Jaydon Hibbert brings the (fit) heat again.
Amee Leigh Murphy Crowe takes baby steps (waves).
Martin Fuchs takes a different kind of horse ride.
Stiliana Nikolova hangs out in the snow.
Jaxk Laugher goes matchy-matchy with a friend.
What News Are Olympic Sports Athletes Making?
Team Denmark gets a national honor after it's three-peat performance at the men's handball world championship in 2023.
Can Team USA's women's water polo extend it's remarkable global title streak at this year's world?
FIBA: What have been triple Olympic basketball champion Kevin Durant's 'top 10 USA games'? Which 3x3 basketball teams 'defined 2023'? FIBA 3x3 takes a look at the men's and women's top teams. Rasmus Stegfeldt, Elliot Vaillancourt, Alli Macuga, and Maia Schwinghammer are moguls freestyle skiers with recent big 'breakthrough' moments. Akane Yamaguchi is taking "one tournament at a time" after making a strong comeback to badminton from a long injury layoff. Team China's weightlifters got a grounds-eye sneak peek at Paris 2024 recently. "2023 made me believe i myself even more." A successful season pushed rhythmic gymnast Barbara Domingos into the Brazilian spotlight. Is a 'trilogy fight' in the boxing cards for Team Ireland London 2012 champion Katie Taylor against rival Chantelle Cameron? Equestrian eventer David Doel has eyes on being a member of a championship British team...and 2024 presents multiple global opportunities. Having a work-life balance, inspiring others, and continuing fashion headlines are just some of the 2024 goals for track & field stars Armand Duplantis, Faith Kipyegon, and Noah Lyles. High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh leads the Ukrainian Olympic Committee's 2023 honors as the 'best athlete of the year'. Mete Gazoz and Lim Sihyeon headline World Archery's 'best archers' for the 2023 season. Team Spain soccer star Aitana Bonmati may have had a stellar 2023 season, but she wants even more. Sport climber Emma Hunt is the lone Olympic sport representative on the World Games Athlete of the Year nomination list for 2023. (voting is open!) Team USA rugby sevens star Ilona Maher takes her cellulite (and body positivity) to the spotlight. âMeanwhile, Team Chile's men's rugby sevens squad has high hopes for this year's challenger series...can it make it to a promotion tournament in Madrid? Sports shooters Clement Bessaguet and Doreen Venekamp are the ISSF Athletes of the Year for 2023. Double Olympic shooting champion Michael Diamond sees his Paris 2024 hopes 'dashed'. Can Jade Jones win the third taekwondo Olympic title that eluded her in 2021? Joseph Choong, Elena Micheli, and Mohana Shaban are the top senior modern pentathletes in the UIPM Awards for 2023. What's the latest with Los Angeles 1984 star gymnast Mary Lou Retton and the crowd-sourced funding for her urgent treatment? Team Italy gymnast Alice D'Amato may be an all-around event star but she's just focused on staying healthy ahead of Paris 2024. Champion gymnast Simone Biles talks 'marriage, WAG life with Taylor Swift, and the Paris Olympics' with Vanity Fair. Tahitian surfer Kauli Vaast makes a fashion statement with the house of Dior ahead of Paris 2024. The Athletic: Is Novak Djokovic the 'GOAT' of tennis? Get yourself a Meta Avatar of tennis and Tokyo 2020 star Naomi Osaka! A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In The News
Fencer Olga Kharlan reflects on a tumultuous year and her Paris 2024 thoughts with Suspilne Media on the heels of a key tournament win. (in Ukrainian)
Team Guam looks toward a remarkable Pacific Games three-peat with leader Tai Wesley in basketball.
'Talent, perseverance, and commitment' has defined cross-country skier Patricija Eiduka's career to-date. Did you know? The 'seeds' of Team Jamaica competing in ice sports predates bobsled...with curling. Meanwhile, champion curler Brad Gushue has strong words for the organization of this week's Pan Continental event. Swimmer Michael Phelps: A "4th Phelps" is on the way. Team Ecuador's two-time Olympic swimmer Esteban Enderica completes his Pan American Games career with 'evident sadness'. Sisters Margarita, Eleftheria, and Vasiliki Plevritou may be the key to Team Greece's ambitions to women's water polo qualification for Paris 2024. A pair of recent victories has sparked Olympic rugby sevens qualification confidence for Team Hong Kong's women. Can Team Angola again reach the top ten in the final rankings at this year's Women's World Handball Championship? A 'super, gutsy ride' had equestrian jumper Katie Dinan "speechless" at her Pan American Games win. Boxer Dean Clancy was "completely in the zone" to secure Olympic qualification despite the news of his grandfather's recent death. Sports shooter Leonel Martinez is set for his second Olympics at Paris 2024, a remarkable 40 years after his debut at Lo Angeles 2028. Jonatan Christie's recent "important victory" in badminton was the result of a focus on confidence, with the help of his support team. Runners Daniel Ebenyo, Letesenbet Gidey, Sifan Hassan, Jessica Warner-Judd, and sprinters Shericka Jackson and Sha'Carri Richardson join pole vaulters Katie Moon and Nina Kennedy on World Athletics' shortlist for this year's 'International Fair Play Award'. The saga of sprinter Bianca Williams' 'highly distressing' police encounter continues with news of support for the implicated officers. Olympics has the 'inspiring story' of long sprinter Marileidy Paulino's rise to track success, jumpstarted by the watchful eyes of top sports officials back home. Otgonbold Baatarkhuyag looks to "change the sport in Mongolia" after his landmark archery win at the Asian Games this year. Laura Pigossi's double tennis gold at the Pan American Games - with Paris 2024 qualification - capped "one of the best weeks of her) life". 19-year-old wrestler Amit Elor's eight world titles have propelled her thoughts toward Paris 2024 gold. Emma Twigg, Mindaugas Griskonis, Niels van Zandweghe, Benjamin Pritchard, and Esther Briz Zamorano are taking World Rowing's Athletes' Commission into a 'new era' as its first elected members. p.s. World Rowing has its 2023 season award nominees... "Inspiring others is and was a bonus", reflects German Olympic champion judoka Yvonne Boenisch. The International Skating Union enlists former Team Switzerland figure skater Michaela Carrot to promote the upcoming World Ice Skating Day. Will a 'robust youth structure' bring Team Greece back to Olympic beach volleyball competition? It may depend on the progress of players Eleni Alexoglou and Mryto Paschalaki. Weightlifter Lydia Valentin, runner Fermin Cacho, gymnast Gervasio Deferr, rhythmic gymnast Tania Lamarca, sports shooter Alberto Fernandez, canoeist Teresa Portela, long jumper Joan Lino, and handball player Marta Mangue sign up to lead Spanish Olympic Committee support for refugee athletic centers. (in Spanish) Biathlon great Dorothea Wierer approaches her 14th season with a "day-by-day" perspective, and finding more goals outside of sport than before. Soccer stars Lionel Messi and Aitana Bonmati make history with an eighth Ballon d'Or award for Messi and a first for Bonmati to go with her Champions League and World Cup titles. Dylan Schmidt may have earned a competition break after his 2022 trampoline world title, but Paris 2024 qualification beckons as events heat up with the 2023 worlds looming.
