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A Look At Olympic Sports' Athletes In The News
Olympics: Witness the 'grit, resilience, and determination' of Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast Viktoriia Oniprienko to make it to Pari 2024.
Can Allanis Navas and Maria Gonzalez secure a landmark Paris 2024 beach volleyball spot for Team Puerto Rico with a strong continental qualifying run?
FIH: Read up on how each Paris 2024 field hockey team qualified for this year's Summer Games. Worthy de Jong is a 'most spectacular player' from the 2023 3x3 basketball season. Ons Jabeur: Are women not getting enough "respect" at certain European tennis tournaments? "It was brutal, I'm not going to lie." Australian Tennis player Alex de Minaur reflects on missing a debut Olympics at Tokyo 2020. FIG: Trampolinist Dylan Schmidt is 'bouncing toward Paris 2024 with purpose'. Where have some of our favorite biathletes been spending their off-seasons? Team Antigua kite sailor Tiger Tyson's Paris 2024 qualification is the 'culmination of a journey that began eight years ago'. Who are the wrestlers with one last chance for Paris 2024 qualification in Istanbul this month? The domestic drama around the running Ingebrigtsen brothers and their father takes another turn. Ethiopian Gotytom Gebreselase hopes Paris 2024 marathon gold will really cement her running legacy. "You get a little bit of success and you realize you want more and more." Team Ireland's long sprinter Sharlene Mawdsley has 'new-found belief' as she looks ahead to possible Olympic qualification. A fix? Boxer Lasha Guruli has some thoughts on why and how his European Championship match went the way it did. Hear from sports shooters Zorana Arunovic, Damir Mikec, and Ranxin Jiang as the ISSF's 'Road to Paris' YouTube series turns to mixed air pistol. Team USA fencers and Global Athlete react to 'weak and futile' punishment against USA Fencing referees after ethics violations. Golfer Matthieu Pavon eyes an 'impactful experience' competing at home for Team France this summer. A badminton player to watch is Team Czech Republic's Jiri Kral, suprise winner of a Thomas Cup match despite a 265-world ranking. Will Team Portugal's Telma Monteiro become the first judoka to qualify for six Olympic Games? With its current dismal human rights record, will Afghanistan once again not be represented with a national team at the Summer Games? Equestrian show jumper Amre Hamcho's 'life-changing experience' at London 2012 brought him to the cusp of his own Olympic experience. Lena Grandveau has gone from junior level star to core senior team member in under two years for Team France handball. Tokyo 2020 rugby sevens Olympian Greg O'Shea gets a unique honor, courtesy football's New York Jets. Alpine skiing great Lindsey Vonn gets a SailGP Board of Directors role with Team USA. Team France star Laura Georges has high hopes for both Team France soccer squads at Paris 2024. Might Team Zambia's soccer team be barred from Paris 2024 after its federation is in trouble? Can archer Li Jiamin duplicate Youth Olympics success at the senior level at Paris 2024? Jordan Forget is a Canadian-Swiss to watch who's trying to push Team Switzerland forward in ice hockey. Who made it onto Team Great Britain's swimming squad for Paris 2024? What's in the future for LeBron James' pro career after this latest NBA basketball playoff defeat? Team Serbia basketball star credits key global competition for becoming a "better player".
A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In The Recent News
An elite diver who acknowledges a fear of heights? Meet Team Australia's Cassiel Rousseau...
Athletes galore help reveal some National Olympic committee uniforms for Paris 2024.
