Team India field hockey player Navneet Kaur "will leave no stone unturned to make (the Tokyo 2020 experience) wonderful."

Argentina's veteran Olympic sailor Santiago Lange recognizes the special importance of Tokyo 2020, as he navigates exhausting health protocols.

​Will Australian BMXer Logan Martin translate his "gymnastics on a bike" into Tokyo 2020 gold?

Shooter Derek Burnett joins an exclusive club with his fifth Olympic Games selection for Team Ireland.

Can Katie Talpa and Holly Lloyd Peate make it from Dublin's House of Swag to Paris 2024 in breaking?

Get to know Team USA wrestler Kyle Snyder, For the Win's latest profile in its '23 in 23' series.
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After a friendship across 14 years, Lee So-Hee and Shin Seung-Chan get an Olympic chance together as badminton doubles partners.

With teammate Elise Christie's help, Team Great Britain's Kyle Ross-Waddell bounces back from mental health struggles in short track speedskating.

What will Norwegian rower Olaf Tufte do in his "absurd" seventh Olympics?

Need an inspirational athlete story? Meet Naomi Graham, Tokyo-bound boxer who fought homelessness on her way to the U.S. army and the Olympics.

Just two weeks before her Olympic qualification in a personal best score, heptathlete Annie Kunz was at a low point in her training confidence.

Spanish decathlete Jorge Urena has followed his father into the discipline, and stays close to family as he trains. (in Spanish)

Australian Tokyo-bound discus thrower Matthew Denny knows firsthand how one can turn failure into motivation toward success.

"Strong and resilient" Habitam Alemu shares her countryside-to-elite running background with Spikes.

Can runner Amel Tuka win Bosnia & Herzegovina's first Olympic medal? A nation awaits the answer.

Canoeist Laurence Vincent Lapointe wins Team Canada selection after a, um, unique suspension reprieve.

Team Russia's Andrei Vasilevski joins an elite club for European goalies with the NHL Stanley Cup win.

'A childhood dream': Incoming Bruin Brooklyn Moors will be the eighth Canadian gymnastics Olympian from UCLA since 1984.

At Rio 2016, Kanak Jha was the youngest member of Team USA. Now he's set for a return to Olympic table tennis competition.

Naomi Osaka debits as a Barbie Role Model!

Can 'badass' Skylar Park win Canada's first Olympic title in taekwondo?

Wu Jiaxin takes a remarkable trials qualification score into Tokyo 2020 as the best woman archer for Team China.

Meanwhile, archer Sylwia Zyzsanska enters the record books?

"It's a rad opportunity for me," says surfer Kolohe Andino about competing in the Olympics.

Artistic swimmers Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe take on body shamers as they train for Tokyo 2020.

​Team USA's skateboarding team for Tokyo 2020 includes Leo Baker and Alexis Sablone, both making marks for LGBTQ representation in the sport.

The duo are part of the largest-ever number of publicly out athletes at an Olympics this summer.

Lasha Shavdatuashvili just loves judo, and is ready to fight for more after medaling in the last two Games.

Loena Hendrickx is targeting Beijing 2022 after a fifth place World Championship finish, despite two years of injuries.

Thomas Barr knows it will probably take another personal best time to make it into an Olympic 400 meter hurdles final for the second time.

The Daily Mail features Team USA's Abdi Abdirahman, running the Tokyo 2020 marathon in what will be his fifth Olympic Games.

Javelin thrower Shivpal Singh has high confidence for India's medal chances on the field at Tokyo 2020.

Team Great Britain's hammer thrower Taylor Campbell shows one of the publicity risks of being a relative unknown making it into the spotlight.

Heir apparent to Claressa Shields, boxer Naomi Graham will be the "first female active-duty service member to fight for the U.S.at the Olympics".

Track cyclist Annette Edmondson hasn't let exercise-induced asthma deter her from Tokyo 2020.

Can NBA star Dennis Schroder suit up for the Olympics this summer after Team Germany's surprise qualification?

Team Nigeria's women's basketball team might feature three sisters...one of whom might take special interest in the July 27 game vs Team USA....

3x3 basketball player Agnis Cavars: Not only making an Olympic debut in a new Olympic discipline, but carrying his nation's flag, too.

​With Olympic qualification in hand, Kenyan Guadencia Makokha has moved successfully from indoor to beach volleyball.

Fran Kirby's recovery from a heart condition is complete with inclusion in Team Great Britain's Olympic soccer team.

And...Team Spain's young soccer star Pedri insists that he can perform at Tokyo 2020 without hurting fitness for Barcelona F.C.

Colombian Maria Camila Osorio Serrano is one to watch, after her two wins at Wimbledon shoot her well into the top 100 of the tennis rankings.

Tokyo 2020-bound sprint canoeist Nevin Harrison's pre-race tears are a ritual to help center herself before competition.

Luigi "Il Gorilla" Busa thanks his father and wife- both karate experts as well - for helping him on his way to Tokyo 2020 for the sport's Olympic debut.

