Sports BMX racer overcame personal and professional loss to end up on Paris' starting hill NPR's Juana Summers talks to Team USA BMX racer Alise Willoughby about her expectations for Paris and her training partnership with her husband, the former BMX racer Sam Willoughby. Vincent Acovino Christopher Intagliata Juana Summers
Sports Yo-yo championships kick off in Cleveland The contest features various styles of yo-yo play, with each contestant doing a performance set to music.
National Olympic sharpshooter's 'Matrix'-inspired style turns heads in Paris Kim Yeji won a silver medal at the 2024 Games for South Korea and a gold medal across the world for her razor-sharp looks and icy-calm demeanor. Chloe Veltman
Food A Norwegian swimmer's love affair with chocolate muffins may be winning the Olympics When he’s not in the pool, Henrik Christiansen is documenting his deepening obsession with the gooey treats. His many dramatic TikToks are spreading muffin fever across the Olympic Village and beyond. Rachel Treisman
Sports The United States has become the first country to win 3,000 Olympic medals This record tally includes both Summer and Winter Games and was helped Tuesday by Team USA's historic performances in Paris in swimming events, which yielded four medals. Maquita Peters
Sports North and South Korean athletes share an Olympic podium — and take a selfie The players had just received their medals for the mixed doubles competition in table tennis when one of the South Korean athletes produced a cellphone for a modern Olympic tradition: a group photo at the podium. Bill Chappell
Sports Meet Frederick Richard, the TikTok U.S. gymnast who is competing for another Olympic medal The U.S. men's gymnastics team hasn't won an individual medal since 2016 and, before the Paris Olympics, hadn't medaled in the team all-around since 2008. Olympic rookie Frederick Richard isn't done yet. Becky Sullivan
Sports Unless you're all about the Olympics, keeping track of the events can be tough NR's Steve Inskeep gets an update from NPR's Becky Sullivan, who's in France, about what to watch for in the Games.
National The once-mighty U.S. swim team sinks in early Olympic races, winning only two golds The once-mighty U.S. Olympic swim team has only won two gold medals so far at the Paris Games. Athletes say the sport has grown more competitive since Americans like Michael Phelps owned the pool. Brian Mann
Sports Paris Games are being hailed as the ‘gender-equal’ Olympics. Let's take a closer look The Olympics movement has made considerable gains in evening the playing field for female athletes. But there’s a lot more to the effort than the headline achievement organizers have been pushing. Emma Bowman
