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☆ The Paris Olympics wanted a fast track and it got one – this is how it was made
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Liam Tharme | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

There were two requirements for the Stade de France track for the 2024 Paris Olympics: make it purple and make it fast. But Paris was fast: seven Olympic records and three track and field world records were set at the Games. Thirteen men ran under Kenenisa Bekele’s 10,000m Olympic record (Michael Steele/Getty Images)Four men broke Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s 1500m Olympic record from Tokyo, including Ingebrigtsen, only for him to not medal. Washing the Olympic track in Tokyo in 2021 (Antonin Thullier/AFP via Getty Images)One myth Stroppiana is keen to bust is track hardness. And since then we haven’t been able to change that point of view.”How hard is the Paris track?

Persons: Joshua Cheptegei 10000m, Cole, Arshad Nadeem Javelin, Sydney McLaughlin, Marileidy Paulino, Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei, Michael Steele, Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s, Noah Lyles ’, Richard Heathcote, Maurizio Stroppiana, Mondo, ”, Stroppiana, Antonin Thullier, “, haven’t, Patrick Smith, ’, Denis, Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, Nathan Laine Organizations: Stade de France, Joshua Cheptegei 10000m Uganda, Bahrain, Dominican, Kenya, Kipyegon, Getty, Mexico City, Paris, Getty Images, University of Milan, Olympic, Stade, Adidas, Nike, Asics, Puma, Bloomberg Locations: Rio de Janeiro, Paris, London, Rio, Tokyo, Sweden, Seville, Italian, Moscow, Mexico, Barcelona, Mexico City, AFP, Atlanta, Los Angeles, USA, Brisbane, Australia, Before Tokyo

☆ Team USA holds off France for the women’s basketball gold in a game that was decided by inches
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Paris CNN —Team USA’s women’s basketball team only just held off France to win the gold medal on Sunday, escaping with a 67-66 win that was just inches away from being sent into overtime. Team USA takes home its eighth straight gold medal in Olympic women’s basketball. But the stars on Team USA fought back to level the game heading into halftime. But when Team USA wanted to get going, it could. The French fans celebrated – but then the Team USA bench began to jump and hug.

Persons: USA’s, France’s, Gabby Williams, Williams, Emmanuel Macron, Kelsey Plum, A’ja Wilson, Plum, Wilson, USA’s sloppiness, Breanna Stewart, Fauthoux, Johannes, Cooper Organizations: Paris CNN —, Team USA, Bercy Arena, USA, France, Las Vegas Aces, WNBA Locations: France, USA, Barcelona

☆ What to watch at Olympics today: U.S. women’s hoops goes for gold, plus closing ceremony
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Hunter Patterson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

The U.S. women’s basketball team looks to win gold and continue a 60-game Olympic win streak dating back to 1992. France has reached this stage once before, losing to the U.S. 86-50 in the 2012 gold medal game in London. U.S. women’s volleyball hoping for repeatHaleigh Washington serves the ball in the semifinal against Brazil. The gold medal match poses Serbia — the two-time reigning gold medalists, by the way — against Croatia. Hassan, 31, won gold in the 5,000 and 10,000 in Tokyo, and has won bronze in both here in Paris.

Persons: Sifan Hassan, A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, France’s, Gabby Williams, Williams, Valériane Ayayi, Iliana Rupert, Lintao Zhang, Karch Kiraly, hasn’t, It’s, Hassan, Adam Pretty, Emil Zátopek, Mo Farah, Katie Ledecky, Nick Mead, Steph Curry Organizations: NBC, Telemundo, Peacock, USA Network, Bercy Arena, WNBA, Washington, Brazil, Americans, Tokyo Games, Serbia, USA, Sydney, U.S, Serbia —, Croatia, Stade de France — Locations: Paris, U.S, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, France, London ., China, Poland, Brazil, Hungary, Serbia, Beijing, Rio, Czech, Helsinki, Hassan, Tokyo, Los Angeles

☆ Quincy Wilson, 16, is the youngest male U.S. track Olympian in history
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Andrew Greif | Andrew Greif Is A Freelance Sports Journalist. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

With that run, Wilson became the youngest male U.S. track Olympian, eclipsing middle-distance runner Jim Ryun, who was 17 at the 1964 Olympics. Wilson later became the youngest male Olympic track and field gold medalist ever after the U.S. 4x400-meter relay team — made up of Chris Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon, and Rai Benjamin — won gold over Botswana on Saturday. “I was kind of in the moment because I’m watching a 16-year-old running the Olympics — Olympics history,” Norwood said. Quincy Wilson competes in the men's 400-meter final at the U.S. Track and Field Trials on June 24. The showing led USA Track & Field to include him in the pool of runners eligible to run on a U.S. relay in Paris.

