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☆ Hunter Woodhall: American Paralympic champion drew ‘confidence’ from his wife’s Olympic gold medal
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-07 | by ( Issy Ronald | Don Riddell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —As Hunter Woodhall crossed the line and sealed a Paralympic gold medal in the men’s 400m T62 final, he let out a roar and carried on running to find his wife, Tara Davis-Woodhall. “I know that we do the same things, we train together, we eat together, we recover the same way,” he said. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty ImagesThe couple were careful not to over-celebrate Davis-Woodhall’s Olympic gold medal at the time, given that their goal was only half-complete with Woodhall still yet to compete at the Paralympics. “We just have a lot of fun.”Hunter Woodhall now has four Paralympic medals. Woodhall was born with a fused right ankle and a condition called fibular hemimelia, which affected his left leg.

Persons: Hunter Woodhall, Tara Davis, Woodhall, ” Woodhall, CNN’s Don Riddell, ”, Tara, ” Tara Davis, Kirill Kudryavtsev, I’m, ” Hunter Woodhall, Marco Mantovani, “, you’re Organizations: CNN, Paralympic, Woodhall, Getty, Games Locations: Tara, Paris, Rio, Tokyo, AFP

We've outlined everything you need to know about where to watch the Paralympics around the world, including free streaming options. Check price at Peacock TVWhere to watch the Paralympics in the UKThe Paralympics will live stream for free on Channel 4 Sport's YouTube channel in the United Kingdom. Where to watch the Paralympics in AustraliaAs with the Olympics, the Paralympics will be shown for free on 9Now in Australia. Where to watch the Paralympics in FranceThe Paralympics will live stream for free on France.TV in France. You can still keep up with your free live streaming options using a VPN (virtual private network).

Persons: Hunter Woodhall, Johannes, Stan Sport, AWST, Peacock, ExpressVPN Organizations: Business, Paralympics, Paralympic Committee, IPC, YouTube, Sunday, NBC, Olympics, Channel Locations: Paris, ExpressVPN, United States, United Kingdom, Australia, France, 9Now

☆ ESPN Bet has big ambitions and a tough outlook as it launches in New York and aims to gain share in sports betting
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-04 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Executives at ESPN and Penn Entertainment hope that's true of ESPN Bet, which will soon debut in the Big Apple as football season heats up. The company hopes its massive platform and popular talent will attract new users to ESPN Bet. A far lower spend rate than its peers drove the service's market share below 4% in the first quarter of 2024, BofA estimated. In those states, ESPN Bet's share is generally between 3% and 6%. AdvertisementThat gives ESPN's namesake betting app a big advantage, but it's unclear whether that will be enough in the ruthless sports betting market.

Persons: —, Frank Sinatra, Mike Morrison, ESPN's, Penn, Chris Grove, Penn didn't, Grove, Dan Wasiolek, Wasiolek, Bet365, ESPN Bet shouldn't Organizations: Service, New, ESPN, Penn Entertainment, ESPN Bet, Apple, Business, Industry, NFL, Krejcik, Penn, Bank of America, Morningstar, Sports Locations: New York, Pennsylvania

☆ Steph Curry says he wants to be an NBA owner in the future
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-03 | by ( Jessica Golden | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Four-time NBA Champion Steph Curry is already planning for life after basketball. The 10-time NBA All-Star spoke to CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" on Tuesday about the rest of his basketball career, his various businesses and goals for after his playing career ends. The 36-year-old Curry has a media company, Unanimous Media, and a youth golf tour, Underrated, among other ventures. He told CNBC he is also interested in NBA team ownership one day. That contract will expire when Curry is 39 — and the guard who led the U.S. men's basketball team to an Olympic gold medal in Paris last month said he still has a lot of NBA basketball ahead of him.

Persons: Steph Curry, Curry, that's Organizations: Unanimous Media, CNBC, NBA, Golden State Warriors, U.S Locations: Paris

☆ U.S. men’s gymnastics medalist Fred Richard on how his sport can avoid falling back into post-Olympics obscurity
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-28 | by ( Kaya Ginsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"I'm really passionate about changing the support around the sport," Richard told CNBC in an interview after the Olympics ended. That content hopefully is not only driving more eyeballs to the men's gymnastics, but participants as well. Men's gymnastics consistently lags in popularity behind women's at the collegiate level, where meets are regularly televised, and at the international level. There are only 12 Division I NCAA Men's Gymnastics programs, and more are at risk of cuts. "I don't think it's ever been a situation where that many people are watching men's gymnastics … and left feeling like it was worth it."