Breaker Rachael 'B-Girl Raygun' Gunn has been a longtime advocate for the sport...and feels conflicted on its Olympic inclusion. Gymnastics champion Simone Biles reflects on her attack of the 'twisties' at Tokyo 2020...and how she feared the crowd back home might perceive it. Csenge Bacskay wants to "enjoy every second" of her Paris 2024 gymnastics opportunity. Beijing 2008 heptathlon champion Nataliya Dobrynska chats with Kelly Sotherton on her world title, the challenges facing Ukrainian athletes, and much more. Pole vaulter Eliza McCartney readies for Paris 2024 after a 'not straightforward' eight years from her Rio 2016 medal. Can running upstart Ben Pattinson put Team Great Britain back on an Olympic 800-meter podium for the first time in 40 years? Is this the 'year for African sprinters', like Botswana Letsile Tebogo? Olympics: Champion shot putter Ryan Crouser is "just trying to be the best today that (he's) ever been". Inspired into running by his mom's jogging, Emile Cairess is now the second-fastest-ever marathoner in Great Britain, and likely headed to Paris 2024. Sprinter Ben Johnson and his notorious Seoul 1988 100-meter race are again in focus with a new book. So...Team China marathoner He Jie doesn't get a notorious half-marathon win, after all. And...the question is raised whether Zhang Yufei and Team China swimmers were clean at Tokyo 2020. Swimmer Emma McKeon thought about retirement post-Tokyo 2020, but now has high confidence ahead of Paris 2024. Wong Ka-lee is down but not out yet in her quest to bring Team Hong Kong back to Olympic judo. Will judo superstar Uta Abe successfully defend her Olympic title? One research firms thinks not. Paris 2024 "qualified" taekwondo athletes Elisa Mozhdeh and Jemesa Landers find themselves at a bureaucratic loss in their Olympic aspirations. Get to know Team Ireland rugby sevens' Jordan Conroy's 'inner drive'. Olympic ice hockey player and former NHL star Zdeno Chara keeps on marathoning. What's road cyclist Jonas Vingegaard's plan to get back to full speed after a critical injury? French basketball star Rudy Gobert shares stories of...darkness retreats, a strong mother, and more. How did Team USA men's basketball team members receive the news of their inclusion? Meanwhile, Rio 2016 Team USA basketball star Kyrie Irving considers what happened to the 'old' way of picking Team USA. "There was a lot of hardship, and it wore me down." Once-destined-to-be Olympic champion, Kento Momota retires from elite badminton. More retirement: Olympian and tennis major winner Garbine Muguruza steps away from the courts. Surfer Felipe Toledo thinks a surprise recent break from the pro tour 'was the best thing he;d ever done'. Gabriela Bryan gets some "magical" company as she wins a key World Surf League event. Soccer superstar Kylian Mbappe receives support from high places for his Paris 2024 ambitions. "It's just a dream come true." Soccer player John Tolkin contemplates an Olympic call-up for him, and his cologne collection.
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.
Get To Know Olympic Sports Stars Through Recent News Features.
FIBA: As Rudy Fernandez has one more Olympic run in him for Team Spain; what are his 'top five moments' at the Games?
What does Team USA stalwart Diana Taurasi remember about her first call-up to the Olympic squad ahead of Athens 2004?
What's exciting about Team New Zealand's women's football as Paris 2024 looms? FIFA asks Ali Riley and Hannah Wilkinson. Renars Uscins and David Spaeth are a bonded pair in both winning a international junior title and headed to Paris 2024 for Team Germany handball. BiathlonWorld: Anna Gandler, Gilonne Guigannot, and Selina Grotian are three biathletes 'poised for bigger things' in the future. Thalia Rockx is an up-and-coming equestrian dressage rider for Team Netherlands with family pedigree. Will Swede Ludvig Aeberg and Dane Nicolai Hoejgaard 'carry the Olympic mantle for Nordic nations' in Paris this summer? Will 2024 be a Laura Asadauskaite 'kind of year' for the Olympic modern pentathlon veteran? Jambaljamts Sainbayar has eyes on a rare Olympic road cycling appearance for Team Mongolia in Paris. Curious about the business acumen and/or the post-playing career of tennis star Serena Williams? Rome 1960 champion and boxing superstar Muhammad Ali gets a posthumous Wrestlemania honor. Oh...and...Ali's power to draw in fandom still holds.... 46-year-old ailor Nikola Girkeisn't shy about trying different disciplines...or aiming for another Olympics, or two. Can Iranian-born Refugee Team weightlifter Yekta Jamali turn her World Cup performance into a Paris 2024 appearance? Will table tennis star Fan Zhedong complete an 'unparalleled' quest with a fifth World Cup title? Did time run out? Rio 2016 wrestling medalist Frank Chamizo levels 'corrupt' charges in the sport after not winning a Paris 2024 spot (yet?). Where does canoeist Titouan Castryck turn for road to Olympics advice? His Olympian mom, for one... Taiwan's Chou Tien Shen's treatment for cancer last year was a previously-unknown factor in his dip in badminton form. YouTube: Get to know Team Egypt's 'powerhouse' 3x3 basketball star Soraya Mohamed. Who were the star-making headlines in rugby sevens' World Sevens Series stop in Hong Kong last week? FIL's 2023-24 season review continues with a look at luger Max Langenhan's doubly successful run. Sport climber Janja Garnbret is '"ready" for the maximum' as she looks to defend her Olympic title. Ever notice Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh takes her socks and shoes off between jumps?
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