Olympic Sports' Stars Do Halloween!
Coco Gauff gets Freddy-ed.
Costume? Vasek Pospisil is an injured player...
Katie Moon brings it.
Jordan Chiles had double the fun.
Checking Out Olympic Sports Stars In The News
Team Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev sees strategic value in a return to gymnastics club competition in Germany. (in Ukrainian)
Team Ukraine's Tokyo 2020 medalist karateka Stanislav Horuna sees "hypocrisy" in the admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes into the world championships.
Ukrainian Alexsandr Shaparenko talks rowing success, life after the Olympics, and more with Sport24. (in Ukrainian) Team Great Britain: What are 'five things that shaped gymnast Courtney Tulloch'? Is Paris 2024 next for 2023 Pan American champion gymnast Kayla DiCello? 'Psychological issues' are a major reflection point for Team China gymnast Zhang Jin after a mixed Asian Games performance. The Alpine ski season will be a 'less colorful and less competitive' following the unexpected retirement of 23-year-old star Lucas Braathen. Road cycling star Tadej Pogacar finds the 2024 Tour de France route "pleasant", despite a planned 'brutally diffiicult final week'... ...but fellow road cycling star Mark Cavendish is "shocked" at the route. âNew track cycling champion Emma Finucane is hoping her new fame doesn't impact her Olympic plans. Speed skater Martina Sablikova has a career end in mind...which includes a sixth Winter Games, in 2026. Heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson and middle-distance runner Josh Kerr headline the latest nominees list for UK Athletics' World Class Olympic Podium funding program. Running in the Pan American Games' marathon was the catalyst for a family reunion of sorts for Team Chile's Hugo Catrileo. Congrats to shot putter Valerie Adams and the new slate of the World Athletics Athletes' Commission! Long-distance runner Nadia Battocletti can see the end of her dual academic & track lifestyle as she eyes running fulltime just ahead of the next Olympics. Beijing 2008 sprinter Mechelle Lewis Freeman talks with ESPN on how she's fulfilling further Olympic dreams through coaching. Olympic champions Tania Lamarca (rhythmic gymnastics) and Angela Pumariega (sailing) help pitch the importance of female athletes' training allowance within their professional lives. (in Spanish) Tension is set to high as sailing legends Ben Ainslie and Blair Tuke gear up for the next leg of SailGP. Team USA's Erica Sullivan is 'outspoken, funny, and knows where she is going', including post-swimming. South Korean swimmer Hwang Sunwoo eyes even more success in 2024 after a successful 2023 season. Maggie Mac Neil joins 'swimming legends' with a standout performance at the Pan American Games. Meanwhile, fellow Team Canada swimmer Sydney Pickerem had to navigate depression and anxiety hurdles en route to her own PanAm success. What keeps 38-year-old Kristel Kobrich going? Olympics.com checked in with the veteran swimmer ahead of the Pan American Games. Get a peak at 'a day in the life at a swim meet' with Team Ireland twins Daniel and Nathan Wiffen. Open water swimmer Chelsea Gubecka gets the honor of being the first named selection to Team Australia's Paris 2024 contingent. Tennis player Jenson Brooksby's 'mental health' takes a hit amidst a suspension announcment. Embattled WNBA star Brittney Griner is set to make a return to Team USA basketball next month. Retired NBA star and triple Olympian Yao Ming takes a seat courtside, at the expense of some other fans. Team USA's Beijing 2008 soccer Olympian Robbie Rogers opens up to Queerty on 'fatherhood, marriage, and Fellow Travelers'. Soccer star Samantha Kerr gets a naming honor in Western Australia for her career accolades. Taekwondo athlete Caden Cunningham wants to have a lasting legacy of his own after Paris 2024. âCould we see soccer superstar Lionel Messi at a second Olympics for Team Argentina? Thomas Bach hopes so... Triathlete Beth Potter's championship 2023 season has her in the running as Scotland's 'Female Athlete of the Year'. Triple Olympic medalist Luka Spik may not miss rowing, but his life in England is full of physical activity. |
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