Olympics

The Bel Air native and Fallston High School graduate was the first American to simultaneously hold world, Four Continents and U.S. championships. Still, she had her doubts about her impact on the sport.

By Edward Lee

Jan 24, 2020

Under Armour unveils a new marketing message during a global summit of athletes, trainers, influences and others descending on the Port Covington offices for a week of workout sessions, product reveals and meet-and-greets with star athletes.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jan 14, 2020

Olympic gold medalist Helen Maroulis, a Rockville native, is planning to return to wrestling in March.

Thomas Hong and Maame Biney, a pair of short-track speed skaters with Maryland ties, each won a pair of titles this weekend at the national championships in Utah.

Meissner, who grew up in Bel Air in Harford County, won the world championship in 2006, when she finished sixth at the Turin Olympics at the age of 16.

Ibrahim, Muhammad, Musa and Yusuf Robinson are coached and managed by their father Shawn, who has turned a storage room in the basement of the family’s home into a gym.

By Edward Lee

Dec 4, 2019

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.

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.

Katie Ledecky has withdrawn from the 200-meter freestyle at the world swimming championships because of medical reasons.

Ariarne Titmus rallied to stun Katie Ledecky in the 400 freestyle at the world championships Sunday night.

After a standout marathon season, NBC Sports analyst Josh Cox called Romanchuk “the greatest push-rim wheelchair athlete I’ve ever seen in my life.”

By Edward Lee

Jul 12, 2019

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