Louisiana-born Armand “Mondo” Duplantis needed motivation to learn — in his case — Swedish.

Sam Kendricks appreciates the Olympics again.

Armand “Mondo” Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record Monday night at the Olympics, clearing 6.25 meters (20 feet, 6 inches) to cap his second straight gold-medal performance on the sport’s biggest stage.

Caeleb Dressel got his first individual gold medal, the Chinese women put together a record-setting relay and American Sunisa Lee won the women’s all-around gymnastics gold.

The U.S. women’s volleyball team won its third straight match at the Olympics and is assured of a spot in the quarterfinals.

A simple question of describing one's track and field event led to some creative comparisons that might help the casual track fan better understand precisely what they do at the Tokyo Games.

The cold realities of the U.S. Olympic qualifying reared their ugly head on a scorcher of a day at track and field trials.

Elise Cranny used a late kick to pull away for the win the women’s 5,000 meters Monday at U.S. trials to make her first Olympic team.