Sacramento athlete swims toward Olympic dream

A Sacramento athlete is swimming through rough waters, battling for a spot on Team USA and a ticket to the Paris 2024 Olympics. Luca Urlando is a five-time world champion, but has been recovering from ... Read More

Olympic Medalist Tori Bowie Died in Childbirth

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Sacramento News

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Tori Bowie, Olympic Gold Medalist, Dies at 32

Tori Bowie, a three-time Olympic medalist ... in 2017, died at age 32, according to her management company, Icon Management Inc. “We’re devastated to share the very sad news that Tori Bowie ... Read More

Pool swimming terms

Final: The last race of an event and the one in which medalists are determined ... winter are held at short-course venues. The Olympics are held in long course (50m) pools. Split: The time registered ... Read More

The 3,100-mile Olympic torch relay is underway. Here's what to know about the symbolic tradition.

The Olympic ... Olympics since and is even in the Olympic rule book, which states: "The Olympic flame is the flame which is kindled in Olympia under the authority of the IOC." Olympic swimmer ... Read More

Swimming 101: The Four Strokes

Freestyle swimming has been included in every modern Olympics. Currently, freestyle is contested in more Olympic events than any other stroke, at distances of 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, and 1500m. Read More

Tori Bowie, Three-Time Olympic Sprint Medalist, Dies at 32

Tori Bowie, a three-time Olympic medalist and the 2017 world champion in the 100-meter dash, has died, according to her ... was “deeply saddened” by the news. Bowie, a Mississippi native ... Read More

John Devitt dies: Olympic swimming champion dead at 86

Former swimming champion John Devitt, who won gold medals at the 1956 Melbourne and 1960 Rome Olympics, has died, aged 86 ... Devitt won his only individual Olympic gold medal in the 100-metres ... Read More

U.S. Olympic Team Curling Trials Day 10: John Shuster set to defend Olympic title

With his back against the wall, John Shuster got it done -- yet again. The 2018 gold medalist is set to return to the Olympic Games in 2022 after the team he skips defeated Team Dropkin in a ... Read More

When to watch swimming during the 2024 Paris Olympics

During the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, athletes take their first plunge into the pool in Paris on Saturday, July 27 with competition concluding on Saturday, August 4. Prelims get underway at 5 a.m. ET ... Read More

Baseball - Summer Olympics

The good news ... Four-time Olympic women's basketball gold medalist Sue Bird and baseball player Eddy Alvarez have been chosen as U.S. flag bearers for the opening ceremony of the Olympics ... Read More