The Social Media Lives of Olympic Sports Stars...
Kelly Sildaru works the runway.
Dariusz Kowaluk has a moment.
Rhys McClenaghan has a beach day in Italy.
Lo Chia-ling takes a stroll.
Liu Shaoang hangs out tropically.
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A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In The Recent News
An elite diver who acknowledges a fear of heights? Meet Team Australia's Cassiel Rousseau...
Athletes galore help reveal some National Olympic committee uniforms for Paris 2024.
Breaker Rachael 'B-Girl Raygun' Gunn has been a longtime advocate for the sport...and feels conflicted on its Olympic inclusion. Gymnastics champion Simone Biles reflects on her attack of the 'twisties' at Tokyo 2020...and how she feared the crowd back home might perceive it. Csenge Bacskay wants to "enjoy every second" of her Paris 2024 gymnastics opportunity. Beijing 2008 heptathlon champion Nataliya Dobrynska chats with Kelly Sotherton on her world title, the challenges facing Ukrainian athletes, and much more. Pole vaulter Eliza McCartney readies for Paris 2024 after a 'not straightforward' eight years from her Rio 2016 medal. Can running upstart Ben Pattinson put Team Great Britain back on an Olympic 800-meter podium for the first time in 40 years? Is this the 'year for African sprinters', like Botswana Letsile Tebogo? Olympics: Champion shot putter Ryan Crouser is "just trying to be the best today that (he's) ever been". Inspired into running by his mom's jogging, Emile Cairess is now the second-fastest-ever marathoner in Great Britain, and likely headed to Paris 2024. Sprinter Ben Johnson and his notorious Seoul 1988 100-meter race are again in focus with a new book. So...Team China marathoner He Jie doesn't get a notorious half-marathon win, after all. And...the question is raised whether Zhang Yufei and Team China swimmers were clean at Tokyo 2020. Swimmer Emma McKeon thought about retirement post-Tokyo 2020, but now has high confidence ahead of Paris 2024. Wong Ka-lee is down but not out yet in her quest to bring Team Hong Kong back to Olympic judo. Will judo superstar Uta Abe successfully defend her Olympic title? One research firms thinks not. Paris 2024 "qualified" taekwondo athletes Elisa Mozhdeh and Jemesa Landers find themselves at a bureaucratic loss in their Olympic aspirations. Get to know Team Ireland rugby sevens' Jordan Conroy's 'inner drive'. Olympic ice hockey player and former NHL star Zdeno Chara keeps on marathoning. What's road cyclist Jonas Vingegaard's plan to get back to full speed after a critical injury? French basketball star Rudy Gobert shares stories of...darkness retreats, a strong mother, and more. How did Team USA men's basketball team members receive the news of their inclusion? Meanwhile, Rio 2016 Team USA basketball star Kyrie Irving considers what happened to the 'old' way of picking Team USA. "There was a lot of hardship, and it wore me down." Once-destined-to-be Olympic champion, Kento Momota retires from elite badminton. More retirement: Olympian and tennis major winner Garbine Muguruza steps away from the courts. Surfer Felipe Toledo thinks a surprise recent break from the pro tour 'was the best thing he;d ever done'. Gabriela Bryan gets some "magical" company as she wins a key World Surf League event. Soccer superstar Kylian Mbappe receives support from high places for his Paris 2024 ambitions. "It's just a dream come true." Soccer player John Tolkin contemplates an Olympic call-up for him, and his cologne collection.
A Look At What News Olympic Sports Stars In Recent News Features
British gymnastics legend Max Whitlock is "excited for the opportunity to try and create further history" before retirement.
Gymnast Rayderley Zapata is headed to Paris 2024 with 'intelligence, confidence, and inspiration'.
Olympics: Gymnastics legend Oksana Chusovitina remarkably takes a step closer to another Olympics. Five-time Olympic swimming medalist Lily King can now see the end of her career, to come sometime between Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028. Team Canada swimming star Maggie Mac Neil walks back some post Paris 2024 retirement speculation. Breaststroker Tatjana Smith's return to form - similar to ahead of Tokyo 2020 - was a highlight of the South African swimming championships. Meanwhile, Team Great Britain's James Guy isn't planning to let 'Olympic hype' distract him from an optimal Paris 2024 performance. "I'm excited to go and give it my all." Surfer Ethan Ewing looks ahead to a return to the scene of a bad crash with qualification to Paris 2024's competition in Tahiti. How is London 2012 boxer Oleksandr Usyk preparing for the upcoming 'fight of the century' against Tyson Fury? (in Ukrainian) âStar road cyclist Wout van Aert is prioritizing full health instead of a quick return to racing after a recent crash, in order to make an Olympics and Tour de France push. London 2012 Olympian and tennis major champ Simona Halep is 'ready to move forward' with a return from a surprise suspension. Tokyo 2020 cauldron lighter and tennis champion Naomi Osaka still has 'hope' to play at Paris 2024. Did you know about the Olympic tennis connection to the Titanic? Team Great Britain offers 'five things you should know' about rower Georgie Brayshaw. GQ Sports: Team USA basketball star Sue Bird 'is glad the world is finally catching up'. Team Japan captain Toi Suzuki credits his 'second home' of Greece for pushing forward his water polo career. (in Greek) âWho will be the 'Emerging Athlete of the Year' in Australia? Sprint kayaker Riley Fitzsimmons is headed to his third Olympics...and now he has fellow former surf life savers with him for Team Australia. Inspired by the sport opening to women at Sydney 2000, Tayla Ford is now to be Team New Zealand's first-ever Olympic wrestler. âWas wrestler Frank Chamizo offered a bribe ahead of a key