When King Gustaf V of Sweden placed two gold medals around Thorpe’s neck for winning the Olympic pentathlon and decathlon and pronounced him the greatest athlete in the world, he famously ...

Since authoring a classic Olympic bronze-medal winning underdog story, Canada's Eleanor Harvey’s follow-up season has ...

From her side of the podium, Chiles caught Biles’ eye hatching a plan, and when Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade stepped to the podium for her gold ... of an Olympic medal around her neck, and did ...

Alysa Liu becomes the first U.S. woman to win a world figure skating title since 2006, and two other Americans finish in the ...