Two years after her viral performance at the Paris Summer Olympics, Rachael Gunn aka "Raygun" says she finally found peace. Although she was the subject to worldwide backlash and online ridicule, she is owning her performance and moving forward, even starring in a new Netflix documentary.
President Trump will welcome more than 100 members of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams to the White House on Thursday. The U.S. won a total of 33 medals in the 2026 Winter Olympics held in northern Italy in February, including 12 golds, 12 silvers and 9 bronzes — breaking the previous record, 28, of medals won at the Winter Games outside of North America, according to its website. The team also finished second overall in the Paralympic Games, also held in Italy, with 24 medals — 13 golds, 5 silvers and 6 bronzes. The president also invited the U.S. Men's Olympic hockey team to his State of the Union address earlier this year after the team beat Canada for the first time in nearly 50 years.
The International Olympic Committee decision effectively overturns a decade-long ban on Russian athletes from international sport imposed due to a state-sponsored doping scandal and Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Among the recommendations expected to be discussed at the meeting is transferring some testing responsibilities to an independent agency and away from a host country's anti-doping agency, which would be the United States in the next Olympics.
Olympic gymnast Simone Biles posted a TikTok video where she was shocked she spent nearly $23 thousand on hair, makeup and styling for a red carpet event. But Batya Ungar-Sargon wonders if the “outrate” from Biles is out of touch, as the athlete is estimated to be worth $25 million.
Kirsty Coventry, the first woman to lead the International Olympic Committee, has frequently spoken about what she says is the need to protect women’s competitions at the Olympic Games.
A bunch of athletes reported their medals detaching from their ribbon, causing dents and in one case, breaking in half. In response, the Olympics organizing committee is re-checking all the medals.
