Sports

British Olympic diver Tom Daley announces he is retiring

Ayana Archie

Daley has won five Olympic medals in diving, including three bronze medals, one gold medal and the latest, a silver at the Paris Games.
National

Team USA has women to thank for more than half of its Olympic medals

Rachel Treisman

If American women were their own country, they would rank third in the 2024 Olympic medal count. Women brought home 67 of Team USA’s 126 medals, though one remains in contention.
12 things that wowed us at the Paris Olympics

Becky Sullivan

Brian Mann

Russell Lewis

Juana Summers

Emma Bowman

A team of NPR journalists spent more than two weeks covering the Paris Summer Olympics. Here are some of our highlight moments from seeing the Games up close.
International

Photos: See what happened at the Olympic closing ceremony

NPR Staff

The Games in Paris wrapped up with the closing ceremony. We take a look at the lavish celebration.
National

The final Olympic medal tally puts the U.S. on top in Paris

Brian Mann

The fight for national bragging rights over gold medals — considered by many countries to be the most coveted prize — came down to the wire and, in the end, China and the U.S. tied with 40 apiece.
A musical and stunt-filled closing ceremony draws the curtain on the Paris Olympics

Emma Bowman

The ceremony capped over two weeks of competition and saw Paris hand over the Olympic flag to Los Angeles, the 2028 host city.
National

U.S. women's basketball team defeats France to win eighth straight Olympic gold medal

Juana Summers

The United States struggled most of the game against a tenacious French team that was powered by a boisterous home crowd. The U.S. women's basketball team has not lost at the Olympics since 1992.
National

Sifan Hassan wins Olympic women's marathon, for a third medal at Paris Olympics

Juana Summers

With a hard, late kick, Sifan Hassan won the women’s marathon in Olympic record time. The gold-medal performance caps a stunning Olympics for her. She also bronze in the 5,000 and 10,000 meter races.
National

Court says it won't reconsider case that took away Jordan Chiles' bronze medal

Becky Sullivan

Chiles' bronze was awarded after a last-minute inquiry boosted her score. An arbitrator ruled the inquiry came seconds too late, but U.S. officials dispute that and say video evidence backs them up.
National

Thomas Bach who led the Olympic Games in sport and controversy will leave after 2025

Brian Mann

Thomas Bach's tenure as Olympics leader has been controversial as took the IOC through doping scandals, controversy involving Chinese and Russian influence, and two Games held during Covid pandemic.