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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".
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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?
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.
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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