Persons: Quincy Wilson, Wilson, Jim Ryun, —, Chris Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon, Rai Benjamin —, “, ” Wilson, wasn’t, Norwood, ” Norwood, Patrick Smith, Wilson wasn’t, Shaniya, Quincy Organizations: PARIS, Olympic Games, U.S, Stade de France, Botswana, Bullis, Team, James Madison University, University of Oregon, AAU Junior Olympic Games, Stade, Quincy Hall Locations: U.S, Potomac , Maryland, Eugene , Oregon, Florida, Paris

☆ When Olympic Sponsors Go Rogue
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Tariq Panja | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

When the French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH agreed to pay about $175 million to underwrite the organizing committee for the Paris Olympics, the company, owned by France’s richest person, Bernard Arnault, asked for more than any previous sponsor had ever done. Organizers of the Games, desperate for that cash, appeared to have said yes at every turn. Made by the LVMH-owned jeweler Chaumet. But there was one secret that had been held back, Antoine Arnault, who is Bernard Arnault’s son and the family’s representative to the Olympics, told a gathering of well-heeled Parisians on the eve of the Games. Keep an eye out, he and other LVMH executives said, for “a big surprise” involving the company.

Persons: Bernard Arnault, Chaumet, Louis Vuitton, Antoine Arnault, Bernard Arnault’s Organizations: Paris Olympics, France’s, Games

☆ Team USA just survived Serbia. It faces an even bigger test against France’s home-court advantage
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The so-talented-it-is-hard-to-comprehend US roster carved up Serbia, South Sudan and Puerto Rico in group play and then bulldozed Brazil in its quarterfinal matchup. Having already beaten Serbia twice in the last few weeks and looking unstoppable, Team USA went into Thursday’s game against the European nation expecting another romp. “I remember, like it’s today, like it was yesterday, dreaming about seeing myself playing in the final at home in the Olympics. “That’s going to be the most-watched game, I feel like, since I’ve been playing in FIBA. Despite looking in sync throughout the group stage and against Brazil, there were signs of chemistry issues in pre-Olympics exhibitions and during the game against Serbia.

Persons: Nikola Jokić, who’s, Victor Wembanyama, ”, Stephen Curry, “ We’ve, Léon, it’s, “, you’re, Rudy Gobert, ” Victor Wembanyama, Evan Fournier of France, Shai Gilgeous, Alexander of, Gregory Shamus, “ That’s, I’ve, Kevin Durant, USA’s, Durant, Devin Booker, It’ll, Steve Kerr, ” Kerr, we’ve Organizations: Paris CNN —, Olympic, France, Serbia, Team USA, Paris ’ Bercy, NBA, of Famer, Stade de France’s rugby, La, Bercy Arena, Minnesota Timberwolves, American, FIBA, Phoenix Suns, Durant’s Suns, France isn’t, International Basketball Federation Locations: Serbia, South Sudan, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Paris, European, France

☆ Stellantis laying off 2,450 plant workers due to discontinuation of Ram 'Classic' pickup truck
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

DETROIT — Automaker Stellantis plans to indefinitely lay off up to 2,450 U.S. factory workers later this year as it discontinues production of an older version of its Ram 1500 pickup truck in Michigan. It is produced alongside the Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer at the Warren Truck Assembly Plant, located near Detroit. The current Ram 1500, which was recently updated for the 2025 model year, is produced at a nearby plant. “With the introduction of the new Ram 1500, production of the Ram 1500 Classic at the Warren [Michigan] Truck Assembly Plant will come to an end later this year,” the company said in an emailed statement. The discontinuation of the Ram 1500 “Classic” vehicle is not unexpected, but the company has not announced a vehicle to replace the truck.

