Olympic sports bodies criticize track and field’s move to pay $50,000 for Paris gold medalists

Olympic sports bodies criticized World Athletics on Friday for promising to pay $50,000 for each track and field gold medal won at the Paris Olympics. Last week’s move by the ... Read More

Olympic gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner endorses transgender athlete ban in Nassau County

NASSAU COUNTY, N.Y. -- Olympic gold medalist ... sports is at stake. "It's amazing how much flack I get and all I'm trying to do is protect women," said Jenner, who won the 1976 Olympic men's ... Read More

Olympic gold medalists protest World Athletics’ long jump rule change

In the world of sports, fans will always have something ... Moreover, fourth-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson has taken his opinions on social media X, stating that the problem is ... Read More

Former Olympic gold medalist inspires new generation of gymnasts and dancers in Central Florida

BUT ONE GOLD MEDAL GYMNAST ... GYMNAST SCOTT JOHNSON MADE IT TO THE OLYMPICS TWICE, FIRST COMPETING IN LOS ANGELES IN 84 AND AGAIN IN SEOUL IN 88. HOW DID IT FEEL TO MAKE THE OLYMPIC TEAM? Read More

Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps and Wife Nicole Welcome Baby No. 4

While appearing on an episode of the Today show, the Olympic gold medalist joked the duo will soon have enough kids for a "relay team" or a "golf foursome." Phelps and Johnson met in 2007. Read More

Joseph Schooling, who won Olympic gold over Michael Phelps, retires from swimming

Singapore’s Joseph Schooling, who beat Michael Phelps in Phelps’ last individual Olympic ... gold medal and 28th medal. Schooling then took bronze at the 2017 World Championships and was eliminated in ... Read More

Olympics stories, schedules, news and events

Get the latest Olympic news, results and medal counts for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, and beyond at Newsday. U.S. track and field athletes have around four dozen pieces to choose ... Read More

"I did this once, then I woke up" - Olivia Dunne amazed at Olympic gold-medalist Sunisa Lee's stunning moves in training

American artistic gymnast Sunisa Lee won a gold medal in the all-around event, a silver in the team event and a bronze on uneven bars at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics ... Olympic dream. "That dream has ... Read More

Olympic gold medalist Merritt to speak at Gold Gala Awards

A three-time Olympian gold medalist from Virginia has made his way to the Ohio Valley. LaShawn Merritt has competed in the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympic games, winning gold once in the 400 meters ... Read More

Nikki McCray-Penson, former Tennessee, WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist, dies at 51

the former Tennessee Lady Vols basketball star who would go on to become a three-time WNBA All-Star and two-time Olympic gold medalist before embarking on a long college coaching career, died ... Read More

How is Olympic track and field structured?

Most events feature preliminary heats to narrow the field from dozens of athletes to a small group for the final event, in which athletes compete for medals ... the Olympics, with 48 events: 24 men's ... Read More

When are the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Trials? Key dates before Paris Games

The 2024 Paris Olympics open ... Any wrestler who won a medal at the 2023 World Championships at an Olympic weight — and thus earned the U.S. quota spot — receives a bye into trials finals. That group ... Read More