Persons: Frederick Richard, medaling, Richard, Kevin Harts, Dwayne, Simone Biles, women's Organizations: Paris Olympics, CNBC, University of Michigan, NBC, Paris Games, USA, AP, NCAA, NBC Olympics Locations: TikTok

☆ Denmark: First set of coins from L.E. Bruun fetches $16.5M
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-26 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

On Tuesday, just under a year since the 100-year-old order expired, the first set of coins from Bruun’s personal 20,000-piece collection went up for auction in Copenhagen. Bruun Collection was insured for 500 million Danish kroner, or around $72.5 million. An exceptionally rare gold coin from 1496 smashed estimates to fetch a record 1.2 million euros ($1.34 million) at auction on Tuesday. Stack’s Bowers GalleriesThe auction house described it as the most valuable collection of world coins to ever come to market. The star lot was one of Scandinavia’s oldest gold coins, according to the catalog a noble of King Hans dated from 1496.

Persons: Lars Emil Bruun, Stack’s Bowers, Bruun, Brian Kendrella, few.But Bruun, King Frederik, ”, King Hans, “, Matt Orsini Organizations: CNN, Stack’s Bowers Galleries, Royal Danish, Danish Numismatic Society, “, Kalmar Union, Galleries Locations: Copenhagen, Akershus Castle, Oslo, Danish, Denmark, Norway, Sweden

☆ Trump’s Carefully Scripted Week Kept Veering Off Script
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Michael C. Bender | Michael Gold | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Donald J. Trump’s political endurance this year has been attributed in part to voters’ faded memories about why they denied him a second term four years ago. The former president is doing his best to remind them. Despite a carefully scripted week of campaign events aimed at counterprogramming the Democratic National Convention, Mr. Trump undercut much of his messaging with a series of off-the-cuff remarks, rants and blunders that threatened to stoke the kind of Republican anxiety he has spent much of the past month trying to tamp down. On Monday in Pennsylvania, he struggled to clarify a previous comment that he believed the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which honors civilians, was “much better” than the Medal of Honor given to military members. On Tuesday in Michigan, he claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris had won the Democratic nomination after a “vicious, violent overthrow of a president" and called Chicago, which hosted the Democratic convention, “a war zone that’s worse than Afghanistan.”

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Kamala Harris, “, ” Organizations: Democratic National Convention, Mr, stoke, Democratic Locations: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Chicago, Afghanistan

☆ Seafood towers, endless Honey Deuces and $100,000 suites: How the US Open lures in high-rollers and celebrities
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-24 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

These are either run by the US Open’s top sponsors or available to rent privately for prices up to $100,000. Big spenders laying down the six figures to secure a suite are companies mostly from financial, insurance and legal businesses. A cabin crew staffs the suite checking people in, and the food served inside also matches its first-class offerings, with seafood towers, champagne and caviar. The Honey Deuce cocktail is served for free in many suites at the US Open. Last year, the Dutch beer used the US Open as part of its launch of Heineken Silver, its new low-carb beer.

Persons: Coco Gauff, Novak Djokovic, Charlize Theron, Justin Bieber, Kylie Jenner, Timothée, Ashe, Sarah Stier, ”, Shiz Suzuki, aren’t, Arthur Ashe, speck, they’re, Billie Jean King, Bryan Bedder, Al Guido, Maestro Dobel Tequila, Theron, Ariana DeBose, Katie Holmes, Lander Otegui, Theron “, Otegui, Paloma, Charlize Theron sips, John Angelillo, Zendaya, Bieber, Haley, Nicole Kidman, Aaron Judge, Nicola Coughlin, Essa Sulaiman Ahmad, “, ” Ahmad, Nathan Congleton, Honey, ” Aleco Azqueta, Goose, Zach Braff, Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, ” Azqueta, Bob Lynch, ” Lynch, Joe Keery, Craig Barritt, ” Pattie Falch, Silver, Taylor Fritz, Morgan Riddle Organizations: New, New York CNN, United States Tennis Association, American Express, ”, England’s Wimbledon, US, Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, San Francisco 49ers, CNN, Daily Mail, Maestro, UPI, Emirates Airline, Emirates, Yankees, Emirates ’, NBA, NBC, Getty, Bacardi, Heineken, Heineken “, Heineken Silver Locations: New York, Montauk, Bridgehampton, Queens —, Covid, Canada, ” Emirates

