The Games of the XXXI Olympiad are now over. The athletes have all gone home, and many are enjoying the transition period of their periodization

Well, even halfway through the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, there was plenty to catch up on. In my last entry on these pages, I

I am a sucker for the Winter Olympics. I am an avid snowboarder myself, and I love to watch the ski and snowboard events. So

If you weren’t impressed by speed skating at the Olympics this year, then you must not have been watching. I know I was impressed, and

Olympians are glorified and their success is celebrated worldwide. Their biggest dreams come true, but at what cost were they achieved and what do they

The Olympics Games are a bit silly. Every four years, we tune in to our television sets as if we’re somehow overnight fans of obscure

It’s the Winter Olympics, and that means we get to see athletes soar through the air, race along a track, and dance on skates (not

EDITOR’S NOTE: Welcome to the Athlete Journal of Olympic weightlifter Holley Mangold. Follow her journey here as she trains for the 2016 Olympics! Holley’s journal

One of the best things to have happened to enhance the popularity of the 2012 Paralympic Games was when Oscar Pistorius tried to separate himself

EDITOR’S NOTE: Welcome to the Athlete Journal of Olympic weightlifter Holley Mangold. Holley is part of Team USA headed to London this summer. Follow her