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☆ Olympic moment of the day: Cap-catching lifeguard steals the swimming show
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

When American swimmer Emma Weber lost one of her swim caps in the pool, someone needed to fish it out. And it was up to the aforementioned hero lifeguard to plunge into the pool in front of thousands of fans to do the retrieval. Who do you call when a swim cap falls in the pool? “This situation is common at swimming competitions,” a Paris 2024 spokesperson told CNN. For a brief moment on Sunday, we had a look of what that might be like.

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☆ LeBron James and Kevin Durant power Team USA past Serbia, 110-84, in opening Olympic contest
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Paris CNN —LeBron James made his emphatic return to Olympic basketball on Sunday, turning in a dominant performance in a 110-84 win against Serbia, his first contest at the Games since 2012. James’ 21 points, eight rebounds and nine assists helped provide the spark for Team USA throughout the contest. The first half though was all about Kevin Durant, who scored 21 points on 8-for-8 shooting. Edwards finished with 11 points and five rebounds. It appeared to be the turning point that put Team USA on its way to a blowout win after Serbia hung around for much of the first three quarters of the game.

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☆ Simone Biles fights through apparent ankle injury to produce impressive performance on Olympic return
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Cecile Landi, her coach, told reporters after the competition that Biles had been dealing with calf pain a couple weeks before Paris that flared up again during Sunday’s competition. But yeah, that’s all,” Landi told reporters. When asked by reporters if she was OK following competition on Sunday, Biles sad, “Yup! She was outstanding,” said Chellsie Memmel, the technical gymnastics lead for USA Gymnastics, to reporters following the competition. So she’s fun to watch.”Memmel told reporters that she couldn’t publicly repeat the thoughts that went through her head after Biles appeared in pain, but was impressed by the star’s gritty performance.

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☆ 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.

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☆ Novak Djokovic begins his pursuit of career golden slam at the Paris Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Roland Garros, Paris CNN —There is a notable absence among Novak Djokovic’s 98 career singles titles, but the Serbian star is hoping to change that over the coming weeks. In the end, Djokovic progressed with ease, potentially setting up a thrilling second-round match against Rafael Nadal. It’s a feat, sometimes described as a career golden slam, only achieved by Steffi Graf and Serena Williams in the women’s game. “Playing in the Olympic Games is very rare for us tennis players,” Djokovic told reporters, ”and of course for anybody, as it comes every four years. The early stages of the match were particularly one-sided, with Djokovic taking the first set with back-to-back aces in just 24 minutes.

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☆ Olympic moment of the day: Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz, tennis’ new favorite double act
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Roland Garros, Paris CNN —After all these years, Rafael Nadal is still finding new ways to win matches on his favorite tennis court. The victory against two seasoned doubles players was by no means easy, likely a sign of the limited time that Nadal and Alcaraz have spent training and playing together. But it was nonetheless an entertaining introduction to tennis’ new favorite double act. Another break of serve followed two games later, which Alcaraz had engineered with a cross-court backhand, before Nadal was able to serve out for the match. And who can blame him when he’s still winning on his favorite court, all to the applause of thousands of fans?

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☆ Simone Biles ‘in a really good place’ as she prepares to further her extraordinary legacy at the Paris Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

I always rise to the occasion; even after all of the traumas and the downfalls, I’ve always risen.”Indeed, in the months leading up to the Paris Olympics, Biles has risen like never before. That medal haul could grow in Paris, where Biles is likely to compete in the women’s team event on Tuesday. The Olympics have arrived at an intriguing chapter in her career, and in Paris Biles will have the opportunity to complete an extraordinary arc of redemption. A senior member of the US team, Biles is a role model for young athletes both in and out of the gym. Above all, these Olympics are perhaps a timely reminder to enjoy the grace and genius of Simone Biles while you can.

