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Since Linden began her career, there’s been a dramatic shift in how professional runners promote and present themselves to the world. We caught up with her about her new podcast, the expansion of running media, and how she decides whether to fire off a spicy tweet.

Robert “Eli” Bremer is livid over the Air Force's failure to notify him about the branch's improper release of his military records, which he first learned of this week.

Kara Goucher talks with Sally Bergesen about her book, ‘The Longest Race,’ and finding her voice in a system that dehumanized female athletes.

The running shoe hype train was high in New York City with a few fast yet-to-be-released shoes in the men’s and women’s elite fields.

Katie Ledecky, clocked in about 10 seconds faster than the world record for the 1500 meter freestyle race on day two of the Swimming World Cup in Toronto.

The Biden administration is seeking the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner and ex-Marine Paul Whelan.

RAY TOWNSHIP, MI -- A four-time Olympian is among the survivors of a plane crash that took place over the weekend in Macomb County. Chirine Njeim, who represented Lebanon in both the Summer and Winter Olympics was flying in the plane with her husband Ronny Kamal, 44 and niece Siena Kamal, 17, Sunday when the plane crashed. Ronny Kamal allegedly said there was an issue with the engine just moments after he lifted the landing gear in the Beech A36 Fixed Wing Single Engine plane. Njeim was released from the hospital along with Siena Kamal on Monday, however Ronny Kamal was set to have surgery at some point Monday. Njeim represented Lebanon in the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics in the alpine skiing event.

Simone Biles says she was offered a coloring book on a plane recently.

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Andrea Fuentes prevented a tragedy at the swimming world championships with her quick reaction. The United States coach knew something was wrong when she saw artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez sink motionless to the bottom of the pool during a solo free routine on Wednesday. Anita Alvarez of United States, center, is taken from the pool after collapsing during the solo free final of the artistic swimming at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. She is feeling much better and using today to rest,” USA Artistic Swimming told The Associated Press in a statement. Anita Alvarez of United States is taken from the pool after collapsing during the solo free final of the artistic swimming at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, June 22, 2022.

Andrea Fuentes prevented a tragedy at the swimming world championships with her quick reaction.

I am so saddened to learn of another tragic drowning at one of our beaches.

Former Olympic gymnast Tasha Schwikert Moser is taking her advocacy for victims of sexual abuse within the sport to the front lines.

For the elite athletes in the WNBA, spending the offseason playing in Russia can mean earning more money than they can make back home — sometimes even two or three times as much. Brittney Griner is one of those players who went to Russia in recent years to earn extra money. Since arriving at a Moscow airport in mid-February, she has been detained by police after they reported finding vape cartridges allegedly containing cannabis oil in her luggage.

Sometimes reality television isn’t trash TV. Just ask track and field Olympian Al Joyner, who recently received a gift from Rene Nezhoda, the host of […]

A former Olympian and Virginia Tech female swimmer blasted the NCAA in a letter Sunday alleging that the organization's policy allowing University of Pennsylvania transgender-identifying male swimmer Lia Thomas to compete against biological women cost her a finals spot at the women's championship in Atlanta this past weekend.

NPR's team in Beijing put together moments and storylines that stuck out — including those that showed immense inner strength, athleticism and grace.

Timothy LeDuc made history as the first openly non-binary Olympian to compete at the Winter Games, and the American pairs figure skater hopes to pave the way for others to enter the sport without being bound by gender stereotypes.

Despite contracting COVID-19 and missing the Opening Ceremony, Elana Meyers Taylor later earned monobob silver at these Winter Games and will now serve as the Closing Ceremony flagbearer.

Simone Biles revealed she "woke up a fianceé," sharing photos of Owens' proposal.

NBC, which has billions of dollars invested in the Olympics, has barely mentioned Chinese human-rights abuses in its sports coverage.

The latest episode of The Podium discusses the tradition of Olympic athletes getting a tattoo of the Olympic rings.

Valieva will have a chance for a second gold medal at this year’s Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled Monday she can compete this week despite failing a previous drug test. The ruling doesn’t decide the fate of the gold medal she won as part of the team competition. Humphries became the first woman to win Olympic gold for two different countries, and the first Olympian to win gold for both the United States and Canada. What’s important is to fight for ourselves.”American teammate Elana Meyers Taylor finished second, winning her fourth Olympic medal. MEN’S SKI JUMPINGAustria clinched the gold medal in the ski jumping team event when Manuel Fettner soared 128 meters on his final jump.

