Now that the Olympics are over, the United States may lay claim to winning the overall count with 113 medals. But SI has its own medals to award, both good and bad, for people, places, great deeds, misdeeds, defined records and indefinable impressions.
Coolest Mom
By winning her 10th and 11th career medals in Tokyo, Allyson Felix took over the mantle from Carl Lewis as the track and field athlete with the most Olympic medals in history. In 2017, after Felix’s contract with Nike expired, the company offered her a 70% pay cut and refused to offer her protections for maternity time.