Simone Biles: US gymnast to take part in Tuesday’s balance beam final at Tokyo 2020
By Ben Morse and Aleks Klosok, CNN Team USA gymnast Simone Biles will take part in Tuesday’s balance beam final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, USA…
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Raven Saunders’ X podium protest: What it means and why the IOC is investigating
By Ben Morse, CNN US shot-putter Raven Saunders has explained what the gesture she made following her silver medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics meant.…
Continue ReadingHere’s who won gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday
CNN By Wayne Sterling, CNN Twenty-six gold medals were won. Here’s a breakdown of who’s taking home the gold. Artistic Gymnastics…
Continue ReadingPoland grants humanitarian visa to Belarusian Olympic sprinter who refused to board flight home
By Helen Regan, Robert Iddiols, Sebastian Shukla, Taylor Barnes and Jim Sciutto, CNN Belarusian sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya received a…
Continue ReadingKatie Ledecky shares what she ate as her celebratory meal after winning gold
Olympic gold medal swimmer Katie Ledecky sits down with CNN’s Coy Wire to discuss the two gold and two silver medals she won for Team USA at the 2020…
Continue ReadingKatie Ledecky says she ‘never would have imagined’ her Olympic swimming success
By Coy Wire and George Ramsay, CNN With her Tokyo Olympics drawn to a close, American swimmer Katie Ledecky can start to unwind. “I did have a…
Continue ReadingGianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim share Olympic gold in emotional high jump final
By Rhea Mogul, CNN They both cleared the highest bar, but when it came to deciding a winner, two Olympic high jumpers opted not to take it to a…
Continue ReadingWhy the Refugee Olympic Team feels more relevant than ever: ‘We’ve all lived through collective exile’
By George Ramsay, CNN As soon as the gun sounds at the start of his first Olympic 5,000-meter race, Jamal Mohammed knows his nerves will disappear.…
Continue ReadingBelarusian sprinter says she is being forcibly removed from the Olympics and sent home
By Seb Shukla and Taylor Barnes, CNN A Belarusian sprinter competing at the Tokyo Olympics released a video on Sunday calling for the International…
Continue ReadingCaeleb Dressel, Bobby Finke are part of a winning Sunday for Team USA men’s swimming at the Olympics
By Kevin Dotson and Seamus Fagan, CNN American swimmers Caeleb Dressel and Robert Finke won gold again on Sunday, as part of an exemplary effort from…
Continue ReadingElaine Thompson-Herah defends Olympic 100m title in all-Jamaican podium
By George Ramsay, CNN The celebrations started even before she had crossed the line, gesturing with her left arm and shouting in delight. A…
Continue Reading‘My heart was totally broken’: The agony of the Olympics and how we measure athlete success
CNN’s Coy Wire sits down with swimming legend Michael Phelps about the mental health of athletes amidst the pandemic and life as an Olympics…
Continue Reading‘My heart was totally broken’: The agony of the Olympics and how we measure athlete success
By George Ramsay, CNN After years of dominance that equated to a glut of 20 medals across the past three Olympic Games, Great Britain’s rowers…
Continue ReadingTikTok: How one user went viral after sharing his Tinder hack to virtually connect with Olympians
By Heather Law, CNN The Tokyo Olympics are officially underway with thousands of the world’s most outstanding athletes competing against each…
Continue ReadingGymnastics superstar Simone Biles withdraws from vault and uneven bars finals at Tokyo Olympics
By Jill Martin and Nectar Gan, CNN Simone Biles will not compete in the Olympics finals for two of the four individual women’s gymnastics…
Continue ReadingSimone Biles says she still has the ‘twisties’ and it’s impacting her on the 4 individual events
CNN By Jill Martin, CNN In a series of Instagram stories, Simone Biles shared videos — which since have been deleted — of herself…
Continue ReadingSelemon Barega wins 10,000m gold at the Tokyo Olympics despite Uganda’s tactical approach
By George Ramsay, CNN Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega won the men’s 10,000-meter gold at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday after a thrilling sprint…
Continue ReadingHeat and humidity make ‘Tokyo Summer the worst in the history of Olympics’
CNN’s Will Ripley takes a look at the city of Tokyo ahead of the 2020 Olympics, where a growing number of athletes have tested positive for Covid-19…
Continue ReadingHeat and humidity make ‘Tokyo Summer the worst in the history of Olympics’
By Amanda Sealy and Selina Wang, CNN Japan’s summers are hot, humid, and can be deadly. If records are being broken during events at the…
Continue ReadingNovak Djokovic’s search for ‘Golden Slam’ comes to an end at Tokyo 2020
By Ben Morse, CNN Novak Djokovic’s search for a historic ‘Golden Slam’ came to an end on Friday as he lost to Alexander Zverev at…
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