Brandon Wakeling will be the first Indigenous Australian weightlifter at the Olympics since Sydney 2000.

Rower James Rook is on track to be the "first male coxswain to cox an Australian women's eights at an Olympic Games."

Now a team veteran, Estonian Johanna Talihaerm looks to be a role model for newcomers at training camp ahead of the new biathlon season.

​Veteran Italian pairs figure skaters Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise have persevered through tough challenges to look toward Beijing 2022 and a likely last season.

"And I'm very fortunate to say that I'm an Olympian now". Bryson DeChambeau is excited to join the men's golf field at Tokyo 2020.

The International Judo Federation announces its official list of qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020, including Israel's Raz Hershko, star of the 17 Seconds documentary.

Relative newcomer Justine Wong-Orantes made enough of an impression with her serve reception to earn libero selection for Team USA volleyball selection.

Now moving past from a try to reach Tokyo 2020, can London 2012 and Rio 2016 triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee conquer "SUB7" in the Ironman distance?

Now joining an exclusive membership of five-time basketball Olympians, Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird headline Team USA's women's team for Tokyo 2020.

​And...the U.S. men's basketball team looks set, too. (Only three athletes with Olympic experience!)

Modern pentathlete Arthur Lanigan-O'Keefe goes out a class act.

Karateka Antonio Diaz is honored to be a flag-bearer at Tokyo 2020's Opening Ceremony, and also represent Venezuela in his sport's Olympic debut.

​Team USA's Ginny Fuchs won't let missing out on the two previous Games - and an affliction with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - stop her from Tokyo 2020 goals.

Can veteran Ryoto Yamagata make it through Japan's national track & field championships to lead the strong 100 meters contingent?

And, can one of these athletes win a rare Olympic medal for their nation in track & field this summer?

Norway's alpine skiing men's team worked on mental toughness through training with the national Coastal Ranger Commando squad.

Team Great Britain's vaunted cycling team is in a new era of guidance, but looking for more of the same Olympic success this summer.

More cycling: Lithuanian track star Simona Krupeckaite is headed to her fifth Olympics, and looking forward to a more relaxed approach.

As a member of Team USA's Olympic soccer team, Rose Lavelle will go from being an Olympics-watching "sports junkie" to an Olympian as role model for the sport.

Australia's Tim Atherton centers the not-uncommon pandemic-fueled havoc that's happened across Olympic qualification over the last year, with baseball hard hit.

If you need a reminder on what the Olympics can mean, for athletes and their communities, take a listen to Bill Dardis of Team Ireland's rugby sevens. "...kids that are going to start playing rugby, maybe, after seeing us play at the Olympics...it's pretty cool..."

Can PR Sreejesh emulate a past hero and bring back Olympic glory to Indian field hockey?
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Jin Jong-Oh is headed to his fifth Olympics this summer with the opportunity to become the sole leading all-time Olympic medalist for South Korea.

Go behind the scenes of Jake Mitchell's unique, stressful, and ultimately successful, time trial to make USA's swimming team for Tokyo 2020.

Pride Month: Three-time Olympic swimming medalist Jeremie Stravius headlines a group of six French athletes to come out as LGBTQ in the We Need to Talk documentary.

Get used to sprinter Sha'carri Richardson: "bold, brash, and the best American hope in the 100 meters".

It's been 17 years and four previous Olympics, but sprint legend Allyson Felix confirms a fifth Games appearance after a tumultuous last few years.

"Nigeria's fastest man", Enoch Adegoke, makes a bold promise for Tokyo 2020's sprint competition.

Tokyo 2020 weightlifting's latest qualification confirmations include Albanian Erkand Qerimaj, who's been competing at the Worlds since 2003.

"Gold would be cool": Australian skateboarder Shane O'Neill looks ahead to the sport's Olympic debut.

Is swimming superstar Katie Ledecky vulnerable at these Olympics? The 1500 meters freestyle is the race to watch.

In a U.S. trials full of news, here's a odd trivia note...Michael Andrews is set to become the first U.S. swimmer to compete in both breaststroke and non-I.M. events.

It's a new record - 80 countries will be represented in rowing at Tokyo 2020, inclduing newcomers Ivory Coast, Namibia, Saudi Arabia, and more.

Meanwhile, Beijing 2008 gold medalist rower Lindsay Shoop is now a self-help author, with "Better Great than Never", stressing the values of hope, possibility, positivity, and kindness.

