A roadmap to follow for the table tennis competition at the Paris Olympics:
Athletes to Watch—Ma Long, China: The 35-year-old table tennis icon is the reigning Olympic and World Cup singles champion. He also won the Olympic gold medal in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
A roadmap to follow for the surfing competition at the Paris Olympics:
Athletes to Watch—Carissa Moore, United States: The Olympic and five-time world champion has announced she’s stepping away from top-tier competitive surfing after the Paris Games. She won the first Olympic gold medal awarded in women’s shortboard at Tokyo three years ago
Even coach Bev Priestman acknowledges the Canadian national team lost its way last year.
Two years after winning Olympic gold at the Tokyo Games, the Canadians were humbled by a poor performance at last summer’s Women’s World Cup. Canada failed to advance out of the group stage for the first time since 2011.
Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic was included on Serbia’s 16-man preliminary roster for the upcoming Paris Olympics on Monday, ending doubts he would skip the basketball tournament.
Frank Carroll, coach of some of the most prominent American figure skaters in his long career, died Sunday at age 85. U.S. Figure Skating confirmed Carroll’s death in a statement posted to social media but did not release a cause.
A roadmap to follow for the sport climbing competition at the Paris Games:
Athletes to Watch—Janja Garnbret, Slovenia: The eight-time world champion and reigning Olympic champion has been the most dominant climber in the sport.
A roadmap to follow for the beach volleyball competition at the Paris Games:
Athletes to Watch—Anders Mol and Christian Sørum, Norway: Mol had surgery in March to repair a broken bone in his left foot.
A roadmap to follow for the triathlon competition at the Paris Games:
Athletes to Watch—Alex Yee, Britain: The silver medalist in Tokyo three years ago won a test event on the Paris course last August. He is a former 10,000-meter runner on the track.
A roadmap to follow for the volleyball competition at the Paris Games:
Athletes to Watch—Jordan Larson, United States: The 37-year-old Larson will be making her fourth appearance at the Olympics.