T/olympics

  1. Skateboarders Are Defying Gravity Once Again Styles, March 30

    With the help of social media, a new generation is resurrecting the sport’s most spectacular form. Tony Hawk hopes Olympic organizers are paying attention.

  2. Ilia Malinin Seized the Moment. But First He Had to Get Back on His Feet. National, March 29

    On Saturday the U.S. figure skating star became the men’s world champion for the second straight year. To get there, he had to channel his grief over losing fellow skaters in January’s D.C. plane crash.

  3. Track and Field to Be First Olympic Sport Requiring DNA Sex Tests for Women Foreign, March 25

    The change affects women with atypical genetics who have been able to compete if they suppressed their testosterone levels.

  4. George Foreman, Boxing Champion and Grilling Magnate, Dies at 76 Obits, March 22

    He claimed a world title in his 20s and, improbably, again in his 40s. He then made millions selling the George Foreman Grill.

  5. New I.O.C. President Is the First Woman and First African to Hold Role Video, March 20

    Kirsty Coventry was elected after the first round of secret voting by the International Olympic Committee’s membership.

  6. Kirsty Coventry Will Lead Olympics as I.O.C.’s First Female President Foreign, March 20

    Ms. Coventry, a former Olympic swimming champion who has been Zimbabwe’s sports minister, faces urgent issues including the rights of transgender athletes and the challenges posed by the climate crisis.

  7. Strange Race to Lead Olympic Sports Gets Stranger Foreign, March 19

    With the winner instantly becoming the most prominent sports official in the world, the high-stakes campaign for president of the International Olympic Committee has turned increasingly harsh.

  8. Larry Buendorf, U.S. Agent Who Saved President Ford, Dies at 87 Obits, March 13

    By grabbing a loaded handgun from Squeaky Fromme in 1975, Mr. Buendorf, as part of a Secret Service detail, thwarted a would-be assassin in California’s capital.

  9. Republicans Call on Olympic Committee to Bar Transgender Women From Women’s Sports Washington, March 11

    More than two dozen G.O.P. members of the House and Senate called on the International Olympic Committee to align its eligibility rules with President Trump’s transgender sports ban.

  10. Registering Voters and Certifying the Votes Letters, August 12

    Readers discuss election obstacles. Also: Donald Trump’s claim about Kamala Harris’s crowds; the Olympics; Covid vaccines; food and the climate.

  11. Noah Lyles ganó el bronce en 200 metros. Luego reveló que tiene coronavirus En español, August 9

    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.

  12. Noah Lyles Wins Bronze in 200 Meters, Then Reveals He Has Covid Sports, August 8

    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.

  13. Sin darnos las manos, por favor: somos neerlandeses En español, August 8

    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.

  14. No Hands, Please: We’re Dutch Foreign, August 8

    After two pandemic-disrupted Olympics, most teams haven’t given Covid a second thought in Paris. The one from the Netherlands is the exception.

  15. La experiencia olímpica que recuerdas está de vuelta En español, July 26

    Tras el aislamiento de dos Juegos pandémicos, las Olimpiadas de París buscan revivir la experiencia soñada por atletas y aficionados.

  16. Full Stands, Full Volume: The Olympics You Remember Are Back Foreign, July 26

    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.

  17. As the Paris Olympics Promise New Ambition, Old Anxieties Intensify Sports, October 21

    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.

  18. Special Olympics lifts a vaccine mandate at its Games in Orlando after Florida threatens a fine. Sports, June 3

    Florida health officials told Special Olympics that the vaccine requirement violated state law.