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A headshot for incoming Nike CEO Elliott Hill, a company boomerang
Success
Nike’s new CEO climbed his way from intern to top boss in almost 30 years
By Chloe BergerSeptember 20, 2024
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 )
Success
Some Paralympic athletes will receive 75% less than their Olympic peers for winning a gold medal
By Eleanor PringleSeptember 2, 2024
Female athlete in racing wheelchair wearing bike helmet
Life
This athlete lost the use of her legs 7 years ago. How resilience got her to the Paralympics
By Ani FreedmanAugust 29, 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)
Success
Saudi Arabia has never won an Olympic gold but it paid an athlete $1.3 million for coming close
By Jane ThierAugust 26, 2024
Photo of Arshad Nadeem with his arms raised
Success
Pakistan’s first Olympic winner in 32 years was rewarded with almost $1 million—and a buffalo
By Jane ThierAugust 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)
Success
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By Jane ThierAugust 20, 2024
A male pole vaulter launching into the air at the Olympics
Life
Here’s what it takes to become a track and field Olympian: speed, strength, ‘fearlessness’
By Beth Greenfield and Ani FreedmanAugust 9, 2024
A group of swimmers run out of the Seine river.
Environment
Olympic swimmers are staving off E. coli by chugging Coca-Cola
By Sasha RogelbergAugust 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)
Success
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 AFPAugust 7, 2024
How Simone Biles trained her mind to become a champion
Health
How Simone Biles trained her mind to become a champion
By Alexa MikhailAugust 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)
Lifestyle
The legacy of Paris puts future Olympics at risk—is it time to pick a single, permanent host for the games?
By Alex LedsomAugust 3, 2024
Google’s Olympics ad was designed to be uplifting. Instead, many are finding it dystopian
Tech
Google’s Olympics ad was designed to be uplifting. Instead, many are finding it dystopian
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezAugust 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.
Lifestyle
Cows, cars, and $1 million in cash: Here are some of the wacky awards countries give their Olympic medalists
By Eva RoytburgAugust 1, 2024
Kweku Smith, PhD (right), a psychological services provider for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, speaks with a patient in a still from Figs’ “Anatomy of a Champion” ad. Figs, a medical apparel brand, designed the Team USA Medical Team’s first official Olympics uniform for the 2024 Summer Games in Paris.
Mind
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 LeakeJuly 28, 2024
people serving food at a food court
Lifestyle
The Olympic Village isn’t serving ‘adequate’ food, forcing Britain’s athletes to stay away and eat packed lunches instead
By Prarthana PrakashJuly 26, 2024
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