In 1964, he was one of the first three African Americans to compete in wrestling at the Games. He went on to have a distinguished coaching career.
As a Villanova student, he captured the 1,500-meter event in the 1956 Games in Melbourne. No Irish athlete since then has won another Olympic gold medal in track and field.
Conservatives have rebuked Ms. Gu, who was born in the United States but won Olympic medals for China. The reaction has sparked conversations among Chinese Americans about identity and straddling two worlds.
Members of the Iranian soccer team who chose to remain in Australia this week are far from the first to travel to a competition and stay there.
A former Olympian himself, he wrote the sport’s bible, coached the American team at five Winter Games and helped make Vermont a hub of Nordic sports.
The sports and marketing agency founded by Casey Wasserman dropped his name in the latest fallout from the Epstein files.
La velocista estadounidense, famosa por sus récords y su estilo en la pista, ganó tres oros olímpicos en Seúl 1988
Russia’s flag was paraded at the opening ceremony of the Paralympics for the first time since 2014 prompting a boycott by several nations led by Ukraine.
She overcame prejudice early in her career to become the first woman to win a gold medal in both the springboard and the platform, at the 1948 Olympic Games in London.
After capturing the high jump for the United States at the 1948 London Games, she returned home to a segregated South.
A Dutch housewife, she emulated her hero, Jesse Owens, by setting an Olympic record in track and field.
She revolutionized women’s sprinting with her speed and flamboyant fashion sense, and was a three-time gold medalist at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
She won three gold medals as a sprinter in the Games, an achievement that seemed unlikely given her poor health as a child.
Her documentaries earned her acclaim as a cinematic genius, as well as criticism for putting her talent at the service of Hitler.
The free-spirited figure skater spoke to our dance critic about her approach to performing, the role of music and more.
The Olympic athletes are the subject of uncomfortable public comparisons that present online narratives that overlap more than both sides may realize.
A runner, coach and best-selling author, he created the widely embraced run-walk-run method, which helped make running more accessible to the public.
The president is becoming the very thing that destroyed the Democrats: a reality-denying machine.
Una victoria en el fútbol sala ha convertido a Alireza Ahmadi, de 17 años, y a otros jugadores de la minoría hazara, marginada durante mucho tiempo en Afganistán, en héroes nacionales.
The president announced medals for the U.S. men’s hockey team’s star goalie as well as several military veterans.
A triumph in indoor soccer has turned Alireza Ahmadi, 17, and other players from the Hazara minority, long marginalized in Afghanistan, into national heroes.
An itinerary for Mr. Patel’s trip provides more granular detail, including long segments of personal time that suggest he was not immensely oversubscribed by official duties.
Two gold medal-winning U.S. hockey teams were invited to Washington for the State of the Union address. Only one came to town.
For his final skate at the Winter Olympics in Italy, Ilia Malinin traded a spangly body suit for a hoodie and (designer) jeans.
An emergency room that’s a mirror.
The three brothers of Haley Winn, a defender for the U.S. squad, gained a spotlight for the colorful ways they cheered on their sister’s dream.
Pizzoccheri, a hearty buckwheat pasta, graced restaurant menus and the athletes’ cafeterias. A chef hopes it can put a spotlight on the valley where it comes from.
Plus, your M.L.B. spring training preview.
Kash Patel’s trip to Italy came at a fraught and frenetic time for the bureau and Mr. Patel, who has shown little willingness to curb his jet-setting.
Canadians jammed bars that opened at dawn across the nation on Sunday but the United States dealt the team, and the country, a devastating blow in overtime.
Amid growing cross-border political animosity, the game meant even more than usual to Canadian fans who had flown in for one of the marquee events of the Winter Games.
Which country won the most events on snow, ice or sliding track? We (over) analyzed the medal standings in Milan.
Nationalism may be on the rise, but at the Olympics our shared humanity easily crossed borders.
Norway, led by the cross-country skiing sensation Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, topped the medal table for the fourth straight Winter Games.
“It just goes by so quick,” one speedskater said. Some Olympic officials are trying to help competitors better navigate the aftermath of elite competition.
Jorrit Bergsma, a gold medalist back in 2014, is now 40. But he rolled back the years to win gold.
Young skaters known as flower kids jump into action. They have their own Olympic dreams.
The thermal waters of the Italian Alps, long praised for their restorative properties, are well known to elite athletes. During the Winter Games, they’ve drawn spectators, too.
Johannes Klaebo won his sixth cross country gold medal at the 2026 Olympics.
The Norwegian cross-country skier completed the biggest medal haul ever by an athlete at a Winter Games, and one of the biggest at any single Olympics.
New details about the LA28 chairman’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein, as well as anxiety over key infrastructure projects, have thrown the planning into disarray.
Paolo Zampolli, a special envoy for President Trump, endorsed Russia’s participation at next month’s Paralympics, a move greeted with dismay in European capitals.
A team of skilled technicians and drivers keep the frozen surface at the right temperature and thickness. The challenge? Each event needs a different kind of ice.
