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Kjeld Nuis looks ready to ride.
Romane Dicko sure can wear a hat.
Ramsey Angela gets creative.
Darko Pesic steps out of the sunset.
Antoinette de Jong admires the view.
Olympic Sports Athletes In The News
World Rowing looks at the single scull career of New Zealander Robbie Manson.
Who were the 'best jumpers' in Nordic combined this past 2023-24 season?
38-year-old soccer star Marta talks to FIFA about her 'remaining dreams' in the sport for Team Brazil. Team USA talks 'woman to woman' with soccer player and first-generation athlete Naomi Girma. Chilean Camila Caram and Indian PR Sreejesh are named co-chairs of field hockey's Athletes Committee. Dennis Schroeder is feeling pretty confident that Team Germany "can beat any team" at Paris 2024's basketball tournament after an exceptionally strong World Cup showing. What has the 'path to Paris' looked like for soon-to-be Olympic triathlete Nina Elm of Team Germany? 'Relief' is the key word for archer Arif Pangestu as his Paris 2024 qualification is already secured. "Weightlifting is my life." A strong World Cup performance has Papua New Guinean Dika Toua on the brink of a sixth Olympics Games. Will a training camp in Japan be the key for wrestler Frank Chamizo's Paris 2024 ambitions? "When I fight I feel free." Judoka Fabio Basile finds motivation in the trials and tribulations of the sport. Biathlon World helps say goodbye to retiring 'reliable relay leadoff leg' Peppe Femling. World champion Alvaro Martin is used to big expectations of Team Spain in race walking, and he's readying to help deliver at Paris 2024. Ugandan running star Jacob Kiplimo survives a 'nasty' car accident back home. Did you know? The movie "Jaws" was a fruitful distraction that helped French gymnast Henri Boerio reach the Montreal 1976 podium. World Aquatics takes a look at the career-highlight goal for Team Japan water polo player Kai Inoue at the recent world championship. Battling "inner demons" was key to Loh Kean Yew finally winning a badminton world tour title after a three year gap. What does Kaori Sakamoto think of realizing a world championship three-peat in singles figure skating? Who were some of the standout rugby sevens stars in Hong Kong Sevens Series history? Cyprien Sarrazin, Elvedina Muzaferija, Guglielmo Bosca, Nils Alegre, AJ Hurt, Jacqueline Wiles, Stephanie Venier, and Zrinka Ljutic are Alpine skiers with a breakthrough 2023-24 season. Olympians Pal Trulsen and Thomas Ulsrud are included in the World Curling Hall of Fame 2024 class.
A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In The News
Can Danish canoe marathon champion Mads Brandt Pedersen successfully make a switch to Olympic canoe sprinting?
Is an Olympic medal on tennis star Coco Gauff's vision board, er...note? You bet.
What are some of Team Canada's favorite Team Canada moments? World Aquatics goes 'inside the minds' of Martina Terre and Unai Aguirre to learn more about top water polo goalkeeping philosophies. Former junior champion Tomoka Miyazaki's breakthrough senior-level world tour win has the badminton rising star hopeful for bigger things to come. Meanwhile, Spanish badminton champion Carolina Marin is still 'a force to be reckoned with' despite recent injury setbacks. Could NBA star Donte di Vincenzo suit up for Team Italy basketball? Check out Team Brazil gymnast Rebeca Andrade in miniature form! Get to know open water swimmer Marc-Antoine Olivier in the latest Extraterrien podcast. (in French) Seven straight Olympics isn't in the cards for star sports shooter Kim Rhodes, but does Los Angeles 2028 beckon for 'the most successful female shooter in Olympic history'? American cross-country skiing star Jessie Diggins sees an "incredible" end to the world cup season with two Crystal Globes. Jose Larocca may be 55-years-old, but the 'honored equestrian athlete' still has Olympic ambitions. Fiji-born Eileen Cikamatana is Team Australia's 'new Olympic Amazon'. Team Ireland's long sprinter Sharlene Mawdsley missed out on Tokyo 2020...which just spurred 'resilience'. "The Olympics is basically an expression of who you are as an athlete." Triathlete Kenji Nener has hopes to breakthrough with Paris 2024 qualification for Team Japan. Who are the current leading skateboarders in the Olympic Qualifier Series rankings before the last two stops later this spring? Can Sofia Raffaeli withstand the 'intriguing challenge' from a slew of fellow elite rhythmic gymnasts at the first real Olympic season test? Play True Award: Triple skeleton Olympian Ben Sandford honored for his career 'contributions to the anti-doping movement'. Which PanAmerican rowers found success at the latest Olympic regatta last week? IJF's 'The Olympic Champions' series returns with a look at Moscow 1980 champion judoka Robert Van De Walle of Belgium. How have recent weeks affected the current world rankings in field hockey? Road and mountain bike cyclist Peter Sagan's road to Paris 2024 gets trickier after more heart concerns. How is Cody Simpson balancing the demands of elite swimming Paris 2024 hopes with a music career? Team Zimbabwe's retired Rio 2016 swimmer Sean Gunn talks Olympics, competition, and coming out as LGBT with Outsports.
A Look At Olympic Sports' Stars In The News
Judoka Nikoloz Sherazadishvili talks more comfort at his new weight class with JudoTVâ.
