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The gold medal is pictured after the U.S. beat Canada in the men's ice hockey final Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, in Milan. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

2026 Winter Olympics: Meet the 33 medalists from the United States

By baiduhai

February 22, 2026 at 11:13 a.m.

Meet all the medalists from the United States at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

Emily Harbaugh, from left, Martha Willis and Kristen Glogowski carry signs that reflect the glum mood at a Daley Plaza party after Chicago’s ouster as an Olympics host candidate on Oct. 2, 2009. The city got only 18 out of 94 votes. (Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: City loses bid to host 2016 Summer Olympics in first round of voting

By Kori Rumore

October 2, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 2, according...

Simone Biles during her floor routine on Aug. 5, 2024, at Bercy Arena during the Paris Olympics. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Simone Biles remains undecided about the 2028 Olympics, but the lure of competing in LA is very real

By Will Graves

September 29, 2026 at 9:45 a.m.

Simone Biles understands the constant speculation about whether she has one more run at Olympic...

FILE – Workers build the stands for the upcoming Olympic Games on the Champ-de-Mars just beside the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, April 1, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)

Paris is aiming for the most sustainable Olympics yet. But organizers acknowledge the plan isn’t perfect.

By John Leicester

June 3, 2024 at 7:57 a.m.

Organizers of the Paris Olympics have set ambitious goals for environmental sustainability. They aim to...

Simone Biles competes on the balance beam during the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Sunday, June 2, 2024, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Simone Biles continues Olympic prep by cruising to her 9th US Championships title

By Will Graves

June 3, 2024 at 7:05 a.m.

In front of an audience that included her husband, Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens, gymnastics...

Simone Biles competes on the vault during the U.S. gymnastics championships, Friday, May 31, 2024, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Jim Cowsert)

Simone Biles, looking perhaps better than ever, surges to early lead at US Championships

By Will Graves

May 31, 2024 at 9:20 p.m.

Simone Biles put herself in position to win a ninth national gymnastics title, with a...

FILE – United State’s Gable Dan Steveson poses with his gold medal during the medal ceremony for the men’s freestyle 125kg wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Chiba, Japan, Aug. 6, 2021. Olympic gold medal wrestler Gable Steveson is trading the mat for the gridiron by signing contract with the Buffalo Bills on Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

Olympic gold medalist Gable Steveson makes switch from wrestling to football in signing with Buffalo Bills

By John Wawrow

May 31, 2024 at 2:14 p.m.

Olympic gold medal wrestler Gable Steveson is seeking to trade the mat for the gridiron...

Police officers patrol the Trocadero plaza near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French authorities file preliminary terrorism charges against teenager accused of plan to attack Olympic fans

By Associated Press

May 31, 2024 at 12:20 p.m.

French authorities on Friday raised preliminary terrorism charges against an 18-year-old accused of a plot...

Surfer Italo Ferreira of Brazil competes on his way to winning the latest competition of the World Surf League Championship Tour in Teahupoʻo in Tahiti on May 30, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)

Surfers get ‘best waves of our lives’ at dress rehearsal for this summer’s Olympic venue in Tahiti

By Victoria Milko

May 31, 2024 at 7:06 a.m.

The spectacular waves, set against a backdrop of lush green tropical mountains of French Polynesia,...

Gabby Douglas competes on the balance beam at the American Classic, in Katy, Texas, April 27, 2024. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Gymnastics star Gabby Douglas pulls out of US Championships, ending her long-shot bid for a 3rd Olympics

By Will Graves

May 29, 2024 at 2:16 p.m.

Gabby Douglas’ long-shot bid to make the U.S. women’s gymnastics team for the Paris Olympics...

Silver medal winner Richard Torrez Jr., gold medal winner Bakhodir Jalalov and bronze medalists Kamshybek Kunkabayev and Frazer Clarke watch the flags of their respective nations being raised during the men’s super heavyweight over 91-kg boxing medal ceremony at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Olympic boxing medalists in Paris promised $50,000 in prize money by a rogue governing body

By Graham Dunbar

May 29, 2024 at 7:56 a.m.

The boxing governing body declared rogue by the International Olympic Committee said Wednesday it will...

Former Naperville resident Sarah Adam is the first women to make the roster for the U.S. wheelchair rugby team playing at the international Paralympics in Paris in late summer. (Dominic Disaia)

Naperville native headed to Paris to play ‘murderball,’ er rugby, at this summer’s Paralympic Games

By Jeff Vorva

May 29, 2024 at 11:08 a.m.

Naperville native Sarah Adam is heading to Paris to play on the U.S. Paralympic wheelchair...

FILE – Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan gestures after performing on the vault during the women’s artistic gymnastic qualifications, her eighth Olympics participation, at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, on July 25, 2021. Record-breaking 48-year-old gymnast Oksana Chusovitina says an injury has ended her attempt to qualify for what would have been her ninth Olympics. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Record-breaking gymnast Oksana Chusovitina’s bid for a 9th Olympics at age 48 ends with an injury

By Associated Press

May 24, 2024 at 9:58 a.m.

Record-breaking 48-year-old gymnast Oksana Chusovitina says an injury has ended her attempt to qualify for...