Hannah Taylor has a Mexico break.
Domonic Bedggood has a cup of coffee.
Tai Tzu Ying previews Paris.
Serena Williams is ready for a red carpet.
Kelly Sildaru poses with a reluctant friend.
A Look At Olympic Sports Athletes In The News
Tennis champion Andy Murray reiterates a this summer-timed retirement...might it be after Paris 2024?
Olympics: How did Australian Jack Robinson become part of 'rock surfing's elite'? French gymnast Thomas Bouhail recounts that surprise Beijing 2008 podium finish for FIG. Joscelyn Roberson's "long journey" to return to fitness is the subject of a International Gymnast interview. Sailor J.J. Fetter calls out officials in a Team USA Olympic 'slump'. Australian Matt Wearn's 'fight through setbacks' has only strengthened his preparations for Paris 2024's sailing competition. Kristen Nuss contemplates how a breakthrough 2023 season has put her and beach volleyball partner Taryn Kloth in prime Paris 2024 position. Team Lithuania's female Olympic stars get honored at the highest levels back home for International Women's Day. Judo star Clarisse Agbegnenou applauds the opportunity for athlete mothers to provide for their breastfeeding children during the upcoming Games. Team USA soccer stars Alex Morgan and Jaedyn Shaw chat over a nail salon session. One of the "adventures ahead" for retired sprinter Dafne Schippers is apparently in sports management. A "commitment to consistency" has been key to Tara Davis-Woodhall's rise up the long jump leaderboard this season. A world indoor championship this season may be portending good things for shot putter Sarah Mitton. Mary Keitany's marathon world record may be 'under serious threat' with the likes of fellow Kenyans Peres Jepchichir and Ruth Chepngetich, and Brigid Kosgei entered in the London Marathon. Can Yulia Loban bring Team Ukraine back to Olympic heptathlon competition this summer? (in Ukrainian) Citius: Who were the 'biggest winners and losers of the World (Athletics) Indoor Championships'? Count champion Militadis Tentoglou as a critic of proposed long jump rule changes. Get to know new world indoor pole vault champion Molly Caudery. Runner Ciara Mageean contemplates the impact of her female role models on her career. Alpine skier Lucas Braathen: Can Team Brazil now win a Winter Olympics medal? Star swimmer Katie Ledecky wrote a book! Torri Huske's dry land training may be the key to 'swimming like she's rested'? Will a coaching drama derail star swimmer's Kyle Chalmers' Paris 2024 ambitions? How did Jack Alexy sprint 'to the top of U.S. swimming'? And...how do Team Great Britain become 'a force on the track' in cycling? Meanwhile...is track cycling legend Laura Kenny's Olympic career over? Count retired track cyclist Anna Meares as a fan of Team Australia's Paris 2024 uniform. Track cyclist Sarah Lee Wai-Sze has a 'new life' after a 20-year career that taught her 'toughness'. Fellow track cyclist Ellese Andrews and kayaker Max Brown team up to help inspire Team New Zealand with an "Ain't Just Dreaming' anthem. Finally on the cusp of an Olympics appearance, wrestler Justina di Stasio leans on her 'indigenous roots'. What does Team Ecuador wrestler Genesis Reasco hope from officials in return for success? Real estate... (in Spanish) More than 70 Team Germany athletes - including multiple Olympians and world champions - are awarded the 'Silver Laurel Leaf' for their sporting success. (in German)
Who Won The 2024 World Surfing Games?
The 2024 World Surfing Games ended today after 10 days of action in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. This was the 36th edition of the World Surfing Games, and, although the third time in Puerto Rico, the first time to be held in Arecibo after Rincon (1968) and Aguadilla (1988).
The competition also served as the final qualifier for surfers to the Paris 2024 competition in Tahiti. In the end, it was 2024 champion Gabriel Medina (BRA), Joan Duru (FRA), Alonso Correa (PER), Andy Criere (ESP), Rio Waida (INA), Ramzi Boukhiam (MAR), and Tim Elter (GER) qualifying for the men, and Luana Silva (BRA), Yolanda Sequeira (POR), Sol Aguirre (PER), Taina Hinckel (BRA), Nadia Erostarbe (ESP), Camilla Kemp (GER), Anat Leilor (ISR), Yang Siqi (CHN), and Janire Gonzalez (ESP) securing tickets on the women's side. Team Brazil's strong showing including Medina's championship and Tatiana Weston-Webb's silver finish resulted in the Brazilians earning a full slate of six surfers headed to Paris 2024. Australian Sally Fitzgibbons' fourth women's championship was bittersweet, as it still wasn't enough to secure her own Olympic ticket. Congrats to the medalists and the Paris 2024 qualifiers! Complete results can be found online at isasurf.org.
2024 World Surfing Games Medalists
Men:
Gabriel Medina (BRA) | Ramzi Boukhiam (MAR) | Kauli Vaast (FRA) Women: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) | Tatiana Weston-Webb (BRA) | Johanne Defay (FRA) Team: Team Brazil: Yago Dora, Medina, Filipe Toledo, Tainá Hinckel, Luana Silva, Weston-Webb (BRA) | Team France: Joan Duru, Marco Mignot, Vaast, Defay, Vahiné Fierro, Tessa Thyssen (FRA) | Team Australia: Morgan Cibilic, Ethan Ewing, Jack Robinson, Fitzgibbons, Molly Picklum, Tyler Wright Olympic Sports Athletes In The Recent News
Vanity Fair Italia catches up with champion tennis star Jannik Sinner: privacy, crying, challenges, and more. (in Italian)
Tennis champ Coco Gauff makes it as one of Time Magazine's Women of the Year for 2024.
