Feed: NYT > Juliet Macur - AggScore: 85.9

The world champion Kim Yu-na of South Korea won Skate America for the second year in a row despite losing the free skate to Rachael Flatt of the United States.

At this point in the lead-up to the Winter Games, the United States team has usually identified its figure-skating sweetheart.

Evan Lysacek, the reigning men’s world champion, won the long program and the title at Skate America on Saturday.

Evan Lysacek, the reigning world champion, is a star this week at Skate America, but he has plenty of competition for the gold in Vancouver in February.

Emily Hughes, a fill-in for Michelle Kwan at the 2006 Turin Olympics, will replace the injured Sasha Cohen at this week’s Skate America.

Sasha Cohen, the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, said she was “very disappointed” about the latest setback to her 2010 Olympic hopes.

Family, friends and colleagues have found new purpose after the sudden death of a young marathoner and academic star during the 2009 Baltimore Marathon.

As marathon fields continue to grow, so has the intensity of the debate over how quickly a runner should finish the once-elite event that is now an activity for the masses.

Tens of thousands of people celebrated in Rio de Janeiro after the Brazilian city beat Madrid, Tokyo and Chicago in the International Olympic Committee’s vote.

After years of work and days of frantic, last-minute lobbying, the four cities hoping to host the 2016 Olympics are nearing the finish line.

The first lady arrived Wednesday and met with voting members of the I.O.C. before Friday’s vote on the host for the 2016 Games.

WASHINGTON -- President Obama has changed his mind. After weeks of saying he would not make the trip, he will go to Copenhagen to lobby the International Olympic Committee on behalf of Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Games. Mr. Obama will leave Washington on Thursday night, and his plane will touch down in the Danish capital Friday morning. He will make it just in time to take part in Chicago's final presentation to the I.O.C. before the committee votes on a host city that afternoon. Mr. Obama w...

Less than a week before the International Olympic Committee chooses a host city for 2016, Chicago bid officials are holding out hope for the presence of the president.

The International Cycling Union voted for an eventual ban on in-race communications despite likely opposition from teams who consider it a safety issue.