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Catch Up With Olympic Sports Stars In The News.
Artistic swimmers Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe find a themselves much better poised for a podium run in Paris 2024 than at Tokyo 2020 after a key recent win.
Alpine skier Guglielmo Bosca takes FIS 'from the beginning to (his) first World Cup podium'.
Was Race Imboden to blame for his partner and fellow fencer Ysaora Thibus' failed rug test? The New York Times dissects a new Skims ad campaign featuring, amongst others, Olympians Skylar Diggins-Clark, Kelsey Plum, and Candace Parker. âWill Paris 2024's be the 'greatest Olympic basketball tournament ever'? Siblings Hifumi and Uta Abe's 'mutual determination' just may well see them repeat as Olympic judo champions this summer. "We can not wait to begin our Olympic journey." Team leaders Hardik Singh and Harmanpreet Singh see hope in Indian men's field hockey squad's buildup in confidence. Figure skater Shoma Uno 'is ready to open a new chapter in his life'. What does a 'day in the life' of diver Sam Fricker look like? Just because London 2012 track Olympian Oscar Pistorius is out of prison doesn't mean the drama of his murder charge hasn't diminished. Middle-distance runner Emmanuel Wanyonyi talks Olympic pressure, and a rising championship career with Inside Track. Sport shooting legend Kim Rhodes reflects on her three Olympic championships for ISSF. Olympics: Can Yuto Horigome make it back to the Games to defend his Olympic skateboarding title? Athlete to Watch: 24-year-old Felicitas Hendricks is a good bet to lead Team Germany equestrian dressage into the future. Tommaso Giacomel, Johan-Olav Botn, and Campbell Wright are just three of the rising biathletes to watch in the future. Archer Anastasia Pavlova hasn't given up on securing Team Ukraine a Paris 2024 qualification spot despite unusual hardships and 'near misses'. How did 'heroic' Aguibou Camara lead Team Guinea to a landmark Paris 2024 qualification in soccer? 'Inspirational' Estavana Polman looks to put injury woes behind her and lead Team Netherlands to Paris 2024 success this summer. The Sun takes a look at speed skater Jutta Leerdam's romance with fighter Jake Paul. Canoeist Alyce Wood and water polo player Keesja Gofers both aim for a third Olympics after both experiencing 'conception, pregnancy, and giving birth' in between Games. Team Australis swimmers take to unique Paris 'simulations' as they train for this summer's Games. CBC: How does 3x3 basketball player Paige Crozon balance motherhood and sport? âMeanwhile, who are the top men and the top women to watch at the last chance qualification tournament in 3x3 basketball? Gymnast Nestor Abad shares his journey battling back from a second major knee injury to make his third Olympic team. (in Spanish) Olympic Sports Stars Are In The News
R.I.P. to baseball little league legend and Sydney 2000 champion Sean Burroughs.
The Athletic: American Ben Shelton is a tennis player 'who wants to be different'.
Is it a water bottle that can put a dent in tennis great Novak Djokovic's momentum? Fellow tennis star Coco Gauff sees an Olympic medal as a 'priority' for her career. Ukrainian tennis star Elina Svitolina reminds us of the impact on mothers of the Russian war in Ukraine. (in Ukrainian) French superstar Kylian Mbappe's Olympic soccer ambitions get presidential support. Gymnasts Freed Richard and Casikmir Schmidt set to join Simone Biles and others on the revamped G.O.A.T. gymnastics post-Olympics tour. Manifesting "I'm that girl" is what is motivating gymnast Jordan Chiles as she looks to Paris 2024. Gymnast Emma Spence has an 'extra glow of self-confidence' as she eyes Paris 2024, after a visit to Paris. Tokyo 2020 Olympian Mariia Vysochanska gets a show of support for Ukraine with an Olympic flame moment in France. Is Team India finally ready for a breakthrough Olympic medal in archery at Paris 2024? Will Joel Embiid really be injury-free and be able to play for Team USA basketball - for his son - in Paris? Team Australia's Lauren Jackson is '43 and free' as she tries for a fifth Olympic basketball team. GQ Sports checks in with Olympic basketball star Jimmy Butler at the Miami Grand Prix race. Just call Team USA women's water polo members 'Swifties'...and, thanks to rapper Flavor Flav, that's not the only pop culture news the team found itself mixed up in lately. Zoe Arancini's Olympic journey in water polo has special meaning in her family as she fulfills her mother's own ambitions pre-sufficient gender equality at the Games. Dutch speed