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Frame by Frame, Moments From the Summer GamesScroll to continuePhotographs and composite image by Jeremy WhiteAt the Summer Olympics, the critical moments that decide who wins or loses often flash by in the blink of an eye. Below, we revisit some of the most visually stunning scenes captured by New York Times journalists, frame by frame. Photographs and composite image by Weiyi CaiA Grand Stage The lavish Grand Palais played host to fencing when the Games began and has since transformed into the taekwondo venue. Photographs and composite image by Jeremy WhiteWomen’s 3-on-3 Basketball Sonja Greinacher of Germany celebrates with her teammates after their gold-medal win in 3-on-3 basketball. Photographs and composite image by Jeremy White

Persons: Jeremy White, Lian Junjie, Yang Hao, Weiyi Cai, LeBron James, Bedel, D’Amato, Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Little, Steve Guerdat, de, Lena Stojkovic, Merve Dincel, Joe Ward, Yoshizawa, Jeremy White Women’s, Sonja Greinacher, Greinacher Organizations: Summer, New York Times, Serbia, Tokyo Games, Eiffel, Palais, Games, Croatia, Germany, Spain Locations: China, United States, Brazil, Boulder, Slovenia, Italy, of Versailles, Los Angeles, Switzerland, Turkey, Germany

But, as events this week in Paris have once again shown, when it comes to women’s skating, Japan’s teenage girls are on fire. Fourteen-year-old Coco Yoshizawa’s late surge helped her beat compatriot Liz Akama, 15, to the gold medal at La Concorde Urban Park, Paris on Sunday. Sakura Yosozumi, then 19, and Kokona Hiraki, then 12, topped the 2021 Tokyo women’s park event. “Since there’s no age limit for skateboarding at the Olympics, any youngsters can compete,” Hiraki, the youngest Olympic medalist since 1936, told CNN in July. Lars Baron/Getty ImagesSkewing youngJapan aside, women’s skateboarding across both categories is dominated by teenage athletes.

Persons: Coco Yoshizawa’s, Liz Akama, ” Yoshizawa, Yuto Horigame, Jagger Eaton, Nyjah Huston, Horigame, Momoji Nishiya, Sakura Yosozumi, Kokona Hiraki, Brown, ” Hiraki, Julian Finney, ”, Junnosuke Yonesaka, Yonesaka, “, ” Akama, Lars Baron, Rayssa Leal, Cui Chenxi, Zhang Haohao, ’, China’s, Mazel Paris Alegado, Trew, Hiraki –, –, it’s Organizations: CNN, Team Japan, Concorde Urban, “, Paris Olympics, Tokyo Games, Urban Sports, Olympic, Concorde, Getty, Japan, Association, Paris, Asian Games Locations: Japan, Paris, Tokyo, France, China, Philippines

☆ What to watch at Olympics today: Swimming, skateboarding and U.S. women’s hoops
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Lukas Weese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

Monday will see five swimming finals at Paris La Defense Arena, the first game for the U.S. women’s basketball team and the men’s gymnastics team final. The Americans have won seven consecutive Olympic gold medals — last missing the top of the podium in 1992. He also won gold at the 2021 world championships and the 2023 X Games in the street competition. Then the Tokyo Olympics happenedJapan’s Coco Yoshizawa, 14, won gold in the women’s street final Sunday. My pick is American Torri Huske winning her first Olympic gold in the women’s 100-meter butterfly.

Persons: It’s, — Sabrina Ionescu, Jackie Young —, A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi, Morgan, Taurasi, Titmus, McIntosh, Peacock, Summer McIntosh, Katie Ledecky, Canada’s, Paris Olympics Nadal, Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Philippe, Nadal, Roland Garros, Carlos Alcaraz, Nyjah Huston, Patrick Smith, Japan’s, Jagger Eaton, Japan’s Coco Yoshizawa, Asher Hong, Paul Juda, Brody Malone, Stephen Nedoroscik, Fred Richard, they’ll, Jenna Flynn Organizations: Paris Games, Paris La Defense, U.S, USA, Japan, NBC, Olympic, Paris Olympics, Roland, Nadal, Los Angeles Games, Greece, The U.S, Spain Locations: Paris, Villeneuve, d’Ascq, France, Japan, U.S, Belgium, Germany, Australian, Canada, Tokyo, United States, Beijing, China, Spain, The

☆ Rayssa Leal takes bronze in street skateboarding as 14-year-old Coco Yoshizawa wins gold
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

When Brazilian superstar Rayssa Leal stuck her all-important final trick of the women’s street skateboarding final at the Paris Olympics, a deafening roar went up from the many green-and-gold-clad fans watching on. “It was like a gold medal because … she had to make it,” Brazilian fan Michelle Arruda, who bought tickets for the women’s street skateboarding to watch Leal a year ago, told CNN Sport. “And here I am, with a second Olympic medal from the Games. “You are awesome.”Leal rests during the women's street skateboarding prelims. Heavy rain on Friday had caused the men’s street skateboarding to be postponed by two days, but the women’s event was blessed with bright sun.

Persons: Rayssa Leal, Leal –, –, Coco Yoshizawa, Liz Akama, Yoshizawa, China’s Cui Chenxi, …, Michelle Arruda, Leal, Kirill Kudryavtsev, Tony Hawk, ” Leal, God I, — Vini, Vinícius, ”, Odd Andersen, Akama, “, Desire ” – Organizations: Paris CNN, Paris Olympics, Brazil’s, CNN Sport, Getty, Nike, Monster Energy, Paris, Concorde, Games, Real Madrid soccer, Sport, Eiffel, ” Locations: Brazil, Paris, Tokyo, Leal, AFP, l’Orangerie, Akama

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