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With their nation under siege, Ukrainian athletes shine at Paris Olympics

Brian Mann

As the war drags on with Russia, Ukrainians are desperate for symbols of hope and normalcy. At the Paris Olympics, Ukrainian athletes are doing their part: winning gold to help buoy the country.
Olivia Reeves is chasing gold in Paris. We break down how she lifts

Vincent Acovino

Juana Summers

Christopher Intagliata

Expectations are high that a member of the U.S. women’s weightlifting team could win gold at the Olympics. And among the team’s most promising athletes is 21-year-old Olivia Reeves.
National

U.S. women fencers won big at the Olympics. Will it bring more respect and attention?

Brian Mann

Olympic fencing had a big moment in Paris. For the first time ever American women won both individual and team golds in the foil competition. Will this boost a sport that often draws tiny crowds?
Sweden's Mondo raises his own bar to set new Olympic and world record in pole vault

Emma Bowman

The American-Swede made his eager fans wait until his final attempt at clinching a new world record at the Paris Olympics — knocking down his own by .01 meters.
International

As an Olympic boxing controversy deepens, the women at its center are poised to medal

Rachel Treisman

Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting are guaranteed to leave Paris with medals. But fallout continues, as does drama between Olympic officials and the Russian-led association that disqualified them last year.
Racial Justice and Social Equity

3 Black women create an Olympic first in gymnastics

Bill Chappell

Emotions were running high for Rebeca Andrade, Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles — but mostly for different reasons — after they prevailed in the final gymnastics event at the Paris Olympics.
What to look forward to in the final leg of the Paris Olympics

Juana Summers

Becky Sullivan

Brian Mann

Russell Lewis

Emma Bowman

There's still a week's worth of medals to be handed out, as competitions ramp up in track and field, soccer and boxing. The excitement has yet to begin in breaking, Taekwondo and weightlifting.
National

Gymnast Simone Biles wins silver to wrap what might be her final Olympic Games

Becky Sullivan

Biles won silver in the floor exercise final, her fourth of the Paris Olympics. She missed out on the podium in the balance beam after slipping from the beam in her only major mistake of the Games.
The U.S. wins silver in Olympic triathlon mixed relay after contesting close result

Emma Bowman

After the photo finish, Great Britain was initially awarded the silver. A review overturned that result, showing that the U.S. squeaked by to place second.
Belgian Olympic team bows out of triathlon as teammate falls ill after swim in the Seine

Luke Garrett

All triathletes have been barred from practice swim in Paris river Sunday after poor water quality test results.