U.S. Women Are The Biggest Winners At The Rio Olympics
As in London four years ago, American women are taking home more medals than their male counterparts. It's a trend that's likely to continue.
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NBC Makes It Easier For The Blind To Join In The Rio Games
The network is offering descriptive narration of the Olympics for blind TV consumers for the first time during the Rio Games. Jim Van Horne, one of the narrators, says it can be tough work.
Caster Semenya: 'It's All About Loving One Another'
Caster Semenya spoke after her win at the women's 800-meter Olympics race. She wouldn't address a direct question about intersex athletes, but she did talk about the need to be free to be who you are.
U.S. Men Waltz To Gold In Basketball
After several close games in the tournament, including one with Serbia, the Americans trounced the Serbs, 96-66, for the gold medal on Sunday.
A Farewell From Rio, Where The 2016 Games Are Set To Wrap Up
The Olympics offered two weeks of sports, filled with joy and pain for athletes and their friends and families. We look back on the competitions and the culture inside the Olympic Village.
Claressa Shields Wins Second Straight Gold Medal In Boxing Final
At just 21, Michigan native Clarissa Shields becomes the first U.S. boxer — male or female — to repeat as an Olympic champion. She beat the Netherlands' Nouchka Fontijn in Rio Sunday.
Kenya's Kipchoge Wins Marathon; American Galen Rupp Third
Eliud Kipchoge pulled away from a crowded field with about nine miles to go and finished more than a minute ahead of his nearest competitor on the streets of Rio.
Simone Biles: 'Excited' To Carry Flag Tonight, A Little Worried About Its Size
"I'm afraid the flag is going to be too heavy for me because Michael Phelps is so much taller and he seemed to carry it so easily," Simone Biles says, in a light moment at the end of the games.
U.S. Army Soldier Wins Olympic Silver, Loses Silver, Gets Silver Back
Paul Chelimo ran the race of his life in the 5,000 meters and finished second. Then he was disqualified. Then he was reinstated. It was a strange race for a runner with an unusual backstory.
Olympic Moments: The Highlights And Lowlights From Rio
Here are the athletes who struck an emotional chord, some for better, some for worse, at the Rio games that end on Sunday.