2024 Summer Olympics

Chiles was awarded the bronze medal at the Paris floor exercise final. But her medal was revoked by an arbitration court, which ruled an inquiry that had improved her score was filed seconds too late.

Arshad Nadeem hurled his javelin over 300 feet — an Olympic record that earned him Pakistan's first individual gold medal. His rewards include cash, a car — and a buffalo. Therein lies a story.

Not many early-round exits at the Olympics trigger conspiracy theories, fact-checkers, a week’s worth of memes and an online petition.

If American women were their own country, they would rank third in the 2024 Olympic medal count. Women brought home 67 of Team USA’s 126 medals, though one remains in contention.

A team of NPR journalists spent more than two weeks covering the Paris Summer Olympics. Here are some of our highlight moments from seeing the Games up close.

The Games in Paris wrapped up with the closing ceremony. We take a look at the lavish celebration.

The fight for national bragging rights over gold medals — considered by many countries to be the most coveted prize — came down to the wire and, in the end, China and the U.S. tied with 40 apiece.

The ceremony capped over two weeks of competition and saw Paris hand over the Olympic flag to Los Angeles, the 2028 host city.

The United States struggled most of the game against a tenacious French team that was powered by a boisterous home crowd. The U.S. women's basketball team has not lost at the Olympics since 1992.

With a hard, late kick, Sifan Hassan won the women’s marathon in Olympic record time. The gold-medal performance caps a stunning Olympics for her. She also bronze in the 5,000 and 10,000 meter races.

Chiles' bronze was awarded after a last-minute inquiry boosted her score. An arbitrator ruled the inquiry came seconds too late, but U.S. officials dispute that and say video evidence backs them up.

Thomas Bach's tenure as Olympics leader has been controversial as took the IOC through doping scandals, controversy involving Chinese and Russian influence, and two Games held during Covid pandemic.