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Olympic gold medalist Jordan Chiles impressively showcased her skills with a stunning 2026 floor routine during a UCLA gymnastics presentation, receiving widespread praise for her performance, confidence, and physique.
The men's ice hockey rosters for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics are beginning to be announced, with Canada being the first to reveal its team, featuring NHL players across goaltenders, defenders, and forwards. The full list of participating countries' rosters will be updated in the coming weeks.
The article previews five NHL games, highlighting rookie Matthew Schaefer's Olympic prospects with the Islanders, Trevor Zegras' potential 10-game point streak for the Flyers, the Red Wings' quest to lead the Atlantic Division, Sidney Crosby's scoring pace for the Penguins, and division race opportunities for the Canadiens and Lightning.
Fred Kerley, a prominent American sprinter and Olympic medalist, has joined the Enhanced Games, a controversial sports event allowing athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs without testing, aiming to push human limits through science. Despite his suspension for whereabouts failures and recent legal issues, Kerley sees this as an opportunity to become the fastest human ever.
Olympic champion Cole Hocker was disqualified from the 1500 meters semifinals at the world championships for jostling other runners during a late move, resulting in his elimination from the event.
Hailee Steinfeld is set to star alongside Miles Teller in Paramount's sporty romantic comedy 'Winter Games,' directed by Paul Downs Colaizzo, which revolves around Olympic athletes navigating romance and redemption. Steinfeld recently married and starred in the successful film 'Sinners,' and has a diverse career including voice roles and TV appearances.
French Olympic fencer Ysaora Thibus was cleared of doping charges after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled her positive test for ostarine was caused by accidental contamination from kissing her partner, American fencer Race Imboden, who was taking the substance. The court dismissed WADA's appeal and upheld the previous ruling that Thibus bore no fault or negligence, allowing her to compete in Paris 2024.
French diver Alexis Jandard took a tumble during the grand opening of the Olympic Aquatics Center in Paris, but responded with humor and grace, joking about his misfortune on social media and making light of the situation on French television. Despite the fall, he remains in good spirits and is determined to turn the mishap into a successful performance at the Summer Games.
Alysa Liu, the 2022 Olympian and two-time U.S. champion, has announced her return to competitive figure skating after a brief retirement, expressing renewed joy and excitement for the sport. Known for her record-breaking achievements at a young age, including landing a triple Axel and a quadruple Lutz, Liu aims to compete in the 2024-25 season with the support of U.S. Figure Skating.
Fortnite will be part of the Olympic Esports Week next month, held in Singapore as part of a new "sport shooting" section. A custom island has been created inside Fortnite to be used in the Olympic tournament, and 12 players from the 2023 Fortnite Champion Series are invited to compete. The tournament will take place on Saturday, 24th June 2023, with other titles like Gran Turismo 7, NBA 2K23, and Eleven Table Tennis also part of the eSports lineup.