All Olympic beach volleyball matches are best two-out-of-three sets. The first two sets are played to 21 points by rally scoring. The third set, if necessary, is played to 15 points. In each set, a ...

In Paris, the tennis competition involves single-elimination tournaments for each of the five events. The men's and women's singles draws both feature 64 competitors; the men's and women's doubles ...

Alpine snowboarding: A type of snowboarding that involves racing through gates on groomed courses. Parallel giant slalom is the only discipline within Alpine snowboarding that will be staged at the ...

BEIJING — Kristen Santos was in medal position, poised to wipe out the frustration that has haunted American women in Olympic short track speed skating for 12 years. Instead, Santos wiped out. Or ...

Tell us about your family. My parents, Patti and Scott, were both competitive skiers on the pro mogul tour. They met and had my older brother Skyler and I while still competing. We were raised in the ...

Fifteen-year-old Kamila Valieva was in the headlines a lot during the 2022 Winter Games. Entering the Games, it was a sure thing she would win gold in the women’s singles, just a matter of by how much ...

At 35, she won the 1500m at the 2022 Winter Games in Olympic record time on Monday, defending her title. Wuest, the most successful Dutch speed skater in history, hadn’t quite wrapped her head around ...

The defending Olympic champion United States men’s 4x400 relay team are gold medalists once again following a thrilling final on Saturday, and it would be no exaggeration to state that they made it ...

The Paris Olympic Games feature 16 canoeing events under two primary disciplines: canoe slalom and canoe sprint. The kayak cross event also makes its debut at the Paris Games. Here's a guide on how ...

In each match of the individual events, athletes compete head-to-head in a best-of-five set, or “end” format, similar to tennis. In each set, both athletes shoot three arrows each. In team events, ...

The most decorated woman in Olympic track and field history is delivering a first to the Olympic Village: a nursery. Allyson Felix, an 11-time Olympic medalist and proud mother of two, announced a ...

Sport climbing consists of three separate disciplines: speed, bouldering and lead. At the last Olympics, one single combined event was held that incorporated all three disciplines. For the 2024 ...