Simone Biles is not the first athlete to acknowledge how mounting pressure to perform and achieve has affected her mental health. But by stepping away from her events on the world’s biggest stage, ...

Tell us about your family. My parents, Patti and Scott, were both competitive skiers on the pro mogul tour. They met and had my older brother Skyler and I while still competing. We were raised in the ...

In a sequence of events reminiscent of the men's 100m Olympic final that took place on the same track nearly one month ago, 19-year-old Ezra Frech claimed a Paralympic gold medal in the men's 100m T63 ...

Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles is set to return to competition on Tuesday after withdrawing from the final three rotations of the team finals and four individual finals to focus on her mental ...

Fifteen-year-old Kamila Valieva was in the headlines a lot during the 2022 Winter Games. Entering the Games, it was a sure thing she would win gold in the women’s singles, just a matter of by how much ...

A total of 48 surfers (24 men, 24 women) will compete at this year's Olympic Games. Most nations can qualify a maximum of two men and two women, though several countries are able to take three men and ...

The mountain biking event consists of one single race for each gender. All riders start at the same time and complete multiple laps though a course full of rough, hilly terrain. The first rider to ...

BEIJING — Kristen Santos was in medal position, poised to wipe out the frustration that has haunted American women in Olympic short track speed skating for 12 years. Instead, Santos wiped out. Or ...

Both individual and team competition matches use a best-of-three format. One loss in Olympic tournament format will result in elimination from the tournament, save for in the semifinals when the two ...

Switzerland’s Michelle Gisin defended her Olympic title, winning back-to-back golds in the women’s combined. She won with a time of 2:25.67, 1:05 seconds ahead of countrywoman Wendy Holdener. Italy’s ...

In Paris, the tennis competition involves single-elimination tournaments for each of the five events. The men's and women's singles draws both feature 64 competitors; the men's and women's doubles ...

In each match of the individual events, athletes compete head-to-head in a best-of-five set, or “end” format, similar to tennis. In each set, both athletes shoot three arrows each. In team events, ...