{"id":3990,"date":"2025-08-03T13:47:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T13:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/behind-williams-comeback-is-40-the-new-30-in-sports-age-revolution\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T13:47:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T13:47:30","slug":"behind-williams-comeback-is-40-the-new-30-in-sports-age-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/behind-williams-comeback-is-40-the-new-30-in-sports-age-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind Williams&#8217; comeback: Is 40 the new 30 in sports&#8217; age revolution?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><video src=\"https:\/\/video.cgtn.com\/news\/2025-07-31\/Behind-Williams-comeback-Is-40-the-new-30-in-sports-age-revolution--1FrQFdkY6g8\/video\/wu_1j1errck31rb7ag81m6n1ej31goha\/wu_1j1errck31rb7ag81m6n1ej31goha.m3u8\" poster=\"https:\/\/video.cgtn.com\/news\/2025-07-31\/Behind-Williams-comeback-Is-40-the-new-30-in-sports-age-revolution--1FrQFdkY6g8\/video\/wu_1j1errck31rb7ag81m6n1ej31goha\/wu_1j1errck31rb7ag81m6n1ej31goha.jpg\"><\/video>\n<p>Tennis legend Venus Williams just stormed back onto the court at the age of 45. But her return isn&rsquo;t just a personal feat; it&rsquo;s part of a seismic shift in sports longevity. With icons like LeBron James, Novak Djokovic, and Cristiano Ronaldo dominating their fields, we ask: Are elite athletes now hitting their prime after 30? In this episode, we dissect the factors behind extended careers and debate a controversial twist: Do ageless stars like Venus block opportunities for rising talents? Plus: Which injury-free legends retired too soon? Join Sideline Story as we redefine what&rsquo;s possible in sports&rsquo; new golden age.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub><\/sub><\/p>\n<div>Behind Williams&rsquo; comeback: Is 40 the new 30 in sports&rsquo; age revolution?<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis legend Venus Williams just stormed back onto the court at the age of 45. But her return isn&rsquo;t just a personal feat; it&rsquo;s part of a seismic shift in sports longevity. With icons like LeBron James, Novak Djokovic, and Cristiano Ronaldo dominating their fields, we ask: Are elite athletes now hitting their prime after&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/behind-williams-comeback-is-40-the-new-30-in-sports-age-revolution\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Behind Williams&#8217; comeback: Is 40 the new 30 in sports&#8217; age revolution?&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3990\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}