☆ Steve Serio and Nicky Nieves named as Team USA flag bearers for 2024 Paralympic Games
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Ariana Brockington | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Athletes Steve Serio and Nicky Nieves have been selected as the Team USA flag bearers for the upcoming 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. The 2024 Games in Paris will mark his fifth Paralympics as he previously competed in the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games, 2012 London Paralympic Games, 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games and 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games. Ahead of the Paris Paralympic Games, Team USA shared a video on Instagram of Serio, 36, taking a trip down memory lane as he revisited his headshots for past Games. The Team USA Instagram account shared a photo of Nieves posing alongside some of her USA women’s sitting volleyball teammates on Thursday. The 2024 Paris Paralympic Games begins with its opening ceremony on Aug. 28 and will end on Sept. 8.

Persons: Steve Serio, Nicky Nieves, Serio, Nieves, Peacock Organizations: Team USA, Paralympic Games, USA’s, Beijing Paralympic Games, Janeiro Paralympic Games, Tokyo Paralympic Games, Paris Paralympic Games, USA, Janeiro Games, USA women’s, Paralympic, Paris Paralympic, Concorde, Olympics Locations: Paris, Beijing, Rio, Tokyo, Serio, City of

☆ Cindy Ngamba: Refugee Olympic Team’s first medalist hopes to inspire millions
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Rosanne Roobeek | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

I was able to meet new people, learn about myself a lot and travel around the world,” Ngamba added. The Refugee Olympic TeamThe Refugee Olympic Team gives forcibly displaced athletes an opportunity to participate on the highest sporting stage. The Refugee Olympic Team travel down the River Seine during the opening ceremony. Global refugee crisisNgamba’s bronze medal marks a significant moment for the Refugee Olympic Team and serves as an inspiration for millions of displaced people worldwide. The first ever medal for the Refugee Olympic Team symbolizes not only the resilience of Ngamba, but of all refugees striving for a better future.

Persons: Cindy Winner Djankeu Ngamba, Ngamba, ” Ngamba, Amanda Davies, I’ve, ” Yusra, ”, Markus Gilliar, GES Sportfoto, ” Mardini, “, GB’s Lewis Richardson, Jack, “ Lewis, Lewis Richardson, Luke Hales Organizations: CNN, Refugee Olympic, Boxing, “, Great Britain, The, Team, UNHCR Goodwill, Netflix, Olympic Team, Refugee Olympic Team, United Nations, Refugees, UNHCR, Olympics, Refugee Locations: Paris, Cameroon, United Kingdom, Great, “, Southport, England

☆ Jordan Chiles' stripped bronze is gymnastics' biggest controversy since the 2000 Sydney Olympics disaster
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Kaetlyn-Liddy-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Kaetlyn Liddy | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles was stripped of her floor exercise bronze medal Sunday by the International Olympic Committee after a scoring inquiry was deemed invalid. Chiles is the only gymnast in history to be stripped of an Olympic medal for reasons other than age falsification or failed drug tests. The bronze medal debacle is the sport's most high-profile controversy since the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, the site of the biggest scandal in Olympic gymnastics history. Jordan Chiles competes during the Women's Gymnastics Floor Routine final competition at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, at the Bercy Arena in Paris, on Aug. 5, 2024. The U.S. women's gymnastics team, which initially finished fourth in 2000, was awarded the bronze medal in 2010 after the Chinese team was disqualified.

