Downhill is considered a speed event. It features the longest course, the fastest speeds and the fewest turns. Each athlete gets one run down the mountain, with the gold medal going to the athlete ...

Despite the age limit requirement for the men's tournament, all other rules of the sport remain the same for men's and women's soccer. Both tournaments have a standard match consisting of two halves ...

The game of tennis traces its roots back to medieval France, and although history cannot exactly pinpoint the origin of tennis' scoring system, the modern version of tennis scoring was finalized in ...

How is the IOC handling this? The International Olympic Committee released a series of “playbooks” this year that cover protocols for various stakeholders including athletes, officials, media members, ...

Both individual and team competition matches use a best-of-three format. One loss in Olympic tournament format will result in elimination from the tournament, save for in the semifinals when the two ...

In each match of the individual events, athletes compete head-to-head in a best-of-five set, or “end” format, similar to tennis. In each set, both athletes shoot three arrows each. In team events, ...

The Paris Olympic Games feature 16 canoeing events under two primary disciplines: canoe slalom and canoe sprint. The kayak cross event also makes its debut at the Paris Games. Here's a guide on how ...

Tune in over the next couple days to find out. It doesn't get much better than this: Two once-in-a-generation athletes, absolute legends of sport going head to head. Nathan Chen, who won the last ...

The U.S. duo of Mary Tucker and Lucas Kozeniesky won silver as mixed team air rifle shooting made its Olympic debut Tuesday, dropping a tense final match 17-13 to China's Yang Qian and Yang Haoran. In ...

In a sequence of events reminiscent of the men's 100m Olympic final that took place on the same track nearly one month ago, 19-year-old Ezra Frech claimed a Paralympic gold medal in the men's 100m T63 ...

Suni Lee was crowned the Olympic all-around champion after nailing her uneven bars set and hitting her floor routine in the final rotation of the individual competition. Her total score of 57.433 was ...

American swimmer Chase Kalisz on Sunday won the USA's first swimming medal in Tokyo, holding off teammate Jay Litherland to take gold in the Men's 400m IM. Team USA's second medal followed closely ...