Australian Olympic breaking athlete Rachael Gunn poses during a portrait session in the Sydney central business district on April 17, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. Cameron Spencer | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images “Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.” That quote from George Bernard Shaw, often thrown disparagingly at teachers, has been convincingly … Read more
PARIS — Sunisa Lee called coach Jess Graba not long ago and told him it was over. The process of trying to navigate two kidney diseases that made the 2020 Olympic gymnastics champion’s weight yo-yo had become too much. The uncertainty. The frustration. All of it. Come to the gym, Graba told her. This isn’t … Read more
Go Team USA! Simone Biles has won her sixth career gold medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris today: The American gymnast cemented the top prize during the women’s gymnastics all-around competition, just days after also winning the gold medal in the team final competition, alongside teammates Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee, Jade Carey, and … Read more
Less than a week into the Paris Olympics, NBC Universal executives are climbing atop the medal stand. The event has been a significant success for the company broadcasting and streaming it in the United States. NBC already has set a record for advertising revenue, viewership is up significantly and its biggest fear — that people … Read more
While Kendall Jenner has made her mark in the modeling and reality television worlds, we shouldn’t forget her Olympic parentage in Caitlin Jenner, a gold medal-winning decathlete. Of course, Kendall has proved her own athleticism through her horseback riding, but it’s also just in her DNA. “I’m literally built as an athlete,” she told her … Read more
In the years leading up to the 2024 Olympics, Paris wasted no time making the city more people-friendly. It added more than 600 miles of bike lanes, planted 65,000 trees, created hundreds of pedestrian plazas, invested in light rail and returned streets to the people. The same year the International Olympic Committee chose Paris to … Read more
PARIS — True to their word, the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team showed up to see Simone Biles at the Paris Games. Several members of the Olympic squad — Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Jrue Holiday among them — were in Paris on Thursday night to watch the women’s all-around competition, where Biles … Read more
Ilona Maher became one of the Paris Olympics’ heroes after leading the U.S. rugby team to its first-ever Olympic medal for men or women. The 27-year-old, frequently clad in bright red lipstick, helped Team USA bring home the bronze medal in a nail-biting win over Australia on Tuesday. Following her win, the Vermont native spoke … Read more
If you thought being an Olympic-level gymnast was hard, try doing it without breaking a nail. “It makes me think of the right technique,” two-time Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles recently told The Run-Through, showing off a glittering red, white, and blue manicure, “’cause, I’m not trying to fall or break a nail or any of … Read more
The improbable, charismatic, and instantly legendary partnership of Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz in men’s doubles at the Paris Olympics has come to an end. Don’t be sad it’s over—be glad it happened. The dream team—pairing Nadal, a 22-time Grand Slam champion and two-time gold-medal winner, with Alcaraz, already a four-time Grand Slam victor (though … Read more
