Latvia’s Gints Berzins had particular motivation at the top of the luge track on Saturday: to defend the title won by countryman Kristers Aparjods in the same discipline at Lillehammer 2016.

Germany’s lugers continued their hot streak on the frozen St. Moritz Olympia Bob Run when men’s doubles team Moritz Jaeger and Valentin Steudte won their nation's second gold medal of the day.

Born in August 1996, a few days after the Closing Ceremony of the Atlanta Games, American Caeleb Dressel seems poised for Olympic glory in Tokyo in 2020. At the Gwangju World Championships in Korea, he once again demonstrated the extent of his talent by winning six gold medals. He has undoubtedly become the swimming world’s new leading talent.

The 2019 World Championships in Gwangju once again demonstrated Russia's relentless dominance in artistic swimming. Led by the two Svetlanas — Kolesnichenko and Romashina — the squad won all nine events in which they competed, making them the sure favourite for the discipline's two gold medals (team and duet) at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Over 1,600 participants from all walks of life are to take part this week in the Olympism in Action Forum taking place on 5 and 6 October in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Olympism in Action Forum is a direct result of the Olympic Agenda 2020 reforms and takes place ahead of the Youth Olympic Games 2018. The two-day event will create a platform for diverse voices to share thinking and ideas on the overarching trends that affect the future of sport. The Olympism in Action Forum is an invitation from the IOC to welcome more people into the conversation.

Currently spearheading a mission to tackle obesity and diabetes on Rodrigues Island in Mauritius as part of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Young Change-Makers+ Programme, Valéry de Falbaire talks about workouts, well-being and his role as a Young Change-Maker at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Nanjing 2014.

On 10 August 2016, the road cycling time trials in Rio saw two seasoned champions roll back the years. Switzerland’s Fabian Cancellara won the men’s gold for the second time before retiring while 43-year-old Kristin Armstrong of the USA sealed an Olympic treble.