Team veteran Walker Zimmerman thinks Team USA should, and can, reach for gold in men's soccer at Paris 2024 this summer. (p.s. it hasn't started well...)

Meanwhile, fellow soccer player Tierna Davidson has some thoughts on playing alongside controversial teammate Korbin Albert on the USWNT for Paris 2024.

Insult to injury: Was Team Argentina men's soccer team a victim of a robbery?

Team Canada's Adriana Leon was once a promising ice hockey player; now she's an Olympic soccer champion and ready for another Games.

Can Honoka Hayashi use her international experience to help Team Japan make amends for its disappointment at Tokyo 2020's women's soccer tournament?

Who are the UCLA Bruins-connected Olympians competing at Paris 2024?

Golfer Shane Lowry now wants to "win a medal for Ireland" at Paris 2024 after a disappointing end to last weekend's British Open.

​So...what's Team USA golfer Nelly Korda been up to since winning Tokyo 2020 gold?

Team Australia has a unique pair of entries into Paris 2024's golf event: siblings Minjee and Min Woo Lee.

FIBA has some thoughts on the 'absolute must-watch players' at Paris 2024's men's and women's basketball tournaments.

AP: Sisters Satou and Nyara Sabally plan to 'soak in every experience' at Paris 2024 as they help lead Team Germany's first-ever Olympic women's basketball appearance.

Kevin Durant's Paris 2024 start with Team USA basketball will depend on a "big collaboration".

Team USA's Brittney Griner's Paris 2024 trip marks a symbolic return to Europe for the basketball star.

More Team USA women's basketball from Yahoo! as Diana Taurasi gets credit for being the 'all-time greatest competitor' in sports.

"What is important is to be at the Games and show that we are strong and that we are doing better." Refugee Team taekwondo athlete Dina Pouryanes is proud to reach a second Olympics.

Meet Michelle Tau, taekwondo Olympian for Team Lesotho...and once a beauty pageant champion.

More taekwondo as CJ Nickolas tells Teen Vogue how his own journey to the Paris 2024 Games started alongside his mom on the mat.

FIG showcases which artistic, rhythmic, and trampoline gymnasts are 'poised to make Olympic history' at Paris 2024.

Daiki Hashimoto wants to have "no regrets" as he leads Team Japan in men's gymnastics once again at an Olympics.

The Players' Tribine: Gymnast Jordan Chiles is 'paving the way for the next generation of athletes'.

BMX star Logan Martin has an unfortunate turn of events en route to Paris: a van break-in in Belgium.

How do BMX'ers Ross Cullen's and Beth Shriever's leg power compare to track cyclists'?

Laura Brown won an Olympic medal in track cycling's team pursuit at Rio 2016; now she's breaking stereotypes as coach to Team Canada's men.

"Overwhelmed with emotions" is how Giorgia Cesarini felt upon being named as Team San Marino's first-ever female Olympic archer.

If world-ranked number five archer Eric Peters can medal at Paris 2024, it'll be history for Team Canada.

Cameroon-born boxer Cindy Ngamba shares her journey to reach Paris 2024 for the Refugee team.

It took a coach's patience, picking up a packet or two, and finding 'fun-filled activities' to bring diver Grace Reid back to elite form and energy, and onto an Olympic team.

Diver Max Bouchard reflects with Outsports on how coming out as LGBT helped him make it to Rio 2016: "I hope that sharing my story helps anyone who needs to read it".

"It's a feeling that never gets old. It will never lose its shine." Diver Scarlett Mew Jensen reflects on her Olympic nomination alongside synchro partner Yasmin Harper.

To what lengths did Indonesians Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu go to prepare for a gold medal badminton bout at Tokyo 2020?

Surfer Caroline Marks already has a world championship...is an Olympic title in store for the 'prodigy'?

For Lara Dallman-Weiss, sailing is a family affair that she extended to her friends...now she's a two-time Olympian set to compete in mixed 470.

Also inspired by family in the sport, kitesurfer Toni Vodisek looks to bring his father's own Olympic dreams into his Paris 2024 experience.

It's "a dream come true" for Maximilian Marterer as the German earns a late addition to the tennis draw for Paris 2024.

"I get emotional thinking about it." Tennis' Coco Gauff reacts to being named one of Team USA's flag bearers for tomorrow's Opening Ceremony.

