Katie Ledecky is now officially the GOAT of women’s swimming. The 27-year-old won her 13th Olympic medal in the women’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay, becoming the only woman to ever reach that mark. Ledecky tied the record previously held jointly by Jenny Thompson, Emma McKeon, and Dara Torres with her gold medal in the 1500-meter on...
If you want to win a medal in pistol shooting, you will very likely come well-equipped – but not Yusuf Dikeç. The 51-year-old Turkish shooter won a silver medal looking like any average joe. Dikeç finished in second in the 10m mixed air pistol competition, and it was his nonchalant style that took the world...
Do you enjoy watching men beating up women? I don’t. Any exceptions? Not that I can think of. But the International Olympics Committee have decided otherwise. Watching men beating up women is fine so long as it’s in a huge stadium and televised for all the world to see. Got it? I am referring, of...
USA’s Kate Douglass won her first ever Olympic gold on Thursday in the 200-meter breaststroke final. The New York native trailed by 0.23 seconds after the first turn, but took a small lead at the midway point, and never looked back. Her lead was still under two-tenths of a second at the final turn, but...
Olympic athletes are trying to win in Paris both on and off the field. The United States is leading the way with 30 total medals in this year’s Olympics (only five golds, however), but it doesn’t seem like they, or anyone else, are having the same success away from sport. Rower Emily Delleman revealed in...
While she was a kid, Jasmine Moore always loved jumping. She was hoping to one day be a cheerleader for her hometown team, the Dallas Cowboys. Now? The 23-year-old is the first U.S. woman to make the Olympic Games in both the triple jump and the long jump. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON...
As millions of people all over the world focus on the Olympics right now, poultry remains perched on a pedestal high above Paris all year long. LeCoq & Fils – The Rooster & Sons – is a bright, sleek modern restaurant with a magnetic midnight blue façade in Paris’ picturesque hilltop artists’ village of Montmartre....
The United States women’s rugby team was mere seconds away from going home empty-handed, but they pulled out a bronze medal in miraculous fashion on Tuesday. Australia took a 12-7 lead with just about a minute to go in the game, but they were unable to connect on a 30-meter conversion to make it a...
The United States was delivered quite the blow on Tuesday at the Paris Olympics. The country’s dressage team was eliminated from competition after judges discovered a cut on a horse’s hind leg. Marcus Orlob was set to make his Olympic debut with his horse, Jane, but the horse was “spooked at the crowd,” U.S. Equestrian...
As Paris opened the 2024 Summer Olympic Games along the Seine River, it was easy for many to fall in love with the romantic waterway and forget what lies beneath. But the steady rain this past Friday was a reminder of how the weather impacts the river’s water quality. Organizers canceled the practice run for...
