Cyclist Paige Greco of Australia claimed the first gold medal of the Tokyo Paralympic Games, winning the 3,000-meter pursuit on Wednesday on the velodrome track. Wang Xiaomei of China was second and bronze went to Denise Schindler. Read more
The Paralympics began today in the same empty National Stadium — during the same pandemic — as the opening and closing ceremonies of the recently completed Tokyo Olympics. Read more
Simone Biles didn’t plan for her second Olympics to become a flashpoint in the evolving conversation about the role proper mental health plays in all levels of sports. Read more
The opening next week of the Paralympic Games in Tokyo is being used as a stage to launch a human-rights movement aimed at the world’s 1.2 billion people with disabilities. Read more
The athletes with Hawaii ties at the just-completed Olympics won just one medal, and it happened early in the Tokyo Games, on July 27. Read more
The Americans won 113 medals, which, for the fifth straight Summer Games, was double-digits more than the nearest competition. Read more
Perhaps more than any recent Olympics, the tournament was an athletic reality show, inviting viewers to seek respite from the frustration and tragedy of the past 18 months. Read more
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The Olympic flame was extinguished during a much smaller closing ceremony at Olympic Stadium for the 2020 Summer Olympics, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Tokyo today. See gallery
Despite the pandemic, the one-year delay and the soaring costs, the Japanese public may still find a sweet spot for the Tokyo Olympics, the way it did for the storied 1964 Games. Read more
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The decades-long quest for the first Olympic gold medal for the U.S. women’s volleyball team ended Sunday when the Americans finally broke through with a 25-21, 25-20, 25-14 victory over Brazil. Read more
Sue Bird capped off her unblemished 17-year Olympics run with a record fifth gold medal. Read more
The second to last day of competition at the Tokyo Olympics produced a gold medal bonanza for the United States. Read more
The U.S. won its third consecutive gold medal on Saturday, routing Spain 14-5 in the final at the Tokyo Olympics. Read more
Allyson Felix won her 11th career Olympic medal today, combining with her American teammates to finish the 4x400-meter relay in 3 minutes, 16.85 seconds for a runaway victory. Read more
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Was it the strangest Olympics ever, staged during a deadly pandemic, with no fans? How about the angriest, awash in protests and fierce opposition from large swaths of the host nation? Read more