Olympics
USA Gymnastics enters new era both on and off the floor as U.S. championships begin
Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey are all on sabbatical from elite gymnastics, perhaps for good. And when Joscelyn Roberson salutes the judges during the first night of the U.S. Gymnastics Championships on Friday, the world championship gold medalist and Olympic alternate will be one of the few athletes on the floor with experience on the sport's biggest stage.
Lindsey Vonn hires former ski great Aksel Lund Svindal as coach ahead of Olympic season
Lindsey Vonn has added former ski great Aksel Lund Svindal to her coaching team as she prepares for next year's Winter Olympics.
Bad blood: Lyles shoved by Bednarek after his win in 200 meters at U.S. nationals
Noah Lyles landed the day's biggest blow on the track, passing Kenny Bednarek for the win, then looking his way to talk some trash. Bednarek's answer was a two-handed shove in the back after the finish line, some more heated words and a challenge for a rematch that can't come soon enough.
Sha’Carri Richardson misses qualifying women’s 200-meter final, ending her U.S. championships
Sha'Carri Richardson narrowly missed qualifying for the 200-meter final Sunday at the U.S. track and field championships, concluding what's been a tumultuous week for the sprinter in the Pacific Northwest.
Americans finish strong with a relay world record in swim worlds to top medal tables
The United States, which had a frustrating swim world championships, ended on a high note Sunday with a world record in the women's 4x100 medley relay in the last event of the eight-day championships.
Americans set a relay world record in swim worlds while Ledecky wins again
The United States set the world record in the 4x100 mixed relay on Saturday, clocking 3 minutes, 18.48 seconds in the swim world championships.
Marchand might be French, but he led a Texas-flavored moment at swim worlds
Leon Marchand of France won gold in the 200-meter individual medley at the swimming world championships on Thursday - and it had a Texas flavor to it.
Anna Hall now a member of heptathlon’s exclusive 7,000-point club, world record within reach
Anna Hall is the fifth female to eclipse 7,000 points in the seven-event heptathlon competition. Her grand total of 7,032 points puts her within striking distance (260 points, to be precise) of breaking the world record that her idol and Hall of Famer Jackie Joyner-Kersee set nearly 37 years ago.
France’s Marchand sets world record in 200-meter individual medley
Leon Marchand broke the world record in the 200-meter individual medley on Wednesday at the world championships in Singapore, clocking 1 minute, 52.69 seconds to surpass the 1:54.00 set in 2011 by American Ryan Lochte.
Australian Parliament finally honors Olympians who defied boycott of 1980 Moscow Games
A wait of 45 years ended when a group of Olympians who defied pressure to boycott the 1980 Moscow Games were recognized in the Australian Parliament on Wednesday for their contribution to sports.
Trump gave USOPC cover on transgender athlete policy change, but it could end up in court anyway
In its push to remove transgender athletes from Olympic sports, the Trump administration provided the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee a detailed legal brief on how such a move would not conflict with the Ted Stevens Act, the landmark 1978 federal statute governing the Olympic movement.
Canada’s McIntosh makes it two gold medals in two days at world swim championships
Two days. Two gold medals. Summer McIntosh is off to a perfect start at the swimming world championships in her attempt to win five individual gold medals, a feat only achieved by American legend Michael Phelps.
U.S. Olympic Committee bows to Trump on transgender athletes in ‘seismic’ move
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee revised without fanfare its eligibility rules to comply with President Trump's executive order on women's sports, effectively barring male-born athletes from competing on women's teams across the Olympic landscape.
USOPC asks for tweak of college sports bill to set minimum spending limits for Olympic programs
U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee leaders are pushing lawmakers for tweaks to legislation that would regulate college sports by adding guarantees that schools will spend the same percentage on Olympic programs in the future as they do now.
Open water program at swimming world championships gets started after two delays
Open water competition at the World Swimming Championships went off Wednesday after two postponements because of water-quality problems at Sentosa, the island area on the coast.
Semenya sex eligibility battle still isn’t over after confounding sports for 16 years
A ruling Thursday by the highest chamber of the European court found that Caster Semenya was denied a fair hearing at the Swiss Supreme Court. It kept alive Semenya's case and reignited a yearslong battle involving individual rights on one hand and the perception of fairness in sports on the other, with implications across the sporting world.
Human rights court rules Olympic champ Semenya did not get a fair hearing in sex eligibility case
Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya won a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights on Thursday in her seven-year legal fight against track and field's sex eligibility rules.
Olympic champion Kipyegon falls short in her attempt to break four-minute mile
Three-time Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon failed in her bid Thursday to become the first woman to run a mile in under four minutes.
Olympics’ champion: New IOC president Coventry inaugurated to start 8-year leadership
The first female and first African president of the IOC, Kirsty Coventry was inaugurated in the role Monday on the organization's 131st birthday with praise that the Olympic movement was "in the best of hands."
Olympic leader Bach got 10% raise in 2024 payment that trails far behind soccer’s elected leaders
The International Olympic Committee paid its president Thomas Bach $350,000 in 2024, the Olympic body said Friday - a 10% raise for his final full year in office after a two-year freeze.
