Olympic sharpshooter's 'Matrix'-inspired style turns heads in Paris
Kim Yeji won a silver medal at the 2024 Games for South Korea and a gold medal across the world for her razor-sharp looks and icy-calm demeanor.
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The United States has become the first country to win 3,000 Olympic medals
This record tally includes both Summer and Winter Games and was helped Tuesday by Team USA's historic performances in Paris in swimming events, which yielded four medals.
A photographer captured the perfect shot of an Olympic surfer's record-breaking ride
AFP photographer Jerome Brouillet captured the Brazilian world champion Gabriel Medina surfing through a huge wave in a ride that would net an Olympic-record score.
Paris Games are being hailed as the ‘gender-equal’ Olympics. Let's take a closer look
The Olympics movement has made considerable gains in evening the playing field for female athletes. But there’s a lot more to the effort than the headline achievement organizers have been pushing.
Meet Frederick Richard, the TikTok U.S. gymnast competing for (another) Olympic medal
The 20-year-old gymnast has more than 1.2 million followers between his TikTok and Instagram. But more than followers — or even Olympic medals — he wants more people to care about men's gymnastics.
Olympic athletes and events that might be under your radar
From the fast-paced 3x3 basketball event to sword fighting in the home of The Three Musketeers — there might be fewer eyes on these events but the contenders and storylines are just as thrilling.
U.S. lawmakers threaten funding for sport doping program over China Olympic scandal
American lawmakers threaten to withhold funding for the World Anti-Doping Agency. The sports watchdog group faces criticism over its secretive handling of positive drug tests by Chinese athletes.
The U.S. men's soccer team advances to the quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics
The U.S. men's team defeated Guinea 3-0 to advance to the knockout round in an Olympics for the first time since the Sydney Games in 2000. The Americans will face Morocco Friday in the quarterfinals.
The U.S. women’s rugby sevens team achieves a first — an Olympic medal
The U.S. women are bringing home the country’s first medal in rugby sevens. In a dramatic finish, the U.S. defeated Australia, 14-12 to win the bronze medal.
The antithesis of the Olympics: Using AI to write a fan letter
In a Google ad now pulled from Olympics coverage, a dad uses AI to craft a fan letter from his daughter. It’s the wrong approach to express admiration in a star athlete – and to instill confidence in a burgeoning one.