Zheng Qinwen is a calmer and more relaxed player as she headlines Team China's tennis delegation at Paris 2024.

Double Olympic champion Andy Murray makes a fateful and emotional tennis career decision with Paris 2024 looming.

Dennis Bowsher competed at London 2012 in modern pentathlon; now he's on his third Games as a coach, and as an active-duty U.S. soldier.

"It feels crazy. It feels insane." Skateboarder tries to wrap her head around heading to an Olympics.

Seoul 1988 fencer Otto Drakenberg is recognized for his long-time advocacy for LGBTQ+ athlete inclusion in sport.

Watch out: Leading triathlete Alex Yee has had a 'perfect preparation' ahead of Paris 2024.

SCMP: Melbourne 1956 swimmer Wan Shiu-ming may not have won a medal, but his performance 'put Hong Kong on people's lips'.

Is Team Romania swimming star David Popovici regaining form just in time to fulfill expected potential at Paris 2024?

With Katie Ledecky, Ariarne Titmus, and Summer McIntosh, will Paris 2024's women's 400-meter freestyle final be the 'race of the century'.

South Korean swimmer Kim Woo-min gets surprise support from, well, an unusual source.

Eight swimmers are named as flag bearers for Paris 2024's Opening Ceremony.

​Katie Grimes may be Team USA's 'most versatile swimmer' at Paris 2024.

Is Team Cuba's four-time Olympic wrestling champion Mijain "El Terrible" Lopez on his way to a landmark fifth straight gold?

ITTF ponders if table tennis legend Ma Long will make Paris 2024 his farewell event...and if it will be with a gold medal again.

37-year-old sport shooter Christian Reitz is a two-time Olympic medalist and headed to his fifth Games for Team Germany looking for more.

​What are the chances that Team Poland can 'defy odds' and make a significant mark at Paris 2024's 3x3 basketball tournament?

Rower Lola Anderson's road to Paris 2024 was helped in part by her late father's push of inspiration.

Team Ireland's Philip Doyle is World Rowing's 'rower of the month' for July 2024.

Go Handball  has some respect for three 'living legends' of the sport closing out their international careers at Paris 2024: Mikkel Hansen, Nikola Karabatic, and Stine Oftedal.

Xenia Smith hopes to lead Team Germany to an inspirational finish in Paris 2024 women's handball, 16 years after its last Olympic appearance.

Congrats to Team Argentina's Pablo Simonet (handball) and Pilar Campoy (field hockey) on their Olympics-inspired engagement! (in Spanish)

Team USA's Ally Hammel is poised to be the first Boston University Olympic field hockey player.

​Giselle Ansley is enjoying a new experience balancing learning and mentoring as she embarks on a third Olympics in field hockey.

Tokyo 2020 champion judoka Lukas Krpalek is 'trying to stay grounded' as he seeks to defend his title.

Want a story of perseverance? Meet judoka Marie Laborde, whose defection from Cuba delayed her Olympic debut from Rio 2016 to Paris 2024.

Luukas Saha's last-minute qualification to Paris 2024 shows that Team Finland's judo program is on the upswing.

Rugby sevens player Fancy Bermudez has an 'inspiring journey' to share with the CBC.

Emily Campbell's 'positive outlook' includes a direct challenge to top Team China rival Li Wenwen...and targeting body positivity...in Paris 2024's weightlifting.

Equestrian great Charlotte Dujardin has a chance to reach a historic medal mark at Paris 2024...until a late suspension and abuse investigation has seen her withdraw from Team Great Britain.

FEI​ recaps the athletes of the 'class of Paris 2024' in the upcoming equestrian disciplines.

Tokyo 2020 champion canoeist Isaquias Guimaraes Queiroz isn't just focused on Paris 2024...he's got on Los Angeles 2028 as well.

Multi-Olympic canoeist Pavlo Altukhov looks forward to enjoying "only pleasant expectations" at his third Games. (in Ukrainian)

Road cyclist Derek Gee had a surprise Tour de France top 10 finish...now the avid birder takes momentum into Paris.
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Ukrainian Mexico City 1968 volleyball champions Volodymyr Ivanov and Viktor Mikhalchuk look back at that tournament and their time with the Soviet national team. (in Ukrainian)

Seven national teams across volleyball and beach volleyball can credit FIVB's Olympic Solidarity program for rising sports federations for powering their road to Paris 2024.

