Tokyo Olympics preview: Your guide to the Games
Welcome to your guide to the Tokyo Olympics, the most unique Games in history.
The Los Angeles Times staff explains how and why Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky are exponentially better than anyone else and poised to dominate in Tokyo.
We also highlight how Southern California has heavily influenced the Games, including giving birth to new Olympic sports surfing and skateboarding, and producing 70 Olympians ready to step into the spotlight.
Find out how to watch the Games, learn about the new sport of speed climbing — which we think you will love — and more.
Katie Ledecky’s seemingly effortless excellence leaves some of the most experienced people in swimming grasping for the secret to her dominance
Gymnastics experts and those who have watched Simone Biles’ evolution explain how and why she became so much better than anyone else
L.A. ’28 is still seven years off, but the Olympic debut of surfing and skateboarding is turning the Tokyo Games into a SoCal showcase
The Tokyo Olympic Games will feature 613 American athletes vying for gold, with more than 80 hailing from cities and towns in Southern California
NBC Universal will feature more than 7,000 hours of Tokyo Olympics programming on its broadcast, cable and streaming platforms
The U.S. women’s soccer team’s No. 1 world ranking means anything less than gold in the Tokyo Olympics is failure for new coach Vlatko Andonovski
Laguna Beach’s Nyjah Huston brings a fierce commitment to training to a rebellious sport, making the skateboarder a star to watch in the Tokyo Olympics
Sam Mikulak, 28, hopes to contribute to a team medal for the U.S. men in Tokyo, but most of all he now realizes the Olympic journey is its own reward
That humans can scale a 50-foot wall, scurrying from one small climbing hold to the next, and tap the buzzer in about six seconds makes this new Olympic event startling
Nick Itkin, on a hot streak entering the Tokyo Olympics, inherited his love of fencing from his dad, who started the Los Angeles International Fencing Center.
Despite calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympics due to coronavirus cases, the city is opening its borders to tens of thousands of people because it’s too expensive to halt the Games
How exactly will surfing, skateboarding, karate and other newly added sports be scored during the Tokyo Olympics?
Olympic athletes have relied on unique workouts and sports psychologists to overcome the shutdown robbing them of a chance to hone their competitive edge
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