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Cody Simpson could be going to the Olympics!

The 23-year-old singer and author shared on Instagram that he has secured a spot at the Australian Olympic trials for the 100 Fly in swimming.

“I just qualified for my first Olympic trials. I’d love to share this personal milestone and let you in on my current journey as an athlete that I’ve kept relatively low key until now,” Cody said on Instagram.

“Growing up competing, and then inevitably having to cut my career short as 13 year old Australian champion when I was given an opportunity in music that I couldn’t refuse,” he continued. “I have had the chance to experience and learn so much as a musician from touring around the world, releasing albums, performing as a leading man on Broadway, publishing a work of poetry, traveling with and speaking at the United Nations on environmental and oceanic matters and much more. For this I will be forever grateful.”

“Now almost exactly 10 years later, here I am once more. For years I had been fuelled by the silent fire in my stomach of returning to the sport of swimming, with the idea that 2020 would be the year I’d try training again,” Cody shared. “After only 5 months back in the water with my incredible coach @hawkebr, I was able to take out a win and secure a spot at next years Australian Olympic trials in the 100 fly. It is my greatest ambition to expand the limit and perceived notion of what’s possible for someone to achieve in a single lifetime, and I’m here to tell you can do absolutely ANYTHING if you are willing to work for it. I’m looking forward to seeing where this all takes me on the long road ahead! 🇦🇺”

The Olympic qualifiers is just the next step to take in order to land a spot on the team that actually goes to the Olympics.

Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Michael Phelps even reacted to Cody‘s news, commenting, “Lfg!! Congrats mate!!”

If you missed them, check out these hot photos of Cody in just his speedo while out at a pool, practicing his swimming!

The 2020 Summer Olympics have been officially pushed to 2021.

The games were originally slated to kick off on July 24th in Tokyo, Japan but will not be hosted this year due to the current world health crisis.

Prime Minister Abe Shinzo confirmed the news, revealing that he proposed a one year postponement, which was accepted by the International Olympic Committee.

“I proposed to postpone for about a year and (IOC) president [Thomas] Bach responded with 100% agreement,” the Prime Minister said in a statement.

The announcement comes just days after both Canada and Australia said they would not send athletes to the games if they were still held in 2020.

Tonight, the first figure skating event will kick off at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games with the team event.

Team USA has chosen Nathan Chen and married pairs skaters Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim to rep them on the ice for the event.

So, what exactly is the team event? It’s kind of like the team event in gymnastics at the Summer Olympics.

There will be a short program and free skate is held in each of the four disciplines: men’s, women’s, pairs and ice dance. Skaters are judged as usual, but teams are scored based on placements within their discipline.

So, if a first-place performance would earn a country 10 points, a second-place performance would earn nine points, and so on.

Team USA still has to choose a rep for the ladies and ice dance sections. However, countries are allowed two substitutions, meaning that for two of those three disciplines a different skater or team can be used in the short and free.

After each of the short programs, the top five highest-scoring teams advance to the free program round. At the 2014 Sochi Olympics, Team USA earned a bronze medal for the inaugural event.

You can watch it TONIGHT, starting @ 8PM on NBC.

The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games are officially kicking off tomorrow, February 9th and JJJ has the details on how you can watch the stunning opening ceremonies.

The Olympics actually run from February 7th to the 25th from South Korea and will be broadcast on NBC.

Just before the Opening Ceremonies kick off, infamous figure skater Yuna Kim will be the final athlete and will complete the ceremonial torch relay.

Here’s how you can tune into the event:

Start Time: The opening ceremony takes place live on Friday, February 9 @ 6 AM PT! (Not joking). If you don’t want to wake up that early, you’ll be able to watch it at a normal hour too — 8-11PM ET/PT on NBC.

Watch on TV: Head to NBC, the official network for the Olympics.

Watch Online: You can also livestream the opening ceremony and all the events from NBCOlympics.com.

If you missed them, check out the full schedule on JJJ here, and meet the mascot, Soohorang, too!

With every Olympic games, there’s a mascot and this year, it’s Soohorang!

The cute animal is a white tiger and has long been considered Korea’s guardian animal.

The first part of his name, “Sooho”, means protection in Korean and symbolizes the protection offered to the athletes, spectators and other participants of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

The last part of his name, “Rang”, comes from the middle letter of “Ho-rang-i”, the Korean word for “tiger,” and is also the last letter of “Jeong-seon A-ri-rang”, a cherished traditional folk song of Gangwon Province, where the Games will be held.

Soohorang not only has a challenging spirit and passion, but is also a trustworthy friend who protects the athletes, spectators and all the participants of the Olympic Games.

If you missed it, check out the full Olympic schedule on JJJ!

The 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games are here!

JJJ pulled together the full schedule of events for all our readers, so you know exactly when your fave event is happening — spoiler: it’s a lot!

From Figure Skating, to Alpine Skiing, to even our personal faves, Luge and Snowboarding — we can’t wait to watch the events happening from South Korea. You can watch them on primetime NBC, or grab the app and watch them live.

We’ve broken it down from week to week, so multiple days will be listed in each slide inside.

Tomorrow, the Opening Ceremonies will take place with infamous figure skater Yuna Kim completing the ceremonial torch relay. Stay tuned for how to watch those shortly!

Click inside for the full 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics schedule…

This is probably the best news JJJ‘s heard so far today — Cheerleading is finally being recognized as a sport by the IOC!

According to the New York Times, while the International Olympic Committee is recognizing cheerleading, that doesn’t mean that we’ll see actual competitions at the Olympics any time soon. Bummer!

However, the recognition means that cheerleading’s governing body, the International Cheer Union, will receive at least $25,000 every year and have the opportunity to apply for additional grants. Which is a major fete!

This period of recognition lasts for three years, and at any point during this time, IOC execs can vote to fully recognize the sport. After that, the ICU can petition to be included in the Games.

JJJ is pretty sure cheerleading has always been a sport though — have you seen the injuries they endure?! No pads people!