RIO DE JANEIRO -- Simone Manuel tied for gold with Canada's Penny Oleksiak in the women's 100-meter freestyle Thursday night, becoming the first African-American woman to win an Olympic medal in ...

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In one of the most consequential non-Olympic races in years, all-time swimming great Katie Ledecky could face an unprecedented challenge Saturday from Canadian teen Summer McIntosh in an event the ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has effectively barred transgender women from competing in women’s sports, telling ...

As the Tokyo Summer Olympics drew to a close Sunday, so did the total medal count.