Jason Gay is The Wall Street Journal’s sports columnist. In 2024, Jason's sports column was awarded first place by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. He was named Sports Columnist of the ...

He's written several books on the Olympics, including "Rio 2016: Olympic Myths, Hard Realities." "These days they require about 35 different athletic venues, they require an Olympic Village that ...

Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem said his years of hard paid off after winning the Olympic men's javelin title in Paris on Thursday, his country's first individual gold at a Summer Games. Nadeem threw an ...

Actor Jackie Chan was so excited to carry the Olympic torch atop the Great Wall that he woke up at 4 a.m. on Thursday morning and braved 12-degree weather. Chan was among the torchbearers who carried ...