USC Annenberg’s resident Olympics expert has a front-row seat at his 12th Games
Award-winning sportswriter and journalism professor Alan Abrahamson is considered one of the world’s foremost authorities on the Olympic movement.
Allyson Felix, a champion on the field and of women’s rights, named USC’s 2022 commencement speaker
COMMENCEMENT 2022: The Trojan Olympian — winner of seven Olympic gold medals and the most decorated U.S. track and field athlete in history — brings a message of empowerment and perseverance.
In memoriam: Richard Aldrich ‘Rink’ Babka, 85, Olympic discus medalist
Babka, one of the greatest discus throwers in USC history, co-captained the Trojans’ 1958 USC NCAA championship track and field team.
For USC Athletics, a year of championships, challenges and changes
Year in review: USC fans celebrated Olympic medals, three national championships and a couple of headline-grabbing hires that indicate a promising future.
Undergrad journeys from the island of Tonga to USC — with a stop at the Tokyo Olympics
Noelani Day, the first Tongan from the island to swim at the Games, grew up sharing the waters around her home with humpback whales and now plans to become a physiotherapist.
USC Paralympian heads to Tokyo in search of gold
Robert Tanaka, who fell in love with judo after the visual impairment caused by his albinism made other sports impossible, is ready to compete at the 2021 Paralympic Games.
USC athletes win 21 medals, including U.S. university best 11 golds, at Tokyo Olympics
It was the fifth consecutive Summer Olympics that USC athletes won at least 20 medals.
Men’s water polo silver medal closes USC’s Olympics action
USC leaves the Tokyo Games with 21 medals, including 11 golds — just one shy of its most gold medals ever in an Olympics.
Trojans earn 5 track golds; Allyson Felix becomes all-time track leader In Olympic medals
USC wins a record 13 medals in track and field at the Tokyo Games.
USC’s gold medal count explodes to 11 with wins in water polo and track
Trojans now have captured 20 medals in Tokyo. It’s the fifth consecutive Summer Olympics that USC’s participants have won at least 20 medals.
Allyson Felix becomes all-time track leader in Olympic medals
Felix’s bronze medal in the women’s 400m makes her most decorated woman track and field Olympian ever. USC-affiliated athletes won a record 13 medals in track and field at the Tokyo Games.
USC alumna April Ross captures beach volleyball gold for U.S. at Tokyo Olympics
The three-time USC All-American collected her third Olympic medal in a straight-set win over Australia in the gold-medal match.
Andre De Grasse wins 200m, extending USC’s streak of Olympic gold medals
A Trojan has won at least one gold medal in every Summer Olympics since 1912.
USC alumna Dalilah Muhammad earns silver medal In Olympics 400m hurdles
She shatters the previous world record. Fellow Trojans Anna Cockrell and Gianna Woodruff also competed in the classic final.
By mapping athletes’ body movements, researcher puts Olympians on track to win
Using tools such as force plates and high-speed video, Jill McNitt-Gray helps competitors in the horizontal jumps reach peak performance and avoid injury.
Nothing but a number: At 37, former Trojan swimmer heads into sixth Olympics
Oussama “Ous” Mellouli is one of only four swimmers in history to participate in this many Olympic Games. But before he made his name as an all-time great, he was a proud All-American at USC.
Tokyo Olympics take center stage amid global uncertainty
After a one-year delay due to COVID-19, the Tokyo Olympics kicked off last week. USC experts discuss the Games’ public perception and possible health ramifications for their host city.
Trojan Santo Condorelli wins silver with Team Italy in 4×100 freestyle relay at Tokyo Olympics
It’s USC’s first medal in this year’s Games and the first Olympic medal in Condorelli’s career.
What would the ancient Greeks think of an Olympics with no fans?
A USC professor of classics thinks they’d find it absurd: The ancient Olympics were never solely about the athletes, but about an experience shared by all who attended.
Olympic skateboarder pushes the boundaries for women and girls in her sport
USC alum Amelia Brodka will be in the thick of things when skateboarding makes its first appearance as an Olympic sport.
Alumni bring athletes’ Olympic stories home to NBC local stations
Brad Luck and Fernando Hurtado talk about the differing paths that took them from USC Annenberg to Tokyo.
USC beach volleyball star primed for Olympics breakout
Kelly Claes and her partner, Sarah Sponcil, have already made history as the youngest duo to represent the U.S. in beach volleyball. Now, they’re ready to show the world why they deserve their spot.
This track star is heading to the Olympics — and getting his master’s from USC
Isaiah Jewett, who will be a part of the men’s track and field team in Tokyo, is earning his online degree in project management to pursue another career goal: working in the anime industry.
Record number of USC athletes — the most of any university — headed to Tokyo Olympics
In its history, USC has sent more athletes to the Olympics and won more medals and gold medals than any other U.S. university, with a Trojan winning a gold in every Summer Olympics since 1912.