The Olympic road cycling events, open for all to watch, end in a sprint to the finish.
Tag: Olympic Games (2024)
China’s Olympic Swimming’s Haul: More Medals, More Questions
A meet overshadowed by questions about doping produced more medals, but fewer golds, than China’s swimmers won at the Tokyo Games.
What Is Paris Like During the Olympics?
There are people walking around the world’s fashion capital with fluffy cockerels on their heads. This is not normal.
St. Lucia and Dominica Win First-Ever Olympic Medals
Gold medals in track and field brought St. Lucia and Dominica into an exclusive club of nations. But for 66 other countries and territories, the wait for an Olympic medal goes on, and on, and on.
St. Lucia gets its first gold medal, thanks to the world’s fastest woman.
Julien Alfred beat Sha’Carri Richardson of the United States by 15-hundredths of a second to win St. Lucia’s first Olympic medal.
What Do Athletes Do Between High Jumps at the Olympics?
The high jump often presents competitors with an abundance of down time. Two rivals fill it in very different ways.
Boxer Iman Khelif Clinches Medal Amid Olympic Eligibility Fight
Imane Khelif advanced to the semifinals, ensuring she will leave the Paris Games with at least a bronze medal.
Simone Biles’s gold-medal-winning Yurchenko double pike, frame by frame.
Biles won her second Olympic vault title — eight years after her first in Rio — with her signature Yurchenko double pike and then a vault called a Cheng.
Olympic Men’s 100: Is It Still a Can’t Miss Moment?
Lacking star power and tense rivalries, the event was not even the most anticipated 100-meter race at the Paris Games.
Equestrian Is Having an Uncomfortable Moment. Its Olympic Horses Are Not.
Accusations of mistreatment cast a shadow over dressage and other events. Can cooling tents and locally sourced hay change the narrative?