Olympics

By George Ramsay, CNN When history looks back on this year’s Tokyo Olympics, images of masked athletes and empty stadiums will likely be the defining feature. But look beyond the Covid-19 protocols and it will be clear this was a Games with more than one story to tell. Much will be made of the moment

By Jill Martin, CNN Team USA avenged its early Olympic loss to France by beating the French men’s basketball team 87-82 for the gold medal on Saturday in the Japanese city of Saitama. It was the 100th medal won by Team USA at the Tokyo 2020 Games, and the country’s 32nd gold. Kevin Durant of

By Faith Karimi, CNN Viewers of the Tokyo Olympics are apparently a little baffled by the behavior of athletes in the diving events. Divers typically emerge from the water after a plunge and immediately take a quick shower by the side of the pool — even though they are already wet. Then they dry themselves

By Wayne Sterling, CNN Twenty-six gold medals were won. Here’s a breakdown of who’s taking home the gold. Artistic Gymnastics Men’s Parallel Bars: Zou Jingyuan, China Women’s Balance Beam: Guan Chenchen, China Men’s Horizontal Bar: Hashimoto Daiki, Japan Athletics Women’s Long Jump: Malaika Mihambo, Germany Men’s 400m Hurdles: Karsten Warholm, Norway Men’s Pole Vault: Armand

By Wayne Sterling and John Sinnott, CNN With the words of USA teammate Simone Biles resounding in her ears — “Go out and kill floor” — gymnast Jade Carey did just that at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday. Carey finished eighth in Sunday’s vault final — she made a mistake on the first of her

By Wayne Sterling, Becky Thompson and John Sinnott, CNN The United States Women’s National Team narrowly lost to Canada 1-0 in the Olympic semifinals in Japan on Monday, ending the world champion’s bid for the gold medal. Jessie Fleming’s second-half penalty decided the game as Canada defeated the US for the first time in 20

By Helen Regan, Robert Iddiols, Sebastian Shukla, Taylor Barnes and Jim Sciutto, CNN Belarusian sprinter Kristina Timanovskaya received a humanitarian visa from Poland on Monday, hours after she refused to board a flight out of Japan saying she was being forced to return to her native country against her will and that she feared arrest.

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. “It’s always like that,” Mohammed told CNN Sport. “You can’t really stay nervous after the gun goes; you just focus on running and following others.” In the lead up

By Jack Guy, CNN Olympians taking part in Tokyo 2020 are competing for a chance to write a page in the history books — and hopefully bring home a medal. If you do win a medal — be it gold, silver or bronze — they’re pretty much priceless. Former British heptathlete Kelly Sotherton, who won

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 events, vault and the uneven bars, USA Gymnastics said. Biles, arguably the world’s greatest gymnast, has pulled back from Olympic competition in Tokyo to focus on her mental health. The 24-year-old

By Jill Martin, CNN In a series of Instagram stories, Simone Biles shared videos — which since have been deleted — of herself struggling with her dismounts on the uneven bars and answering questions about having the twisties, a mental block in gymnastics where competitors lose track of their positioning midair. Biles, who withdrew during

By Sana Noor Haq and Aditi Sangal, CNN A tiny landlocked European country surrounded by Italy, San Marino enjoyed a breakout moment at Tokyo 2020 on Thursday, winning its first ever Olympic medal. Shooter Alessandra Perilli — one of just five Sammarinese athletes at the Olympics — is the new hero of the microstate, which