For many athletes, it is the pinnacle of their career. They have trained hard for years to take part in the Olympic Games. Winning a medal is a childhood dream for most of them—only surpassed by ...

Walking on to the deck, you see a whiteboard with numbers and symbols scribbled all over. The novice swimmer might ask, “Am I in math class or at swim practice?” However, the experienced swimmer knows ...

Interest in elite high school math competitions has grown in recent years, and in light of last summer’s U.S. win at the International Math Olympiad—the first for an American team in more than two ...