Pennslyvania News Today looks at archer Casey Kaufhold, booked for Tokyo 2020 in both individual and now team events.

In its only second Olympic appearance since 1972, can Team Norway's men's handball team rise to the success level of the women's team?

​Get to know the short track speed skating brothers, Shaoang and Shaolin Liu of Hungary, "bound by a fierce commitment on the ice".

Rafael Nadal plans a reduced schedule in tennis, unfortunately including from Tokyo 2020.

Love Island reality star Greg O'Shea's turn from celebrity to focus on rugby pays off with Ireland's rugby sevens Olympic qualification.

Another Beijing 2008 Olympian - and world’s best soccer player? - Cristiano Ronaldo becomes even more of an Instagram star.

After marriage and motherhood, can midfielder Zhang Xin continue a soccer comeback and lead China to Tokyo 2020 success?

More soccer: Dani Alves headlines a typically strong Brazilian men's team. And he's excited, too.

Will 40 year-old Pau Gasol be a part of Spain's Olympic basketball team again?

Get to know Rae Lin D'Alie, Italy's 3x3 basketball star and game-winning shot heroine.
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At only age 23, Amber Hill will be the veteran member of Team Great Britain's Olympic shooting contingent this summer.

​Will we see new U.S. Open golf champion Jon Rahm at the Olympics this year?

​Gymnast Sam Mikulak opens up about his mental health: "I started therapy thanks to Michael Phelps, and wish I'd done it earlier."

Pride Month: Kayla Miracle will represent the U.S. at Tokyo 2020, and become the first-ever publicly out wrestler at an Olympics.

Meet the day 1, day 2, and day 3 karatekas securing Olympic spots at the World Qualification Tournament this weekend.

Slovenia's biathlete Lena Repinc is the winner of the European National Olympic Committees' Piotr Nurowski Best Young Athlete award.

Golf Digest: Pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis carries a 13 handicap and is an earnest player of the sport.

Hurdler and "handsome man" Devon Allen is a part of JON magazine's "Fit" edition for June 2021.

"...when I'm happy, I run much faster": World Athletics catches up with sprinter Dina Asher-Smith.

In only his first year running the event, NCAA-er freshman Sean Burrell sets a new U-20 world record in the 400 meter hurdles.

Count international soccer superstar Mohamed Salah as Olympic-bound for Team Egypt, if its his choice.

FIH's Olympic Spotlight series speaks with defender Scott Tupper as he and team Canada prepare for a tough field hockey tournament this summer.

Kyle Chalmers uses his love of reptiles as a "healthy distraction" from the regimen of training as he looks to defend his Olympic swimming success at Tokyo 2020.

Russian gymnastics great Aliya Mustafina, the last non-U.S. world or Olympic all-around champ retires.

Meanwhile, Simone Biles "shares what it's like to be an athlete at the top of her game" as the latest cover feature for Health magazine.

Can French men's doubles pair Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert win at Tokyo 2020 to add an Olympic title to all four Grand Slam tennis wins?

And, Barbora Krejcikova can also look toward Tokyo 2020 with partner Katerina Siniakova after becoming the first since 2000 to win both singles and doubles at the French.

Newly-minted five-time judo world champion Clarisse Agbegnenou reveals her future plans past the Tokyo 2020 Games.

More judo: Rene Feuillet made history for Mauritius with a seventh-place finish at last week's World Championships.

Equestrian: an incomplete horse's passport presents an Olympic qualification problem for Team Italy.

Racial disharmony hits the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, courtesy of Serbia.

Pride Month: Figure skater Paul Poirier talks to GLORY magazine about his "experience as a gay athlete".

And...fellow Canadian skater (retired) Kaitlyn Weaver opens up about her sexuality.

AND...so does U.S. skater Jason Brown...

Maggie Steffens has embraced her role as team captain as she leads Team USA water polo toward a hopeful third-straight Olympic title.

20 year old boxer Caroline "Colin" Dubois is Team Great Britain's newest star headed to Tokyo 2020 after an impressive qualification performance this weekend.

"We want to represent Latvia very well". Anastasija Kravcenoka and Tina Graudina are their country's first Olympics pair in women's beach volleyball.

Soccer star Oribe Peralta has advice for Tokyo 2020's Team Mexico as he reflects on the London 2012 gold medal run.

