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Ilona Maher explains why she has her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit pic on the back of her phone
Maher appeared on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue in August 2024.
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Silver Spring Thanksgiving parade will honor local Olympians
Thea LaFond and Aaron Ghebre Owusu both call Maryland home, but each represented their respective home countries at the 2024 Paris Olympics. News4’s Molette Green reports.
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Bev Priestman fired as Canada women's soccer coach after review of Olympic drone scandal
Canada women’s soccer coach Bev Priestman has been fired after an independent review of a drone surveillance scandal at the Paris Olympics.
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Jordan Chiles reveals she still has bronze medal in emotional interview
Jordan Chiles is opening up about her Olympic medal controversy in her first television interview since she was stripped of her bronze win.
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Jordan Chiles opens up in emotional 1st live interview after losing bronze: ‘I know that we were right'
Jordan Chiles is opening up about how it’s been a “very difficult” time for her since being stripped of her Olympic bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Games.
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Raygun quits competitive breakdancing after Paris Olympics backlash
Australian breaker Rachael “Raygun” Gunn announced she will no longer competitively breakdance after the negative response from the Paris Games.
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Katie Ledecky shares swimming journey with alma mater, talks life after Olympics
From winning awards to sharing her swimming journey with kids who look up to her, Olympian Katie Ledecky has been on the go after the Paris Olympics. News4’s Jummy Olabanji sat down with Ledecky to talk about how the busy swimmer’s life has been after the Olympics.
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Katie Ledecky Day honors most-decorated woman Olympian; street named after hero
Montgomery County honored the most decorated woman Olympian in history, designating Thursday Katie Ledecky Day and naming a street after her near her alma mater, Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda.
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Katie Ledecky celebrated at her alma mater
Katie Ledecky’s high school celebrated the nine-time Olympic gold medalist Thursday, and a street was even named after her. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.
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Olympic gymnast Suni Lee calls out MyKayla Skinner's ‘put down'
Olympic champion Suni Lee shared that the MyKayla Skinner criticism ahead of the 2024 Paris Games was “frustrating,” especially considering “all the things that I’ve been through.”
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Biden welcomes 2024 Olympians and Paralympians to White House
President Joe Biden welcomed 400 members of Team USA’s Olympics and Paralympics teams to the White House on Monday. “Your legacy is one of discipline, success, joy and loyalty to one another,” Biden said. “And that legacy is part of something bigger than yourselves – it’s about your country, the greatest sports nation in the history of the world.”
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Joe Biden welcomes US Olympians and Paralympians at White House following Paris success
Declaring the U.S. the “greatest sports nation in the history of the world,” President Joe Biden welcomed U.S. Olympians and Paralympians at the White House on Monday.
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St. Lucia's first Olympic medalist returns home to cheers and calypso
As the first St. Lucian to win an Olympic medal, sprinter Julien Alfred already has poems, paintings and even a calypso song dedicated to her.
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Gold medalist Noah Lyles visits Children's National Hospital in DC
The world’s fastest man made a memorable stop. Monday olympic gold medalist Noah Lyles swung by Children’s National Hospital in D.C. for a very special visit. Weeks after taking home gold and bronze in paris, the sprinting champ slowing down to take questions from patients turned DJs for a radio show broadcast to every room in the hospital. “I...
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Gold medalist Noah Lyles visits Children's National Hospital in DC
Olympic gold medalist visited patients and Children’s National Hospital in D.C. News4’s Walter Morris reports.
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‘The streak starts now': Maryland Olympian Masai Russell dishes on winning gold
The DMV is home to one of the best hurdlers in the world. Masai Russell, a Bullis School alum, tells News4’s Molette Green about winning a gold medal and her plans for future Olympics.
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Ugandan athlete who died after her partner set her on fire gets a military funeral
Thousands of mourners in Uganda paid respects to Rebecca Cheptegei, the Olympic athlete who died last week in Kenya after her partner set her on fire.
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French officials investigating disappearance of 2 Paralympic athletes from Congo
French judicial authorities are investigating the disappearance of two Paralympic athletes from Congo.
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Jordan Chiles says her ‘heart was broken' after her Olympic medal was stripped
Gymnast Jordan Chiles spoke candidly in her first interview since her 2024 Paris Olympic bronze medal was stripped, saying she was heartbroken and lost her love of the sport.
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Paris' Olympics summer ends with a feud over keeping the rings on the Eiffel Tower
“The rings were never part of its original design,” Gustave Eiffel’s great-great granddaughter told NBC News, as the family clashed with the mayor of the French capital.