Australian breaker Rachael “Raygun” Gunn has tried to be a good sport about the jokes and criticism that poured in from around the globe after her controversial performance at the Paris Olympics.

U.S. Olympic officials say they will appeal a court ruling that resulted in American gymnast Jordan Chiles being asked to return the bronze medal she won in the Paris Olympics floor exercise.

Romania’s Ana Barbosu replaced American Jordan Chiles as the Olympic bronze medalist in gymnastics floor exercise after the International Gymnastics Federation restored Barbosu's third-place standing.

Dire financial straits are leading droves of Olympic athletes to sell images of their bodies to subscribers on OnlyFans — known for sexually explicit content — to sustain their dreams of gold at the Games.

The International Boxing Association has raised new questions while struggling to answer others at a shambolic news conference about the opaque gender tests that led the Olympics-banned governing body to abruptly suspend Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting from last year’s world championships.

We don’t often see elite athletes wearing glasses, which is one reason why so many people have taken note of Stephen’s.

North Korea won the silver in the women’s synchronized 10-meter platform event to capture the nation’s first ever Olympic diving medal, as China continued its dominance of the sport with another gold.

One way the opening ceremony is very much following tradition is in how the French — as do all the host countries and cities — are trying to keep it top secret as to who will be the final torchbearer and light the flame.

Before there was Michael Phelps or Mark Spitz winning multiple Olympic gold medals in swimming for the United States — there was Tarzan.

Simone Biles put herself in position to win a ninth national gymnastics title, stringing together four occasionally brilliant rotations to take a massive lead at the U.S. Championships.

Herb Douglas, who turned a chance encounter with Jesse Owens as a teenager into fuel to win a bronze medal in the long jump at the 1948 Olympics, has died at 101.

Andrea Fuentes prevented a tragedy at the swimming world championships with her quick reaction.

Former Olympic gymnast Tasha Schwikert Moser is taking her advocacy for victims of sexual abuse within the sport to the front lines.

Timothy LeDuc made history as the first openly non-binary Olympian to compete at the Winter Games, and the American pairs figure skater hopes to pave the way for others to enter the sport without being bound by gender stereotypes.

Despite contracting COVID-19 and missing the Opening Ceremony, Elana Meyers Taylor later earned monobob silver at these Winter Games and will now serve as the Closing Ceremony flagbearer.

The latest episode of The Podium discusses the tradition of Olympic athletes getting a tattoo of the Olympic rings.

After finishing runners-up four years ago, Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron claimed the gold medal.

Elana Meyers Taylor's schedule for the 2022 Winter Olympics: when, where and how to watch or stream every event via NBC, Peacock, USA Network and NBCOlympics.com.

U.S. skater Kristen Santos was in medal position in the 1000m until she was taken out on the final lap, proving to herself she belongs on the podium.

Irene Schouten won the gold medal in the women's 5000m speed skating event at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

Leading up to the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wierer focused on being more consistent in her shooting and skiing throughout the season. She looked to clinch her first individual Olympic gold medal in the women's 7.5km sprint.

Leif Nordgren entered the 2022 Winter Olympics as a two-time Olympian and will leave as a three-time Olympian and first-time dad.

Ice skating is fun whether you can jump and spin, or you just like making your way around the rink. We spoke to the experts at the Arctic Edge in Canton, which has trained several Olympians, to see how to get started.

Jessie Diggins secured the first ever women’s individual cross-country sprint medal for the United States at the 2022 Olympic Games.

A French journalist says his exclusive interview with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai this week did not prove that she is OK.

Amanda Kessel accidentally slashed a referee in the face at the Olympics, and the damage was pretty gnarly.

Natalie Geisenberger is the first three-time Olympic champion in women’s luge.

Ireen Wuest, 35, won the 1500m in Olympic-record time and in doing so became the first athlete to win individual gold at five Olympics.

For the second time in one week, Canada's Vanessa James and Eric Radford collided during practice with Italians Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise.

Team USA's Karen Chen and Team ROC's Kamila Valieva go head to head for the top spot in the team event.

Before Olympic competition gets underway, here are a few fun facts involving numbers for Team USA at the 2022 Winter Games.

A 33-year-old aspiring Olympian has set a Walt Disney World marathon weekend record, sweeping all four races in Florida.

Two Michiganders will be competing as Olympians on the U.S. women’s ice hockey team in Beijing this year.

The U.S. women's hockey roster for the 2022 Winter Olympics is officially here.

Ryan Pivirotto, 26, hopes to make his Olympic debut in Beijing after serving in the 2018 Olympics as an alternate.

The International Olympic Committee says it held a second video call with Peng Shuai.

Get to know Elana Meyers Taylor, a three-time bobsled Olympic medalist vying to make her fourth Games.

Tell us about a local Olympian you know who is preparing to compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Learn about what's happened in figure skating since the 2018 Olympic Games.

Two editions in its return to the Olympic program, golf is building momentum.

Thousands of people, including medalists who have returned from Tokyo, gathered near the Eiffel Tower to welcome the handover of the Olympic flag to Paris, which will host the Games in 2024.

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It is not everyday you get to meet a hometown hero and an Olympian who trained in your backyard.

