In the tunnels of Target Center last week, Olympic hopefuls, meet officials and one friendly dog bustled by during the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team trials. Beacon, a fluffy golden retriever, had a job ...

Meet the 2024 Paris Olympics’ MVP: Most Valuable Puppy. Beacon, a 4-year-old golden retriever, has played an important role in this year’s Olympics as a therapy dog for Team USA’s Gymnastics team. The ...

With the Olympics approaching, athletes tend to experience heightened stress and anxiety. Thus, USA Gymnastics has introduced therapy dogs to the team to help with their mental health. The canines are ...

Beacon is doing much better! The golden retriever therapy dog, who won hearts over after offering support to anyone who needed it at the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials earlier this year, was recently ...

The therapy dog was on hand at the trials to support gymnasts and other members of the USA Gymnastics team at the Minneapolis events Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has ...

“My biggest request is to please, please send Beacon good wishes,” Tracey Callahan Molnar, Beacon’s owner, wrote in an Instagram post detailing the dog's health scare Golden Dog Beacon/Instagram ...

Simone Biles is the most decorated gymnast in history and a living legend. Teammate — and fellow gold medalist — Suni Lee is also poised to add to her burgeoning legend when the 2024 Summer Olympics ...

Olympic gymnasts have been known to rely on different routines and rituals to relieve stress. This year, gymnasts at the Olympic trials had a secret weapon: a four-legged friend named Beacon. The ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — At the U.S. Gymnastics Championships on Wednesday, the typical sounds of senior men’s podium training and the air of concentration that goes with it were interrupted by a commotion ...

Beacon, the golden retriever therapy dog for the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team, has returned home after surgery and a hospital stay, and his owner is now sharing his latest health update. The ...