Skateboarding was added to the Tokyo Games lineup as part of a wider initiative to grow the Olympics' appeal with younger audiences, by way of sports that are particularly popular in the host nation.

A volleyball match begins when the ball is served into play. A team may touch the ball three times – not counting blocks – on its side of the net. The usual pattern is as follows: a dig (underarm pass ...

3 a.m.: Victor Perez (FRA), Matthias Schmid (GER), C.T. Pan (TPE) ...

There are multiple disciplines within BMX freestyle, but the only one contested at the Olympics is BMX park. It takes place on a course that includes features such as ramps, box jumps, walls and ...

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 ...

Tokyo 2020 has given us all the magical moments -- upsets, comeback stories, thrilling finishes, and the occasional tear-jerker (or ten). But as the Games come to a close, it's time to direct our ...

Coming into the Games, winning a team medal was the No. 1 goal for the U.S. men's gymnastics team. The team had not been on an Olympic medal podium since 2008, but didn't miss a beat in Paris to ...

Every night of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Primetime in Paris will showcase the biggest stars and most thrilling moments of the day's competition, with an emphasis on enhanced storytelling. Mike Tirico ...

It’s been more than a decade wait, but the U.S. women’s national team is back on the No. 1 spot on the Olympic podium after its 1-0 win against Brazil in the gold medal match Saturday at the Parc de ...

In Olympic gymnastics, the score for an athlete is based on two different components; the Execution Score and Difficulty Score. Each Execution Score starts at 10.0 points. The judges on the execution ...

A day after celebrating her 25th birthday, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone can celebrate her third Olympic gold medal and yet another world record. In a new world record of 50.37 seconds, the American ...

Modern pentathlon tests athletes across five separate disciplines. Athletes must swim, fence, ride an unfamiliar horse through a show jumping course — they get just 20 minutes to get acquainted — and ...