Robbie Manson takes a pose in the beach.
Viktor Hald Thorup wants us to check out...YouTube?
Lewis Gibson celebrates 30 on vacation.
Matteo Zurloni climbs up to the top.
Luise Wanser takes a spin on a bike.
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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) Checking Out Olympic Sports Stars On Social Media
Johannes Hoesflot Kalebo found time for a holiday break.
Well...hello, seaside Anna Ryzhykova!
Sergiy Popov rinses off Rio.
Teddy Riner shoots his shot.
Adam Siao hangs out in Paris.
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 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.
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