Olympic qualification match? Team Canada looks at a number of sibling athletes with Paris 2024 ambitions, including wrestlers Ana and Karla Godinez Gonzalez, taekwondo stars Skylar, Tae-ku, and Braven Park, whitewater slalomists Lea and Alex Baldoni, 3x3 basketball players Michelle and Katherine Plouffe, runners Lucia Stafford and Garbielle DeBues-Stafford, and sailors Antonia and Georgia Lewin LaFrance. Will a switch to Isle of Man representation in Europe be the key for Bianca Cook to make it to Paris 2024 for Team Great Britain taekwondo? The British Columbia city of Burnaby now has two athletes headed to Paris 2024, after Josipa Kafadr's success at an "intense" taekwondo qualifier. "If I make it, I guess I'll have to figure it out." Team USA's Dakotah Lindwurm surprised with a marathon spot for Paris 2024, and now has to readjust her legal career plans. Emily Sisson makes a case for justice for fellow Team USA runner Alysia Montano, now in line for a belated London 2012 medal. Emile Cairess and Phil Sesmann are 'friends and rivals', and likely both headed to Paris 2024 as marathoners for Team Great Britain. One hobby that sprinter Dina Asher-Smith uses to relax? Pottery. Sprint hurdler Queen Harrison Claye adds her voice to the clamor against Nike's recent Paris 2024 track & field uniform reveal. He may only be 20-years-old, but rising javelin thrower Artur Felfner has eyes set on Paris 2024. Discus thrower Matt Denny's return from a recent Covid-19 battle was just one highlight from Team Australia's Olympic trials. Reuters: Will marathon great Eliud Kipchoge win a remarkable third Olympic title? Olympic and world champion triple jumper Yulimar Rojas' injury rules her out of Paris 2024. Catch Up On Olympic Sports Athletes In Recent Features
Charlize Moerz once thought she didn't have a chance to qualify for Paris 2024, but the gymnast has done it, and early, too.
What has life been like over the past years for Ukrainian Atlanta 1996 gymnastics champion Lilia Podkopaeva? (in Ukrainian)
Off the Podium podcast asks Australian sport climber Oceania Mackenzie what to expect in Paris this summer, and more. Australian Michael Hooper is the latest rugby star to try his hand at sevens with an aim at Paris 2024. Middle blocker Agnieszka Korneluk shares the 'aspirations' of Team Poland this summer in women's volleyball at Paris 2024 with Volleyball World. Tennis champion Roger Federer heads to college this summer, as a commencement speaker. Some of Team Great Britain's top track & field Olympic hopefuls get a spotlight in a new documentary. Citius Magazine talks 2024 mindset...and world record goals...with sprinter Shericka Jackson. Middle-dstance runner Georgia Despollaris still has an eye for soccer despite track getting her time now. (in Greek) NCAA: Track & field legend Jackie Joyner-Kersee talks 'lessons learned on the way to athletic dominance'. Javelin champion Neeraj Chopra is headed to almost-mythological status at home in India if he can repeat an Olympic gold medal win. Hurdler Sarah Lavin offers the next generation some inspiration with a visit to a primary school back home in Limerick. Sprint hurdles champion Colin Jackson has high hopes that Paris 2024 is a fruitful one for Team Great Britain's track & field stars. Tokyo 2020 sprint champion Marcell Jacobs hopes "radical change" in training will prove doubters wrong. Adele Nicoll's drive to "be a professional athlete" kickstarted during the Covid-19 pandemic and has her on the cusp on being both a bobsled and shot put Olympian. Bobsledder Cynthia Appiah highlights the financial stress many athletes are under as they target elite sporting careers and Olympic ambitions. Track cyclist Anna Meares chats with water polo player and fellow Olympian Rowie Webster on her new role as chef-de-mission for Team Australia at Paris 2024. Team Ireland boxer Amy Broadhurst looks across the sea for options to compete at Paris 2024. Refugee taekwondo star Kimia Alizadeh's saga away from Iran continues with a move toward Bulgaria. What are NBC Sports' 'top ten moments in Olympic soccer history'? Team GB looks at kayaker Joe Clarke's 'secret to success' in Olympic paddling. Is Canadian curling great Brad Gushue treating the current worlds and this season as his last? Olympics: Get to know Paris 2024 skateboarding aspirant, 14-year-old Lily Erickson. A 'heart-to-heart' conversation led Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes to reunite as beach volleyball partners, and toward Paris 2024 as top contenders. So...what's that I hear about an injury to beach volleyball star Andy Mol? He has an update... Equestrian Andrew Hoy has 'no intention of slowing down anytime soon' despite approaching a ninth Olympics this summer. Team Great Britain's sports shooter Amber Rutter may be expecting a baby this month, but still targets Paris 2024 competition. Norwegian triathlon stars Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav Iden have varying approaches to a 2024 season 'filled with anticipation and expectation'. Naoki Mizunuma and Katsuhiro Matsumoto are set to lead Team Japan in swimming at Paris 2024. How does star swimmer Siobhan Haughey keep 'floating above the pressure'? Marco Odermatt and Laura Gut-Behrami topped the top earners lists in Alpine skiing this season. What's in the future for Emilien Jacquelin as he reflects on an up-and-down season with Biathlon World. Wait...didn't Australian basketball star Lauren Jackson retire...twice? âLos Angeles Times: Retired Team USA star Sue Bird 'is still not used to being described as a retired basketball player'. What Have Olympic Sports Stars Been Up To On Social Media?
Pablo Martinez puts his workout in technicolor.
Harry McNulty makes a lift.
Emil Iversen has a training pal.
Stefan Kraft does apres-ski in style.
Jack Woolley has a very Paris photoshoot.
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