Athletes around the world have waited four years for their shot at the ultimate goal of a medal from the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Decorated athletes like gymnast Simone Biles and swimmer Katie Ledecky ...

What country has the most medals for surfing at the Olympics? Japan has won two medals total for surfing at the Olympics, with Kanoa Igarashi winning a silver medal in the men's event in Tokyo, and ...

Olympic events are far from a modern invention. These competitions have taken place in various forms for thousands of years, beginning in Ancient Greece when athletes gathered in Olympia to test their ...

It's time for the world's strongest athletes to show how much they can lift. Olympic weightlifting — also referred to as just weightlifting — will be on the cards for the 2024 Paris Games.

Beach and indoor volleyball at the 2024 Paris Games both start on July 27, with beach ending on Aug. 10, and indoor ending on Aug. 11. Medals were the top goal at the 2024 Olympics, but what else came ...

The Olympics are filled with tradition, but the quadrennial event continues to expand and diversify. Breaking was the only new sport at this year's Summer Games, but plenty of other events made their ...

This Day in History: On October 14, 1964, history was made on the track in Tokyo, Japan, as Billy Mills, a relatively unknown American runner, stunned the world by winning the gold medal in the 10,000 ...

NBC will air at least nine hours of daytime coverage each day during the games. It will also deliver an enhanced, three-hour primetime show each night with behind-the-scenes access, new technology and ...

At the 2024 Summer Games, Quincy Wilson became the youngest American male track athlete in Olympic competition, at 16 years old. Popular sports like soccer and golf weren't always in the Olympics.

When did surfing become an Olympic sport? Surfing became an Olympic sport for the first time during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, held in 2021, with events off of Tsurigasaki Beach in Japan. Japan has won ...