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☆ Olympics 2024: What to watch at the gymnastics in Paris
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Paris CNN —As competition gets well and truly underway in Paris, all eyes will turn shortly to one of the Olympic Games’ signature sports: Gymnastics. Biles comes to Paris aiming to wash away the disappointment of that Games, and has been on an absolute tear heading into Paris. She returns in Paris looking to match the feat of Czechoslovak gymnast Vera Caslavska in 1964 and 1968. While Biles and Lee are competing against each other in Paris, the two will also be teammates in the team competition that gets underway on Tuesday. Daiki Hashimoto is also aiming to equal his countryman Kohei Uchimura’s accomplishments in London and Rio de Janeiro by winning his second straight all-around gold medal.

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☆ Olympic moment of the day: Married couple makes history as Romania’s flag bearers
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Aditi Sangal | Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

In what is truly an athletic love story, the two flag bearers are both multiple-time Olympians. “It’s a huge honor for us to be the flag bearers. We didn’t expect that, but every Olympic athlete dreams about it, so we’re really glad that we’ll do this together as a family,” Ionela Livia Cozmiuc told the Olympic Information Service. It’s not just the two of us from our family,” Ionela Livia said. It was me,” Ionela Livia said.

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☆ 5 takeaways from the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Paris shows offIt wasn’t exactly the night that Paris 2024 organizers would have hoped for (more on that in a moment). Celine Dion returns in stunning fashionThis handout released by the Olympic Broadcasting Services, shows a view of singer Celine Dion performing on the Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. Musicians from Gojira, a heavy metal band, perform during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, on July 26. A most magnificent cauldron lightingThe torchbearers French former sprinter Marie-Jose Perec and French judoka Teddy Riner arrive to light the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on July 26, 2024. Mohd Rasfan/AFP/Getty ImagesThe 2024 Games promised an opening ceremony unlike any other and it delivered – including on the incredible cauldron lighting.

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Paris CNN —France’s high-speed train lines were targeted by multiple “malicious” acts including arson on Friday, in what has been described as “coordinated sabotage” to disrupt travel ahead of the Opening Ceremony of the Paris Olympics. SNCF said one of the acts was “foiled.”Travel on these lines is “very disrupted,” with the railway network needing to divert and cancel a large number of trains, SNCF said. Passengers gather around the departure boards at the Gare Montparnasse train station in Paris. Eurostar, the high-speed train service that connects the United Kingdom with France, has been forced to cancel and divert trains due to the “coordinated acts of malice,” on French lines. Meanwhile, the Paris 2024 Olympic Committee canceled its pre-opening ceremony press conference amid the incident, and CNN has also asked Paris 2024 for comment.

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☆ What to expect from Paris during the 2024 Summer Olympic Games
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Paris CNN —The 2024 Summer Olympic Games formally get underway on Friday with an incredibly unique Opening Ceremony aimed at putting one of the world’s most famous cities on display. PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 24: A view of Trocadero Square, the venue for the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, with the Eiffel Tower in the background, on July 24, 2024 in Paris, France. The 2024 Summer Games were organized with a mind to put the entire French nation on display, including its more tropical territories. A Games focused on sustainabilityPARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 14: The Paris 2024 logo, representing the Olympic and Paralympic Games four months prior to the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games is displayed on the facade of Paris town hall on March 14, 2024 in Paris, France. The Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games takes place on Friday 26th July, along the River Seine.

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☆ 10 athletes to watch from Team USA at the Summer Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Paris CNN —Competition is already underway in Paris for the 2024 edition of the Summer Olympics and Team USA is set to take to the River Seine Friday for the Opening Ceremonies. It was the biggest shock of the Tokyo Games and left many observers wondering if the career of one of the most incredible athletes of all time had just ended in a flash. Noah Lyles competes in the men's 200 meter semi-final on Day Eight of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Track & Field Trials at Hayward Field on June 28, 2024 in Eugene, Oregon. Sha’carri RichardsonSha'Carri Richardson wins women's 200m heat in 21.99 for the top time during the US Olympic Team Trials at Hayward Field. Sophia SmithHeading to her first Olympics, Smith is the leading light of a new generation of stars for the US Women’s National Team.

