DENVER -- The U.S. Center for SafeSport parted ways with CEO Ju'Riese Colón on Tuesday. Colón's departure is the latest and most visceral sign of a crisis that began after revelations the center had hired an investigator who would later be charged with rape. The center announced Colon's departure in an email sent to The Associated Press. It brought an abrupt end to a tenure that began in 2019, when she was hired to help the then-2-year-old center, which was established to combat sex abuse in Olympic sports, bring its...

Simone Biles shared a surprising detail about the toll her body took during the Paris Olympics . In an interview with French newspaper published on April 21, Biles revealed that she fell ill after the Paris Olympics due to the demand on her body. "2028 seems so far away, and my body ages," said Biles when discussing her plans for the Los Angeles Games. Biles said she "felt it" last summer in Paris. "At the end of the competition, I went back to the village, I took the elevator and...

Paul Juda is celebrating more than one win from this past weekend! The Olympic medalist, 23, proposed to his girlfriend, Reyna Guggino , shortly after helping secure the men’s gymnastics national championship for the Michigan Wolverines on Saturday, April 19. After clinching the victory alongside his teammates, Juda got down on one knee at the school's Crisler Center in Ann Arbor and asked Guggino — a fellow gymnast — to marry him. He shared a look at the moment on social media, in a video captioned, "Me thinking winning an...

The torchlight to illuminate the opening of the 2026 Milan/Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics and Paralympics, which will be held in February next year, has been unveiled. The Winter Olympics torch, which was unveiled at the Italian Pavilion at the Osaka Expo in Japan on the 14th, was designed by Professor Carlo Ratti of MIT, a world-renowned architect and urban planner from Italy. The torch stick, which weighs 1,060 grams and is named "Essential," is made of teal colors for the Olympics and bronze colors for the Paralympics. I paid particular...

Ilia Malinin, the self-proclaimed "Quad God," lived up to his nickname by landing six quadruple jumps on his way to winning his second consecutive World Figure Skating Championship title. The 20-year-old skater, who was born in Fairfax, Va., landed a quadruple Axel and five other quadruple jumps to claim the men's title by a commanding margin. His score of 318.56 points was 31.09 points ahead of silver medalist Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan. Yuma Kagiyama from Japan struggled in the free skate but hung onto the bronze. "I was just really...

Winning Olympic gold is special — but there's something unique about winning it in the United States. Dominique Moceanu and Shannon Miller , who competed together in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , joined forces once again to talk about their medal-winning ways on Saturday, March 29, at 90s Con. On the red carpet, Moceanu, now 43, told PEOPLE exclusively during the 90s Con red carpet that during her Olympic run, she got to meet some major American celebs. "I met Andre Agassi, so that was really cool," she...

Missy Franklin is a mom again! The retired Olympic swimmer, 29, welcomed her second baby girl with husband Hayes Johnson on Wednesday, March 19, sharing the exciting news with a joint post on Instagram . In the photo, Franklin can be seen lying in her hospital bed, cradling her baby girl as Johnson places a hand on her head. "Chase Campbell Johnson," Franklin wrote in her caption. "March 19th, 2025 at 4:54 am. Welcome to the world baby girl." Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date...

The time has come for arguably the sporting world’s most famous mafia organisation to select its new chief. The various turf-conscious representatives of the International Olympic Committee will be busy with the task of finding a replacement for Thomas Bach when ballots are cast at Costa Navarino, Greece on March 20. Seven candidates have made the list. They show little risk of cleaning the body’s spotty image. Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr.’s candidacy is a lovely reminder of his father, who was himself made IOC president in 1980. That Samaranch was...

Olympic track and field star Carl Lewis opens up about the “wear and tear” his career had on his psyche and on his personal life in a new documentary. The 10-time Olympic medal winner, 63, reveals in I’m Carl Lewis that he’s never been in a long-term relationship because he feared it would affect his professional aspirations. The documentary, premiering at SXSW and screening at the festival March 7, 9 and 12, was directed by Julie Anderson and Chris Hay. “I’ve never had really a private adult life, and I...

Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan James Wedding is shown in this undated FBI handout photo. He has been placed on the FBI’s 10 most-wanted fugitives list. Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan James Wedding is shown in this undated FBI handout photo. He has been placed on the FBI’s 10 most-wanted fugitives list. FBI handout photo Along with cocaine trafficking conspiracy and “leading a continuing criminal enterprise” charges, he is facing charges related to several murders and attempted murders in Ontario over the past few years. “Wedding went from shredding powder...