Sport Innovation Lab: Olympic ice hockey great Angela Ruggerio has a new endeavor that focuses on the science of fan data.

BMX rider Saya Sakikabara is going to Tokyo 2020 for Team Australia, fulfilling a dream for her - and her brother Kai.

Get to know Team USA water polo stalwart Jesse Smith, a veteran of (now) five Olympics on a squad of relative newcomers.

Team USA's Monica Abbott pens a letter of thanks to her parents for their support in her persistence to continue in softball.

Hoping that "young athletes will be inspired by her journey", modern pentathlete Joanna Muir finds going to Tokyo 2020 "amazing".

Get to know Team USA's newest men's gymnastics star, rodeo-riding, frog-giggling Brody Malone.

And, South African gymnast Caitlin Rooskrantz answers a few questions from FIG.

Soraya Aghaei becomes the first Iranian woman to secure qualification in Olympic badminton.

"We chose to keep our dreams alive." Refugess athlete and swimmer Yusra Mardini narrates the latest #StrongerTogether message from the IOC.

​And...not even the threat of crocodiles can stop Edha Belo from training for a chance to swim at Tokyo 2020!

Can Rio 2016 gold medalist judoka Majlinda Kelmendi win a second gold for her hometown fans in Kosovo?

Tokyo 2020 checks in with Team USA weightlifter Sarah Robles on her progression in and perspective on the sport, her Rio 2016 medal, and more.

Megan Jones and Celia Quansah are not just teammates for Team Great Britain's rugby sevens, they're also partners off the pitch.

And more partners...Edward Gal and Hans Peter Minderhoud are set to return to the Summer Olympics together for Team Netherlands in equestrian dressage.

Two Rio 2016 Olympians - swimmer Yursa Mardini and judoka Popole Misenga - will lead the return of the Refugee Olympic Team this summer, as a 29-person selection is announced.

Fresh off an early NBA Playoffs exit, Luka Doncic now turns to help lead Team Slovenia to Olympic basketball qualification.

Australian shooter Elena Galiabovitch balances training for Tokyo 2020 with working the pandemic frontlines as a medical professional.

​Matty Lee was a fan of Tom Daley as a child; now he's partnering with him at Tokyo 2020's diving competition this summer for Team Great Britain.

Daniil Medvedev confirmed to lead a particularly strong Team Russia(n Olympic Committee) men's tennis team at Tokyo 2020.

Chinese strength: Gold medalists Cai Yun, Zhang Ning, and Xu Haifeng inducted into the Badminton World Federation Hall of Fame.

Tokyo 2020's skateboarding field of athletes is all set, including two 12 year-olds...and a 46 year-old.

Arthur Lanigan-O'Keefe: Ireland's once-strong modern pentathlon hopes for Tokyo 2020 take a big hit.

IIHF World Hockey Championship MVP Andrew Mangiapane made the most of his last minute call-up to Team Canada for the tournament.

Can Debbie Soh and Miya Yong secure Singapore's first artistic swimming Olympic qualification this weekend, despite no competition since 2019?

Michaela and Aidan Walsh score Olympic qualification, and history, as the first siblings to box in the Olympics for Team Ireland.

Meanwhile, professional boxer Keyshawn Davis unexpectedly set to make his Olympic debut this summer for Team USA.

Sinead Diver will be Australia's oldest-ever Olympian (really?), making her debut in the marathon at age 44 this summer.

Triple jumper Will Claye continues his artistic career with the release of Elevate, a personal journey short film in conjunction with sponsor Red Bull.

Julia Figueroa and Laura Martinez: A tale of two Spanish judokas fighting for one Tokyo 2020 spot.

​#Simonethings includes seven U.S. national gymnastics all-around championships.

Vietnam: As the Tokyo 2020 fields for karate take shape this weekend, Covid-19 provides more unfortunate obstacles.

Team Ireland rugby sevens hopeful Greg O'Shea shares how he soured on reality TV fame.

Pride Month: BMX Olympian Brooke Crain hits an unfortunate roadblock in her attempt to help address suicide prevention and mental health.

But on a positive note...fellow BMXer Chelsea Wolfe is close to making history as a transgender Olympian for the United States.

Bryce Tyron is a rising star in BMX freestyle, with Paris 2024 on his mind.

Katrin Manoilova is an up-and-coming speed skater looking to follow in her coach's footsteps.

Goaltender Damian Clara makes history at the Ice Hockey World Championship as the youngest ever to make a senior Championship roster.

Skateboarder Zion Wright was on the outside looking in, until one run put him on the road to Tokyo.

Connor Bedard of Team Canada hailed as the "greatest ever at 15" after his heroics at the recent U18 World Ice Hockey Championships.

A world lead and a new Swiss high jump record puts Lois Gasch on the map in 2021.

Trinidad & Tobago's Tyra Gittens wins the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships' heptathlon in dramatic fashion.

Tamara Salazar sets a new South American record, and helps Ecuador's female weightlifters to new heights heading into Tokyo 2020.