Persons: Ram, Chris Feuell, Carlos Tavares Organizations: DETROIT, Warren, Assembly, United Auto Workers union, CNBC, Fiat Chrysler, France’s PSA Groupe Locations: Michigan, Detroit, Warren

☆ How the Olympics Mascot Went From Bizarre to Beloved
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Liz Alderman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Some think it’s a cross between the Eiffel Tower and a beret. Others see it as a goofy, red French Smurf. It’s Phryge (pronounced freej), the official mascot of the Paris Olympics. At the Olympics megastore on the Champs-Élysées, 15,000 shoppers stand in a line nearly five blocks long every day to snap up Phryge in its many iterations (Posing as the Mona Lisa! and to buy millions of euros’ worth of official Olympic-branded merchandise.

Persons: It’s Phryge, Mona Lisa ! Organizations: Eiffel, Paris, Games Locations: —

☆ In Paris, Breaking Is One of America’s Greatest Cultural Exports - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Jeff Chang | Giulia Frigieri | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On Friday, breaking makes its Olympics debut at the Place de la Concorde in Paris. This form of dance, created by Black youths in the Bronx in the early 1970s, has traveled far from its birthplace. Support for hip-hop education in the States typically comes from nonprofit organizations, after-school programs and for-profit dance schools. Despite breaking’s American roots, it has never been institutionally supported in public schools as part of a coordinated national policy. The Lycée Turgot, a public high school housed in a majestic 19th-century building, has for the past seven years been home to France’s premier national hip-hop dance program.

Organizations: Concorde Locations: Paris, Bronx, Canada, Ukraine, Japan, South Korea, France

☆ Nikkei 225: Japan stock market rally fades as fears of US economic slowdown, yen volatility return
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-08 | by ( Laura He | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Meanwhile, the yen strengthened 0.6% to 146 against the US dollar, after losing nearly 2% on Tuesday and Wednesday combined. But those fears, as well as a further jump in the value of the yen, are still haunting the market. The volatility in the yen, which was at the heart of recent market turmoil, remains elevated, he added. On Monday, the Nikkei plummeted by the most since 1987, sparking a broader global market sell-off. The narrowing of the interest rate differentials, which had enabled the yen carry trade, could push the yen higher, Kuptiskevich added.

Persons: Hong Kong CNN —, Germany’s DAX, Shinichi Uchida, Uchida, ”, Stephen Innes, Alex Kuptsikevich, Masamichi Adachi, Innes, Taiwan’s Taiex, Hang Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Nikkei, CAC, Nasdaq, Bank of Japan, Federal Reserve, FxPro, Federal, Fed, UBS, UBS Chief Investment, Kospi, Hang Seng Locations: Hong Kong, Europe, Japan, unwind

Harris expected to announce her VP pickBy the end of the day, the world will know who Kamala Harris’ 2024 running mate will be. This is Morning Rundown, a weekday newsletter to start your day. Simone Biles won the silver medal in the floor exercise, bringing her final Paris medal count to four: three golds and one silver. Google’s antitrust loss is a win for internet regulatorsIn a massive antitrust lawsuit ruling, a federal judge found that Google has an illegal monopoly on search engines and text advertisements. Despite some posts and influencers recommending close to 100 grams of protein per day, experts say the answer is far less.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Harris, Kamala Harris ’, Josh Shapiro, Sen, Mark Kelly of, Tim Walz —, JB Pritzker, Andy Beshear, Pete Buttigieg, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Read, Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Biles, Jordan Chiles, Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade, Chiles, Andrade, Elsa, Gabby Thomas, McKenzie Long, Brittany Brown, Noah Lyles, Spain’s, Peacock, Debby, Biden, TikTok, dietitians, Cori Bush, Dan Newhouse, Trump, Clarence Thomas, Domenick Fini, he’s, — Melissa Chan, Elizabeth Robinson Organizations: Google, Pennsylvania, Minnesota Gov, Illinois Gov, Kentucky Gov, Paris, National Hurricane Center, U.S, Asad Air Base, NBC News, White, Republican, NBC, An Army, CDC, WHO, Marion County Record Locations: U.S, Philadelphia, Mark Kelly of Arizona, Minnesota, Kentucky, Paris, Los Angeles, ’, Spain, France, Morocco, Egypt, Tropical, Georgia, Florida, United States, South Carolina, North Carolina, Gainesville , Florida, Mississippi, Florida , Georgia, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Missouri, Kansas , Michigan , Missouri, Washington, Kansas, Virginia

