Serena Williams and family found a happy (warm) place.
Sasha Zhoya strolls the rooftops.
Lorenzo Zazzeri hangs out.
Adam Siao takes a look at himself.
Lo Chia-ling takes up surfing.
What News Are Olympic Sports Athletes Making?
Team Denmark gets a national honor after it's three-peat performance at the men's handball world championship in 2023.
Can Team USA's women's water polo extend it's remarkable global title streak at this year's world?
FIBA: What have been triple Olympic basketball champion Kevin Durant's 'top 10 USA games'? Which 3x3 basketball teams 'defined 2023'? FIBA 3x3 takes a look at the men's and women's top teams. Rasmus Stegfeldt, Elliot Vaillancourt, Alli Macuga, and Maia Schwinghammer are moguls freestyle skiers with recent big 'breakthrough' moments. Akane Yamaguchi is taking "one tournament at a time" after making a strong comeback to badminton from a long injury layoff. Team China's weightlifters got a grounds-eye sneak peek at Paris 2024 recently. "2023 made me believe i myself even more." A successful season pushed rhythmic gymnast Barbara Domingos into the Brazilian spotlight. Is a 'trilogy fight' in the boxing cards for Team Ireland London 2012 champion Katie Taylor against rival Chantelle Cameron? Equestrian eventer David Doel has eyes on being a member of a championship British team...and 2024 presents multiple global opportunities. Having a work-life balance, inspiring others, and continuing fashion headlines are just some of the 2024 goals for track & field stars Armand Duplantis, Faith Kipyegon, and Noah Lyles. High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh leads the Ukrainian Olympic Committee's 2023 honors as the 'best athlete of the year'. Mete Gazoz and Lim Sihyeon headline World Archery's 'best archers' for the 2023 season. Team Spain soccer star Aitana Bonmati may have had a stellar 2023 season, but she wants even more. Sport climber Emma Hunt is the lone Olympic sport representative on the World Games Athlete of the Year nomination list for 2023. (voting is open!) Team USA rugby sevens star Ilona Maher takes her cellulite (and body positivity) to the spotlight. âMeanwhile, Team Chile's men's rugby sevens squad has high hopes for this year's challenger series...can it make it to a promotion tournament in Madrid? Sports shooters Clement Bessaguet and Doreen Venekamp are the ISSF Athletes of the Year for 2023. Double Olympic shooting champion Michael Diamond sees his Paris 2024 hopes 'dashed'. Can Jade Jones win the third taekwondo Olympic title that eluded her in 2021? Joseph Choong, Elena Micheli, and Mohana Shaban are the top senior modern pentathletes in the UIPM Awards for 2023. What's the latest with Los Angeles 1984 star gymnast Mary Lou Retton and the crowd-sourced funding for her urgent treatment? Team Italy gymnast Alice D'Amato may be an all-around event star but she's just focused on staying healthy ahead of Paris 2024. Champion gymnast Simone Biles talks 'marriage, WAG life with Taylor Swift, and the Paris Olympics' with Vanity Fair. Tahitian surfer Kauli Vaast makes a fashion statement with the house of Dior ahead of Paris 2024. The Athletic: Is Novak Djokovic the 'GOAT' of tennis? Get yourself a Meta Avatar of tennis and Tokyo 2020 star Naomi Osaka! The Stars of Olympic Sports Are Making Headlines
Curler Eve Muirhead has the 'spirit of sport' for 2023. And acknowledged by long jump champion Greg Rutherford!
Outsports names curler Bruce Mouat as its 'Male Athlete of the Year' for 2023...and Sha'Carri Richardson as its 'Female Athlete of the Year'.
World Athletics reflects on long-distance runner Ron Clarke'sfirst world record, career, and more. More from World Athletics as track & field stars Faith Kipyegon, Armand Duplantis, Noah Lyles, and Kelvin Kiptum answer some quickfire questions for Inside Track. Double Olympic javelin medalist Fatima Whitbread headlines the BBC's Sports Personality Awards along with soccer star Mary Earps. Who are newer names Team USA may look to in order to restore it to former 'glories' in women's soccer? What does biathlete Lovro Planko think of his first-ever top 10 finish in a World Cup race? Road cyclist Amanda Spratt recaps her 2023 season - and a successful Tour de France - with SBS Sport. Tadej Pogacar confirms an aggressive summer schedule for 2024 ahead of Paris 2024, with both the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France road cycling events on deck. Congrats to Beijing 2008 sailing medalist Isabel Swan, new president of the Panam Sports Athletes Commission (while also training for a run at Paris 2024)! Will a big end to this calendar year be a boon to freestyle skier Reece Howden's 2023-24 season hopes? For former Olympic rower Pete Reed, advocating for wheelchair accessibility and awareness is personal. Meanwhile, World Rowing looks back at the career of champion rower Peter-Michael Kolbe. Who made it to FIBA's 'World Tour 2023 Team of the Season' in men's 3x3 basketball? Team USA's Jimmer Fredette and more... Meanwhile, MVP Henny Reistad of Norway headlines the 2023 Women's World Championship All-Star honors for team handball. What were 2023's 'top swimming races' according to World Aquatics? "Two wonderful human beings" in Sarah Robles and Mary Theisen Lappen exemplify the tight and emotional race of Olympic qualification in weightlifting. Sport climber Emma Hunt is looking forward to a landmark focus on speed at the next World Games. Viktor Axelsen's in-tournament turnaround in form confirms his 'monumental legacy' in badminton. Team Canada's golfers look to carry on 2023 momentum into next year's prime opportunities to represent the red-and-white. Who will win the IJF Judo Awards 2023? Online voting is open through January 31st... Henrik von Eckermann, Jessica von Bredow-Werndl, and Oliver Townend headline 2023's final world rankings in equestrian's Olympic disciplines. "It's breathtaking." Thiraphat Sata and Sunita Chaiyapantho are excited at the prospect of debuting Team Thailand in luge at the Youth Winter Olympic Games. Champion figure skater Robin Cousins talks to The Guardian about his 'double life as a gay Olympian'. London 2012 champion boxer Oleksandr Usyk gets some key advice from fellow Olympic great Evander Holyfield in preparation of a highlight bout next year. (in Ukrainian) ICF looks at canoeist Saman Soltani's fraught path to the Refugee Team after leaving Iran. Team USA's Cutter Gauthier looks to make amends for a World U18 Championship disappointment at next years World Juniors in ice hockey. Iszmail Muszukajev, Bose Tosun, and Gabriel Rosillo are United World Wrestling's 2023 'breakout performers'. Olympic champions Mary Lou Retton (gymnastics) and Dave Baumgartner (wrestling) are both honored for their contributions to the U.S. Olympic movement.