Persons: Jordan Chiles, Chiles, Romania's Ana Bărbosu, Svetlana Khorkina, “ I’ve, ”, Kathy Kelly, Khorkina, Dmitry Lebedev, Andreea, Răducan, Simona Amânar, Raducan, Thomas Bach, Bach, ” Bach, Dong Fangxiao, Fangxiao's, Switzerland’s Fanny Smith, Germany’s Daniela Maier Organizations: International Olympic, Sport, Sydney Olympic Games, ESPN, Bercy, Kommersant, IOC, Swiss Federal Tribunal, Jordan, Beijing Winter Locations: Sydney, Paris, Soviet, Romania, Beijing, U.S

☆ Tom Daley announces his retirement: ‘It’s the right time to call it a day’
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Scott Stump | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The British diver, who recently won a silver medal in Paris, announced his retirement in an interview with British Vogue published Aug. 12. “It was emotional at the end, up there on the platform, knowing it was going to be my last competitive dive,” he told British Vogue. Lots of things to process, but I think it’s the right time,” Daley told the outlet. Great Britain's Tom Daley competes during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France. “I would love for people to remember me for being a person that persevered, who persisted and didn’t give up on his dream until he was able to achieve it,” he told British Vogue.

Persons: Tom Daley, “, ”, Daley, ” Daley, ” Tom Daley, Naomi Baker, “ It’s, Daley’s, Dustin Lance Black, Robbie, Britain's Tom Daley, Mike Egerton, Matty Lee, Noah Williams, didn’t, …, I’m, TODAY.com Organizations: Vogue, British Vogue, Olympic Games, BBC, Olympic, Team Great Britain Locations: British, Paris, Phoenix, France, Beijing, Rio de Janeiro

☆ Allies want Trump to get on message and long Covid test proves elusive: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

A study on long Covid fails to bring researchers closer to finding a diagnostic test. Why there’s no test yet for long CovidAn estimated 17 million people have long Covid, but identifying people with the condition still can't be achieved with one diagnostic test, researchers said this week. So “clinicians are left to continue doing what we have done in the past,” which is to rule out other potential health conditions rather than diagnosing long Covid, they said. The study is part of the National Institute of Health’s RECOVER Initiative, a billion-dollar-plus effort launched in 2021 to research causes and treatments of long Covid. The Freedom Caucus added that in the event of a stopgap bill, funding should be “extended into early 2025” to avoid passing a funding bill that “preserves Democrat spending.” Both demands would spark a standoff with Democratic lawmakers.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Trump, Harris, Kevin McCarthy, Joe Biden, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Aleksei Smirnov, Karen Bass, S. Organizations: Los Angeles, Trump, Former, Fox News, Kremlin, Los Angeles —, Lacrosse, Flag Locations: Florida, Ukraine, Kursk, Ukrainian, L.A, Paris, Los Angeles, Angeles, 4 e

☆ Panel member who ruled on Jordan Chiles’ Olympic bronze medal appeal has a history of representing Romania in legal cases
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Don Riddell | David Close | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —American gymnast Jordan Chiles and the US Olympic team may very well feel like protagonists in a Franz Kafka novel, as they find themselves trapped in an increasingly surreal scenario while attempting to reclaim her bronze medal. Dr. Hamid G. Gharavi, Philippe Sands and Song Lu sat on the panel, of which Gharavi was the president, according to CAS. Gharavi’s resume, linked on CAS’ website, lists multiple legal cases in which he has represented Romania in arbitration cases. USA's Jordan Chiles, left, and Romania's Ana Bărbosu during the Paris Olympics' artistic gymnastics women's floor exercise final. USA's Simone Biles, Brazil's Rebeca Andrade, and USA's Jordan Chiles celebrate during the medal presentation following the Paris Olympics' artistic gymnastics women's floor exercise final.

Persons: Jordan Chiles, Franz Kafka, Chiles, Romanian Ana Bǎrbosu, Hamid G, Gharavi, Philippe Sands, Song Lu, USA's Jordan Chiles, Romania's Ana Bărbosu, USA's Simone Biles, Brazil's Rebeca Andrade, Luca Castro, Bǎrbosu, Christine Brennan, ”, Hezly Rivera, Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Sunisa Lee, Naomi Baker, “, They’d Organizations: CNN, US Olympic, Paris, Sport, Paris Olympics, Getty, Institute for, CAS, New York Times, International Bar Association, AP, US, Gymnastics, Swiss Federal Tribunal, Jordan, Paralympic, Paris Games Locations: Romanian, Romania, Beijing

