NFL owners unanimously approve player participation in Olympic flag football for 2028
Flag football, governed by Indianapolis-based USA Football, will make its Olympic debut in the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games.
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Indianapolis selected to host 2028 US Olympic Swim Trials, sources say
Lucas Oil Stadium hosted the 2024 Swim Trials in last June, drawing record crowds to the nine-day event and becoming the first professional football stadium to host a swim meet.
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Brownsburg native Chloe Dygert wins Olympic gold as part of women’s pursuit team
The U.S. women’s pursuit team of road race Olympic champion Kristen Faulkner, Chloe Dygert, Jennifer Valente and Lilly Williams held on through a ragged finish to beat New Zealand in the race for gold at the Paris Games.
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Howl & Hide fills special order for U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team
Indianapolis-based leather goods manufacturer Howl & Hide Supply Co. made personalized passport wallets for A’Ja Wilson and her Olympics teammates.
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Alex Shackell of Carmel grabs Olympic spot; Lilly King has engaging night
It was a big night for several swimmers with Indiana ties Thursday at the USA Swimming Olympic Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
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Jordan Chiles, backed by USA Gymnastics, appeals in Swiss court to reclaim Olympic medal
Chiles, the American gymnast whose bronze medal at last month’s Olympics was stripped away over a technicality, filed an appeal in Switzerland’s Supreme Court on Monday in her ongoing effort to reclaim her third-place finish.
Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics still fighting for Jordan Chiles’s bronze medal
USA Gymnastics said it would “continue to pursue every possible avenue and appeal process” after the Court of Arbitration for Sport said it would not reconsider its ruling that led to the revocation of Chiles’s Olympic bronze medal.
Olympians turning to OnlyFans to fund dreams as they face ‘broken’ finance system
The Olympics, the world’s biggest sporting stage, bring in billions of dollars in TV rights, ticket sales and sponsorship, but most athletes must fend for themselves financially.
Mark Montieth: A quiet champ
Nix got his medal by running the first leg of the 4×400-meter relay in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Court hears arguments over whether USA Track & Field waiver is unfair to athletes
Olympian Taliyah Brooks suffered heat-related injuries while competing in heptathlon events in the U.S. Olympic Track and Field trials in 2021.
Indianapolis native Cole Hocker pulls Olympic shocker in men’s 1,500
Hocker won the race in an Olympic record 3 minutes, 27.65 seconds, moving from fifth to first over the final 300 meters.
Evansville’s Lilly King helps power American women to gold in swimming relay
Evansville swimmer Lilly King and the American women set a world record in the 4×100 medley relay on the final night of swimming at the Paris Olympics.
Carmel doubles player wins silver in Olympic tennis
Carmel’s Rajeev Ram came heartbreakingly close to becoming the oldest player to win an Olympics tennis gold since the sport returned to the Summer Games in 1988.
Drew Kibler becomes first swimmer from Carmel to win Olympic medal
Kibler, 24, swam the third leg for the U.S. 4×200-meter relay team that also included Luke Hobson, Carson Foster and Kieran Smith.
75% of U.S. Olympians played in college. Future of Games hinges on fallout from NCAA athlete payouts.
According to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, 21 U.S. teams competing in Paris have at least 80% college participation on their rosters.
Carmel’s Aaron Shackell makes Olympic final but doesn’t medal
Shackell won the 400 freestyle at the Olympic Trials in June in Indianapolis. His sister, Alex Shackell, also qualified for the U.S. Olympic team and will be competing in the women’s 200 butterfly.
Sabotaged trains and forecast rain get Paris Olympics off to rough start
French officials are dealing with suspected acts of sabotage targeting France’s flagship high-speed rail network, plus cloudy skies with light drizzle ahead of its sprawling outdoor opening ceremony.
Survey: Viewers’ interest in Olympics is mostly down, with Simone Biles an exception
The Olympics will officially open in Paris on Friday night and continue through Sunday, Aug. 11.
WNBA heads to Olympic break with big All-Star weekend
The Olympic team’s matchup with Team WNBA on Saturday featuring Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese will be one of the toughest games the American squad will potentially play over the month.
Chinese swimmers will be under scrutiny at Paris Olympics after past positive doping tests revealed
Prominent figures such as Katie Ledecky, winner of more individual swimming medals than any other female, have gone public with their complaints about a system that seems to have dropped the ball on a very clear-cut case.
USA Basketball expects Haliburton to be ready for Olympic camp in Vegas next week
Tyrese Haliburton was hampered at the end of the Indiana Pacers’ playoff run by issues with his left hamstring.
‘No egos,’ increased transparency and golden retrievers. How USA Gymnastics came back from the brink
USA Gymnastics was a house afire five years ago, the massive fallout surrounding the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal rendering one of the U.S. Olympic movement’s marquee programs radioactive.
Olympic champion swimmers tell Congress U.S. athletes have lost faith in anti-doping regulator
The testimony by Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt followed revelations this spring that 23 Chinese swimmers had tested positive for a banned heart medication ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 but were allowed by WADA to compete.
Simone Manuel, Bobby Finke win final two events of swim trials in Indianapolis
The real race was for the final spot on the Olympic team between David Johnston and 18-year-old Luke Whitlock of Noblesville in the 1,500-meter freestyle.