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.
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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! Happy Holidays Everyone!*Checking Out Olympic Sports Stars On Social Media Lately...
Marco Odermatt gets some rest.
Bruno Rezende has a special moment.
Romane Dicko finds a dance partner.
Daria Bilodid's looking futuristic...
Congrats, Claudio Treviso!
A New Olympic Athlete Documentary Showcases the Olympic Spirit We Dare To Dream (2023) A Quick Film Review Do you need an inspiring movie this holiday season? The aptly-named We Dare to Dream has been thankfully made available on streaming service Peacock, offering a just-intimate-enough look at the premise of the International Olympic Committee's Refugee Team through select featured athletes. Responding to the increasing global refugee crisis, the IOC created the Refugee Team program to debut at Rio 2016 as a pathway to support elite athletes whose careers may have otherwise been thwarted by their stateless status. From a team of 10 at those Rio Games, the program expanded to 29 at Tokyo 2020, with an even larger pool of candidates aiming for Paris 2024. Both the IOC's commitment to the program, and the need for it, are apparent. We Dare to Dream takes a look at four of those Tokyo 2020 Olympians - weightlifter Cyrille Tchachet II, runner Anjelina Nadai Lohalith, canoeist Saied Fazloula, and taekwondo star Kimia Alizadeh. Each has their own unique, dramatic path to how they found themselves as a refugee, with their elite experience - Tchachet a Commonwealth Games competitor, Fazloula an Asian Games medalist, and Alizadeh a Rio 2016 medalist - underscoring the quality of athletes' abilities found on the team and the potential tragedy for their Olympic dreams to not have an outlet were it not for the Refugee Team pathway. Getting to know each backstory is the heart of We Dare to Dream, and powers one's attention as they navigate qualification, the Covid-19-enhanced circumstances of the Tokyo Games, and, ultimately, Olympic competition. For added perspective, we also get to briefly know another taekwondo athlete, Wael Fawaz Al-Farraj, whose dashed hopes for Tokyo 2020 selection exemplify the greater number of refugee athletes not on the final team - but who persevere. "Hope is constant, and dreams must continue", offers Fawaz Al-Farraj as attention eventually turns to Paris 2024. Directing the documentary is Waad Al-Kateab, whose own experiences as a refugee herself likely enhanced the sensitive and empathetic touch the film has with its athletes. As she knows well, "we all deserve to live, dream, and fight in a new way". We Dare to Dream provides a welcome look at Olympic athlete stories too-often neglected amidst the common nationalistic fervor that can accompany the Games - individuals who personify the drive to compete and succeed at their chosen sport, and even despite the luxury and privilege of national system support. Is that not Olympic spirit? |
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