Danas Rapsys gets 'brave in his body'.
Francesco Bonsanto takes in some sun...
...as does Cynthia Bolingo...
Stefanos Ntouskos gets a plum assignment.
Liu Shaolin gets some rest in amidst the rain.
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What News Have Olympic Sports Stars Been Making Recently?
"If it made people smile a little bit, so much the better." Diver Alexis Jandard accidentally doesn't show his best self in front of a star audience.
Golfer Cameron Smith's 'desperation' to get to Paris 2024 may depend on a successful Masters run.
Boxer Harry Garside's gold medal ambitions have spurred him to avoid turning professional in order to target Paris 2024. While...fellow Tokyo 2020 boxing medalist Lauren Price sounds the alarm on the sport's future if fundamental governing changes are not implemented. VolleyballlWorld: Argentinean Bruno Lim thinks his team has "the quality to do something big" on the court this summer. "I started to cry, cry, and cry." Natala Escalera relishes reaching Paris 2024 with Team Mexico gymnastics. ESPN: Team USA gymnast Leanne Wong's 'road to Paris' includes 10,000 hair bows. Will a long-distance breaststroke focus be the key for 'big year and big meet' swimmer Katie Ledecky's Paris 2024 ambitions? Whatever happened to former Olympic and world champion swimmer Oleg Lisohor? (in Ukrainian) Kathleen Dawson feels "very emotional" as she makes a second Olympic swimming team in a return from back injury. Team USA's Laila Edwards has a "great feeling" as she makes history in ice hockey at the current worlds. London 2012 Olympian Daniel Teklehaimanot reflects with Olympics.com on the growth in success of Eritrean and Black African road cyclists. Tri247: Traithlete Gwen Jorgensen eyes her pathway to Paris 2024 with a streak of World Cup podiums. Meanwhile, fellow triathlete Beth Potter's plan is totrain with the best to be her best for Paris 2024. Gagik Snjoyan: The Russian problem isn't the only geo-political drama affecting prospective Olympians. Sport climber Campbell Harrison is the latest interview on the Off the Podium podcast... Congratulations are owed to Alpine skiing stars Aleksandr Aamodt Kilde and Mikaela Shiffrin! A final season on the courts is turning into a remarkable one for U.S. tennis player Danielle Collins. Vogue looks at the 'stunning rise' of tennis star Jannik Sinner. Tennis ace Carlos Alacaraz and snowboard/Alpine skiing star Ester Ledecka headline the 'Premios Nacionales del Deporte' as sportspeople of the year. (in Spanish) What were the 2023-24 season highlights for Team Canada athletes in winter sports? Jake Harvie admired his grandfather's Olympic memories...and the field hockey player is determined to make his own at Paris 2024 for Team Australia. As expected...two elite judokas in Christa Deguchi and Jessica Klimkait face the slimmest of separation for one Paris 2024 qualifying spot. Triple Olympic champion sports shooter Vincent Hancock aims for a fifth Games this summer...and a sixth in Los Angeles in 2028. Antwerp 1920 and Paris 1924 sport shooter Dennis Fenton gets some overdue recognition at home in County Kerry, Ireland. Tokyo 2020 rugby sevens star Abby Gustaitis sees good signs of the sports growth in the U.S. Go underwater with Team USA's artistic swimmers. NBC: Who are Team USA's key fencers to watch at Paris 2024? Two-time Team Great Britain Olympic decathlon champion Daley Thompson set to be featured in a new upcoming documentary. More Marca as long-distance runner Guduf Tsegay gets a profile: Tigray drama, life in Madrid, and more. "You can all write this headline, Peleteiro is back." Triple jumper Ana Peleteiro-Compaore is aiming for gold at the European Championships ahead of Paris 2024. CNN: Sprinter Noah Lyles 'is not a man short on confidence'. Sprinter Julien Alfred looks to provide 'hope and opportunity' back home in St. Lucia. "I have a lot of self-hatred and anger and adrenaline kicking in for this race." Runner Olli Hoare is ready for a comeback from injury statement.
A Look At Olympic Sports Stars In Recent News
Judokas Eteri Liparteliani and Temur Nozadze share a special moment with the home crowd at last week's Grand Slam stop in Tbilisi.
Austrian Alpine skier Conny Huetter was left "speechless" after winning her first World Cup downhill overall title, on home soil no less.
