Andrew Heo at the 2021 Short Track World Championships. – Credit: Getty Images With the American men’s short track picture wide open, 20-year-old Pennsylvania native Andrew Heo appears to be on the fast track to filling the gap. Heo is ...
A clean slate awaits the U.S. women’s artistic gymnastics team after an unusually shaky performance in qualifications resulted in the gold medal favorites qualifying in second behind the Russian Olympic Committee. Led by Simone Biles, the four gymnasts will get a ...
The first of three new Olympic swimming events got underway Monday with preliminary heats in the women’s 1500m freestyle. There was never a doubt who would set the initial mark. Katie Ledecky, racing her third event of the day after the 400 free ...
Podcast: Rough and rowdy rugby stars open up about their sport’s culture on and off the pitch Rugby’s a rough sport? Really? U.S. Rugby Men’s Eagles Sevens studs Kevon Williams and Brett Thompson ponder this observation on the latest episode ...
The United States men did just about all they could in the team Olympic gymnastics final, but they never really had a chance of catching up to Russia, China or Japan without a major implosion from one of the three. The night ...
Fencer Cheung Ka Long joined an exclusive club of athletes who won gold medals while representing Hong Kong with a win in the men’s individual foil event final. The 24-year-old is only the second athlete to become an Olympic champion while competing ...
Winning Olympic medals seems to be a Pozdniakova family tradition. Russian fencer Sofia Pozdniakova claimed her first Olympic title with a 15-11 win over teammate Sofya Velikaya in the women’s individual sabre event, following the footsteps of her father who was a four-time ...
Tom Pidcock on Monday gave Team GB its first Olympic medal in mountain biking, a gold, breaking midway at the Izu MTB Course and holding a lead to win the men’s event by 20 seconds. Great Britain, historically known for its ...
“Transformer” Troy Isley came out swinging in his Olympic boxing debut, scoring a unanimous decision in his middleweight preliminary bout against Vitali Bandarenka of Belarus on Monday. Isley, 22, will now move onto the Round of 16, where he will clash with ...
The Podium Italian rower Luca Rambaldi discusses how he honors his teammate Filippo Mondelli who died of bone cancer earlier this year and explains how the loss motivates him when racing. Beach volleyball player April Ross, who won bronze in Rio ...