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Australia's powerchair hockey team is heading to Finland in May with new coaches, fresh energy, and their sights set on a world championship medal. After two decades of quiet competition, the underdogs say this is their moment to shine.
An all-girls robotics team from Wellsville Central School just earned the New York State Championship title and a golden ticket to compete at the World Championships. Their winning design and fierce problem-solving skills are taking them all the way to St. Louis.
Just months after competing at the Olympics, 16-year-old Australian skier Indra Brown claimed her first Junior World Championship title in Calgary. The teenager, already leading the World Cup circuit this season, dominated the halfpipe final with a near-perfect run.
A 17-year-old Nigerian sprinter just punched her ticket to the World Under-20 Championships with a blazing performance that defied the wind. Miracle Ezechukwu ran into a headwind and still clocked the qualifying time, becoming one of her country's brightest track stars.
Champion archer Kachollom Enyenihi just became Nigeria's first Women's Development Director for archery, breaking new ground in a sport long dominated by men. Her mission: build a clear path from school gyms to world championships for girls across the country.
A mountain teacher in Vietnam taught herself programming and started a robotics club with recycled materials. Now her students from one of the country's poorest regions compete in world championships.
Olympic snowboarding champion Chloe Kim traded the pressure of perfection for something more valuable at the 2025 World Championships in Italy. Her silver medal came with genuine joy, proving that sometimes losing the weight of expectations is the biggest win of all.
After winning three straight world championships, American ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates are one performance away from the only medal that's eluded them: Olympic gold. The duo faces their training partners Wednesday night in Milan, separated by less than half a point.
World number two Eniola Bolaji is leading Nigeria's three-athlete team to the Para-Badminton World Championships, fresh off a commanding gold medal win in Egypt. The Paralympic bronze medallist and her teammates are riding high after intensive training and strong government backing.
A Brisbane dad makes his three kids speak only Te Reo Maori in the car, part of a growing movement of Maori families keeping their language and culture thriving thousands of miles from home. Nine Australian kapa haka groups will compete this March for a chance at the world championships.
Two Canadian Paralympic swimmers are raising the bar after dominating at the 2025 world championships in Singapore. Their performances earned them Swimming Canada's top honors and signal an exciting future for the program.
Ford is making a comeback to Formula 1 in 2026, partnering with Red Bull Racing and four-time world champion Max Verstappen. The legendary automaker, which powered 176 Grand Prix victories and 13 world championships across 37 years, will bring its engineering prowess back to motorsport's biggest stage.
Two-time Olympic steeplechase champion Soufiane El Bakkali has signed with Swiss sportswear brand On, joining his recent rival on the same team. The move reunites the Moroccan legend with the athlete who beat him by just 0.07 seconds at the 2025 World Championships.
Canadian Paralympic champion Danielle Dorris just made history by winning the same event at three consecutive World Para Swimming Championships. The 23-year-old from Moncton dominated in Singapore with three medals and her latest Swimmer of the Year award.
Dutch cyclocross star Mathieu van der Poel just broke an all-time record with his 51st World Cup victory, crushing rivals by over a minute. One week before the world championships, he's in perfect form to claim an unprecedented eighth gold medal.
American runners Hobbs Kessler and Josh Hoey shattered world records at Boston's New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, marking triumphant comebacks after missing last year's World Championships team. Both athletes turned disappointment into determination, making history in their first competitions of 2026.
Annie Reid joined her local gym at 72 just hoping to run 2km. Three years later, the breast cancer survivor is heading to Sweden to compete in the HYROX World Championships.
After her college track career ended, Mystique Ro was crashing on a couch when a text invited her to try bobsled. She discovered skeleton instead and just won gold at the 2025 World Championships.
Jana Shelfer placed dead last in her first adaptive waterskiing competition after barely making it out of the water. Fourteen months later, she broke a world record and took home four gold medals at the 2025 World Championships.
Campbell Wright, a 23-year-old New Zealander racing for Team USA, just won two silver medals at the World Championships and could deliver America's first-ever Olympic medal in biathlon. The U.S. has never medaled in biathlon, the only winter sport where that's true.
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