The Paris Olympics are wrapping up. How did Team USA do? The Paris Summer Olympics wrap-up Sunday after two-and-a-half weeks of dramatic sports achievements and a bit of controversy. The United States won the most medals as it prepares to host the next Summer Games. Brian Mann Pien Huang Play AudioListen 5 mins
What happens to host cities after the Olympics are over? Many host cities struggle with the financial aftermath of the games for years after the Olympic cauldron is extinguished. Hosts Play AudioListen 3 mins
The Paris Olympics wrapped up Sunday with a lavish closing ceremony The ceremony marked the end of a remarkable two-and-a-half weeks of competition and controversy. A Martínez Becky Sullivan Play AudioListen 4 mins
Photos: See what happened at the Olympic closing ceremony The Games in Paris wrapped up with the closing ceremony. We take a look at the lavish celebration. NPR Staff
The final Olympic medal tally puts the U.S. on top in Paris The fight for national bragging rights over gold medals — considered by many countries to be the most coveted prize — came down to the wire and, in the end, China and the U.S. tied with 40 apiece. Brian Mann
12 things that wowed us at the Paris Olympics A team of NPR journalists spent more than two weeks covering the Paris Summer Olympics. Here are some of our highlight moments from seeing the Games up close. Emma Bowman Juana Summers Russell Lewis Becky Sullivan Brian Mann
Team USA has women to thank for more than half of its Olympic medals If American women were their own country, they would rank third in the 2024 Olympic medal count. Women brought home 67 of Team USA’s 126 medals, though one remains in contention. Rachel Treisman
How Paris is recovering from hosting the Olympics NPR's Eleanor Beardsley joins us in Paris to discuss the lasting impact of hosting the event. Play AudioListen 4 mins
With the Games complete, we reflect on the Paris Olympics The Games in Paris came to an end last night with a closing ceremony that featured music, acrobats and Tom Cruise rappelling into the stadium among many other elements. Vincent Acovino Juana Summers William Troop Play AudioListen 6 mins
Here’s how you can keep finding new sports to love between now and the next Olympics One of the joys of watching the Olympics is getting sucked into sports you’ve barely heard of. If you still need that feeling in your life, these sports are out beyond the Olympic fringe. Christopher Dean Hopkins