This grabbed the attention of U.K.-based French studies professor Martin Hurcombe, who specializes in French history and culture. French fans cheer during the women's cross-country cycling mountain bike event during the Paris Games on July 28. French fans have been wildly cheering for their athletes and team throughout these Olympic Games. Spectators celebrate as France's Leon Marchand wins the gold medal in men's 200-meter individual medley final at the Paris Games. I think it was a moment and there's a risk with these Olympics, as well, that this is (just) a moment."

Persons: “, Jérémy Boutier, France's Leon Marchand, Sarah Stier, Emmanuel Macron, Martin Hurcombe, Jared C, Tilton, Hurcombe, Amélie Oudéa, hasn't, Sameer Al, Léon Marchand, Tom Vanden Brande, Vanden Brande, Yolaine Wilson, it's, Zinedine Zidane, Lilian Thuram, Marcel Desailly, Christian Karembeu, Patrick Vieira, Dar Yasin, We've Organizations: Olympics, NBC News, Paris Games, Getty, University of Bristol, French Sports, Olympic Games, Olympic, Nigeria, Paris La Défense, French, France Locations: France, AFP, Paris, French West Indies, Ghana, New Caledonia, Senegal

☆ Olympic moment of the day: 3x3 basketball has its first classic final and a potential turning point
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

First, it was the women’s final between Germany and Spain coming down to the final seconds. And then on the final shot of the game, Gracia Alonso’s desperation shot at the buzzer clanged off the rim. Germany's Marie Reichert takes the ball to the hoop against Spain's Sandra Ygueravide in the women's 3x3 basketball gold medal game. In Olympic 3x3 basketball’s overtime, the first team to score two points wins. The Dutch fans lost their minds as the French crowd fell silent in shock.

Persons: Paris CNN —, bouche, Sonja Greinacher, Juana Camilion, Marie Reichert of, Gracia Alonso’s, Germany's Marie Reichert, Spain's Sandra Ygueravide, Matthew Stockman, Invalides, “ Allez, Les, ”, Johnny Hallyday, Worthy de Jong, Timothé, de Jong Organizations: Paris CNN, Games, Concorde, Notre Dame, Olympic, Dutch oranje – Locations: Paris, Tokyo, Germany, Spain, Marie Reichert of Germany, Spanish, France, The Netherlands, Luxor, Notre, Dutch oranje

☆ Leon Marchand, the king of the 2024 Olympic Games – and the club where it all began
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Tom Burrows | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

This is where a young Leon Marchand first swam. Coloma believes Marchand has been the star of the Olympic Games (Tom Burrows/The Athletic)“Everyone is talking about Leon here. Marchand started out at the small indoor winter pool, before graduating to the Olympic pool at the complex — which also has a huge 150m long summer pool. Knowing that someone like Leon Marchand swam here and became what he is today… it’s very inspiring. “Leon Marchand is the best possible flagship for the city that you can dream of — with Dupont as well.

Persons: “, ”, Michel Coloma, Coloma, Alfred, Leon Marchand, Marchand, Leon, He’s, it’s, ‘, Tom Burrows, didn’t, ‘ It’s, Xavier, Marcel Wouda, Celine Bonnet, Christophe, marchons ’, ‘ Marchand, ’, Kristof Milak, ‘ Ole ’, ” Marchand, Vatsyayana, Nakache, Oscar, ” Xavier, Celine, ” Marchand didn’t, that’s, ” Coloma, ” Nicolas Castel, Remi Lacourt, ” Castel, Michael Phelps ’, Castel, Bob Bowman, Michael Phelps, Bowman, Frenchman, Thomas Sammut, Marchand’s, ” Bowman, Le Monde, Valentine Chapuis, he’s, there’s, Fabien Barthez, Christophe Roussel, towelling, ” Sandra, …, Laura Georgelin, Alex, Antoine Dupont, Jean, Claude Dardelet, “ Leon Marchand, Dupont, Dan Goldfarb Organizations: Olympic, Toulouse Olympique Employes, Olympic Games, Stade de France, Getty, Alfred, AFP, “, Arizona State University, Toulouse, France, Athletic Locations: Toulouse —, Paris, Toulouse, it’s, Coloma, Paris ’, Leon, Barcelona, Seoul, Tokyo, AFP, U.S, Arizona, France, “ Toulouse

