A volleyball match begins when the ball is served into play. A team may touch the ball three times – not counting blocks – on its side of the net. The usual pattern is as follows: a dig (underarm pass ...

A 100m race (down and back) is two laps. Long course: A term used to describe a pool in which one length measures 50 meters. The Olympic Games are conducted at long-course venues. Negative split: A ...

The standard Olympic pool is 50 meters long, or approximately 164 feet - around the same width as a football field. It should be said that there is some leeway given for touch pads at the starting ...

Although much has changed since the first modern-day Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, one thing that has remained constant is an athlete’s pursuit for the medals table in the name of ...

From the Australian b-girl with the meme-worthy “kangaroo” dance move to the silver-medal winning Lithuanian in a durag, breaking’s Olympic debut had a few moments that raised questions from viewers ...

How Deep Is the Olympic Diving Pool? At the Olympics, you'll see divers compete in either springboard or platform diving. You ...

Since making her professional debut in 2006, Ross has earned three Olympic medals to her name, including her 2012 silver medal win with Jennifer Kessy, her bronze medal from the 2016 Rio Olympics ...

Oct 15 (Reuters) - Russia's Olympic chief Stanislav Pozdnyakov said on Tuesday he was stepping down to make way for the election of a replacement, citing "geopolitical challenges" facing Russian ...

French diver Alexis Jandard slipped during the inauguration of an Olympic aquatics centre north of Paris, his awkward moment on the board caught on camera. Laughing off the incident later on ...

President Joe Biden welcomed the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams at the White House at an event on Monday. Watch in the player above. Paris ended its feel-good summer with a grand parade of ...

Chiles, USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee didn't learn of Romania's appeal until Aug. 9, less than 24 hours before the CAS hearing. CAS was asked to postpone the hearing ...

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has not been banned from boxing nor stripped of her Olympic gold medal, according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the World Boxing Organisation (WBO), and ...