Short track speed skater Yang Jingru took a gamble to lap the field en route to Team China's first gold at Gangwon 2024.

Meet Tomas Palmezano, the BMX racer who is now a skeleton sliding prospect.

Naomi Osaka hung out in town.

Guillaume Cizeron gets his own street photoshoot.

Alexis Mac Allister strolls Dubai.

Luise Wanser shows off a sunset.

Aleksander Aamodt Kilde gets some TLC from Mikaela Shiffrin.

Alpine skier Alexandros "AJ" Ginnis for Athlete Stories: "Skiing for me is a freedom, an incredible feeling, with which I can express myself freely." (in Greek)

Paris 2024 announces 'team captain' athletes for the upcoming Torch Relay, including road cyclist Guillaume Martin, hammer thrower Manuela Montebrun, fencer Laura Flessel-Colovic, windsurfer Charline Picon, swimmer Camile Lacourt, gymnast Emilie Le Pennec, and skateboarder Vincent Milou.

What are Team USA's top 'storylines' for Paris 2024?

And...Sportsnet​ takes a look at the status of potential Team Canada Olympians in qualification across multiple sports.

On the eve of the Australian Open, rising Team USA tennis star Ben Shelton gets a CNN feature: "I feel like it went from nobody knowing me to a lot of people knowing me kind of overnight."

The Athletic: Tennis champion Naomi Osaka is 'ready for her comeback'?

The Globe and Mail: Canadian tennis player Felix Auger-Aliassime 'loves the idea of making a difference in somebody's life'.

Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina reiterates her motivation: "I am inspired by the soldiers, the men and women who defend our country...". (in Ukrainian)

Fansearch.com looks at the (often indirect) intersection of social media popularity and on-court success for top women's tennis players.

Olympic figure skating medalists Brian Boitano and Chen Lu headline the judging panel for the ISU Skating Awards 2024.

Ukraine's Ivan Shmuratko makes a blood-stained statement on the ice at this year's European Figure Skating Championships. (in Ukrainian)

ISU: "Pietro Sighel is one of the most exciting short track skaters Italy has ever produced."

Team France basketball player Emilie Gomis' social posting takes her away from a Paris 2024 role.

Can fencers Sergey and Violetta Bida, and Konstantin Lokhanov receive U.S. citizenship in time to make a run at Paris 2024 for Team USA?

Diver Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix enjoys 'the journey' of reaching the Olympics, not just the destination.

Irish field hockey's Katie Mullan: a 'quiet Christmas' will have been worth it if Team Ireland can qualify for Paris 2024.

Meanwhile, captain David Ames and a 'transformed' Team Great Britain are feeling confident in men's field hockey Paris 2024 qualification.

Sport shooter Sergei Evglevski's first Olympic atmosphere at Tokyo 2020 was marred by the pandemic, so he's 'eager for more' at Paris 2024.

Triathlete Gustav Iden's injury-plagued 2023 season has big implications still for his Paris 2024 chances.

Veteran beach volleyball-er Cinja Tillmann is hopeful her 'peak is still yet to come' with partner Svenja Muiller as Paris 2024 looms on the horizon.

Is rising road cycling star Luke Lamperti the 'next Peter Sagan'?

More road cycling as Coryn Labecki joins the Keep the Flame Alive podcast to talk Olympics, pelotons, and height (dis)advantages.

Beijing 2008 medalist boxer Deontay Wilder 'wasn't scared to shed some tears' on the new season of reality TV competition The Traitors'.

Gymnast Zachary Clay reflects on Team Canada's Paris 2024 qualification in men's gymnastics with International Gymnast.

Tokyo 2020 Olympian Jade Carey headlines a class of gymnasts balancing NCAA competition with Paris 2024 aspirations this year.

Does a drop in rankings portend retirement for surfer Sally Fitzgibbons? Not so fast...

Armed now with Canadian citizenship, will phenom surfer Erin Brooks make it to Paris 2024?

Pole vaulter Nina Kennedy's gold medal at the 2023 World Championships earned her 'Performance of the Year' from Athletics Australia.

Emmanuel Wanyonyi may have been 'mocked' when he started running, but the teenage middle-distance star now has a very real Paris 2024 goal.

Tokyo 2020 long-distance runner Betsy Saina talks with Citius Magazine on her preparations for a possible Paris 2024 marathon.

"Sometimes you gotta take risks." Marathoner Natasha Wodak looks at a tough road to a third Olympics.

La Gazzetta Dello Sport: Team Italy gold medalist sprinter Filippo Tortu still hasn't unpacked from Tokyo 2020! (in Italian, subscription)

Between work on his charitable foundation and the Paris 2024 Games, this 'is a big year' for South African swimmer Chad le Clos.

Australian swim legend Shane Gould preaches more thoughtful ways of children's swimming education.

Will an ambitious 2024 season schedule boost 431st-ranked Thabani Mathe of Zimbabwe into Paris 2024's badminton qualification?

Rugby star Michael Hooper's transition to sevens for Team Australia gets an injury delay.

Harry McNulty and Lucy Mulhall are the 2023 Rugby Writers' Players of the Year in rugby sevens.

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.

​Cycling 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.

​​Jamaican 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)

Eight hopeful Milano Cortina 2026 athletes set to receive Team Ireland scholarships, including cross-counry skier Thomas Maloney Westgaard, luger Elsa Desmond, and Alpine skier Cormac Comerford.

Chris Mazdzer: A Team USA luger says goodbye to his career on the track.

World Aquatics: Get to know potential Paris 2024 water polo players - and siblings - Dylan, Quinn, and Ella Woodhead of Team USA.

Beatriz 'Bia' Haddad Maia is GQ Brazil's 'Woman of the Year' for 2023 after her exploits in tennis this year. (in Portuguese)...

...while soccer superstar (and Beijing 2008 champion) Lionel Messi is Time's 'Athlete of the Year'.

Biathlete Juni Arnekleiv is in 'rare air for a World Cup rookie'...Biathlon World has 'five burning questions'.

Are marathoners Eliud Kipchoge and Kelvin Kiptum headed to a first-ever showdown at Paris 2024?

The ISU goes 'face-to-face' with short track speed skating star siblings Shaolin and Shaoang Liu.,

Gymnast Khoi Young is a certified 'triple threat' for Paris 2024 after his world championship performance.

Congrats to Team Chile gymnast Tomas Gonzalez on his recent marriage! (in Soanish)

Will Saman Soltani join fellow Iranian Saeid Fazioula as a Refugee Team Olympian in canoeing?

Team Germany and Emily Bolk foresee "crazy happiness" with a potential women's world team handball championship podium finish.

Akzhol Makhmudov takes his wrestling talent on the road for a clinic in Japan.

Olympics: American Daniel Martynov is 'forging his own path' in figure skating at age 17.

Olympic swimmer Alex di Giorgio has a new gig...training at Barry's gym in Milan.

With Paris 2024 qualification in hand, Team Japan's rugby sevens squads focus on their medal potential.

World Triathlon looks back at how this year's World Championship Series' men's competition went.

Outsports​: Diving legend Greg Louganis gets special recognition last week on World AIDS Day.

Who are the most recent golfers to enter the Olympic Golf Rankings as the season winds down.

'Larger than life' snowboarder Nick Baumgartner may be a veteran on the slopes, but he isn't contemplating retirement just yet.

Merve Dincel, Cheick Sallah Cisse, and Ruth Gbagbi headline World Taekwondo's annual Gala Awards.