As more than 4,400 athletes gather in Paris for the 2024 Paralympic Games, the first medals are starting to be awarded. The Games kicked off on Aug. 28, and will run through Sept. 8. The first ...

The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest medal for valor in combat that can be awarded to members of the armed forces. The medal was first authorized in 1861 for Sailors and Marines, and the ...

The hidden figures of the space race were recognized with Congress’ highest honor at a medal ceremony on Wednesday. The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the families of Katherine ...

Entering the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, 71 current National Olympic Committees had never won an Olympic medal; 109 had never won Olympic gold. After this year's Games, that number has shrunk. 88 ...

Team GB got off the mark at the Paris Olympics earlier than they have in the last two decades of Olympic competition, winning ...

The need to create trophies and medals for Para athletes arose at the Stoke Mandeville Games – the predecessor of the Paralympic Games and Paralympic Winter Games – which began in 1948. While today, ...

An Irish athlete said he had to return his Olympic bronze medal for research after the award began deteriorating. Daire Lynch, an Irish rower who placed third in the Double Sculls competition ...

And there’s none more vacant than the Olympic medal count. It was ubiquitous during the Paris Games, as it always is: on NBC during breaks in competition, even on the nighttime local news.

The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are into their second week, with medals being awarded in a wide range of sports Saturday as ...

During the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Jessica Long took home two more gold medals to tie for the third most decorated Paralympic athlete of all time. Here's a look at the winningest Paralympians of ...

And when it is extinguished, the United States is expected to stand tall above the rest of the world, according to the medal projections from Nielson's Gracenote. The USA is projected to win 123 total ...

On Aug. 5, Jordan Chiles received the bronze medal in Paris after her coach successfully appealed her score. Upon review, the judges increased Chiles’s mark by one-tenth, which moved her ahead ...