BNN: Skylar Park is 'poised to end Canada's medal drought' in taekwondo at Paris 2024. Will Zareid Kareem build upon Team Jordan's burgeoning Olympic legacy in taekwondo at Paris 2024? "It's fantastic!" Gymnast Kaylia Nemour revels in her upcoming debut Olympics for Team Algeria. Sport climber Campbell Harrison relishes his Paris 2024 qualification after his Tokyo 2020 plans derailed. Continue to go 'beyond the ice' of Team Switzerland's Lara Stadler's journey in ice hockey management. Is Sam Williamson really a new Paris 2024 medal threat for Team Australia swimming? In other Australian swimmer news...legend Ian Thorpe recounts his identity struggles in early days. The IBU Hall of Fame welcomes biathletes Gabriela Soukalova, Magdalena Forsberg, and Raphael Poiree as its latest members. Presenting equestrian event-er Shane Rose and the 'mankini' that ruffled some feathers... Soccer superstar Lionel Messi tries - again - to tamper down recent criticism in Hong Kong. Looks like we won't see boxing legend Manny Pacquiao as an Olympian... Triple Olympic road racing cyclist Joane Somarriba 'couldn't be more delighted' to witness - and help lead - the growing rate of women's cycling these days. Team Chile's rugby sevens turns to the national military for inspiration and training as possible Paris 2024 qualification looms on the horizon. Three-time Olympian Czech Miroslav Vrastil, Jr. is World Rowing's 'Rower of the Month' for February. Gus Schumacher uses home-field crowd advantage to a remarkable cross-country win in Minneapolis. Who does water polo legend Tony Acevedo think earned 'hotshot' potential at the worlds last week? ICF looks back at the rich history of Czech canoeing, including stars Stepanka Hilgertova, Martin Doktor, Josef Holecek, and Jan Brzak-Felix. Surfer Sally Fitzgibbons talks inspiration from Cathy Freeman, her inner 'fire', and more with Olympics. Rohan Browning has learned to be an elite sprinter without being 'big and ripped'. Once a Team USA running prodigy, Mary Cain now may be seen competing in Irish tricolors. "My confidence has now skyrocketed..." Sprinter Noah Lyles is ready to take on multiple-gold challenges. Irish long jumper Reece Ademola pushes toward the eight-meter mark with an eye on Paris 2024. Irene Schouten: A Dutch speed skating legend retires. Grace Bullen "wanted to be great at wrestling" and her training base change has propelled her to new heights on the road to Paris 2024.
Olympic Sports Athletes In Recent News...
FIG: It's taken 'fun and friendship' to power young trampolinist Benny Wizani toward Paris 2024.
Olympics asks what the 'secret behind their success' of Mexican divers Ale Orozco and Gaby Agundez?
The Guardian looks at what inspired Tom Daley to return to competitive diving. (p.s., a successful return) Can NBA star Nikola Vucevic lead Team Montenegro to Paris 2024's basketball tournament? "That's the plan, for sure." Biathlon World: Remember when Gabriela Soukalova, Veronika Vitkova, Jarolslav Soukup, and Ondrej Moravec made the podium in front of a home crowd at the 2013 biathlon worlds? The Athletic: Team USA's Lindsay Horan 'just wants to talk soccer'. Spherical checks in with Team Peru's PanAm champion and Paris 2024-bound surfer Lucca Mesinas. Tokyo 2020 soccer champion Dani Alves in the unfortunate spotlight as an assault trial starts last week. Team Switzerland's Andre Schmid retires 'after an illustrious career' in team handball. Who won the IJF's World Judo Awards for 2023 as voted by fans online? Daniel Masur's strong start to 2024 earned him recognition as the ITF's 'World Tennis Tour Player of the Month' for January. Wrestler Parviz Nasibov hopes a strong European Championships coming up will strengthen his bid to return to an Olympic podium. Get to know double Olympian in rugby sevens Izzy Cerullo, Athlete Fellow for Los Angeles 2028's organizing committee. Antoine Dupont skipping the current rugby Six Nations tournament reinforces the star's sevens interest. Who are the stars to watch at this year's men's water polo worlds as both a world title and Paris 2024 berths are at stake? Get ready to see National (ice) Hockey League players back in the Olympics for 2026 and 2030... Will Kevin Yu realize an 'opportunity of a lifetime' with Paris 2024 golf qualification? German Athletic Association podcast interview: Javelin thrower Johannes Vetter 'is back to his old strength' after months of injury rehabilitation. (in German) Champion long-distance runner Joshua Cheptegei remains fixed on a return to the 10,000 meters after a mixed marathon debut. Long jump champion Bob Beamon parts with his landmark Mexico City 1968 gold medal. Julien Watrin: A long sprinter's Paris 2024 Olympic quest succumbs to a cancer diagnosis. (in French) |
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