SUMMER OLYMPICS NEWS

Ryan Crouser goes big, breaks 31-year-old shot put record

Ryan Crouser broke a 31-year-old world record in the shot put at U.S. Olympic trials with a heave of 76 feet, 8 1/4 inches (23.37 meters) that also qualified him for the Tokyo Game...

JUNE 19, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ryan Crouser shatters world record in shot put at Olympic Trials Oregonian becomes first man over 76 feet in winning Olympic Trials

JUNE 19, 2021 • DAILYNEWS.COM

U.S. Olympic Trials: Ryan Lochte, 36, fails to qualify in 200-meter IM Lochte, who holds the world record in the event, won silver at the 2012 Olympics, bronze in 2008 and silver in 2004.

JUNE 19, 2021 • THEATHLETIC.COM

Ryan Lochte falls short in making Olympic team for Tokyo, finishes seventh in 200 IM Lochte's swim in the men's 200 IM final signified an end to his long-shot bid to compete in Tokyo next month.

JUNE 19, 2021 • USATODAY.COM

Lochte flops: Olympic career likely over after 7th in 200 IM

Ryan Lochte’s Olympic career is surely over

JUNE 19, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Denied by Swiss court, Houlihan not in lineup at trials

Shelby Houlihan’s quest to overturn her doping suspension in time to run at this year’s Olympic trials is over

JUNE 19, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Olympian Evan Dunfee talks the talk as well as he walks the walk “My athlete hat becomes tighter and tighter the closer we get. As an athlete, you want that chance to compare yourself to the best in the wo...

JUNE 19, 2021 • THEPROVINCE.COM

Will Ryan Lochte make the U.S. Olympic team? Time, TV & more as swimmer competes for spot on 2021 team The American will swim for a fourth trip to the Summer Games.

JUNE 18, 2021 • SPORTINGNEWS.COM

Nike’s Shifts in Track and Field Are Top of Mind as Trials Begin A series of contract changes, executive shuffling and internal responses to scandals have athletes and others wondering where the sport stan...

JUNE 18, 2021 • NYTIMES.COM

Better drug tests can stop cheaters. They also might punish innocent athletes. Advances in anti-doping measures yield results that call for human judgment, and that's where it gets complicated.

JUNE 18, 2021 • WASHINGTONPOST.COM

Former Georgia Bulldog Nic Fink qualifies for Olympics Former Georgia Bulldog great Nic Fink has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics. Fink, who will swim in the men’s 200 breaststroke, will be a fir...

JUNE 18, 2021 • USATODAY.COM

Franklin’s Kristi Kirshe named to US women’s rugby Olympic roster - The Boston Globe Kirshe, 26, a Williams College graduate, was among 15 players to make the squad for next month's Summer Games.

JUNE 18, 2021 • BOSTONGLOBE.COM

The Latest: Track and field trials start with shot put, 10K EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The latest on U.S. Track and Field Olympic trials:

JUNE 18, 2021 • OLEANTIMESHERALD.COM

The Latest: Kincaid wins 10,000 at U.S. Olympic trials

Woody Kincaid sprinted the final stretch to hold off Grant Fisher and win the 10,000 meters at U.S. Olympic trials to earn a spot at the the Tokyo Games

JUNE 18, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

‘She’s good enough to win a medal.’ New Balance Boston runner Elle Purrier St. Pierre is ready for her Olympic moment - The Boston Globe The Vermont native heads into the US Olympic track trials having run the fastest 1500 meters in the United States this year.

JUNE 18, 2021 • BOSTONGLOBE.COM

Ski mountaineering set to join Olympics at 2026 Winter Games

A new sport is set to be given an Olympic debut at the 2026 Winter Games

JUNE 18, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

EXPLAINER: What is overtraining syndrome in sports?

Olympic champion Simone Manuel stunningly failed to advance out of the semifinals in the 100-meter freestyle at the U.S. swimming trials

JUNE 18, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Analysis: US women look to add depth on Olympic hoops roster

The U.S. women’s basketball team has a few questions surrounding its roster as the Americans to make a  run at a seventh consecutive gold medal in the Olympics

JUNE 18, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Here to Tokyo? 17 Minnesotans to watch in the Olympic track and field trials Over the next two weekends in Eugene, Ore., The top three finishers in each event will make the U.S. team for next month's Tokyo Olympics

JUNE 18, 2021 • STARTRIBUNE.COM

Top medical adviser says ‘no fans’ safest for Tokyo Olympics - The Boston Globe The safest way to hold the Tokyo Olympics is without any fans, the top medical adviser to the Japanese government said in a report on Friday...

JUNE 18, 2021 • BOSTONGLOBE.COM

Katie Ledecky: The Olympic swimmer's record-breaking career in pictures Ledecky, who will compete with Team USA in Tokyo, has won 5 Olympic gold medals and 15 world championship medals.

JUNE 18, 2021 • USATODAY.COM

Shelby Houlihan barred from Olympic trials after reversal, dealing huge blow to Tokyo prospects

Shelby Houlihan will not be running at US Olympic trials after all and will likely miss the 2021 Games altogether.

JUNE 18, 2021 • FOXNEWS.COM

Stock up, stock down: Whose chances at making Team Canada's 2022 Olympic roster have risen, or fallen, this postseason? Pierre LeBrun projects which Team Canada hopefuls have increased, or decreased, their chances at making the 2022 Olympics team in Beijing.

JUNE 18, 2021 • THEATHLETIC.COM

Confusion Reigns at Trials Over Runner Who Blamed Drug Test on Burrito Shelby Houlihan was poised to compete for a spot at the Games despite a doping ban that she blamed on burrito meat. Athletes complained, and...

JUNE 18, 2021 • NYTIMES.COM

U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials Preview: Distance Events Previewing the top storylines and athletes to watch in the distance events at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon this w...

JUNE 18, 2021 • SI.COM