British running legend Paula Radcliffe wades into a firestorm around a controversial Dutch beach volleyball player.

"Gold is all I have in my head now." Middle-distance runner Keely Hodginkson looks to turn her current good racing form into a top Paris 2024 podium finish.

Vox: Paris 2024 'could be everything' for U.S. sprinter Noah Lyles.

Long sprinter Laviai Nielsen will arrive in Paris for Team Great Britain with key momentum..and her sister.

"It should be exciting." Tokyo 2020 champion Karsten Warholm gives a strong understatement previewing the Paris 2024 men's 400 meter hurdles race, if everything goes to plan.

Will track sprinter Daryll 'Miss Momentum' Neita carry that nickname onto a Paris 2024 podium?

After a tough qualification attempt, hurdler Andrenette Knight takes solace in at least making it to Paris 2024 in Team Jamaica's relay pool.

Grazia: Sprinter Dina Asher-Smith is pushing herself "physically, mentally, emotionally".

World Athletics: What has pole vaulter Molly Caudery's 'path to Paris' been like?

USATF chats with distance running phenom Hobbs Kessler: from high school star to Paris 2024 Olympian in a few short years.

Is a Neil Gourley in the 'best shape possible' a runner that can medal at Paris 2024?

Long sprinter Alica Schmidt tops The Sun's list of 'sexiest Olympic athletes at Paris 2024'...though the editors need to double-check the national team entries actually competing.

The Conversation reflects on 'the first Africans at the Olympics', St. Louis 1904 marathoners Len Tau and Jan Mashiani of South Africa.

If you've forgotten what impact the Russian invasion of Ukraine has had on promising athletes, The New York Times has a story of former youth decathlete Volodymyr Androshschuk for you...

Bonus! Tokyo 2020 medal-winning fencer and musician Alex Choupenitch...with help from some fellow Team Czechia friends...takes us on a 'Long Haul' just ahead of Paris 2024. (in Czech)

p.s., we haven't forgotten to check in our Winter Olympic sports friends...

Alpine skier Alice Robinson has gotten used to a nomad life for half the year, training in Europe and away from home New Zealand.

How does Romanian-Canadian speed skater Alexandra Ianculescu stay in shape?

What's biathlete Franziska Preuss' typical start of the week routine?

Track & field athlete-turned Olympic bobsledder Bill Schuffenhauer first considered the sport switch after coming across the seminal "Cool Runnings".

How has snowboard legend Shaun White built 'a $65 million empire'?

Let's put on a show! Team USA Nordic combined and ski jumping stars join forces to help draw attention to their sports.

Red Bull​: Athlete, model, student...freestyle skiing champion Eileen Gu enjoys a "multifaceted" life.

​Athlete to watch: Will we see now-15-year-old figure skater Kate Pressgrove at Salt Lake 2034 after helping with the bid's sales pitch?
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​FIL: What has Olympic luge medalist Barbara Niedernhuber been up to recently?

Harry McNulty, Nestor Abad, Daniela Moroz, Nyls Korstanje, Gabriela Guimaraes, Ivet Lalova, Timothee Clement, Jack Marley, Rikako Ikee, Nina Derwael, Casimir Schmidt, Nikola Karabatic, Laetitia Guapo, Simon Gauzyoff, and Jeremy Desplanches are just some of the Olympians past and present marking their arrivals into Paris 2024's Olympic Village. (And check out Brisa Hennessy in Tahiti!)

(Click on any image to jump to the respective Instagram page source...)

What does tennis star Coco Gauff want to say to her 2021-self as she heads to Paris 2024?

Vogue Adria posits that tennis superstar Novak Djokovic is 'the greatest of all time'.

Indian Atlanta 1996 landmark tennis medalist Leander Paes counts that experience as particularly momentous in his hall of fame career.

What does tennis' Marcus Daniells look forward to in a potential IOC Athletes' Commission role?

Did Team Mongolia win the gold in Paris 2024's Opening Ceremony outfit competition?

Here's hoping field hockey player Matt Dawson gets a podium finish in exchange for his finger...

Can Taylor Knibb's remarkable prowess on the bike be key to a triathlon podium finish in Paris?

Will Team Japan women's gymnastics captain Shoko Miyata be able to compete in Paris 2024?