☆ Egypt’s first pyramid constructed using a hydraulic lift, study says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Now, a team of engineers and geologists brings a new theory to the table — a hydraulic lift device that would have floated the heavy stones up through the middle of Egypt’s oldest pyramid using stored water. Water from ancient streams flowed into a system of trenches and tunnels that surrounded the Step Pyramid, according to the study team. The shaft within the Step Pyramid is connected to a 200-meter-long (656-foot-long) underground tunnel that connects to another vertical shaft outside the pyramid. Conversely, a moderate-sized hydraulic lift can raise 50 to 100 tons. “It doesn’t mean (the hydraulic lift device) wasn’t used,” she added.

Persons: Pharaoh Djoser, ”, Dr, Xavier Landreau, aren’t, David Jeffreys, Paleotechnic, Guillaume Piton, Judith Bunbury, rainier, Jeffreys, Fabian Welc, Stefan Wyszynski, Welc, ” Welc, King Djoser, Landreau, University of Cambridge geoarchaeologist, ” Bunbury Organizations: CNN, University College London, France’s National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, Institute of Environmental Geosciences, University Grenoble Alpes, University of Cambridge, of Archaeology, Stefan Wyszynski University Locations: Egypt, Paris, London, Old, Old Kingdom, Kingdom, Moat, Warsaw, Poland, Saqqāra, Giza, University of Cambridge geoarchaeologist Bunbury

☆ American prodigy Caroline Marks wins Olympic surfing gold by narrow margin: ‘The best day of my life’
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Lukas Weese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

On the historic Teahupo’o waves in Tahiti, American Caroline Marks surfed to Olympic gold, winning the gold medal match over Brazil’s Tatiana Weston-Webb 10.50-10.33 on Monday. Marks, 22, becomes the second American women’s surfing gold medalist, joining her compatriot Carissa Moore, who won the inaugural event in Tokyo. Caroline Marks wins GOLD in women’s surfing! That secured Marks’ berth in the gold medal match en route to becoming Olympic champion. Marks joins France’s Kauli Vaast, a Tahiti native, who won Olympic gold in the men’s surfing competition over Australia’s Jack Robinson.

Persons: American Caroline Marks surfed, Tatiana Weston, Webb, Marks, Carissa Moore, ” Marks, “, Marks surfed, Sylvain Lefevre, didn’t, France’s Johanne Defay, Caroline Marks, S. Organizations: Getty, Weston, Team USA Locations: Tahiti, American, Tokyo, Weston

☆ Kayak cross: What is the sport taking over social media and making its Olympic debut?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —With its breakneck competition, exhilarating starts and whitewater waves, the kayak cross has proven to be one of the most unique and exciting spectacles at these Olympic Games, already going viral on social media. His rival Boris Neveu also won his heat as he seeks to bring home gold medal for France. Alex Davidson/Getty ImagesIn the women’s competition, France’s Camille Prigent set the fastest time in qualifying before winning her heat and qualifying for the quarterfinals too. The Australian was competing in the same heat as her sister, Noemie, who took first place and qualified for the next round. Meanwhile, reigning world champion Kimberley Woods of Great Britain won her heat to qualify for the quarterfinals.

