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Hannah Cockroft of Team Great Britain poses with their gold medal as they attends the National Lottery's ParalympicsGB Homecoming at SSE Arena Wembley on September 12, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Lia Toby/Getty Images for The National Lottery )

Some Paralympic athletes will receive 75% less than their Olympic peers for winning a gold medal

By Eleanor Pringle

September 2, 2024

Female athlete in racing wheelchair wearing bike helmet

This athlete lost the use of her legs 7 years ago. How resilience got her to the Paralympics

By Ani Freedman

August 29, 2024

U.S. athlete Daniella Ramirez during a press conference on day five of the Olympic Games in Paris.

U.S. Olympic medalist barely earns enough to cover rent but makes 5 times more on social media

By Orianna Rosa Royle

August 28, 2024

Saudi Arabia's Tareg Hamedi poses with his silver medal in the men's kumite +75kg in the karate competition at a ceremony during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on August 7, 2021. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Saudi Arabia has never won an Olympic gold but it paid an athlete $1.3 million for coming close

August 26, 2024

Photo of Arshad Nadeem with his arms raised

Pakistan’s first Olympic winner in 32 years was rewarded with almost $1 million—and a buffalo

August 23, 2024

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 16: Derek Jeter speaks onstage at the Fanatics Fest NYC 2024 at Jacob Javits Center on August 16, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Fanatics)

MLB legend Derek Jeter’s business advice: You can’t be an expert at everything

August 20, 2024

A male pole vaulter launching into the air at the Olympics

Here’s what it takes to become a track and field Olympian: speed, strength, ‘fearlessness’

By Beth Greenfield and Ani Freedman

August 9, 2024

A group of swimmers run out of the Seine river.

Olympic swimmers are staving off E. coli by chugging Coca-Cola

By Sasha Rogelberg

August 8, 2024

TOKYO, JAPAN - JUNE 02: Joseph Schooling of Singapore celebrates winning the Men's 100m Butterfly Final on day four of the Swimming Japan Open at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center on June 02, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Matt Roberts/Getty Images)

Five cows, one year’s worth of free food, a two-bed apartment and exemption from military service: How athletes can win more than medals this Olympics

By AFP

August 7, 2024

How Simone Biles trained her mind to become a champion

How Simone Biles trained her mind to become a champion

By Alexa Mikhail

August 3, 2024

PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 01: Athletes compete during the Men’s 20km Race Walk on day six of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Trocadero on August 01, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

The legacy of Paris puts future Olympics at risk—is it time to pick a single, permanent host for the games?

August 3, 2024

Google’s Olympics ad was designed to be uplifting. Instead, many are finding it dystopian

Google’s Olympics ad was designed to be uplifting. Instead, many are finding it dystopian

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

August 1, 2024

The United States team celebrates their gold medals on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team Final.

Cows, cars, and $1 million in cash: Here are some of the wacky awards countries give their Olympic medalists

By Eva Roytburg

August 1, 2024

One of the best things you can do for your mental health and well-being, according to a psychologist who counsels U.S. Olympians

By Lindsey Leake

July 28, 2024

people serving food at a food court

The Olympic Village isn’t serving ‘adequate’ food, forcing Britain’s athletes to stay away and eat packed lunches instead

By Prarthana Prakash

July 26, 2024

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