Matty Lee has a day at the races.
Congrats, Jakob Ingebrigtsen!
Venus Williams steps out for Schiparelli.
Liudmyla Luzan gets a Vogueâ photoshoot.
Aurelien Giraud suits up in Dior.
Olympic Sports Athletes Are In The News
Vogue presents 'the leading Greek Olympians', including sports shooter Anna Korakaki, long jumper Miltiadis Tentoglou, gymnast Eleftherios Petrounias, rower Stefanos Tsoukos, water polo player Yiannis Fundoulis, and tennis star Maria Sakkari. (in Greek)
Team Canada golfer Nick Taylor had an early brush with the Olympics at Vancouver 2010, and now finds himself headed to Paris 2024.
Sport climber Alberto Gines Lopez chats with Olympics on the crucial role his coach plays. Meanwhile, fellow sport climber Campbell Harrison continues to broaden awareness for out-LGBT athletes - with the International Olympic Committee's help. Former U-23 Asian Cup star Joel Fujita is 'determined' to help Team Japan reach the top of Paris 2024's men's soccer podium this summer. What to make of controversial Korbin Albert making Team USA's roster for women's soccer at Paris 2024? Short track speed skater Brendan Corey has a 'mission' to drive his sport's awareness in Australia. Biathlon World: Get to know Team Mongolia's (!) rising biathlete Enkhsaikhan Enkhbat. Sochi 2014 medalist Christopher Fogt is the new head coach of Team USA's bobsled team. The Global Athlete group posts an open letter to the World Anti-Doping Agency urging "actions be immediately taken to restore athletes' trust" in the efforts against cheating. FIS reminds us of today's 'snow gladiators' in freestyle skiing's ski cross elite competitors. Will Team Germany have 'equestrian's greatest Olympian', Isabelle Werth, to lead it at Paris 2024? Will canoeist Saul Craviotto retire as the most-decorated Spanish Olympian of all-time after Paris 2024? (in Spanish) How are Team Refugee canoeists Saeid Fazloula, Fernando Dayan Jose Enriquez, Saman Soltani, and Amir Rezanejad Hassanjani prepping for Paris 2024? Judoka Mashu Baker talks Rio 2016 success with IJF. The Off the Podium podcast talks with 'one of the greatest field hockey players of all time', Team Australia's Eddie Ockenden. Team Hong Kong's Him Chun Chiu is World Rowing's 'Rower of the Month' for June 2024. Who are the 122 weightlifters set to compete at Paris 2024? "I have reached a place where I must achieve something." Taekwondo athlete Donia Abu Taleb's Paris 2024 appearance will carry added weight as the first-ever female Olympic outright qualifier. Team Jordan's Julyana Al-Sadeq also realizes the impact her Paris 2024 appearance in taekwondo can have back home. Pole vault champion Sam Kendricks has some, um. comments on the Olympic platform... Sprint hurdler Trey Cunningham talks to World Athletics on living 'without regrets'. Paris 2024-bound Kate Douglass joins other USA Swimming stars in a summer swimwear promotion. Australian swim legend Cate Campbell tries to calm down trash talk over-hype against Team USA ahead of a showdown in the Paris 2024 pool. Team USA swim stars Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt take their frustration with global ant-doping efforts to Washington, DC. Australian diver Cassiel Rousseau is 'remarkably relaxed' despite carrying medal ambitions - and the weight of family history - at Paris 2024. How did gymnasts Tin Srbic and Artur Davtyan reach Paris 2024 with the help of the Olympic Solidarity Scholarship? What's the connection again between Team USA Tokyo 2020 gymnast MyKayla Skinner and the 'Ninja Warrior' franchise? Mijain Lopez (wrestling), Rebeca Andrade (gymnastics), Marileidy Paulino, Valerie Allman, & Julien Alfred (track & field), Margaret MacNeil (swimming), Marcos Moneta (rugby sevens), Osmar Olvera (diving), and Nicola Jarry (tennis) form 'Team Panam Sport' as ambassadors for the Americas at Paris 2024.
Checking Out The Social Media Lives Of Olympic Sports Stars
Congrats, Madison Chock and Evan Bates!
Bryden Hattie enjoys some beach time.
Tomas Gonzalez shows off, um, a sweater...
Tara Davis-Woodhall gets fresh with Snoop Dogg.
Filip Pravdica gets in the water.
Olympic Sports Athletes Are In The News
A Hawaiian wedding: Congrats to figure skaters Madison Chock and Evan Bates!
French swimming star Leon Marchand eyes a unique competitive double at Paris 2024.
