• Graphic: Where the Paralympics beat the Olympics
The Paralympics are often seen as the little brother of the Olympics and given the…
Monthly Archives: August, 2021
Math Students Predict Japan’s Olympic Medal Count
With impressive accuracy, a group of Class I students were able to closely predict Japan’s…
Which US states are home to the most Olympic medalists?
The United States leads the medal table at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in both swimming…
Data | Does the economy determine a country’s performance at the Olympics?
At the Tokyo Olympics, the top 10 countries in the medal count won 54% of…
US Olympic swimming and athletics prove their worth once again: Data Viz
The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) awards millions of dollars in grants each…
NBC Tokyo 2020 Audience Lowest Since 1988 Olympics
NBC averaged 15.5 million prime-time viewers Nearly 6 billion minutes broadcast on the network’s digital…
Data from Nelly Korda’s fitness group WHOOP shows how much winning Olympic gold meant to her | Golf News and Tour Information
Nelly Korda doesn’t tend to say a lot. Although intense on the course, she is…
Olympic photos from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Closing Ceremony
The Tokyo Olympics, called “2020” but organized in mid-2021 after being interrupted for a year…
At extraordinary Olympics, acts of kindness abound
By Sally Ho | Associated press TOKYO – A surfer jumping to translate for the…
How to watch the end of the Tokyo 2020 Games live
This year’s Olympics were unique and surreal, as they were the first games staged amid…
2021 Olympic football schedule: full dates, times, TV channels to watch the US men’s tournament
For the second consecutive men’s Olympic football tournament, Brazil won gold after beating Spain in…
Hassan secures 3 distance medals in incredible Olympic odyssey
TOKYO (AP) – By the time she reached the 65th and final lap of her…
Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge defends his Olympic marathon title
World record holder Eliud Kipchoge doesn’t just win marathons. The Kenyan champion, considered the greatest…
Why are the seats at the Olympics different colors?
A fanless stadium at the Tokyo Olympics leaves those who watch TV see a backdrop…
Tokyo 2020: Olympic athletes targeted by false and misleading claims
By Shruti MenonBBC reality checkImage source, ReutersLegend, Simone Biles withdrew from some Olympic GamesAs the…
Molly Seidel wins bronze in Olympic marathon – Notre Dame Fighting Irish – official athletics site
In just the third marathon of her career, Molly Seidel, a former Notre Dame cross…
Broomfield-raised Colin Duffy embarks on inaugural Olympic sport climbing
Colin Duffy entered the sport climbing at the Tokyo Olympics by scaling a 49-foot-high wall…
The youngest and oldest Olympic athletes of all time – and in Tokyo 2020
In truth, the Games are a vast church when it comes to age and there…
Utah’s Nathaniel Coleman Wins Silver in Olympic Climbing Debut
Nathaniel Coleman went from barely hanging onto a silver medal around his neck.The Murray native…
Simone Biles leaves Tokyo Olympics with a legacy deeper than gold
We have come to expect the transcendence of the Olympic Games. But it’s hard to…