Olympic Sports Stars Are Making The News
Fellow USA Swimming Olympian Klete Keller gets his probation sentencing for his January 6th insurrection participation.
Will swimmer Tom Dean win five medals at Paris 2024 for Team Great Britain? Despite more 'stable' morale, swimmer Myhailo Romanchuk knows past success will be tough to repeat. (in Ukrainian) Team Australia swimming star Stephanie Rice causes a stir with a life move to Dubai. 'Giving herself grace', U.S. swimming star Simone Manuel is 'getting back to where she wants to be'. Team Canada soccer star Christine Sinclair 'reflects on her record-breaking-career' with CBC Sports. Stalking and harassment? What was Beijing 2008 tennis Olympian David Nalbandian thinking? Meanwhile, rising tennis stars Leylah Fernandez scores in a new, unique partnership with LEGO. Andy Murray, mental health darkness, and more...tennis' Nick Kyrgios has opened up to Piers Morgan. Tennis legend Rafael Nadal finds "the right moment" to finally make his comeback from injury. A stint on reality competition SAS Australia may be the key to Melissa Wu's new confidence in diving. Eduarda 'Duda' Lisboa takes her passion for beach volleyball a step further with a new fashion line. Champion Team Canada lacrosse player Erica Evans has 'happy tears' contemplating Los Angeles 2028. What is gymnast Aurelie Tran's 'strategy' for making it to Paris 2024 with Team Canada next year? What's the connection between Team Canada's women's ski jumping team and...a bee hive? 3x3 basketball star Katie Samuelson has 'unfinished business' with the Olympics after Covid-19 derailed her Tokyo 2020 plans. The Guardian focus a feature on London 2012 volleyball Olympian-turned-filmmaker Savanah Leaf. Tokyo 2020 champion Kristian Blummenfelt has his sights on running under 29 minutes in the triathlon road race portion in his title defense. How did relatively new triathlete Beth Potter make it to the Olympics in a new sport after her Rio 2016 track & field appearance? Finnish double Olympic medalist Sanni Hakala suffers a debilitating injury in an ice hockey match. Team USA: Alpine skier Ryan Cochrane-Siegle is "still a small-town boy from Vermont" despite surprising Beijing 2022 podium success. Will the next U.S. college water polo stars come from New Zealand? Outsports: Rowers Robbie Manson and Emma Twigg, and sport climber Campbell Harrison are the publicly-LGBT athletes that have qualified for Paris 2024 so far... Olympic rower Serhiy Kirsanov talks sport, Kherson, and more with Sport24 (in Ukrainian). Team USA basketball star Kevin Durant is now a Top 10-all-time scorer in the NBA. Sprinter Luguelin Santos is no longer the youngest 400-meter medalist in Olympic history now... The 'lifetime achievement' accolades keep coming for landmark long sprinter Cathy Freeman. With university studies now behind him, sprinter Rohan Browning plans a full-focus on Paris 2024 goals. Paralympian and London 2012 Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius gets a parole date to complete his jail time after his murder conviction. Bahamanian champion sprinter Steven Gardiner is back healthy and eyeing another Olympic gold on the track. Olympics: Sprinters Sha'Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles headline the honorees at USA Track & Field's 'Night of Legends'. Speaking of....via NBC Sports: 'What makes up the formula for this phenomenon' of sprinter Noah Lyles? Irish long hurdler Thomas Barr knows that his Rio 2016 performance wasn't a 'one-off' as he prepares for one more Olympic campaign.
A Look At Olympic Sports Stars' Social Media Feeds...
Rikako Ikee has a beach day.
Yaroslava Mahuchickh goes historical.
Ester Ledecka waits for a train.
Mia Blichfeldt visits Giza.
Matteo Zurloni wraps up a NEOM visit.
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