After finishing runners-up four years ago, Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron claimed the gold medal.

Elana Meyers Taylor's schedule for the 2022 Winter Olympics: when, where and how to watch or stream every event via NBC, Peacock, USA Network and NBCOlympics.com.

U.S. skater Kristen Santos was in medal position in the 1000m until she was taken out on the final lap, proving to herself she belongs on the podium.

The 2022 Beijing Olympics is White's last competition as a professional snowboarder. He is the first, and only, snowboarder to win three Olympic gold medals.

Irene Schouten won the gold medal in the women's 5000m speed skating event at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

Leading up to the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wierer focused on being more consistent in her shooting and skiing throughout the season. She looked to clinch her first individual Olympic gold medal in the women's 7.5km sprint.

Leif Nordgren entered the 2022 Winter Olympics as a two-time Olympian and will leave as a three-time Olympian and first-time dad.

Ice skating is fun whether you can jump and spin, or you just like making your way around the rink. We spoke to the experts at the Arctic Edge in Canton, which has trained several Olympians, to see how to get started.

Jessie Diggins secured the first ever women’s individual cross-country sprint medal for the United States at the 2022 Olympic Games.

A French journalist says his exclusive interview with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai this week did not prove that she is OK.

Amanda Kessel accidentally slashed a referee in the face at the Olympics, and the damage was pretty gnarly.

Natalie Geisenberger is the first three-time Olympic champion in women’s luge.

Ireen Wuest, 35, won the 1500m in Olympic-record time and in doing so became the first athlete to win individual gold at five Olympics.

For the second time in one week, Canada's Vanessa James and Eric Radford collided during practice with Italians Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise.

Team USA's Karen Chen and Team ROC's Kamila Valieva go head to head for the top spot in the team event.

Before Olympic competition gets underway, here are a few fun facts involving numbers for Team USA at the 2022 Winter Games.

From a three-time Olympic medalist to a Paralympian with two gold medals, four athletes who will soon be competing in Beijing offer advice on how to keep chasing your dreams of "making it," no matter what.

Thousands of the world's best athletes are getting ready for the Beijing Winter Olympics. These top Americans should be on your list to watch.

A 33-year-old aspiring Olympian has set a Walt Disney World marathon weekend record, sweeping all four races in Florida.

Two Michiganders will be competing as Olympians on the U.S. women’s ice hockey team in Beijing this year.

The U.S. women's hockey roster for the 2022 Winter Olympics is officially here.

Ryan Pivirotto, 26, hopes to make his Olympic debut in Beijing after serving in the 2018 Olympics as an alternate.

The International Olympic Committee says it held a second video call with Peng Shuai.

A former University of Alabama track star and Olympian was killed in a shootout with another man, authorities say. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office on Monday identified Emmit King and Willie Albert Wells as the two men who died after exchanging gunfire in Bessemer on Sunday, AL.com reported. King, 62, was a sprinter and a member of the U.S. relay team for the Summer Olympics in 1984 and 1988, but he didn’t compete.

Get to know Elana Meyers Taylor, a three-time bobsled Olympic medalist vying to make her fourth Games.

The all-around champion, who is Hmong American, says she was with a group of friends of Asian descent in Los Angeles when people in a passing car yelled at them to "go back to where they came from."

Olympian and Auburn gymnast Suni Lee said she was the victim of an anti-Asian attack in Los Angeles that included her being pepper sprayed as a car of people passed by Lee and her friends, who are all of Asian descent. ”I was so mad, but there was nothing I could do or control because they skirted off,” Lee told PopSugar. “I didn’t do anything to them, and having the reputation, it’s so hard because I didn’t want to do anything that could get me into trouble. Lee, a Hmong American from Minnesota, was one of the breakout stars of the last summer’s Olympics in Tokyo. She parlayed her success into being cast as a contestant on the 30th season of “Dancing With the Stars.”