Max Whitlock is ready for a "fairytale ending" to his star gymnastics career at Paris 2024.

How did gymnast Brody Malone recover from a 'devastating injury' to help lead Team USA to Paris 2024?

Is Team France's women's gymnastics team for Paris 2024 peaking at the right time?

Tokyo 2020 champion gymnast Sunisa Lee thinks she 'has more in the tank' for another podium run.

The Japan Times: Get to know sport shooter Misaki Nobata, the 'sniper from Oita'.

Internationally-inexperienced BMX rider Vincent Leygonie just hopes to make South Africa 'proud' with his Paris 2024 performance.

Is Sewon Ozakawa the 'LeBron James of boxin'g?

Who are some of the partnered couples competing at Paris 2024?

Diver Yona Knight-Wisdom's captaincy role for Team Jamaica at Paris 2024 is a landmark one.

Oleksiy Sereda may be recovered from injury, but the diver acknowledges missing key training as he heads to a second Games appearance, with more responsibility.  (in Ukrainian)

Sarah Levy and Stephanie Rovetti aren't just rugby sevens teammates, they're also University of St. Augustine colleagues.

Can Yuki Isikawa lead Team Japan to a long-awaited return to the Olympic men's volleyball podium?

ESPN argues that swim legend Michael Phelps - who thinks he isn't too far off his heyday form - is the 'top professional athlete since 2000'.

Will Team China be the most drug-tested squad for Paris 2024's swimming competition?

Australian Isaac Cooper reflects on mental health challenges that temporarily derailed a budding swim career.

Rebecca Shorten's Olympic rowing career started with blowing off chemistry studies....

Rower Molly Goodman is part of unique Australian sporting history, as her triathlete brother Tom makes the Paris 2024 Paralympics.

"It's like a poison for the body." High jumper Kateryna Tabashnyk talks with CNN about persevering in the sport despite the war-caused tragedies at home in Ukraine.

Was not making another Olympics in the long hurdles a "blessing in disguise" for Irishman Thomas Barr?

World Athletics features some of the recent NCAA track & field champions who made it to Paris 2024.

"It's just nice to know that there's not one route to make it to the Olympics." Middle-distance runner Georgia Bell quit the sport just five years ago.

Team Kenya's mixed relay sprint squad members seem to be taking their Olympic challenge seriously.

Atlanta 1996 sprint champion Donovan Bailey does have certain thoughts about the Paris 2024 competition.

Australian sprinter Torrie Lewis isn't content with making it to the Olympics, she wants to make a mark.

Who might Team Ukraine's Paris 2024 medalists be this summer? (in Ukrainian)

A random college night out was the catalyst for jump starting breaker Sunny Choi's Olympic career.

Might Paris 2024 provide a major championship title (finally) for NBA basketball star Joel Embiid?

Speaking of Embiid...how confident is he that Team USA will win basketball men's gold?

Did you know that basketball superstar LeBron James is a big fan of biking?

Meanwhile, Team Canada's men have their ambitious eye on the basketball podium at Paris 2024.

How surprised was Team USA's Kahleah Copper at making it to Paris 2024 basketball?

Guess you can say that Australian basketball star Patty Mills still has enough of a competitive fire...

Making it to Paris 2024 meant basketball player Derrick White gave up a Cabo San Lucas vacation...

Off the Podium checks in with Team Australia's rhythmic gymnastics group: will Paris 2024 be a ground-breaking one?

Meet first-time sailing Olympian Hannah Snellgrove, part folk-singer and Cambridge graduate.

Team Afghanistan has only one Paris 2024-bound athlete competing inside its Taliban-controlled country: judoka Mohammad Samim Faizad.

Ukrainian wrestler Zhan Beleniuk is ready to face Russians at Paris 2024, but there's a limit.

Luca Kumahara: A table tennis player makes an Olympic return...in a new role and with a new identity.

Team India's table tennis players may not be content with just making it to Paris 2024's team events.

Keep the Flame Alive hosts Team USA's Paris 2024-bound fencers inits latest podcast.

Inside the Games: Who are some of the teenaged 'athletes to watch' at Paris 2024?

Alannah Yip 'learned a lot' since Tokyo 2020...does the sport climber have momentum to challenge for the podium at Paris 2024?

​What has it been like to reach Paris 2024 for sport climbers Jenya Kazbekova and Yaroslav Tkach while their home Ukraine is under siege?

