Aug 02 Who is Olympian Imane Khelif? An Algerian woman boxer is facing gender backlash By Greg Beacham, Associated Press Khelif was assigned female at birth, but was disqualified from the 2023 world championships after failing unspecified and untransparent eligibility tests for women's competition from the now-banned International Boxing Association. Continue reading
Aug 01 Simone Biles holds off Brazil's Rebeca Andrade to win all-around gold in women's gymnastics By Will Graves, Associated Press Simone Biles edged Brazil's Rebeca Andrade during a tense Olympic all-around final on Thursday… Continue reading
Aug 01 From shark watches to stray boats to bacteria, Olympic triathlon dilemmas not new By Pat Graham, Associated Press There was a shark watch at the first Olympic triathlon in 2000. There have also been boats in the way and major bacteria concerns at two of the last three events. Continue reading
Jul 31 Watch 6:30 U.S. women strike gold with dominating performances at Paris Olympics By Geoff Bennett, Azhar Merchant, Eliot Barnhart U.S. swimming star Katie Ledecky made a splash in her first finals of the Paris Olympics. The 27-year-old finished the 1500 meter freestyle nearly half a pool length ahead of her competitors. It comes as the U.S. women's gymnastics team… Continue watching
Jul 30 Simone Biles and Team USA dominate to win Olympic gold in women's gymnastics By Will Graves, Associated Press Simone Biles powered a dominant U.S. women’s team to gold in the finals and cemented her legacy as the greatest ever in her sport and among the best in the history of the Olympics. Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch 6:51 Olympian Apolo Ohno on the pressure to compete and prioritizing mental health By Amna Nawaz, Karina Cuevas, Laura Santhanam Millions of people are closely watching the performance of Olympic great Simone Biles as she competes for gold. Biles has also helped open the door wider to conversations around mental health and the incredible pressure to compete. Amna Nawaz discussed… Continue watching
Jul 29 Simone Biles will compete in all 4 events at team finals despite calf injury By Will Graves, Associated Press A calf injury isn’t going to slow down Simone Biles. The American gymnastics star is in the lineup for all four events during Olympic women's team finals. Continue reading
Jul 28 Simone Biles dominates during Olympic gymnastics qualifying after shaking off calf injury By Will Graves, Associated Press Simone Biles posted an all-around total of 59.566 during Olympic qualifying inside a packed and star-studded Bercy Arena despite a left calf injury that had her limping. Continue reading
Jul 27 Watch 7:47 A look at the art and sport of breaking as it makes its Olympic debut By John Yang, Harry Zahn An entirely new medal event will debut at the Olympics in about two weeks: breaking, or what’s perhaps more widely known to the uninitiated as breakdancing. What began at block parties in the Bronx will be going for gold in… Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch 11:01 Why French authorities fear Russia may attempt to disrupt Paris Olympics By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi Just hours before the Olympic opening ceremony, saboteurs launched a coordinated arson attack on French train lines. It stranded nearly a million travelers and sparked even more concerns about potential threats to the games which are being protected by unprecedented… Continue watching