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  1. The Closed-Door Battle to Lead the Olympics Business, Yesterday

    In perhaps the quirkiest election in sports, seven officials are vying for the powerful position of president of the International Olympic Committee.

  2. Challenging How Germany Remembers the 1972 Olympics Attack Culture, January 31

    With tensions running high over the war in Gaza, a new opera and a movie are looking back on the moment when Israeli athletes were murdered at the Munich Games.

  3. The Skater Who Stuck a Triple Axel Before Boarding the Flight National, January 31

    Cory Haynos was among several budding figure-skating stars who died in the plane crash near Reagan National Airport.

  4. Dick Button, 95, Figure Skating Champion and TV Commentator, Dies Obits, January 30

    He won an Emmy for his enthusiastic and sometimes acerbic analysis on sportscasts, but before that he made history as a two-time Olympic gold medalist.

  5. Iris Cummings Critchell, 104, Dies; ’36 Olympic Swimmer Turned Aviator Obits, January 29

    The last survivor of the American team that competed in Hitler’s 1936 Games in Berlin, she went on to become a wartime pilot and an aeronautics instructor.

  6. Las medallas de las Olimpiadas de París se están deteriorando y LVMH no responde En español, January 21

    En poco más de 100 días desde la clausura de las Olimpiadas, más de un centenar de atletas han pedido que les cambien sus medallas.

  7. What Trump Did on Day 1, and Biden’s Final Acts Podcasts, January 21

    Plus, an Olympic medal fail.

  8. Paris Olympics Medals Are Tarnishing, Putting LVMH in the Spotlight Business, January 20

    The medals were designed by a jewelry maker owned by the French luxury conglomerate, which has declined to comment on their deterioration.

  9. Heinz Kluetmeier, Inventive Sports Photographer, Dies at 82 Obits, January 19

    His work for Sports Illustrated included the renowned cover photo of the United States men’s hockey team celebrating their upset win at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

  10. For Los Angeles, Fires Ramp Up Difficulty of Hosting 2028 Summer Games Politics, January 13

    Rebuilding areas ravaged by wildfires will present a daunting challenge, but the flip side could be the “compelling image of a city emerging from the ashes.”

  11. Talk Turns to ‘L.A. 2.0’ Business, January 13

    The governor of California has called for “a Marshall Plan” to rebuild the fire-ravaged city. But big questions loom about more ambitious and costly projects, including the 2028 Summer Olympic Games.

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. 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.

  17. 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.

  18. 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.

  19. 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.

  20. 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.