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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! French cyclist Charles Coste, the oldest living Olympian and a 1948 gold medalist, has died, the International Olympic Committee confirmed Monday. He was 101. “We have to say goodbye to an Olympic champion in cycling from London 1948 and the penultimate torchbearer at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Charles Coste,” IOC President …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Alysa Liu was just 16 years old when she met with an FBI agent at a Japanese restaurant to find out she and her family were being spied on by the Chinese government. It was early 2022, Liu was just about to compete in figure skating at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. Olympic gold medalist alpine skier Lindsey Vonn said in a 2017 interview that if she were invited to President Donald Trump’s White House, she would decline the invitation. But in 2025, she wasn’t as quick to declare her refusal.  Fox News Digital asked Vonn if she would accept a White House …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. women’s gymnastics team won just two medals at the World Championships in Jakarta this past week. It was the country’s lowest medal total in the international competition since 2001.  The U.S.’s only two medalists were Leanne Wong, who won an all-around silver, and Joscelyn Roberson, who won bronze on vault.  …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A transgender swimmer who was at the center of a national controversy earlier this year has been banned from World Aquatics until 2030 and stripped of all competitive results from June 2022 to October 2024 after refusing to take a sex verification test.  Ana Caldas was listed on the Aquatics Integrity Unit’s …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: MyKayla Skinner helped Team USA win a women’s gymnastics silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics after Simone Biles had to pull out with a case of the twisties. But by the Paris Games last summer, she had become an easy target for USA Gymnastics fans.  On July 3 of last year, …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Controversy grew over the Indonesian government’s denial of visas to the Israeli national gymnastics team Saturday, when the president of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) spoke out about it.  FIG President Morinari Watanabe addressed the situation at a press conference early Saturday morning, saying he agrees with recent concern over the situation …

< div class=”featured featured-video video-ct” data-v-324c3b57> < div class=”contain” data-v-324c3b57> <!–> Israel-Hamas ceasefire continues to hold amid fragility Former Navy Seal Jared Hudson and GOP Senate candidate Jared Hudson say President Donald Trump’s Middle East policy is a fresh change of pace from past ‘neocon’ administrations that perpetuated forever wars on ‘The Story with Martha MacCallum.’  NEWYou can now listen …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Canadian Olympic pole vaulter Alysha Newman turned heads at last summer’s Paris Games, going viral for a celebratory dance after winning the bronze medal. Newman cleared 4.85 meters to earn the first Olympic medal of her career. The athlete-turned-model and influencer is now offering advice to those who aspire to follow in …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In February, Super Bowl winner and speedy wide receiver Tyreek Hill and the “world’s fastest man,” Noah Lyles, appeared to reach an agreement.  While the two sports stars agreed to square off in a race to determine who really is the fastest, the highly anticipated event won’t actually happen, according to Lyles.  …