"I'm not as lonely as I thought." Swimmer Simone Manuel relishes a somewhat unexpected and celebrated return to the Olympics. Engagement: Lily King's Paris 2024 qualification wasn't her only big news at Team USA's swimming trials. (p.s.: Australian swimmer Kyle Chamlers has his own engagement news!) Controversial Team China Sun Yang still generates drama, even when not competing. NBC Olympics: Swim star Caeleb Dressel is 'conquering the unknown' at the U.S. Olympic Trials. U.S. swim legend Dara Torres' next challenge? (Re)building Boston College's swim program... Runner's World: Will sprint legend Michael Johnson's new track league venture 'succeed where others have failed'? Hammer thrower Andriy Skvaruk recalls his frustrating Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000 experiences with Sport24. (in Ukrainian) Decathlete/long jumper Simon Ehammer is 'one who breaks down and breaks out boundaries', according to the Red Bulletin. (in German) "Grace, gratitude, and appreciation' help middle-distance runner Athing Mu approach competition from a healthier mental space. World Athletics looks back on the career of Team Poland's legendary sprinter Irena Szewinska. Montreal 1976 champion sprint hurdler - and IOC member - Guy Drut leans right in today's French politics and causes some questions for Thomas Bach. Race walker Magaly Bonilla's Tokyo 2020 qualification disappointment led her to doubly ensure she made the cut for Team Ecuador for Paris 2024. (in Spanish) Japanese track sprint sensation Abdul Hakim Sani Brown has bigger goals than just making the 100-meter final at Paris 2024. While in Nigeria...Favour Ofili reveals a 'hunger' for more success after a key national sprint win ahead of the Olympics this summer. Irish distance running great Sonia O'Sullivan wants to stop the drop in youth sports participation. Outsports: Nico Young is the'first out gay male U.S. track & field Olympian in history'. "These days, it feels like every major championship comes with an unprecedented heat wave." Track & field stars join World Athletics in concern on rising temperatures, with Paris 2024 in mind. An ACL injury derails Cameron Brink's 3x3 basketball dreams at Paris 2024. Triathlete Sam Dickinson credits the rival Brownlee brothers for inspiration in his competitive career. Fellow triathlete Georgia Taylor-Brown's 'challenging' last few years have been rewarded with her own Paris 2024 nomination. Diver Marg Erlam started the sport as a 'fearless four-year-old' and now is on the roster for Paris 2024. Meanwhile, will a finger injury derail gymnastics star Daiki Hashimoto's Paris 2024 ambitions? BBC has 'the story of a refugee Olympian' featuring Afghani-born taekwondo athlete Farzad Mansouri. Tennis superstar Rafael Nadal indicates a commitment to Paris 2024 with his on-going clay court training in Mallorca. Will tennis' Andy Murray recover from surgery in time for an Olympic farewell at Paris 2024? The Owl Post: Judoka Alice Bellandi is in a better place personally - and mentally - for this Olympic cycle. Weightlifter Maude Charron chats with the CBC on her thoughts on another Olympic run this summer. Is retirement looming for double Olympic medalist golfer Lydia Ko? Rio 2016 basketball champion Klay Thompson lends his talents to Team Bahamas in training for its upcoming Olympic qualifier tournament. Team USA soccer stars Tobin Heath and Christen Press get back onto YouTube. London 2012 soccer medalist Danilo has a 'letter to Brazilian fans' in The Player's Tribune. Team Canada's Natalie Spooner and Team Czechia's Roman Cervenka are named the ice hockey 'Players of the Year' by the IIHF. Track cyclist Katie Archibald: A 'freak accident' claims the goals of another Paris 2024-bound Olympian. "I want to use that moment to create something." Tam USA's Jeffrey 'B-boy Jeffro' Louis sees awareness opportunity with Paris 2024's inclusion of breaking. Rugby (sevens) star Antoine Dupont turns advocate for 'no more taboo or shame' in the fight for LGBT inclusion in sport. (in French) Ashleigh Johnson (water polo), Sunny Choi (breaking), Jess Savner (modern pentathlon), Ilona Maher (rugby sevens), and Jajaira Gonzalez (boxing) join para-triathlete Haiely Danz to share with Women's Heatlth the 'hurdles they overcame' to make it to Paris 2024.
The Social Media Lives of Olympic Sports' Stars
Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils dress up.
Giovanni Tocci caught a big one.
Shane Brathwaite is enjoying summer.
Kelly Harrington sings for a bit.
Serena and Venus Williams (and family) step out in style.
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