skater Jutta Leerdam goes her own way for training in the run up to Milano Cortina 2026. Citius: New world record-holding discus thrower Myklos Alekna reflects on that special day. Track & field legend Jesse Owens' 'day of days' recognized with a World Athletics Heritage Plaque. Long hurdler Rushell Clayton's 'ambitious goals' for 2024 certainly include an Olympic medal. Athlete to watch: Rising Austrian long-distance runner Sebastian Frey turns focus onto the track after finishing university studies. Retired pole vaulter Aphrodite Safida reflects on motherhood, parenthood, and more for Athlete Stories. (in Greek) "I try to stay as level as I can", says Team Ireland golfer Leona Maguire as she reflects on how a pro career can be a frantic life. Ana Kuwai is set to become the first Olympic rugby sevens player to also referee in an Olympics. CBC: Is track cyclist Dylan Bibic 'destined for greatness' at Paris 2024? Meanwhile, fellow track cyclist Ellesse Andrews is again a Paris 2024 top prospect after surprising herself with her quick injury recovery. Can the memory of her father help propel surfer Saffi Vette to Paris 2024 gold in Tahiti? And...will memories of brother Owen's medal at Tokyo 2020 propel surfer Tyler Wright to her own this summer? Zhu Ting returns to Team China volleyball after a long absence to help Paris 2024 qualifying efforts. Meanwhile, fellow player Brie O'Reilly sees a 'really special moment' happening now for Team Canada's chances of making it to Paris 2024 themselves. Rowers Evaldo Becker and Piedro Tuchtenhagen make an Olympic-sized sacrifice in light of historic flooding at home in Brazil. (And swimmer Vivianne Jungblut makes her own...) Swim superstar Michael Phelps stopped by The Tonight Show to chat family, Olympics, mental health, and more with host Jimmy Fallon. Swimmer to watch: Can William Yang make Team Australia's Paris 2024 squad after successful treatment for a tumor? Maggie Mac Neil doesn't see herself "doing anything differently" as she plans for another Olympic star turn this summer at Paris 2024. The Sydney Morning Herald looks at how Canadian swimming star Summer McIntosh just may 'break Australian hearts' in the Paris 2024 pool. Single-Minded: Get to know Irish-Ugandan single scull rower - and Olympian - Kathleen Noble. Get to know 'adrenaline junkie' Zak Perzamanos as he prepares for his Olympic debut in trampolining. Headed to his second Olympics, ILLCA 7 sailor Vishnu Saravanan hopes to promote his sport within India. Is the NFL a future option for Tokyo 2020 wrestler Gable Stevenson? Champion wrestler David Taylor switches campus allegiance with a coaching role at Oklahoma State.
A Look At Olympic Sports Stars Making Headlines
"It's unbelievable the feeling, unbelievable." Team Cyprus' Marios Georgiou relishes a gymnastics Paris 2024 qualification.
At Paris 2024, Georgia Godwin is eager to put Team Australia back into the global gymnastics spotlight.
Australian triathlete Matthew Hauser has no hesitation in swimming the Seine at Paris 2024. â Can triathlete Hugo Milner make it to Paris 2024 even though only in the sport for two years? "We just have to keep in mind what the big picture is." Team Australia's Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt reflect on a subpar World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship performance last weekend. Canadian curler Chelsea Carey has no interest in comparisons to her sport's legend Jennifer Jones. Figure skater Patrick Chan is finally ready to move on from the 'new reality' of family life. What does a routine Saturday look like for Irish sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke? Athletics Weekly: How does decathlete Jack Turner train? That world record throw for Mykolas Alekna? It was done with a new discus... 776 Invitational: Sprinter Gabby Thomas partners with investor Alexis Ohanian on a women's-focused track event to come. Get to know Samson Colebrooke, a rising sprinter 'thrilled' to feature for Team Bahamas at the World Athletics Relays coming this weekend at home. Decathlete Damian Warner offers thought son the 'ascendance' of Team Canada track & field. Sprint hurdler / bobsledder Lolo Jones gets a Drake Relays Hall of Fame honor. Amy Lawton feels the stress as she awaits team selection news for Team Australia field hockey. "Felt just less than human" is one way that Team USA basketball star Brittney Griner felt during her Russian imprisonment. Will Team Nigeria's women's basketball team have 'adequate preparation' ahead of Paris 2024? Wrestler Kyle Dake went through Paris 2024 qualification