Adam Kilgore The Washington Post

Having faced increased scrutiny regarding its treatment of pregnant athletes, Nike is changing its policy to guarantee a pregnant athlete's pay and bonuses cannot be cut over the 18-month period covering eight months before an athlete's due date through 10 months after.

Casey Andriga finished third of 20 skiers in the final qualification round, which he had to ski because he failed to qualify Saturday.

Paul Chelimo will sleep well Sunday night, comforted by a silver medal in the men's 5,000 meters and a stunning leap in his personal best time. For about 20 minutes Saturday evening, he did not know if he would ever be able to sleep again. For those 20 minutes, he believed he had lost his medal and his time, after his heart broke on national televi...

Mario Andrada is the communications director for Rio 2016, tasked with answering for the mistakes and calamities of the Olympics in front of the world's media corps. When a bullet landed in the equestrian media center, Andrada rushed to Deodoro and held a news conference. This month, Andrada might have the hardest job on the planet

They have flocked here by the hundreds, on a pilgrimage, drawn by the past and the spirits whistling through the maples and beeches. The sign on one side of Sculps Hill Road reads "Welcome To Muhammad Ali Training Camp." On the other side are two boulders, painted with the names of Sonny Liston and Jack Dempsey.

Before the women's 800 meters final at the 2012 London Olympics, Alysia Montano crafted a plan based upon the bleak reality of her sport. Her coach, she recalls, told her, "You're going to have a couple girls who aren't clean in your race." On track and field's largest stage, Montano knew she required a strategy to beat pharmacology as much as athl...

Having faced increased scrutiny regarding its treatment of pregnant athletes, Nike is changing its policy to guarantee a pregnant athlete's pay and bonuses cannot be cut over the 18-month period covering eight months before an athlete's due date through 10 months after.

Casey Andriga finished third of 20 skiers in the final qualification round, which he had to ski because he failed to qualify Saturday.

Paul Chelimo will sleep well Sunday night, comforted by a silver medal in the men's 5,000 meters and a stunning leap in his personal best time. For about 20 minutes Saturday evening, he did not know if he would ever be able to sleep again. For those 20 minutes, he believed he had lost his medal and his time, after his heart broke on national televi...

Mario Andrada is the communications director for Rio 2016, tasked with answering for the mistakes and calamities of the Olympics in front of the world's media corps. When a bullet landed in the equestrian media center, Andrada rushed to Deodoro and held a news conference. This month, Andrada might have the hardest job on the planet

They have flocked here by the hundreds, on a pilgrimage, drawn by the past and the spirits whistling through the maples and beeches. The sign on one side of Sculps Hill Road reads "Welcome To Muhammad Ali Training Camp." On the other side are two boulders, painted with the names of Sonny Liston and Jack Dempsey.

Before the women's 800 meters final at the 2012 London Olympics, Alysia Montano crafted a plan based upon the bleak reality of her sport. Her coach, she recalls, told her, "You're going to have a couple girls who aren't clean in your race." On track and field's largest stage, Montano knew she required a strategy to beat pharmacology as much as athl...