Persons: Kirsty Wigglesworth, Joe Clark, Boris Neveu, Alex Davidson, France’s Camille Prigent, Australia’s Jessica Fox, Noemie, Kimberley Woods Organizations: CNN, Olympic Games, Kart, France, Great Britain Locations: Paris

☆ Cindy Ngamba wins first ever medal for Refugee Olympic Team
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The Olympic Games is bound up with questions of nationality, with crowds waving a kaleidoscopic collage of different flags and national anthems playing for every gold medal winner. Except it was the Refugee Olympic Team crest that Ngamba held up as she celebrated the historic achievement of becoming their first ever medal-winning athlete after winning her women’s middleweight quarterfinal and guaranteeing herself a place on the podium. Ngamba was born in Cameroon and moved to the UK aged 11, where she now trains, but represents the Refugee Olympic Team, which has allowed refugee athletes to compete at the Games since 2016. Peter Cziborra/Reuters“I’m so grateful,” Ngamba told Eurosport after her fight. “I’m over the moon, I had my refugee team, the crowd, France and Paris team, and everyone in my family to come and support me.

Persons: Cindy Ngamba, France’s Davina Michel, Ngamba, Michel, Peter Cziborra, Reuters “, ” Ngamba, “, ”, they’ve Organizations: CNN, Refugee, Refugee Olympic, Games, Reuters, Eurosport, Paris, Team, Olympic Team, Olympics Locations: Cameroon, France, London

☆ Remco Evenepoel creates a moment he ‘could only dream of’ with thrilling Olympic cycling double
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Rosanne Roobeek | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Paris CNN —Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel made history on Saturday, becoming the first male cyclist to claim gold in both the road race and time trial at the same Olympic Games. “Crossing the finish line, I realized I just became the double Olympic champion in one week, something I could only dream of,” Evenepoel told CNN. Evenepoel and Valenton Madouas of Team France pass through the Côte de la Butte Montmartre while fans cheers during the men's road race. David Ramos/Getty ImagesInside the final 40 kilometers (25 miles), Evenepoel broke away from a peloton that included top rivals like Mathieu van der Poel of the Netherlands. Belgian cyclist Remco Evenepoel celebrates his gold medal for the men's cycling road race at the Belgium House in Paris, France on August 3, 2024.

Persons: Paris CNN —, Evenepoel, ” Evenepoel, Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, David Ramos, Mathieu van der, France’s Valentin Madouas, “, “ It’s, ”, Remco Evenepoel, Jasper Jacobs, Gil de Vis, it’s, ” de Vis Organizations: Paris CNN, Tour de France, CNN, Olympics, France, ”, Eiffel, Belgium House, MAG, Getty Locations: Paris, Netherlands, Belgian, Belgium, France, Aalst, Brussels

☆ The Olympic Flame Melts Parisian Cool
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Rory Smith | Ségolène Le Stradic | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

He struts around the sold-out arena, prowling the floor, basking in the noise and the adulation. In that moment, that first flush of victory, Lebrun is not a bespectacled 17-year-old table tennis player from Montpellier. For everyone present — up to and including the French former soccer hero Zinedine Zidane — he is a rock star. At the fencing competition, held in the lavish surrounds of the Grand Palais, fans waving tricolors have produced enough noise to echo down the Champs-Élysées. The sound from the stadium at Invalides, home to archery, has been loud enough to wake Napoleon.

Persons: Félix Lebrun, Lebrun, Zinedine Zidane —, Léon, Napoleon Organizations: Palais, Stade, France Locations: Montpellier, French, Paris, Invalides

☆ What to watch at Olympics today: Sha’Carri Richardson, Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky — and so much more
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Lukas Weese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

ET, 5:16 p.m. in Paris (men’s pommel horse)TV: NBC and PeacockWhat to watch: Biles continues her gold medal aspirations when she competes in the individual vault competition. Biles enters the vault competition as the leader from qualifying after posting a 15.3. The Canadiens, reigning gold medal winners, needed to win all three matches to get through — and they did. GO DEEPER Ledecky becomes most decorated U.S. female OlympianCanadian Summer McIntosh eyes her third Olympic gold at just 17 years old. With a win Saturday, Crouser would be the first male shot putter to win three Olympic gold medals.