Biathlon World offers us Q&A sessions with both of this season's Total Score winners, Lisa Vittozzi and Johannes Thingnes Boe. Olympics: Will Carolina Marin win back her Olympic badminton singles title at Paris 2024? Swimmers Noe Ponti and Sarah Sjostrom win 2023's European Aquatics' 'Swimmers of the Year' honors. Stockholm 1912 champion swimmer Duke Kahanamoku gets a new museum exhibition in Huntington Beach on his surfing exploits. Who were Nordic combined's season-end award winners? Can Brazilian star archer Marcus D-Almeida have his "moment" at Paris 2024 this summer? Diver Matty Lee recovers from surgery. Spaniard Alberto Gonzalez Garcia and Ecuadorian Elizabeth Bravo were the big risers in Olympic qualification after the latest World Triathlon Cup stop. Olympic champion weightlifters Hidilyn Diaz, Zhou Zhihui, Wang Zhouyu, Chen Lijun, and Neisi Dajomes all face a severe final test to make it to Paris 2024. Portugal's Montebela Aguieira becomes a center for prospective Olympic canoe sprinters-in-training. The World Sailing Show: Will it be either Australian Matt Wearn or Briton Michael Beckett emerging as Paris 2024's ILCA 7 champion? ITF: Who are the current 'movers and shakers' on the junior tennis circuit so far this season? Is 2024 the 'time to shine' for Kenyan long-distance runner Emmaculate Anyango, with the cross-country championships a first test? A change in training and coach, plus a solid start indoors, has sprint hurdler Cyrena Samba-Mayela 'dreaming of bigger days to come' in 2024. Mathias Gidsel, Henny Reistad, Elias Ellefsen a Skipagotu, and Lena Grandveau are the 'World Players of the Year' in handball for 2023. What has multi-Olympic rower Rumyana Neykova been up to since setting a world-best time in 2002? What impact might a world figure skating championship at age 40 by Deanna Stellato-Dudek have for others watching? Team Great Britain's sports shooter Seonaid McIntosh talks Olympic inspiration, Tokyo 2020 disappointment, and more with ISSF. What does Team Dominican Republic soccer star Edison Azcona think of making it to Paris 2024? "The Olympics is a whole different level." Former college basketball phenom Jimmer Fredette is headed to Paris 2024 in 3x3. Which possible 'iconic moments' does FIBA's Jeff Taylor want to see in this Olympic basketball summer? Tokyo 2020 Olympian Tri Bourne helps share the story of beach volleyball's 'most unique partnership'. "I just have to keep fighting and it will come." Road cyclist Sam Bennett looks to regain the form that saw a breakthrough performance a few years back. Retired speed skater Joey Mantia meets some local Belgians on an inline skating outing. Meanwhile, fellow Team USA speed skate Conor McDermott-Mostowy has a 'cracker of a conversation' on the BBC's LGBT Sports Podcast. Team Ireland equestrian show jumpers Cian O'Connor, Darragh Kenny, Daniel Coyle, and Shane Sweetnam 'are looking stronger than ever' after a key victory in an Olympic season. Elite fencer Despina Georgiadou has something to say about the qualification system for Paris 2024... Panam Sports: London 2012 champion fencer Ruben Limardo has big, golden dreams for Paris 2024.
What Have Stars of Olympics Sports Been Up To Lately?
Paul Poirier in black and white...
Roger and Mirka Federer wrap up Thailand.
Teddy Riner dreams of days ahead.
Enzo Lefort steps out in the rain...and his YSL.
Happy Birthday, Matthew Mitcham!
A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In The News
High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchickh tries her best to compartmentalize her competition life away from the realities inside Ukraine.
Meanwhile, don't forget about fellow Ukrainian high jumper Andrii Protsenko, aiming for another Olympic run despite finding it "hard to make plans" these days. (in Ukrainian) Who is new indoor track 400-meter world record holder Christoper Morales Williams? A guy who wouldn't let flu symptoms get in his way... Runner Jakob Ingebrigsten may have more global glory, but his brother Henrik still earns his respect. 'Process-driven' pole vaulter Eliza McCartney finds work around a tender achilles in her Paris 2024 prep. Sprint legend Allyson Felix enjoys some time in Jamaica ahead of an expected second child. Which Beijing 2022 ice hockey players are 'making an impact' in the NHL now? \World of Show Jumping reports on equestrian Cian O'Connor's securing of investment on his mounts in his pursuit of a Paris 2024 berth. Team GB gets 'close-up' with equestrian dressage star Carl Hester on his Olympic career, and more. Stanislav Medvendeko won two NBA basketball championships, but now still has Ukraine close to his heart in his post-playing career. (in Ukrainian) Kayaker Lisa Carrington wins the 'most prestigious' Lonsdale Cup in New Zealand for the fourth time. Might New Zealander taekwondo athletes Cole Creich-Watene, Elsa Mohzdeh, Jamie Carpenter, and Jemesa Landers not head to Paris this summer even if any of them win the Oceania Olympic qualifiers? Skateboarder Aurelien Giraud gets cloned by the Musee Grevin in Paris. Short track speed skaters Jordan Pierre-Gilles and Renee Steenge 'have big goals' with Team Canada. After Tokyo 2020 disappointment, sailors Fynn Sterritt and James Peters are headed to Paris 2024 knowing that they have "one last shot" for a medal. When not racing, Team USA Alpine skier Jacqueline Wiles enjoys taking control of a Cessna 172 Skyhawk single-engine plane. After a "hell of a (last) season", beach volleyball world champion David Schweiner's goals for 2024 include "getting some medals". Tennis champion and London 2012 Olympian Simona Halep has her "head held high" after appealing a doping-related suspension. Polish volleyball player Asia Wolosz talks independence and expressing herself with The Owl Post. The legal case against soccer star Dani Alves reaches a guilty verdict stage. Diver Matty Lee opens up on mental health, therapy and more in a two-part Instagram confessional. Fellow diver Julia Vincent of South Africa sees her performance at the recent worlds as "a great step" in her preparations for Paris 2024. The Guardian looks at 'the courageous journey' of Antwerp 1920 boxer Frank Dove. The Athletic: Gymnast Jordan Chiles is ready to be 'that girl' at Paris 2024 for Team USA. "Insanely happy" competing again, gymnast Oleg Vernaiev aims for Paris 2024 with thoughts of Ukraine. Road cycling and prospective mountain bike star Peter Sagan claims "everything is under control" as he recovers from a heart procedure. Biathlon World: Team France's Quentin Fillot Maillet's four worlds medals this year underscore his return to form this season. Rachel 'Raygun' Gunn and Jeff 'J-Attack' Dunne are ready to 'bring street culture' to Paris 2024 as Team Australia breakers. Fencer Ysaora Thibus continues her fight against her "involuntary contamination" that resulted in a doping suspension charge. âOlympics checks in with star swimmer Siobhan Haughey on her Irish-Hong Kong roots, "good mix" of swimming styles, and more. The Sydeny Morning Herald: Get to know Team Australia swimmer Cassiel Rousseau... Speed skating champ Thomas Krol transitions into a flying new career. |
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