Skateboarder Brighton Zeuner is the youngest X Games gold medalist in history and now has Tokyo 2020 in her sights.

Brody Malone jumps to the top of the line in U.S. men's gymnastics, after an upset national championship win this weekend.

Liechtenstein's Julia Hassler is at peace with Tokyo 2020 being her "swan song", as she looks to the end of her three-time Olympic Games journey in swimming.

And, Great Britain's triathlete Jonathan Brownlee will also call it an Olympic career after Tokyo 2020 as he looks toward Ironman.

Connor Fields: Does the United States have a pandemic recovery-fueled advantage in BMX racing ahead of the Tokyo 2020 competition?

​Wrestler Sofia Mattson brings experience as a veteran athlete and as a mother to her approach to her fourth Games at Tokyo 2020.

Three-time surfing world champion Sofia Mulanovich had to sweat until the last minute for Olympic qualification after a poor World Games showing. (in Spanish)

39 World Judo Tour medals, a world championship, and three Asian titles. Now, Urantsetseg Munkhbat wants an Olympic medal at Tokyo 2020.

Korean short track speed skater Lim Hyo-Jun gets a legal reprive and lifeline in his road to Beijing 2022.

The speed skating Liu brothers, Shaoang and Shaolin, share their background, rivalry, and more on ISU's #UpAgain Show.

Team Ireland's field hockey goalkeeper Ayeisha McFerran voices support for Naomi Osaka's public mental health discussion last week.

Despite defending champion Carolina Marin's injury withdrawal, badminton player P.V. Sindhu won't embrace the "favorite" tag.

Major League Baseball "castoffs" lead the United States to the Tokyo Olympics in baseball this summer.

Rio 2016 gold medalist Michelle Carter is the latest Keep the Flame Alive podcast interview, discussing shot put, overcoming physical challenges, and much more.

Pride Month: Multiple-medalist Kerron Clement talks with Today on his coming out in 2019, as the first active track & field athlete to do so.

Happy Pride Month: Anton Down Jenkins will not only be the first New Zealand male Olympic diver in 37 years, but will also compete as an out LGBTQ athlete.

Catch up with Team USA rugby sevens star Perry Baker, courtesy NBC San Diego.

Badminton champion Carolina Marin suffers another injury setback, ending her Olympic title defense.

Beach volleyballers Christiaan Varenhorst and Steven van de Velde try to maintain positivity as they chase Olympic qualification down to the wire.

​Meanwhile, it's an end of an Olympic era for U.S. beach volleyball superstar Kerri Walsh-Jennings.

Parents: Swimmer Nathan Adrian is headed to Tokyo 2020 after battling cancer and becoming a father.

Table tennis champion Ma Long is looking at training as a way to stay calm in competition matches as he leads Team China's men's team to Tokyo.

Think there's no connection between Disney's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and handball? IHF.info profiles former Guatemalan goalkeeper Wendy Rosas.

Gunning for gold medal-level preparation, Team Australia softball starts their Japan stay early...very early.

More Australia: soccer star Samantha Kerr is the author of a new children's book.

Rio 2016 weightlifter Neisi Dajomes of Ecuador is determined for a top five performance at Tokyo 2020.

The United States has a new high school running phenom. Meet Hobbs Kessler.

​And, there's a new prep sprinting phenom, too...meet Erriyon Knighton, who's drawing comparisons to Usain Bolt after a record run.

Dafne Schippers is the latest cover girl for Helden magazine, featuring her training partnership with her brother Derek. (in Dutch)

Relive Pia Skrzyszowska's double win performance at the recent European Team Athletics Championships; the first woman to win both the 100 meters and 100 meter hurdles at the event.

Kelsey Plum overcame injury and a pandemic delay to become tournament high scorer and lead the U.S. in 3x3 basketball Olympic qualification.

Team Australia athletes hits the runway for a Vogue photoshoot.

Across golf (Nelly and Jessica) and tennis (Sebastian), the Korda family could have three siblings at the Olympics this summer.

Smithsonian Magazine remembers unsung Olympian and U.S. / Hopi runner Louis Tewanima, who ran in London 1908 and Stockholm 1912.

Fresh off accomplishing an official signature move, gymnast Nikita Nagornny looks toward Tokyo 2020 as the  men's all-around favorite.

Spanish judo champion Nikolz Sherazadshvili wants two more major titles, including at Tokyo 2020, before a quick step up in weight class.