Persons: We’ve, Sha’Carri Richardson, Simone Biles, Stephen Nedoroscik, Katie Ledecky’s, —, Nedoroscik, Biles, Jade Carey, Rebeca Andrade, Nedoroscik —, Ireland’s Rhys McClenaghan, Peter Vidmar, It’s, Richardson, Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson, Jamaica’s Shelly, Ann Fraser, Pryce, Sha'Carri Richardson, Mallory Swanson, Alex Livesey, Sophia Smith, Trinity Rodman dazzled, Emma Hayes ’, Hayes, Davidson, Shaw, Ledecky, American Paige Madden, Ariarne, McIntosh, American Kate Douglas, Douglass, Crouser, Ryan Crouser, American Joe Kovacs, Germany’s Leo Neugebauer, Michael Steele, Damian Warner, Kevin Mayer of, Pierre LePage, Leo Neugebauer, Ayden Owens, Sander Skotheim, Franz Wagner, Orlando, Wagner, Andrej Isakovic Organizations: Paris Olympics, NBC, U.S, USA, Stade de France, Getty, United, Olympic, Canada, FIFA, New Zealand, Canadiens, Spain, Canada Soccer, La Defense, Ledecky, Kevin Mayer of France, Puerto Rico Locations: Paris, American, Sha'Carri, USWNT, Canada, women’s, United States, Japan, Germany, U.S, Colombia, France, Brazil, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Puerto, Norway, AFP

☆ Léon Marchand is carrying on a long tradition of athletes from host nations becoming Olympic greats
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Tokyo Olympics – skateboarders shineJapanese athletes claimed 27 gold medals in Tokyo three years ago, the third-most of any nation behind the USA and China. Neymar celebrates Brazil's Olympic gold in 2016. Still the Olympic record holder following his gold medal in Rio, Braz went on to win bronze at the Tokyo Games. Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty ImagesGymnast Yang Wei won gold in the all-around and team events as China almost completed a clean sweep in the men’s events. Atlanta Olympics – Michael Johnson dominatesThe USA won 44 gold medals at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

Persons: Léon Marchand, He’s, Marchand, Antoine Dupont, Momiji Nishiya, Lucy Nicholson, Yuto Horigome, Sakura Yosozumi, Yui Ohashi, Neymar, Laurence Griffiths, Thiago Braz, France’s Renaud Lavillenie, Braz, heptathlete Jessica Ennis, Greg Rutherford, Mo Farah, Jessica Ennis, Hill, Johannes Eisele, Getty Images Farah, Andy Murray, Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny, Laura Kenny, Trott, Anthony Joshua, Italy’s Roberto Cammarelle, Liu Xiang, China's Yang Wei, Lluis Gene, Yang Wei, Du Li, Ilias Iliadis, Franck Fife, Iliadis, Thorpedo ’, Ian Thorpe, “ Thorpedo ”, Al Bello, Cathy Freeman, Freeman, John Howard, Michael Johnson, Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Dominique Dawes, Kerri Strug, Amy Chow, Amanda Borden, Jaycie Phelps, Johnson, Mike Powell, Strug, Shannon MacMillan, Tiffeny Organizations: Paris CNN —, Arizona State University, Fiji, Games, Japan, Tokyo, Germany, Olympics, Tokyo Games, London Olympics, “, Getty Images, Wimbledon, Beijing, Getty, Athens Olympics, Athens, Sydney Olympics, Atlanta Olympics, The USA, US, China, Shannon Locations: France, Tokyo, USA, China, Paris, Rio, Brazil, Brazilian, Hill, AFP, Beijing, Athens, Georgia, Greece, Sydney, Atlanta, Russia, Romania

☆ 10 biggest stories of the first week of the 2024 Summer Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

The 2024 Summer Olympics are heading into their second weekend, and it’s truly been one for the history books. Turkey's Yusuf Dikec competes in the shooting 10m air pistol mixed team gold medal match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Chateauroux Shooting Centre on July 30, 2024. Aleksandra Szmigiel/ReutersFrench athletes wave flags as they sail in a boat on the river Seine during the opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty ImagesFrance's Anthony Jeanjean competes in the Men's Cycling BMX Freestyle Park Final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, on July 31, 2024. Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty ImagesVisitors take pictures of the Olympic cauldron as it rises high after sunse on day two of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at on July 28, 2024 in Paris, France.