Tell us about a local Olympian you know who is preparing to compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

‘The War for Gloria’ is a plainspoken tale of a man finding his way the tough way

Learn about what's happened in figure skating since the 2018 Olympic Games.

Simone Biles was recognized as one of Time's most influential people of the year for being a "shining example" of strength.

GROSSE POINTE PARK — Olympic medalist Catie DeLoof rode with her family and fellow Grosse Pointe swimmers in a parade through the streets of the Park and City

Two editions in its return to the Olympic program, golf is building momentum.

The Tokyo Games reminded us why athletics remains the greatest show on Earth

Thousands of people, including medalists who have returned from Tokyo, gathered near the Eiffel Tower to welcome the handover of the Olympic flag to Paris, which will host the Games in 2024.

Here are tonight's top stories.

It is not everyday you get to meet a hometown hero and an Olympian who trained in your backyard.

The first openly transgender Olympian to compete in a different gender category to that assigned at birth said on Tuesday she would retire from weightlifting and felt her landmark appearance at the Tokyo Games should be fast forgotten as sport takes greater strides to be more inclusive.

Canadian midfielder Quinn is the first openly transgender and nonbinary athlete to win an Olympic medal.

Ferhat Arican, who took Turkey's first ever medal in gymnastics with a bronze at Tokyo 2020, says his sport is a bit like clearing landmines. And he should know.

Krysta Palmer tells In The Village host Elizabeth Beisel how she kept stumbling into new ways to channel her inner Olympian.

19-year-old Nevin Harrison became the first woman from the U.S. to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport of canoe sprint. She also becomes just the third female teenager to win in the event.

The main action for Day 12 of the Tokyo Games is at Olympic Stadium with live track & field events anchoring Wednesday coverage.

We asked Tokyo-bound athletes competing in various sports to share how they fuel themselves

Simone Biles returned to Olympic competition on Tuesday in Tokyo, winning a bronze medal on beam.

New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard made history on Monday inside the Tokyo International Forum, where she became the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Olympics.

Steven Bastien is a decathlete from Metro Detroit and is gearing up for his Olympic debut.

The swimmers are now leaving Japan and the spotlight moves to the track and field events at Olympic Stadium. We'll walk you through the biggest things to watch for until the closing ceremony.

The American team of Sarah Sponcil and Kelly Claes were ousted from the Olympic beach volleyball tournament by Canada.

“I think they’re just sort of working out some kinks,” said Bansley, a two-time Olympian who is paired with Brandie Wilkerson in Tokyo. The close-up, slow motion replay on the stadium video board showed the ball had clearly missed the blue tape that signifies the court boundary.

With silver and bronze medals in Tokyo, Allison Schmitt has ascended to elite status in the Olympic world. She’s a four-time Olympian and swimming team captain. But when she first realized she was a 10-time Olympic medalist, the breadth of her accomplishments overwhelmed her with emotion.

Belinda Bencic became the first Swiss woman to win an Olympic gold medal in tennis, and the first Swiss tennis player to medal since Roger Federer.

Switzerland's Nina Christen overcame a deficit of 3.1 points at the women's 50m 3-position rifle event Saturday to take gold with an Olympic record of 463.9 points.

Family and friends of Olympian Annie Lazor packed into a Bloomfield Hills home to watch her compete in her first Olympic race.

The final night of swimming gives Caeleb Dressel and four-time Olympic medalist Simone Manuel more chances to collect hardware on Day 8 of the Tokyo Games.

On this episode of The Podium, Anastasija Zolotic, Connor Fields explained the beeping noises that occur during taekwondo competitions and BMX races.

You may not realize the impact that poor nutrition could be having on your everyday performance.

The officers spoke — at times angrily — about the physical and psychological injuries they sustained on January 6.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic defeated Spain's Alejandro Davidovich for his 68th consecutive win.

After catastrophic heartbreak and tearful oversight, Annemiek van Vleuten captured time trial gold, while USA's Amber Neben and Chloe Dygert finished top-seven.

Dr. Frank McGeorge gives us the gold medal secrets we can all use to improve our diets, Wednesday at 6:30 a.m. on Local 4 News Today.

"To all the young generation in the Philippines, please dream high. That's how I started. I dreamed high and finally I was able to do it," she said.

"To all the young generation in the Philippines, please dream high. That's how I started. I dreamed high and finally I was able to do it," she said.

