Author: Emily Adams, USA TODAY

New Zealand’s Laurel Hubbard was selected to the women’s Olympic weightlifting team, making history as Olympic history an openly transgender athlete.

Tom Stoltman won three events in the final round to become the first Scotsman to earn the title of World’s Strongest Man.

Allyson Felix is the most decorated female sprinter of all time, but the four-time Olympian is running for her 2-year-old this time around.

After WNBA broadcasters and announcers repeatedly mispronounced the names of Black players, Nneka Ogwumike expressed her frustration on social media.