Olympics

Crystal Lake's Sara Golden will be at the Pan American games this fall and ranks 42nd globally for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Police officers and deputies helped raise money for Illinois Special Olympics in fundraisers held at Dunkin' locations in Rock Falls and Dixon.

Dixon police officers raised money at Dunkin' Donuts Friday, May 19, 2023 for Illinois Special Olympics.

The former gymnastics coach from Mexico faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 32 years and he is eligible for a maximum sentence of 120 years, according to Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow.

The FMC Natatorium in Westmont is hosting Tyr Pro Swim Series through March 5. Several Olympic swimmers including Katie Ledecky, Lilly King and Caeleb Dressel are competing.

It wasn’t the medal he was hoping for, but Ethan Cepuran is one of a select few Americans who can say they’ve ever stood on an Olympic podium. The 21-year-old speed skater from Glen Ellyn will leave the Beijing Olympics this weekend after earning bronze in Tuesday’s team pursuit.

Addison native Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier turned in a sixth place overall finish Saturday at Beijing’s Capital Indoor Stadium — the best result by an American pair in the Olympics since 2002.

Savannah Harmon and the U.S. women's hockey team settled for silver in Beijing after a 3-2 loss to rival Canada in the gold-medal game, but the Downers Grove native had plenty to smile about from her Olympic debut with two goals and five assists in seven games.

Campton Hills native and St. Charles North graduate Austin Kleba finished 27th in a stacked 500 meter speed skating field in Beijing, but he was all smiles after his Olympic debut.

Ethan Cepuran has dreamt of being an Olympian since his days cutting his teeth at the Glen Ellyn Speedskating Club. Now the 21-year-old Glen Ellyn native is a valuable piece of a long track speedskating unit that has a legitimate chance to medal in China.

After winning bronze at the 2018 Winter Games, Addison native Alexa Knierim earned her second Olympic medal on Monday, taking the silver medal as part of Team USA in the team figure skating competition in Beijing.

Norge's trio of ski jumpers were unable to crack the top 30 Sunday and didn't advance to the final round of competition in the normal-hill event at the 2022 at Winter Olympics.

Chinese President Xi Jinping declared the Games open Friday during an opening ceremony heavy on ice-blue tones and winter imagery that was held in the same lattice-encased National Stadium that hosted the inaugural event at the 2008 Olympics.

Team USA announced Thursday that Norge Ski Club's Casey Larson and Patrick Gasienica will join Kevin Bickner at the 2022 Winter Olympics to be held in Beijing

Downers Grove South graduate Tori Franklin failed to qualify for the triple jump final in Tokyo, but she still chalked up her Olympics debut as a win for other reasons while looking ahead to the 2024 Olympics in Paris.