Tokyo Olympics

Ryan Lochte knows what people think of him

Ryan Lochte knows what people think of him

The question of allowing any fans at all into Tokyo Olympic venues is still being debated with a decision unlikely to be announced before the end of the month

Seven years ago, Eddy Alvarez was part of a four-man short track speedskating relay team that fell 0.271 seconds short of Russia and won a silver medal at the Sochi Olympics.

Only a select few can say they’re a Harvard University graduate. Fewer still can claim to be an Olympian. Thomas can lay claim to being both.

Listen to My New Favorite Olympian, NBCLX’s new sports podcast, and find your favorite athlete from Team USA ahead of the Tokyo Summer Olympics.

In Episode 2 of the new sports podcast “My New Favorite Olympian,” we interview sprinter Gabby Thomas about her other passion — improving health care in the Black community.

Simone Biles’ fans have always been thrilled watching her strut her stuff on the gymnastics mat — and now a new Facebook Watch docuseries will give them a behind-the-scenes look into the superstar athlete’s life.

The refugee team for the Tokyo Olympics has 29 athletes competing in 12 sports

Joe Kovacs lives by the mantra “Happy Wife, Happy Life,” which is quite important since he is the reigning world champion in the shot put, and his coach is also his wife.

Ryan Murphy may now be a three-time Olympic gold medalist, but before he was dominating in the backstroke, he had to learn to overcome a particularly disgusting habit that somehow calmed his nerves.

The U.S. Women’s Soccer team will be looking to avenge a bitter defeat at the Rio Olympics this summer in Tokyo, and to do so, it will take players like Crystal Dunn not only handling the pressure, but dancing right through it.

There is no bigger name on Team USA than Simone Biles, and she will be the biggest story in Tokyo this summer. But the question she will face is just how much more can she do, and the answer may come from how high she can go while doing it.

For Team USA pitcher Monica Abbott, softball’s return to the Olympics in Tokyo will be a thrill. But there will be no returning to Japan for Abbott, since she has already been playing professionally there for the last 12 years.

German gymnasts like Kim Bui (pictured) wore full-body suits in a recent competition to call attention to the sexualization of female gymnasts. Dominique Dawes, a 4-time U.S. medal winner, agrees. “We need to do what’s right for the next generation of gymnasts…making sure the sport of gymnastics is not sexualized.”

Simone Biles looks ready for Tokyo. So it seems, are the leading contenders vying to join the reigning world and Olympic gymnastics champion in Japan next month.

The United States qualified for the Olympic baseball tournament on its second try, beating Venezuela 4-2 behind Todd Frazier’s home run, four hits and two RBIs

Simone Biles is on her way to a seventh national gymnastics championship. The reigning world and Olympic champion easily posted the highest all-around score during the opening night of the meet.

U.S. Olympic swimmer Madisyn Cox is in a pool for hours a day – and was seeing the effects of chlorine. She tells us the one beauty supply she never leaves without.