NBC has an age-old formula for its Olympics broadcasts: Crank up the tension, hype the world’s best athletes until they either win or crumble under pressure, and, in between, run dozens of tear-jerky ...
The 2024 Summer Olympics could include a unique sight: surfers wearing helmets. Griffin Colapinto, a member of the U.S. Olympic team, said he wore one last week. His concern is the risk of head ...
Paris claims world-class status for its cuisine, its architecture, its art and museums. Paris does not, however, offer world-class surfing. So when the Olympics returned to Paris, organizers had to ...
An estimated 10,500 athletes from across the world descended upon Paris this past week as the city prepared to host the 2024 Olympics, but 48 athletes aren’t there. Instead, they’re on island time.
The surf at the Tokyo Olympics was unremarkable at best, with conditions that could be described as unpredictable slosh. It was nearly impossible for competitors to show the kind of awe-inspiring ...
Olympic organizers made a big bet in holding the 2024 Paris Olympics surfing competition at an ominous location in French Polynesia nearly 10,000 miles from Paris, with pretty much no space for ...
To capture images of surfers taking on the dangerous swells in Teahupo’o, Ben Thouard must suit up himself. By John Otis Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes ...
The 2024 Olympic venue for surfing is Teahupoʻo, the infamous break off the coast of Tahiti, which is 9,000-plus miles away from Paris Ed Sloane/Getty Images The 2024 Summer Olympic surfers are not ...