Can a Mantra Make You Run Faster? This Olympic Medalist Has No Doubt.

“I love these words and phrases because usually they start in practice or in conversation,” Courtney Frerichs said. Those words and phrases helped her win a silver medal.

Can a Mantra Make You Run Faster? This Olympic Medalist Has No Doubt.

“I love these words and phrases because usually they start in practice or in conversation,” Courtney Frerichs said. Those words and phrases helped her win a silver medal.

Tom Daley Is All-Around Gold

The Olympic diver made waves in Tokyo this summer, both during rounds and while knitting on the sidelines. He’s been keeping busy ever since.

The Moving Moments as the Paralympics Ended

Sights from Tokyo as the Games wrapped up.

Dispatch From the Paralympics

What happened in competition during the first week of competition in Tokyo.

Goalball Teammates Set Paralympic Record for Longevity

Asya Miller and Lisa Czechowski, who have won three Paralympic medals as teammates, first competed together at the Sydney Games in 2000.

How a Runner Turned a Nightmare Into a Great Olympic Moment

Falling on the Olympic stage is an unthinkable scenario for any athlete. Isaiah Jewett turned it into something else entirely.

Can Novak Djokovic Be Invincible Again?

For months, the Serbian champion was unbeatable at the sport’s biggest tournaments. Then came the Olympics.

Buckie Leach, Coach of U.S. Gold Medal Fencer in Tokyo, Dies at 62

Under his tutelage, Lee Kiefer became a first for the United States. Leach led the women’s national foil team in five Summer Olympics. He died in a motorcycle accident.

Paralympics to Open With Empty Stands but a Bigger Stage

Television exposure and new interest from sponsors are raising hopes that the Games can build on their momentum.

Sha’Carri Richardson Finishes Last in Return to Track

Racing for the first time since a drug test kept her out of the Tokyo Olympics, Richardson and the rest of the field were no match for Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica.

Afghan Paralympic Athlete Pleads for Help to Leave the Country

“My intention is to participate in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Please hold my hand and help me,” Zakia Khudadadi, a taekwondo athlete pleaded in a video from Kabul.

Breanna Stewart’s Golden Journey to Motherhood

“I went from one emotion to the next,” the W.N.B.A. star said. “From winning a gold medal to realizing, OK, I’m going home, and my daughter is going to be born in less than 24 hours.”

Allyson Felix Has Joy, and a 10th Olympic Medal

She has matched Carl Lewis as the most decorated American athlete in track and field.

Opinion | The Acrobatics Aren’t Confined to the Olympics

Tokyo and Washington confound expectations. 

Seven Olympic Moments Worth Revisiting

A spicy rhythmic gymnastics finale. A 62-year-old medalist. A former prodigy with a gold. The Olympic magic was spread across sports.

Opinion | The Olympic Moments When ‘All Things Seemed Possible for Humanity’

New York Times readers recall the events that moved them.

As Biles Rests After Tokyo, Gymnastics Glimpses What Could Be

It isn’t clear whether Biles will compete seriously again. At the Tokyo Games, the sport got an idea of what things might be like without her.

Can the Olympics Take the Heat?

Plus: squirrel acrobats, gecko navigators, hair thieves and other natural overachievers in the Friday edition of the Science Times newsletter.

It’s Not Just the Medal. It’s the Payout.

Bonuses for winning Olympic medals can be as high as $740,000 for some athletes. Others have to be satisfied with a nice letter from the king.