American Carl Osburn is regarded as the best Olympic sharpshooter. He holds the record for most medals won at the Games with 11 medals. He competed in the Olympics from 1912–1924. No sport made a more ...

Simone Biles is not the first athlete to acknowledge how mounting pressure to perform and achieve has affected her mental health. But by stepping away from her events on the world’s biggest stage, ...

All races are 2,000 meters, referred to as "2K." There are six lanes in each race. The six lanes are clearly marked by buoys every 10 to 12.5 meters (32 to 41 feet). The lanes must be straight and ...

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 ...

In a back-and-forth game that saw both teams enter with a .500 record, the U.S. men’s curling team earned a 7-4 win against Switzerland. American skip John Shuster's amazing eighth end proved to be ...

Switzerland’s Michelle Gisin defended her Olympic title, winning back-to-back golds in the women’s combined. She won with a time of 2:25.67, 1:05 seconds ahead of countrywoman Wendy Holdener. Italy’s ...

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 ...

Team USA secured its first-ever silver in the figure skating team event with 65 points, narrowly edging Japan's 63-point ...

All Olympic beach volleyball matches are best two-out-of-three sets. The first two sets are played to 21 points by rally ...

A volleyball match begins when the ball is served into play. A team may touch the ball three times – not counting blocks – on ...

Each Olympic taekwondo match consists of three rounds, with each round lasting two minutes. There is a one-minute break in ...

The Paris Olympic Games feature 16 canoeing events under two primary disciplines: canoe slalom and canoe sprint. The kayak ...