return. Meanwhile, Australian Nick Kyrgios is 'heartbroken' he won't be able to make his own tennis return yet. Not quite a surprise...tennis champion Novak Djokovic tells 60 Minutes of his lack of friendship with career rivals Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. Cycling star Silvia Persico doubles down on her Olympic opportunities this upcoming season by focusing solely on road racing. Olympic rower Caragh McMurtry has a new mission: supporting neurodiverse athletes's goals. Beth Potter's signature triathlon win this season was a hit at the Scottish Sports Awards. Swiss gymnast Lena Bickel qualified for Paris 2024, just two years after illness 'threatened her career'. "It means everything to me." Skateboarder Jagger Eaton looks ahead to a second Olympic appearance. Team South Korea makes plans to lean into military training to optimize performance at Paris 2024. Could there be a Team Haudenosaunee competing at Los Angeles 2028 in lacrosse? Diver Osmar Olvera and swimmer Maggie Mac Neil led the honors at the 2023 PanAm Sports Awards. "It's a big, big shame for the world of sport." Ukrainian swimming star Mykhailo Romanchuk jas thoughts on Russians participating at Paris 2024. Quadruple Olympic swimming champion Yana Klochkova has a conflicting legacy in her home Ukraine. (in Ukrainian) And...star wrestler Zhan Beleniuk has strong thoughts on the IOC's recent stance on Russian athletes at Paris 2024. (in Ukrainian) Queerty: Freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy talks his new acting role, holiday traditions, and more. Team GB looks at how track cyclist Laura Kenny is planning a return to the Olympics after giving birth. Jourdan Delacruz is counting on 'timing and preparation' to power her way to a second weightlifting Olympic appearance. Esquire Australia features 'the triumphant rise' of Team Australia soccer star Samantha Kerr. Team Canada: Get to know trampoline champion Rosie MacLennan, now chair of the Canadian Olympic Committee's Athletes' Commission. Triple Olympian Mike Modano sees gold potential in a possible Team USA men's ice hockey roster for Milano Cortina 2026. Glory Professional: Ice hockey star Sarah Nurse is 'pioneering the future' of the sport. |
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