The first openly transgender Olympian to compete in a different gender category to that assigned at birth said on Tuesday she would retire from weightlifting and felt her landmark appearance at the Tokyo Games should be fast forgotten as sport takes greater strides to be more inclusive.

Ferhat Arican, who took Turkey's first ever medal in gymnastics with a bronze at Tokyo 2020, says his sport is a bit like clearing landmines. And he should know.

Krysta Palmer tells In The Village host Elizabeth Beisel how she kept stumbling into new ways to channel her inner Olympian.

The main action for Day 12 of the Tokyo Games is at Olympic Stadium with live track & field events anchoring Wednesday coverage.

Simone Biles returned to Olympic competition on Tuesday in Tokyo, winning a bronze medal on beam.

New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard made history on Monday inside the Tokyo International Forum, where she became the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Olympics.

Steven Bastien is a decathlete from Metro Detroit and is gearing up for his Olympic debut.

The American team of Sarah Sponcil and Kelly Claes were ousted from the Olympic beach volleyball tournament by Canada.

With silver and bronze medals in Tokyo, Allison Schmitt has ascended to elite status in the Olympic world. She’s a four-time Olympian and swimming team captain. But when she first realized she was a 10-time Olympic medalist, the breadth of her accomplishments overwhelmed her with emotion.

Belinda Bencic became the first Swiss woman to win an Olympic gold medal in tennis, and the first Swiss tennis player to medal since Roger Federer.

Switzerland's Nina Christen overcame a deficit of 3.1 points at the women's 50m 3-position rifle event Saturday to take gold with an Olympic record of 463.9 points.

Family and friends of Olympian Annie Lazor packed into a Bloomfield Hills home to watch her compete in her first Olympic race.

The final night of swimming gives Caeleb Dressel and four-time Olympic medalist Simone Manuel more chances to collect hardware on Day 8 of the Tokyo Games.

On this episode of The Podium, Anastasija Zolotic, Connor Fields explained the beeping noises that occur during taekwondo competitions and BMX races.

You may not realize the impact that poor nutrition could be having on your everyday performance.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic defeated Spain's Alejandro Davidovich for his 68th consecutive win.

After catastrophic heartbreak and tearful oversight, Annemiek van Vleuten captured time trial gold, while USA's Amber Neben and Chloe Dygert finished top-seven.

Dr. Frank McGeorge gives us the gold medal secrets we can all use to improve our diets, Wednesday at 6:30 a.m. on Local 4 News Today.

Equestrian powerhouse Germany won the dressage team gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday. The United States won silver.

Sofia Pozdniakova won gold in the women's individual sabre event.

Andy Murray, the only tennis player to win back-to-back Olympic singles titles, withdrew from singles competition in Tokyo.

Shortsop Ali Aguilar of the U.S. softball team discusses her journey to becoming an Olympian, team bus concerts, and empty cafeterias.

Naohisa Takato won judo gold medal on his home turf.

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.

WNBA star Liz Cambage has withdrawn from Australia’s Olympic women’s basketball team because of the anxiety she’s been feeling about living and competing inside the restrictive bubble in place for the Tokyo Games.

When Kareem Maddox quit his podcast production job in January 2020 to pursue his dream of making the U.S. Olympic 3x3 basketball team, he never expected where the path would take him.

Three current, former U-M men's gymnasts will make appearances at the Tokyo Games.

Carli Lloyd is headed to her fourth Olympics.

Sha'Carri Richardson executed brilliantly at U.S. Trials, dominating all 100m phases to make her first Olympic team. She's the favorite heading into Tokyo.

Three-time Olympian Kacey Bellamy is retiring.

Linden averaged a mile roughly every five minutes and 47 seconds for more than 31 miles.

Bradie Tennell performs during the women's free skate at the U.S. (AP Photo/John Locher)LAS VEGAS – Bradie Tennell is back on top of American figure skating. They sure missed an edge-of-your seat women's free skate. Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier have a six-point lead over Jessica Calalang and Brian Johnson headed into the pairs free skate, and the free dance wraps up the evening session. “We're really confident in our free dance,” Hubbell said after watching Chock and Bates perform Friday, “and it's not over till it's over.

(CNN) - Shalane Flanagan, a four-time Olympian and the winner of the 2017 New York City Marathon, has announced her retirement after 15 years at age 38. "With happy tears I announce today that I am retiring from professional running," Flanagan wrote in an Instagram post. Flanagan is best known for becoming the first American woman to win the New York City Marathon in 40 years when she won in 2017. Her final race was the New York City Marathon in 2018, in which she finished third. "I hope I made myself a better person by running," Flanagan wrote.

(CNN) - Nike is making further changes to its maternity policy for sponsored athletes after its previous rules sparked a backlash from high-profile stars. The policy adjustment ensures that female athletes won't be "adversely impacted financially for pregnancy" for 18 months, which is six months more than under the previous policy. In a video for the newspaper's opinion section published in May, she criticized Nike for penalizing its own athletes for having children while marketing itself as a supporter of women in sports. "I'm grateful to NIKE leadership for believing that we are all more than athletes." Nike made an initial policy change after the controversy erupted in late May, exempting athletes who have children from minimum performance standards governing pay for 12 months.