while mourning the recent loss of his father. Team USA tracks'mat to motherhood' for wretler Adeilne Gray. Team Great Britain now has a newer captain in Anna Watkins to drive lead athletes into post-retirement. Counnt swimming star Adam Peaty as one athlete eager for more 'transparency' in doping incestigations ands suspensions in the wake of allegations and revelations against Team China. Swimmers Cody Simpson remains coy about post-Paris 2024 plans with fellow star Kaylee McKeon, if he even qualifies, Team Great Britain has 'everything you need to know' about open water swimmer Hector Pardoe. Will Team Hong Kong athletes at Paris 2024 get a cash windfall as well for a gold medal? R.I.P. to Team Venezuela's first-ever Olympic gold medalist, boxer Francisco 'Morochito' Rodriguez. Tokyo 2020 tennis vice-champion Marketa Vondrousova is "definitely not having a happy time in the last few weeks". Did you catch the eye-popping watch tennis superstar Novak Djokovic was recently wearing? âMight we see Spainish tennis stars Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz pair up in doubles at Paris 2024? "More variety" in his playing may be a boost to Taylor Fritz's clay season ambitions in tennis, which includes Paris 2024. More Reuters: Road cycling great Annemiek van Vleuten is 'content to live life in a slower gear'. Team USA water polo captains Maggie Steffens and Ben Halllock are approaching Paris 2024 with different captain-ing perspectives. Tokyo 2020 karateka Damian Quintero reflects on nearing 40 and resulting physical changes, his Olympic memories, and more, with Men's Health. (in Spanish) Get To Know Olympic Sports' Stars Through Recent News
'Visibility among the elite matters so much.' Sport climber Campbell Harrison is unapologetic in his status as an openly LGBT athlete.
Speaking of which...who are some of the openly LGBT athletes Out is tracking ahead of Paris 2024?
Players Barbara Arenhart, Emily Bolk, and Yahia Omar offer thoughts on the team handball competition at Paris 2024 for IHF. Greenlander biathlete Ukaleq Astri Slettemark has unique insight into the effects of global warming. Tennis star Caroline Wozniacki's Olympic ambitions may depend on a successful clay court season. Time: American tennis star Coco Gauff is 'playing for herself now'. Olympic medalists Simone Biles (gymnastics) and Novak Djokovic (tennis) are among the 2024 Laureus Sports Awards honorees. Queerty: How does gymnast Heath Thorpe feel about the new code of points for the next cycle? Who were the gymnasts to qualify for Paris 2024 at the last World Cup event in Doha last week? "Being a water polo player is always a pleasure for me." World Aquatics checks in with veteran player Felipe Perrone. Embattled wrestler Frank Chamizo gets justice - of some sort - after a notorious Olympic qualifier loss. Who are the 'crews to watch' at the last European Olympic Qualifier in rowing? IFSC has a 'conversation with' British sport climber Molly Thompson-Smith. World record: Beijing 2022 ski jump champion Ryoyu Kobayashi sure can fly. American Venice-based soccer players Gianluca Busio and Tanner Tesmann have high hopes for Team USA at Paris 2024. Dutch-born judoka Kim Bolling's competitive nationality change to Italy all came down to family. Congrats: Basketball star Caitlin Clark is the first two-time winner of the AAU Sullivan Award. 3x3 basketball gold medalist Kelsey Plum's divorce makes the social gossip pages. Pole vault legend Renaud Lavillenie looms large in pole vault legend Armand Duplantis' early Olympic viewing memories. Irish sprinter Israel Olatunde may just surprise himself again, with Paris 2024 qualification this time after a down year in 2023. If golfer Lydia Ko can win gold at Paris 2024, she'd complete a unique collection of Olympic medals. Planet Canoe looks back at the 'outstanding performances' in canoeing and kayaking at Tokyo 2020. Andorran Iria Median Girones isn't just a rising Alpine skier; she's also a dedicated student. Alpine skiing great Marcel Hirscher looks to unretire...and compete for Team Netherlands in his return. FEI: Equestrian Alisa Glinka 'is ready to take Moldova to very highest levels of dressage competition'. This season has so far highlighted the continued brilliance and dominance of road cyclists Tadej Pogacar and Mathieu van der Poel. Team Australia great Penny Taylor reflects on her playing career with FIBA. FIH says goodbye to Eva Drummond-De Goede, Margot van Geffen, and Olivia Merry as the three field hockey players end their careers.
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