The Times’s tiny animated athletes flip, spin and soar through the air just like their real-life counterparts.
See the Winter Olympics in a series of composite images.
Alysa Liu became the first American woman to win an individual Olympic medal in figure skating in 20 years. Watch a head-to-head match-up of her jumps with silver medalist Kaori Sakamoto in the women’s figure skating final.
Here come the “HABs,” the attention-seeking husbands and boyfriends of medal-winning athletes.
People won gold medals. People broke records. And also these things happened.
Competition can wreck a figure skater, but Liu and other Olympians shed the pressure and delivered transcendent performances focused on artistry.
Johannes Dale-Skjevdal of Norway hit all 20 of his shots to win the gold medal in the mass start event.
I savor the Olympic achievements that don’t make it into any record book.
The accusation surfaced as Russia tries to re-establish its Olympics eligibility.
A champion speedskater spoke to reporters with her toddler. The focus on her child was among several instances at the Olympics that highlighted the complexities working mothers face in Italy.
Scientists are still discovering new theories on why ice is slippery. Our meteorologist Judson Jones and multimedia editor Joel Eastwood go curling to see how these theories could help Olympians achieve gold medals.
Cortina d’Ampezzo, a small Alpine town in northern Italy, is hosting much of the Winter Games. It’s also a home away from home for rich partygoers.
With seven clean triple jumps, Alysa Liu skated effortlessly to Olympic gold, becoming the first American woman in 20 years to win a medal.
These animations show the jumps that, in dramatic fashion, made the difference between gold and silver in the women’s and men’s competitions.
Liu became the first American to win a medal in women’s figure skating since 2006.
Es posible que España tenga una solución para las reacciones negativas contra los migrantes en muchos países ricos.
There are a lot of potential contestants.
Three writers and an Olympic medalist on the grit and grace of the winter games.
At 16, out of love with the sport, Liu stepped away. Controlling her career, after years of oversight from her father, was the only way she could return.
Among elite athletes exists an even more exclusive club: people who compete at both the Summer and Winter Games. Many are sprinters who turn to bobsled.
Spain may have a solution to the backlash against migrants in many wealthy countries.
In 1994, the Olympics were rocked by a giant skating scandal. When it was all over, three athletes waited for their medals.
When the U.S. plays Canada in the Olympic women’s final, there will be much more than a gold medal at stake.
Six Russian athletes and four Belarusians will be allowed to represent their nations, officials said. The decision could pave the way for a Russian team to compete at the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.
Adeliia Petrosian, de 18 años, tiene el currículum de una medallista. Pero su entorno formó parte de un escándalo de dopaje en los Juegos Olímpicos pasados.
After failing to medal in 2022, Shiffrin rebounded to win gold in slalom.
The difference between first and second place in several events at the 2026 Winter Games has come down to margins unthinkably small. The dramatic finishes have thrilled spectators and left some competitors stunned.
Ski mountaineering tests strength and endurance as athletes race uphill on skis and on foot before going back down.
Nicknamed “Tomba la Bomba,” the Italian skier was a global superstar before he drifted from the limelight. Decades later, the Winter Games have given him a new platform.
Japanese figure skaters placed in three of the top four spots after the women’s short program, but only six points separated the medal favorites ahead of the free skate on Thursday.
Ami Nakai of Japan leads after the short program ahead of a talented field, including the American Alysa Liu, who is third.
When your child races headfirst down an ice chute, leaps off ski jumps or performs snowboard tricks in midair, a medal may not be the main thing you pray for.
Demócratas como Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez están probando sus mensajes en Europa antes de las elecciones intermedias.
Plus, drones at the Olympics.
The robotic cameras chase behind lugers, skiers and speedskaters across the venues in Northern Italy. Some spectators find they’re as much fun to watch as the athletes.
Adeliia Petrosian, 18, has the résumé of a medal contender — and ties to coaches and a skater who were at the center of a doping scandal at the last Winter Games.
The chairman, Casey Wasserman, has faced criticism ever since his name surfaced in the Epstein files. Mayor Karen Bass is the latest official to call on him to step down.
Democrats like A.O.C. are testing out their messages in Europe before the midterms.
Fans have fallen hard for plush dolls representing Tina and Milo, the mascots of Italy’s Winter Games.
The Olympic journey of Laila Edwards, the first Black woman to play for the U.S. hockey team, has captivated her hometown, Cleveland Heights.
Before going for the gold, athletes at the Winter Games must check their apparel and equipment. Or else.
It hosted Olympic hockey in 1956 and James Bond a quarter-century later. Cortina’s beloved Olympic Stadium is now bursting with excitement for curling.
She was repeatedly drugged by her husband and raped in a series of crimes that shocked the world. Pelicot talked to us about her new memoir.
The halfpipe competitions in the 2026 Olympics again raised the bar for what’s possible on a snowboard. While the women faced difficult, snowy conditions, the medalists nonetheless put down impressive, clean runs. The men took their tricks to new heights and put together combinations never seen before.
