Ecuadorian Olympic sprinter Alex Quiñónez was fatally shot Friday in the port city of Guayaquil.

The death of the 32-year-old was confirmed by the Ecuadorian Olympic Committee and the Ecuadorian Athletics Federation.

“The surprising departure of the bronze medalist of the last World Athletics World Cup [in Doha, Qatar in 2019] leaves a ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Snowboarder Shaun White recently invested in Shelf Engine, a company that uses computer optimization to reduce food waste by more efficiently stocking grocery stores with perishable goods.

One thing that's not on the shelf yet: him.

White confirmed this month what was widely expected, that the 35-year-old from Carlsbad will try ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Four world-class gymnasts are asking Congress to dissolve the the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee over the organization's mishandling of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal.

In a letter to two U.S. senators, Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and McKayla Maroney and NCAA gymnast Maggie Nichols said they are making...Read more

CHICAGO — Team USA Hockey unveiled the first three players who will compete for gold in the 2022 Beijing Olympics, and two are Chicago Blackhawks: Patrick Kane and Seth Jones.

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews is the third, and the rest of the 25-man team is expected to be revealed in January.

“It was a surprise this morning, I ...Read more

BLAINE, Minn. — The commute can't be beat. It takes Maddie Rooney only eight minutes to drive from her home to the Super Rink in Blaine, where the former Minnesota Duluth goalie and her U.S. women's hockey teammates will train for the next four months as they prepare for the Winter Olympics.

A native of Andover, Rooney already knew her way ...Read more

All U.S. Olympians and Olympic hopefuls for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing must be vaccinated against COVID-19, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee announced Wednesday.

All USOPC employees and contractors must be vaccinated by Nov. 1. Anyone hoping to be part of the U.S. delegation in Beijing must be vaccinated by Dec. 1.

As with ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Randolph Ross emerged from the Tokyo Olympics as one of the games' cautionary tales. He became a personification of the pitfalls of competition at the highest level, where one misstep, physical or mental, can destroy a dream in a fraction of a second.

He also emerged with a gold medal for his work in the 4x400-meter relay — ...Read more

An Olympic silver medalist from Poland put her medal up for auction to help pay for an 8-month-old baby’s heart surgery, but the winning bidder turned the tables and let her keep it.

Javelin thrower Maria Andrejczyk won one of the country’s 14 medals in Tokyo, and she was determined to help a stranger in some way, according to her Facebook ...Read more

Olympian Jack Woolley shared an update Sunday to say he’s returned home from the hospital following what he characterized as a violent attack.

Woolley, who competed in taekwondo for Ireland at the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo, posted a video to his Instagram story showing his upper lipped bandaged, with his location listed as “home.”

“...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — While each of his players left Japan with a glistening silver parting gift, U.S. softball coach Ken Eriksen settled for a more modest consolation prize.

A ring, commemorating his club’s runner-up finish in the Olympics.

“Coaches don’t get medals,” the USF alumnus and longtime Bulls softball coach said Friday. “The ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — When you think of track and field at the Olympics, names such as Jesse Owens and Usain Bolt probably come to mind. For gymnastics it's likely Simone Biles, and swimming it's hard to beat Michael Phelps.

How about skeet shooting? Well, Vincent Hancock further cemented his legacy as the sport's greatest by setting an Olympic...Read more

Skateboarding made its Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games this year, bringing a refreshing change of pace to the world’s biggest competition. Unlike most other Olympic events, the culture of skateboarding is based not in winning but in joy and individuality.

Since its inception, skateboarding has defied conformity. Born in California in the ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — That was more like it.

As I said in a previous column, Team USA should never be beaten in basketball at the Olympic Games.

Never. Ever.

We’re just better; we have better players, better athletes, better schemes ... just better. It’s really that simple.

Especially when you have Kevin “King Dominator” Durant on the ...Read more

Japanese health officials deliberately omitted any mentions of the highly contagious lambda variant of COVID-19 in official communications to the press during the Tokyo Olympics, according to a new report.

A woman from Peru who landed at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on July 20, three days before the Olympics kicked off, tested positive for ...Read more

Dawn Staley has only ever missed two Olympics since the first time she was called to join USA Basketball in 1989.

For 32 years and six Olympic cycles, Staley — a 2013 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee — was a staple for Team USA. After she helped Team USA to a record seventh-consecutive Olympic gold medal, she announced she...Read more

TOKYO — The most anticipated athletic performance of these Olympics became a metaphor for the Games themselves.

Days after Simone Biles dropped out of the gymnastics team final because she suddenly lost the ability to figure out where she was when twisting in the air, she returned for the individual balance beam.

Biles made it through her ...Read more

TOKYO — There’s barely even time to pack up the five Olympic rings — symbols of unity, competition and controversy — before they’ll need to be dusted off for the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing.

In the 181 days between the end of the closing ceremony in Tokyo and the start of the opening ceremony in Beijing on Feb. 4 (nine days before ...Read more