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Minnesota's Hmong Community Celebrates Suni Lee's Historic Olympic Win

By Angela Vang/St. Paul, Minn.

USWNT Defeats the Netherlands to Make Olympics Semifinals

By Sean Gregory/Yokohama

Here's Why the Twisties Are so Dangerous for Gymnasts

By Alice Park/Tokyo

With No Spectators Allowed, Olympic Families Are Turning to Watch Parties

By Melissa Locker
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With Silver and Bronze Medals, Lilly King Fulfills a Solemn Promise to Teammate Annie Lazor

When Lazor’s father died suddenly in April, apparently due to COVID-19, King made a promise to Lazor’s mother: She would do everything she could to help Annie get to the Olympics.

By Alice Park/Tokyo

How Suni Lee Won Gold in Tokyo Gymnastics All-Around

The first Hmong-American to compete for Team USA, Lee became the first Asian-American to win the coveted gymnastic all-around title

By Alice Park/Tokyo

How Tokyo's Brutal Heat Is Taking a Toll on Athletes

Many Olympic athletes tried to prepare for the Japanese host city's scorching summer. But the extreme weather is still creating potentially dangerous conditions

By Amy Gunia

How the Listless USWNT Can Beat Netherlands

One tip from former coach Jill Ellis: No corner kicks for the Dutch

By Sean Gregory/Tokyo

Caeleb Dressel Just Won His First Individual Gold in Tokyo

Dressel has been referred to as the next Michael Phelps, because he could take home as much hardware as Phelps did in Beijing.

By Alice Park/Tokyo

How Israel's Baseball Team Made It to the Tokyo Olympics

For the first time since 1976, an Israel team sport qualified for the Olympics.

By Sean Gregory/Tokyo

What Olympian Sunisa Lee Means to Hmong Americans

As the first Hmong-American on Team USA, gymnastics star Sunisa Lee is giving hope to the refugee community

By Angela Vang/St. Paul, Minn.

Sponsor Gap Backs Simone Biles' Decision to Pull Out of Competition at Olympics

Gap's Athleta signed Biles to a long-term partnership earlier this year

By Kim Bhasin / Bloomberg

Team USA Wins First-Ever Women's 3x3 Basketball Gold

WNBA players Stephanie Dolson, Kelsey Plum, Jackie Young and Allisha Gray won the first-ever women's gold medal in Olympic 3x3 basketball

By Sean Gregory/Tokyo

With Simone and Naomi Off TV, Who Will Be the New Stars?

The Tokyo Olympics were supposed to belong to Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka, full stop, writes TIME's Sean Gregory.

By Sean Gregory/Tokyo

Katie Ledecky Makes History in 1,500-m Race

It’s been a tough Olympics for well-known names in the pool as a new generation of swimmers are gaining ground.

By Alice Park/Tokyo

How Simone Biles Became a Mental Health Champion

Biles suddenly decided to withdraw from the women's gymnastics team competition in Tokyo, but the pressure likely was building long before

By Alice Park

'I Choose to Do More.' Olympian Ashleigh Johnson Embraces Her Role As Water Polo Pioneer

She's helping lead the best Olympic team you've never heard of

By Sean Gregory/Tokyo

Why Simone Biles Pulled Out of Gymnastics Team Event

In the stunner of the Games, heavy favorite Simone Biles pulls out of team competition due to “medical issue”

By Alice Park/Tokyo

Simone Biles Pulls Out of the Olympic Gymnastics Team Event Final

Biles didn't make it past the first rotation

By Alice Park/Tokyo

Carissa Moore Wins Gold in Olympic Surfing

Despite rougher-than-expected seas off the Japanese coast for the Olympics surfing competition as tropical storm Nepartak heads toward land, American surfing phenom Carissa Moore owned the waves. Moore, the four-time world champion and top-ranked women’s...

By Sean Gregory/Ichinomiya
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