Olympics and Paralympics

Meet 13 Minnesota athletes competing at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris
Athletes with Minnesota ties will compete in the Paris Paralympic games Aug. 28 through Sept. 8, matching up with the best in the world in sports like sitting volleyball, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair basketball, para swimming, para track and field and more.
The Paralympic Games are starting. Here’s what to expect as 4,400 athletes compete in Paris
The Paralympic Games are set to open Wednesday as some 4,400 athletes with disabilities, permanent injuries or impairments prepare to compete for 549 medals across 22 sports over 11 days. Paris just hosted the Olympics and it again provides the backdrop for what promises to be a spectacle.
With the Paralympics one week away, bronze-winning Minnesotan prepares to swim, bike and run in France
Veteran and Eden Prairie native Melissa Stockwell is competing in the triathlon in Paris next week. It will be her fourth Paralympic Summer Games.
Lynx pride in Paris: Coach Reeve reflects on Olympic basketball win as WNBA season resumes
“Not everything went perfectly, I can tell you that, but we have great players that have been in difficult moments, and they came through in the end,” Team USA and Minnesota Lynx Head Coach Cheryl Reeve said.
Breaking community defends b-girl Raygun and is hopeful for return to Olympic program
In a show of support on Sunday, the head judge of the breaking competition said 36-year-old university professor Rachael Gunn was just trying to be original. And the breaking federation says it has offered mental health support in the wake of online criticism.
Here’s how you can keep finding new sports to love between now and the next Olympics
One of the joys of watching the Olympics is getting sucked into sports you’ve barely heard of. If you still need that feeling in your life, these sports are out beyond the Olympic fringe.
Final Olympic medal tally puts U.S. on top in Paris
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 forty apiece.