Their skis and snowboards tested positive for “forever chemicals,” slippery-but-dangerous chemicals now banned in the Games.
At 35, Federica Brignone of Italy became the oldest Olympic Alpine gold medalist. Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. finished a disappointing 11th.
Future Olympic prospects are testing a device that can give them corrective advice in real time as they hurtle into the air.
You want at least one weird entree on the Olympics menu, even if only for the pleasure of not ordering it.
A look at the tensions and triumphs shaping this year’s Winter Games.
Athletes train and sweat for years in pursuit of the glittering prizes. Many store them in the least glamorous places.
Obituaries have memorialized the lives of a figure-skating trailblazer, a “Miracle on Ice” hockey player, a bobsledder who overcame blindness, and more.
Lidiar con el fracaso es parte del trabajo de los deportistas de élite. Así es cómo lo enfrentan.
The Americans trailed Denmark after one period, but fought back to cruise to a 6-3 victory.
A Brazilian skier secured South America’s maiden medal at a Winter Games the day after a Kazakh figure skater won his nation’s first gold in 32 years.
What are a food reporter, the Miami bureau chief and a presidential photographer doing at the Games?
Scotty James of Australia laid down a strong run, but was outdone by Japan’s Yuto Totsuka.
Grana Padano cheese is trying to capture some of the international spotlight on Italy, appearing on billboards and social media — and in high-protein muffins for athletes.
Deanna Stellato-Dudek, a Canadian pairs skater, is trying to make history at the Olympics — despite a training accident a week before the Games.
These animations show how the halfpipe competitions again raised the bar for what’s possible on a snowboard.
Ilia Malinin took first place in the short program, but his error-filled routine in the free skate dropped him to eighth overall.
Malinin, the heavy favorite to win gold, fell twice during his final routine and finished 8th.
Los líderes europeos se preguntan si podrán volver a confiar en EE. UU.
Los entresijos de la legislación sobre propiedad intelectual han sido el tema de conversación entre los protagonistas del patinaje artístico en Milán.
In this chic northern Italian city, currently co-hosting the Winter Olympic Games, buyers can find compact studio and one-bedroom apartments.
Commissioned by the International Olympic Committee, the movies provide a fascinating glimpse of history and the evolution of different sports.
The accommodation for athletes includes a video game lounge, massage room and a range of food options. Starting from September, it will house students — or at least those who can afford the rent.
One represents Belgium and the other Brazil in skeleton, in which the racer slides near-blind down an ice track at well over 80 miles per hour.
The South Korean snowboarder Choi Gaon pulled off a stunning victory on Thursday in the women’s halfpipe final at the 2026 Olympics, capturing the gold medal and defeating the American Chloe Kim, the two-time defending champion.
Choi came back after a hard fall during her first run, landing back-to-back 900s and ending Kim’s hopes of a third gold medal.
European leaders are wondering if they can ever trust the U.S. again.
Kim was upset in heavy snow by a new star, 17-year-old, Choi Gaon of South Korea, in the women’s halfpipe.
Vladyslav Heraskevych, a Ukrainian who races in skeleton, was barred from competing in the Winter Olympics over a helmet he planned to wear that shows images of people killed in the war with Russia.
In Milan, the hub of the Winter Games, the atmosphere seems subdued, while the small towns hosting mountain events are seeing enthusiastic crowds.
Olympic officials had told Vladyslav Heraskevych that the helmet, featuring images of Ukrainian athletes killed in the war with Russia, violated the Games’ ban on political speech.
On “The Traitors,” two American Olympians turned skating commentators have become fan favorites by embracing the roles of lovable fools.
Several athletes have found themselves caught up in controversies over musical choices before and during one of the biggest competitions of their careers.
At the last Winter Games, in 2022 in Beijing, the coronavirus pandemic meant that spectators were largely absent and competing was a lonely experience.
Readers discuss election obstacles. Also: Donald Trump’s claim about Kamala Harris’s crowds; the Olympics; Covid vaccines; food and the climate.
El corredor dijo que empezó a sentirse mal dos días antes de la carrera. En París no hay requisitos de análisis, y los organismos rectores nacionales elaboran sus propios protocolos.
Lyles said he started feeling ill two days ago and knew it was more than just soreness from winning the 100. In Paris, there are no testing requirements, and national governing bodies develop their own protocols.
Después de dos Juegos Olímpicos perturbados por la pandemia, la mayoría de los equipos en París no han pensado en el coronavirus. El de Países Bajos es la excepción.
After two pandemic-disrupted Olympics, most teams haven’t given Covid a second thought in Paris. The one from the Netherlands is the exception.
Tras el aislamiento de dos Juegos pandémicos, las Olimpiadas de París buscan revivir la experiencia soñada por atletas y aficionados.
Family, friends and fans were missing from two straight Covid Games. In Paris, one athlete said, competitors will have the kind of experience they dream about.
Trying not to gloat, organizers of the 2024 Summer Games begin showing off the spectacle of the city while concerns about security and strikes mount.
Florida health officials told Special Olympics that the vaccine requirement violated state law.