The Olympic Games Look A Lot More Joyful This Year—And We’re All for It
It’s been a while since the Olympics have been, well, this fun. Whatever is in the air (we won’t talk about what’s in the water—specifically in the Seine), we’d like to bottle it up. Snoop Dogg in full equestrian ga
8 Things to Know About Gabby Thomas, the Harvard Grad Who Won Gold in the 200m
Being an Olympian is just the first thing about Gabby Thomas, the 27-year-old star sprinter from Northampton, Massachusetts, who won a gold medal in the women’s 200-meter final at the Paris Games with a time of 21.83. In a
3 Trans Athletes on Why Being Excluded From Women’s Sports Is So Devastating
What happens when the sport you love, the one you have spent your entire life dedicated to, decides you are no longer eligible to compete? That is the reality that many trans women athletes across a variety of sports are curr
What Artistic Swimmers Wish You Knew About This Absolutely Grueling Olympic Sport
While a lot of people think artistic swimming is delightfully antiquated—a bunch of “bathing beauties” in floral swim caps and cherry-lipped smiles—that idea is a tired old stereotype that Daniella Ramirez, a Team USA
Cyclist Kristen Faulkner Won Olympic Gold Just 7 Years After She First Started Biking
One of the best things about the Olympics is that nothing’s set in stone. Athletes having the day of their lives can—and often do—upset event favorites to clinch a spot on the podium. And that’s pretty much what happe
Olympic Equestrians Are Jumping Over Literal Works of Art—Here Are All Our Favorites
In the gardens of the Château de Versailles—an iconic setting about nine miles from Paris proper—the Olympics’ four-legged athletes (and their two-legged riders) have been sailing over fences that are far more than mer
Why Some Olympic Surfers Are Wearing Helmets on Tahiti’s ‘Wall of Skulls’
The crystal clear waves of the Olympic surfing beach in Tahiti might look like paradise from the comfort of your couch, but drama under the surface of the Pacific is making this year’s surfing competition way more dangerous
Everything Suni Lee Has Shared About Her Rare Kidney Disease
After Suni Lee won gold in the women’s gymnastics individual all-around final at the Tokyo Olympics, the Paris Games felt like a natural next step—a shoo-in, even—until a sudden bout of painful and distressing symptoms
Here's What Team Canada's Rugby Captain Olivia Apps Has Shared About Her Alopecia
Watching Olivia Apps bulldoze her way past opponents is a sight to behold. The 25-year-old rugby sevens player’s unrelenting speed and strength have set the tone for a momentous Olympic effort by the Canadian team, which ca
Here’s What Needs to Happen for Simone Biles to Get (Another) Skill Named After Her
Some elite athletes make history by winning medals or breaking records. Gymnasts can etch their names in the books by doing that, sure, but they also have another option: Create a new skill, land it successfully, and it just