Rio 2016 Team USA Olympic basketball player DeMar DeRozan is having 'complicated conversations with friend and peers'.
Alysha Koloi's diving exploits at the recent worlds earned her 'emerging athlete' honors as well. Will equestrian star Shane Rose recover from concussion in time to make the Summer Games? It takes a champion to know...field hockey star Eddie Ockenden thinks Team Australia has a real chance for gold this summer at Paris 2024. Double Olympian Ryan Getzlaf is set to make a third Winter Games...this time on Team Canada's ice hockey management team. Say it isn't so...track cycling champion Christos Volikakis sees his Rio 2016 results in upheaval. Hong Kong's Ceci Lee Sze-wing may get her preferred track cycling event at Paris 2024...all due to a uniform color mixup. Alex Ferreira might have quit freestyle skiing a year ago, but now has had a perfect 2024 World Cup run. Team USA goes 'woman to woman' with surfer Carissa Moore in an exclusive interview. Vitaly Mandzin's biathlon season had ups and downs, which gave him pointers "on what needs to be worked on further". (in Ukrainian) Who's been making a move up the Olympic qualification rankings for beach volleyball lately? Marathoners Connor Mantz and Cooper Young may be 'typical friends', but they're friends headed to Paris 2024 together. It just might have been an direct message on Instagram that spurred runner James Preston to a remarkable 800-meter personal record. 2023 might have been a tough season, but long-distance runner Eilish McColgan still has medal hopes for Paris 2024. Citius Mag: Is high school long sprinter Quincy Wilson 'the next big thing'? A key recent marathon win has Team Zimbabwe's Tendai Zimuto hopeful for momentum toward Olympic qualification. World Athletics: Get to know Dutch sprinter - and social media star - Lieke Klaver. ISU pays respect to outgoing Team Norway speed skating stars Sverre Pedersen and Havard Lorentzen. Olympics: Swimmer Rikako Ikee is hoping for a 'happy ending' to her return from leukemia this summer. Rio 2016 champion wrestler Erica Wiebe says goodbye to her championship career. Champion wrestler Iryna Kolyadenko recounts an escape from Kyiv with her family to Sport24. (in Ukrainian) Briane Harris: A champion's doping suspension 'rocks curling'. "I felt my heart skip a beat." Team Mexico gymnast Ahtziri Sandoval relishes Olympic qualification. New African Games triathlon champion Nick Quenet is right back at training, with Paris 2024 in mind. Star triathletes Alistair and Jonny Brownlee share some of their 'swim mishaps' for Tri247. Kayaker Luuka Jones' Paris 2024 experience - her fifth Olympics - will be more special now that she's recovered from a long Covid spell. 41-year-old âSharath Kamal is still king of Indian table tennis...and just might make it to a fifth Olympics. "It's a pretty incredible feeling." Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrrin picks up where she left off with a successful return from injury. âGet an early look at Team Great Britain's Paris 2024-qualified boxers. Around the Rings: Get to know history-making Cameroonian Refugee Team boxer Cindy Ngamba, now headed to Paris 2024. Olympic Sports Stars Making News...
Which Olympic sport athlete will win the 94th AAU James E. Sullivan award as the 'most oustanding athlete at the collegiate or Olympic level in the United States'?
Alyson Annan, Savita, and Luciana Aymar are just some of the stars recognized by International Hockey Federation for International Women's Day.
'Ferocious, relentless, and unyieldling', basketball star Rudy Gobert has something to prove this year. Team Turkey's volleyball star Eden Erdem gets honored with a statue in Istanbul. Biathlon World has 'five burning questions' for Team Austria's Anna Gandler. What 'advice for women in leadership' does Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry offer? Archer Ane Marcelle dos Santos hopes to continue representing her community through another Olympics appearance. Get 'face to face' with short track speed skater Park Ji Won with ISU. Weightlifter Mattie Rogers' "soul-crushing injury" sees her Paris 2024 hopes die. Meanwhile, Cook Islands' Luisa Peters recounts her start in weightlifting through two Olympics for IWF. Congrats to gymnasts Nina Derwael, Valentina Georgieva, An Chang Ok, Charlize Moerz, and Ryu Sunghyun on their Paris 2024 qualification! Are future women's beach volleyball stars from Qatar? Mexico's Kenia Lechuga is World Rowing's 'rower of the month' for March 2024. Team France's Laetitia Guapo has big hopes for the future of 3x3 basketball post-Paris 2024. Lindsey Horan talks with FIFA about her hopes for Team USA soccer at this summer's Olympics. "It feels amazing." Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo relishes a 'landmark' mass start cross-country skiing win. More from FIS as freestyle skier Brittany Phelan has "big goals" following a first World Cup ski cross win. Marten Luiten is a rising equestrian dressage star for Team Netherlands, starting in the sport working alongside his parents in the sport. How does goalkeeper Andreas Wolff size up Team Germany's Paris 2024 qualification chances? Who are some of the 'Olympic heroes' of women's sailing? Petra Klingler is the next sports climber to be featured on IFSC Lounge live stream. Badminton star Loh Kean Yew talks with Olympics.com on Cristiano Ronaldo, marriage, and more. Call him 'mailman': Runner Josh Kerr delivers when it counts, and he's eyeing a big delivery in Paris. What's on the mind of long sprinter Rhasidat Adeleke for the fast-approaching Olympics? Gold.
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