Persons: it’s, Simone Biles ’, Léon, Simone Biles, Naomi Baker, she’s, Biles, Read, Léon Marchand, Gold, Leon Marchand, Quinn Rooney, he’s, Marchand, “, ”, Philippe Katerine, Dionysus, Katerine, ” Katerine, Anne, Christine Poujoulat, drenching, Cassandre Beaugrand, Alex Yee, New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde, Wilde, Yee, Novak, Serbia's Novak Djokovic, Lorenzo Musetti, Clive Brunskill, Rafael Nadal, Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf, Serena Williams, Djokovic, Nadal, Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, Ilona Maher, Maher, Andy Murray, Murray, American’s Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, Dan Evans, Andy Murray’s, Kim Yeji, Charles McQuillan, there’s Yusuf Dikeç, Kim, Turkey's Yusuf Dikec, Alain Jocard, Dikeç, Imane Khelif, Angela Carini, dislodging, Carini, Mark Adams, ” Khelif, WADA, CHINADA –, Aleksandra Szmigiel, Franck Fife, Yoshimura Miho, Rwanda's Tufaha, Fabrice Coffrini, France's Anthony Jeanjean, Emmanuel Dunand, Maja Hitij, Amy Woodyatt, Patrick Sung, Gul Tuysuz, Jessie Yeung, Saskya Vandoorne, Ben Church, George Ramsay, Scottie Andrew, Chris Liakos, Simone McCarthy, Andrew McNicol, Kara Fox Organizations: Paris CNN, Paris Olympics, Olympic, Team United, Olympic Games, Bercy Arena, USA, Team France, Paris La Defense, La Défense, Games, CNN, Catholic, French Catholic Church, Paris, Getty, Wimbledon, US, rugby, Team USA, Australia, tennis Shooters, Team Republic of, Chateauroux Shooting, Olympic Committee, Tokyo, China’s, Doping Agency, Tokyo Games, Eiffel, Reuters, Palais Locations: Paris, France, Tokyo, Nanterre, French, AFP, Seine, New, Italy, Los Angeles, Team Republic of Korea, Chateauroux, South Korea, Turkey, Turkish, Beijing

☆ Giant pigeon to perch atop New York City’s High Line
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Benjamin Sutton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. The next commission to alight above Tenth Avenue on the park’s prominent plinth will be Dinosaur (2024), a hyper-realist aluminum sculpture of a pigeon by Iván Argote, the Bogotá-born, Paris-based artist. Courtesy the artist/The High LineLike many New Yorkers, pigeons are not native to the region. “Iván has a charming ability as an artist to take something familiar and make us consider it anew in profound ways,” Cecilia Alemani, the director and chief curator of High Line Art, said in a statement. Courtesy the artist/The High LineArgote’s prominent pigeon will be the fourth High Line Plinth commission, following works by Pamela Rosenkranz, Simone Leigh and Sam Durant.

Persons: Iván Argote, “, ” Argote, “ Iván, ” Cecilia Alemani, Joseph Gallieni, Marcel Duchamp, Pamela Rosenkranz, Simone Leigh, Sam Durant, Argote’s Organizations: The Art, CNN, Tenth, Centre Pompidou Locations: Paris, New York, “

☆ Egypt’s women’s beach volleyball team slams French hijab ban after Olympic match
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Members of the Egyptian women’s beach volleyball team have spoken out against France’s hijab ban for its athletes after competing in an Olympic beach volleyball match wearing modest clothing. Marwa Abdelhady and Doaa Elghobashy represented Egypt at the Paris Olympics, wearing hijabs, long black sleeved shirts and black ankle length leggings in a women’s beach volleyball match against Spain. Speaking to CNN’s Swedish affiliate Expressen Thursday, Abdelhady said that she “doesn’t like” the hijab ban for French athletes. “I want to play in my hijab, she wants to play in a bikini,” Expressen reported Elghobashy as saying. In January 2022, the French senate voted to ban the wearing of the hijab and other “ostensible religious symbols” in sports competitions.

Persons: Elghobashy, Abdelhady, “, ”, Amélie Oudéa, Castéra, Marwa, Doaa Elghobashy, Louisa Gouliamaki, Reuters Elghobashy, Olivia Breen Organizations: CNN, Paris, Spain, France, Paris Olympics, French Sports, Reuters, Olympics, International Volleyball Federation, CNN Sport, Double Paralympic, Championships, “ Locations: Egypt, Rio De Janeiro, Bulgaria

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