There are multiple disciplines within BMX freestyle, but the only one contested at the Olympics is BMX park. It takes place on a course that includes features such as ramps, box jumps, walls and ...

Each game and period in Olympic water polo starts with a swim-off, which is a race for the ball in the center of the pool. Players from each team are lined up along their own goal lines and the first ...

A total of 48 surfers (24 men, 24 women) will compete at this year's Olympic Games. Most nations can qualify a maximum of two men and two women, though several countries are able to take three men and ...

Muattar Nabieva of Uzbekistan set the Olympic record of 98kg in the snatch, where Diaz was unable to complete her attempt at 99kg. Nabieva was less of a factor in the clean and jerk and wound up in ...

Each Olympic taekwondo match consists of three rounds, with each round lasting two minutes. There is a one-minute break in between each round. At the start of a contest, the competitors stand at ...

Every night of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Primetime in Paris will showcase the biggest stars and most thrilling moments of the day's competition, with an emphasis on enhanced storytelling. Mike Tirico ...

Games are won by the first player/team to score 11 points while winning by two. Singles matches are won by the player who wins the best of seven games. Team matches consist of four singles matches and ...

With her final swim of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Katie Ledecky draped herself in one of the most significant gold medals in the history of the Olympics. Ledecky won the women’s 800m freestyle, ...

If there’s one thing the world’s top breakers agree on, it might be this: The newest sport at the Olympics is much more than just a sport. Breaking is a culture. Let Jeffrey Louis (aka “B-Boy Jeffro” ...

The mountain biking event consists of one single race for each gender. All riders start at the same time and complete multiple laps though a course full of rough, hilly terrain. The first rider to ...

Sport climbing consists of three separate disciplines: speed, bouldering and lead. At the last Olympics, one single combined event was held that incorporated all three disciplines. For the 2024 ...

Dearica Hamby is having a career year for the Los Angeles Sparks. Rhyne Howard was the first overall pick of the Atlanta Dream just two years ago after a dominant collegiate career at Kentucky. Cierra ...