Each game and period in Olympic water polo starts with a swim-off, which is a race for the ball in the center of the pool. Players from each team are lined up along their own goal lines and the first ...
During the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, track and field events will be held between Thursday, August 1 and Sunday, August 11. Track and field fans living in the U.S.’ Eastern time zone will wake up to ...
3 a.m.: Victor Perez (FRA), Matthias Schmid (GER), C.T. Pan (TPE) ...
There are multiple disciplines within BMX freestyle, but the only one contested at the Olympics is BMX park. It takes place on a course that includes features such as ramps, box jumps, walls and ...
Alpine snowboarding: A type of snowboarding that involves racing through gates on groomed courses. Parallel giant slalom is the only discipline within Alpine snowboarding that will be staged at the ...
A volleyball match begins when the ball is served into play. A team may touch the ball three times – not counting blocks – on its side of the net. The usual pattern is as follows: a dig (underarm pass ...
From Chase Kalisz's dream-realizing 400m IM victory to Caeleb Dressel's history-making fifth gold medal in the men's 4x100m medley relay, the Tokyo Olympic swimming competition delivered from start to ...
Tokyo 2020 has given us all the magical moments -- upsets, comeback stories, thrilling finishes, and the occasional tear-jerker (or ten). But as the Games come to a close, it's time to direct our ...
If there is a sudden drop in the temperature in Tokyo, it's because of the ice in Simone Biles' veins. The four-time Olympic gold medalist returned to the competition floor in the Ariake Arena for the ...
American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone broke her own women's 400m hurdles world record for an astonishing sixth time (50.37 seconds), and Swedish star Mondo Duplantis set a new men's pole vault mark (6.25 ...
Coming into the Games, winning a team medal was the No. 1 goal for the U.S. men's gymnastics team. The team had not been on an Olympic medal podium since 2008, but didn't miss a beat in Paris to ...
Every night of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Primetime in Paris will showcase the biggest stars and most thrilling moments of the day's competition, with an emphasis on enhanced storytelling. Mike Tirico ...