Team Finland's youngest-ever Olympian? Meet skateboarder Heili Sirvio...

FEI looks back at Team France's star equestrian Olympians throughout Games history.

It may 'feel strange', but Elisa Longo Borghini is now a Grand Tour road cyclist champion.

Congrats: Tokyo 2020 field hockey medalist Leah Wilkinson finds love within her sport.

Pedro Martinez Cami, Mohammad Sanad, Dika Mem, Xenia Smits, Ana Gros, and Gonzalo Perez de Vargas Moreno are the handball players nominated for the 2024-28 IHF Athletes' Commission.

"I think I'm in a much better place than I was." Team Ireland swimmer Mona McSharry heads to a second Summer Games after regaining a love for the sport.

Australian Shayna Jack's redemption era away from doping suspension drama runs right through Paris.

​Is Paris 2024 marking the start of a new chapter for South African swimming star Chad le Clos?

What does FIG think are the leading storylines to watch across gymnastics disciplines at Paris 2024?
(p.s. here again are mine in all sports...)

Elle: Tokyo 2020 champion gymnast Sunisa Lee 'isn't doing this for anyone but herself'.

Daiki Hashimoto: Can the 'good-natured farm boy' win a second gymnastics all-around Olympic title?

Athlete to Watch: French-Greek sailor Hermionie Ghicas 'is showing no signs of slowing down' after European and world titles last year.

Team Norway's Grace Bullen is 'very excited' to have come so far as a refugee-turned Paris 2024 wrestler.

Outsports: Meet the 144-person-strong 'Team LGBT' for Paris 2024.

"We're going there to try for a medal." Star player Ilaiz Moriba has high hopes for Team Guinea at Paris 2024 in men's soccer.

Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray headline the list of five tennis players set to be Olympic five-timers with a Paris 2024 appearance.

Jean Mitchell recovered from a brain tumor and chemotherapy as a teenager to reach Paris 2024 in rowing for Team Australia.

Team Malaysia's Gavin Green looks to 'testing his game against the best' at Paris 2024's golf tournament.

BiathlonWorld: Team Slovakia's Paulina Fialkova is 'motivated like a youngster' after a maternity break.

How has the Russian invasion impacted the development of Olympic sports athletes in Ukraine?

French superstar judoka Teddy Riner finally makes it onto IJF's 'The Olympic Champions' Q&A series.

Canoeist Ana Satila has a greater 'air of confidence' as she heads into her second Games this summer.

Team USA star Brittney Griner headlines sometop basketball stars returning to national team action for Paris 2024's women's basketball.

Men's Health: Australian basketball star Patty Mills knows how to 'level up' when it counts.

You might want to take a closer look at long-distance runner Hellen Obiri's shoes as she takes to the Paris 2024 starting line.

World Athletics: Refugee runner Emmanuel Kiruhura Ntagunga offers a 'clear example of sport being used as a factor of integration'.

Olympics: Can decathlete Niklas Kaul rebound from injury woes to medal at Paris 2024 after the promise shown winning the 2019 worlds?

CNN: Long hurdler Viktoriia Tkachuk talks 'heartbreak of competing' with her brother at home in Ukraine while war rages.

More CNN as BMX rider Saya Sakakibara 'has a new perspective' on success after injury recovery.

Matt Scoggin was a one-time Olympic diver (Barcelona 1992)...now he's a five-time Olympic diving coach.

'Very exceptional circumstances' see taekwondo champion Jade Jones cleared for Paris this summer.

Team GB: What are Paris 2024-bound boxer Delicious Orie's 'Olympic roots'?

Esquire Middle East: Team Morocco's Ramzi Boukhiam is 'in the best shape of his life'. And he's now about to become a two-time surfing Olympian.

We're only 14 days away from the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games! (And only 12 days from the start of actual competition!)

And I've got loads of sport-by-sport questions needing answers as the Games unfold. Who will make the podiums? Who will be the breakout star(s)? The underdog hero? On and on...

But there is definitely a lead story line I'll be following across each of Paris 2024's 32 sports - check them out below. I can't wait to find out what transpires...and to see some of these unfold in person at the Games!

What are yours? Let me know in the comments...

And keep an eye on my 'A Little Roundup' posts on this site to stay in touch with select news items and headlines featuring Olympic sports' athletes as the Games approach.