The committee has called four officers to testify Tuesday, all of whom have been vocal about the violence they experienced that day.

The Filipino national anthem was played during the award ceremony for the first time at the Olympics following her victory.

"You have all brought me to tears," Skinner said in a tweet. "Thanks for being my biggest cheerleaders!"

"You have all brought me to tears," Skinner said in a tweet. "Thanks for being my biggest cheerleaders!"

"You have all brought me to tears," Skinner said in a tweet. "Thanks for being my biggest cheerleaders!"

This year, three new adventure sports will make their debut in Tokyo. Prepare yourself for the action with these books, documentaries, and more.

Watching my favorite world-class runners compete in the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials starting Friday, June 18, for their chance to be designated an

The U.S. Olympic hammer thrower who won gold at a qualifier and honored the national anthem, which makes her "cry every time," opened up about her teammate's protest.

Battle managed to defeat Allyson Felix, who is known as one of the most decorated track and field athletes of all time. Earlier in the week, Felix had already qualified for her fifth Olympics when she finished runner-up in the 400 meter dash finals. She graduated as the fourth-fastest 100 meter runner in state high school history (11.61) and the third-fastest 200 meter runner in state history (23.52). “I was definitely fan-girling at the Olympic Trials,” Battle said. I’m going to go to Tokyo.’”Battle’s quest for her first Olympic medal will begin with the 200 meter preliminary round scheduled Monday, Aug. 2 in Tokyo.

Kardashian said she used to travel to the Olympic trials with Caitlin Jenner and that this is a "full circle" moment.

Detroit Pistons standout Jerami Grant can now add Olympian to his resume. According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, Grant has committed to Team USA for the upcoming Tokyo Summer Olympics. In the medal round, teams will play in a knockout bracket, with each winner moving on from the Aug. 3 quarterfinals to the Aug. 5 semifinals. Team USA, lead by Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, is seeded in Group A is set to take on France on the first day of the games. Team USA has won the gold medal in the last three Olympics and already has qualified for this year.

New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard is set to become the first transgender Olympian after qualifying for this summer's Tokyo Games.The state of play: Hubbard, 43, has effectively been guaranteed a spot in the women's super heavyweight category after the IOC amended qualifying rules due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.Hubbard competed in men's weightlifting until she transitioned in 2012, and she's been eligible to compete as a woman since 2015, when the IOC issued new guidelines.Those guidelines allow transgender athletes to compete as women as long as their testosterone levels are below 10 nanomoles per liter for at least 12 months before their first competition.The backdrop: Hubbard's gold medal wins at the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa triggered outrage, and Australia's weightlifting federation unsuccessfully sought to block her from competing in 2018.Earlier this year, American transgender powerlifter JayCee Cooper sued USA Powerlifting after it barred her from competition through policy that was at odds with IOC guidelines.Go deeper: The debate over trans inclusion in federally funded athleticsLike this article? Get more from Axios and subscribe to Axios Markets for free.

(CBS Local)– Jordan Larson is one of the best women’s volleyball players ever and the 2x Olympian will be playing in the brand new venture Athletes Unlimited Volleyball. The league will run from February 27-March 29 and the five week competition in Dallas, Texas is the only professional indoor women’s volleyball league in the United States. During her time at Nebraska, Larson led the Huskers to a national championship, was named the Big 12 Player of the Year and became an All-American. Each player in Athletes Unlimited Volleyball will have a cause they will be playing for this season. This is in honor of her and I want to dedicate that to her.”Watch Athletes Unlimited Volleyball this month and next month on CBS Sports Network.

Simone Biles wasn't sure she could continue her intense workouts and mental focus for another year when the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo were postponed. The decision to postpone the games to 2021 due to the pandemic sent a shock of reality to Biles that she says deeply affected her emotionally. But the grueling workouts, and strict diet imposed on such young girls at the ranch were not right either, Biles says. She tells Alfonsi, "It's not the right training." Biles tells Alfonsi about being so hungry in training that she and others stole food at night.

Simone Biles says postponing 2020 Summer Games threw her into doubt about competing in the Olympics again Sharyn Alfonsi speaks with the Olympian for 60 Minutes, Sunday.