Team USA secured its first-ever silver in the figure skating team event with 65 points, narrowly edging Japan's 63-point total. Team USA now sits in the 2022 Winter Olympics' top 10 for medals with ...

The advent of table tennis supposedly dates back to the late 1800s, when the wealthy Victorians in England created an indoor version of lawn tennis using items laying around the house to assemble a ...

Two-time defending Olympic halfpipe gold medalist David Wise – the only men's freeskier to ever hold that title – returns as the experienced veteran looking to record a historic three-peat, while Alex ...

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 ...

Each heat features up to eight riders on the course at one time. All riders start in designated gate positions with their front wheels placed against the gate. Once the starter gives the go-ahead to ...

The individual diving events at the Olympics consist of three rounds: preliminary, semifinal and final. The preliminary round trims the field of divers to 18, which is then reduced to 12 after the ...

At the Olympics, all dives are scored by a panel of judges. The judges rate the execution (and synchronization, for synchro events) of every dive on a scale of 1-10, including half-point margins.

The U.S. is once again entering the tournament as a medal contender, and the nation's history backs that up. The U.S. has almost twice as many shooting medals at the Olympics as any other nation.

A volleyball match begins when the ball is served into play. A team may touch the ball three times – not counting blocks – on its side of the net. The usual pattern is as follows: a dig (underarm pass ...

Block: The starting platform; the area from which a swimmer dives into the pool to begin a race. Cap: Latex or lycra head covering used during a race or workout to protect a swimmer's hair from the ...

With the 2024 Paris Games approaching, Olympic qualifying is now complete and nearly 600 athletes have earned their spots on the U.S. Olympic team. Below is a list of athletes that have qualified to ...