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☆ The USWNT kicks off in France as a team in transition – and one that’s looking to make a point
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“We want to make this environment comfortable, but also know, you know, what the standard is – you’re here for a reason,” said Lindsey Horan, the midfielder who serves as the team’s captain. And we want to get back to being the best in the world.”“So, we need those players. It was arguably Hayes’ first tough decision as the manager of the women’s team after coming on board in late 2023 following a successful decade-plus at Chelsea FC in London. Even still, she is finding it easier than anticipated to get her team to come together. I cannot finish the ball for players, but I can certainly coach to put players in positions.”

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☆ Coco Gauff still can’t wrap her head around the honor of being Team USA’s flagbearer
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Gauff will serve as flag bearer alongside basketball superstar LeBron James – a role she has yet to truly wrap her mind around. “I don’t know when I’m going to meet him, but I’m already stressed about it really,” Gauff told CNN’s Coy Wire. She’s one of the faces of Team USA in Paris and says she’s finding the experience a little bizarre. “It took a while for it to sink in, (it still hasn’t really) sunken in,” Gauff told Wire just hours ahead of her big moment. “So many people are coming up to say congratulations, not just from Team USA but from other sports and countries as well.

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Paris CNN —French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla will now be taking part in the Opening Ceremony at this year’s Olympics, France’s sports minister told CNN, after the runner previously said she would not be allowed to because she wears a headscarf. “You are selected for the Olympic Games, organized in your country, but you can’t take part in the opening ceremony because you wear a scarf on your head,” Sylla posted on her private Instagram account Sunday, per Reuters. But in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, French sports minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra said a solution has been found to allow Sylla to take part in Friday’s ceremony. “The issue is solved,” Oudéa-Castéra told Amanpour. The Opening Ceremony takes place on Friday and will be held along the River Seine, marking the first time that the ceremony has not taken place inside a stadium.

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☆ Paris 2024: Why this sweaty bodybuilder is confusing passers-by
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Christian House | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

If featuring in Instagram posts was an Olympic sport, Hanson’s hunk would win gold. International Olympic CommitteeArtistic and Olympic feats have been bound together since the dawn of the modern games in the late 19th century. Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the International Olympic Committee, was influenced by the culture of ancient Greece, in which sport was an art. The posters for the Paris games — which are not at Gagosian — have been commissioned from both French and international artists and highlight a move towards emerging and women artists. International Olympic Committee“We had a very nice experience in Paris with Luc Abalo, the French multi-medallist in handball.

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☆ Russian detained in Paris over fears of Olympic ‘destabilization’ plans
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Joseph Ataman | Emmanuel Miculita | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Paris CNN —A Russian national has been detained and placed under preliminary investigation in Paris over fears he was preparing to disrupt the Olympic Games, the local prosecutor’s office told CNN Tuesday. French authorities conducted a search of the man’s residence under an administrative order, during which they unearthed evidence he was preparing, “events likely to lead to destabilization during the Olympic Games,” the prosecutor’s office said. He was placed under preliminary investigation and detained Tuesday under suspicion of: “intelligence with a foreign power with a view to provoking hostilities in France,” the prosecutor’s office added. The prosecutor’s office released no further details as to what the man was allegedly planning. The Olympic Games begin this week with the official opening ceremony due to be held in central Paris on Friday evening.

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☆ Police officer attacked in Paris, as security ramps up for Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Saskya Vandoorne | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Paris CNN —A police officer was attacked and injured in central Paris on Thursday evening, as France ramps up security measures in the capital ahead of the 2024 Olympics. “A police officer was attacked in the eighth arrondissement of Paris while he was responding to a call from officers securing a store,” French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said in a post on X. The attack comes a week before the opening ceremony for the 2024 Paris Olympics. This is the second violent incident against French security agents this week, after a soldier was stabbed on Monday in a Paris train station. France has been strengthening security in the city ahead of the Olympics, which are expected to draw around 15 million visitors, according to the European Union.

