Olympics

Daniel Romanchuk repeated as the New York City Marathon men’s wheelchair champion Sunday in another tight finish over Switzerland’s Marcel Hug.

Simone Biles set the all-time record for most medals by any gymnast at the world championships by winning the balance beam and floor exercise Sunday.

Mount Airy native Daniel Romanchuk defended his Chicago Marathon crown in the men’s wheelchair division.

Simone Biles has won her fifth world gymnastics all-around title, underlining her status as the clear favorite for next year's Olympic gold medal.

Simone Biles won a record 21st medal at the world gymnastics championships on Tuesday as the United States retained its women's team all-around title.

Renowned track coach Alberto Salazar, who trained four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah, along with gold medalist and Maryland native Matthew Centrowitz, and other top contenders at this week’s world championships, has been kicked out of the competition after being handed a four-year ban in a case long pursued by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.

On the final night of competition Sunday at the World Para Swimming Championships, Mallory Weggemann and Loyola Maryland graduate McKenzie Coan recorded a 1-2 finish.

Fifteen-year-old Kayla DiCello of Boyds captured the gold medal at the U.S. Junior Nationals in August. Her next goal: representing the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

By Edward Lee

Sep 13, 2019

Becca Meyers of Timonium won the United States’ first gold medal of the World Para Swimming Championships in London on Monday.

The all-time record holder for Olympic gold medals (23) discussed the loss of several of his records, the controversy of performance-enhancing drugs in swimming, and his laser-like focus in … the kitchen.

By Edward Lee

Aug 20, 2019

Simone Biles messed around and got a triple-double. And just about everything else, too, on her way to a sixth U.S. women's gymnastics title.

Kayla DiCello, a 15-year-old from Boyds, Maryland, who trains at Hill’s Gymnastics in nearby Gaithersburg, won the U.S. junior all-around women’s gymnastics title Sunday.

Sam Mikulak clinched his modern era-record sixth national title Saturday night by topping runner-up Yul Moldauer by a staggering 5.550 points

Two Americans used their medal-winning moments at the Pan American Games to draw attention to social issues back home that they feel are spiraling out of control.

A former U.S. Olympic dressage athlete is accused of shooting a woman at his New Jersey farm where he trains equestrian athletes.

Ashley Wagner says she was sexually assaulted by another figure skater in 2008 when she 17. She won an Olympic team bronze medal in 2014 and is now retired from competitive skating.

Caeleb Dressel won his record eighth medal at the world swimming championships Sunday, breaking Michael Phelps' previous record of seven.

Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi want their USA Basketball legacy to be more than just winning medals. The four-time Olympic gold medalists came up with an idea for a training plan for USA Basketball leading up to next year's Tokyo Olympics.

The Americans got ailing Katie Ledecky back but couldn't overcome a world record by the Australians.

Kristof Milak of Hungary won the 200-meter butterfly at the world swimming championships, breaking Michael Phelps' 10-year-old world record.

Sun Yang was in the middle of controversy at the world swimming championships again. Only this time, it wasn’t his doing.

Italian rider Elia Viviani has claimed his first career stage win on the Tour de France after storming a bunch sprint.

Coppin State sprinter Joseph Amoah was victorious against an international field in the 100-meter dash at the Aliann Pompey Invitational.

Tokyo Olympic organizers are putting “a few hundred-thousand” tickets into a lottery next month for Japan residents who were shut out.

A former gold medalist has been elected to lead the Japanese Olympic Committee, which is mired in a scandal that forced the former president to step aside.

Towson swimmer Michael Phelps is living the dream as the fastest butterfly swimmer in the world at age 18.

By Mike Klingaman

Jun 9, 2019

Phelps is honored for sharing his story of depression and helping destigmatize mental health problems with the Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion.

A new pro league for swimmers will launch in October and hold meets across the world, including the Natatorium at the Eppley Recreation Center in College Park.