Persons: Paris CNN —, “, Gérald Darmanin, Charlie Hebdo Organizations: Paris CNN, Interior Ministry, CNN, Champs, Operation Sentinel, European Union Locations: Paris, France

☆ Soldier in France’s anti-terrorism force stabbed in Paris ahead of Olympics opening ceremony next week
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Saskya Vandoorne | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Paris CNN —A French soldier deployed in the country’s anti-terrorism force was stabbed at a train station in central Paris on Monday evening, French government officials said, a little more than a week before the Paris 2024 Olympics’ opening ceremony is due to take place. “A soldier with Operation Sentinelle was stabbed while on patrol at Gare de l’Est in Paris. Operation Sentinelle is an anti-terrorism military operation that was established in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo terror attack in January 2015. France has increased its security measures around Paris ahead of the Olympics, which includes bolstering the Operation Sentinelle forces. “Our thoughts are with the soldier injured this evening at Gare de l’Est, who was deployed as part of Operation Sentinelle,” French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on X.

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☆ How Emmanuel Macron blew his legacy
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Joseph Ataman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

He’s now staring at what will certainly be his real legacy: Macron opened the door to the far right in France. After a shattering defeat in May’s European Parliament election, his decision to call a snap election has, at least partially, backfired. Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the Louvre Museum in Paris after winning the French presidential election in May 2017. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, and France's Emmanuel Macron shake hands after a press conference on June 16, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. For countless communities in France - French or immigrant - the legacy of one man’s gamble, and the uncertainty that is his legacy, will exact a far higher price.

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☆ Le Pen promises French far-right will rein in aid to Ukraine, slams soccer star Mbappé
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Joseph Ataman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Le Pen: Mbappé not representativeLe Pen directed most of her ire closer to home. “I’m not contesting the existence of these comments,” Le Pen said, referring to the accusations levelled against her candidates. Top of the list of sensitivities is likely to be foreign policy, where Le Pen and Macron rarely see eye to eye. Many held similar suspicions ahead of the election of hard-right culture warrior Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in 2022. “It’s a form of interference, and in that sense, I find it unacceptable,” Le Pen said of the post.

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☆ Parisian cafés are a cherished part of French culture. Here’s why they might be in trouble
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Xiaofei Xu | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

A job French people don’t want? Half of the 86,000-plus chefs in the French capital are immigrants, according to data published by the French National Institute of Statistic and Economic Studies in 2022. Often in Paris, the kitchens are very small, so it’s a very strenuous job,” Mousson said. “For a small business like us, we cannot afford to hire multiple people in the kitchen,” Mousson said. While it remains to be seen if the party can capture an absolute majority in the French National Assembly, it will almost certainly become the biggest force in the new parliament.

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☆ France’s far right may be on the brink of power after Macron’s gamble backfired. Here’s what comes next
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Saskya Vandoorne | Camille Knight | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance was crushed on Sunday after the far-right National Rally (RN) party surged in the first round of the country’s parliamentary elections. It would then become the first far-right party to enter the French government since World War II – although nothing is certain ahead of Sunday’s second round. “Tonight is not a night like any other,” Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said solemnly in an address to the French. The left-wing New Popular Front has announced that it will withdraw all candidates who came in third to help prevent far-right candidates from getting elected. A loss would force Macron to nominate a prime minister from whichever party wins – putting a political opponent in charge of running the government.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron’s, Gabriel Attal, It’s, “, Italy’s Giorgia, Hungary’s Viktor Orban, Vladmir Putin, Le Pen, Vladimir Putin, Macron, Jordan Bardella, Bardella Organizations: Paris CNN, New, Ensemble, ”, European Union, Russian, NATO, National Assembly Locations: Sunday’s, Europe, Ukraine, Russian, France

☆ Paris Haute Couture Week 2024: Modern-day villains, deceptive celebrity cameos and a dress with 42,000 hooks
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Alice Pfieffer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Editor’s Note: CNN Style is one of the official media partners of Paris Fashion Week and Haute Couture Week. In the wake of last week’s Haute Couture Fashion Week and in the midst of the decisive French elections, a general sense of unrest is palpable in the country. Peter White/Getty ImagesThe collection explored refined elegance. Gowns with the flair of theater costumes (a distinct departure from his ready-to-wear garments) turned haute couture into an escape from reality. Courtesy Robert WunAt Robert Wun, on the other hand, each silhouette evolved to a different element.

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