☆ Head of Panel That Ruled Against Jordan Chiles Represented Romania in Other Cases
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Tariq Panja | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The head of a panel that ruled that the American gymnast Jordan Chiles had to give up her Olympic bronze medal in favor of a Romanian athlete has represented Romania for almost a decade in arbitration cases, documents show. The Romanian athlete, Ana Barbosu, was awarded the bronze medal as a result of the panel’s decision, and Chiles was dropped to fifth place. The result left Chiles brokenhearted: It took away her only individual medal at the Games, and means her appearance on the podium — the first all-Black medals stand at a gymnastics event at the Olympics — is now left with an asterisk. Chiles posted four broken heart emojis on a black background on social media on Saturday after the decision was announced, and later said she was stepping away from social media altogether amid a torrent of racial abuse. The decision to reallocate the medals in the floor exercise outraged U.S. Olympic and gymnastics officials, who have threatened to take their fight to the Swiss courts.

Persons: Jordan Chiles, Chiles’s, Ana Barbosu, Chiles, Hamid G, — Organizations: Olympics, Sport, Games Locations: Romanian, Romania

☆ WNBA player Dearica Hamby files lawsuit against league and former team over alleged treatment while pregnant
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Kevin Dotson | Steve Almasy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The WNBA is “aware of today’s legal filing” and officials are “reviewing the complaint,” a WNBA spokesperson said. Hamby played for the organization from 2015 to 2022, winning a WNBA title in her last season. In May 2023, Hammon told reporters: “(Her pregnancy) wasn’t a problem, and it never was why we made the decision to move Hamby. The world champion Aces exiled Dearica Hamby for becoming pregnant and the WNBA responded with a light tap on the wrist,” Hamby’s attorneys said in Monday’s statement. Hamby recently won a bronze medal at the Olympics as a member of the US women’s 3x3 basketball team.

Persons: Dearica Hamby, Hamby, WNBA “, ”, she’d, “, Becky Hammon, Hammon, Hammon “, ” Hammon, “ Hammon, Sparks, Hamby’s, –, Terri Carmichael, ” Hamby, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, Las Vegas Aces, Aces, Los Angeles Sparks, WNBA, ”, ’, Olympics, Sparks Locations: Nevada, Las Vegas, San Antonio, America, LA

☆ The international fight over a US gymnast's bronze medal is getting messy
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewA contentious judging decision and messy appeals process has roiled women's gymnastics — and spiraled into an international argument for Olympic bronze between the US and Romania. It kicked the final decision to the International Olympic Committee, which ordered Chiles to return her bronze medal. On Sunday, USA Gymnastics said it had video evidence — which it hadn't previously submitted — which proved Landi's inquiry was made within 47 seconds. USA Gymnastics vowed Monday to "continue to pursue every possible avenue and appeal process, including to the Swiss Federal Tribunal." USA Gymnastics declined to comment beyond the statements on its website.

Persons: —, Jordan Chiles, Ana Bărbosu, Chiles, Chiles should've, who'd, she'd, Cecile Landi, Simone Biles, Sabrina Maneca, didn't, Bărbosu, Tim Clayton, hadn't, Jordan, Biles, Suni Lee, Lee, Jo, Sabrina Organizations: Service, Business, Romanian, Romanian Gymnastics Federation, Sport, Gymnastics Federation, International Olympic Committee, Olympic, Paralympic, CNN, USA, Swiss Locations: Romania, Romanian, Paris, USA, Swiss, Jordan

☆ Paris Olympics ratings soar 82% over Tokyo Games, delivering big boost to NBC’s Peacock streamer
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris drew a combined average of 30.6 million viewers across NBCU’s constellation of platforms, marking an 82% jump in viewership compared to the Tokyo Games and making the Games the most-streamed Olympics of all time. The network’s Spanish-language broadcast on Telemundo also saw a 26% jump over the same period during the Tokyo Games three years ago. “The Olympics reestablished its unique power to reassemble the American media audience,” said Gary Zenkel, the NBC Olympics president. “NBC Nightly News” anchored by Lester Holt averaged 7.6 million viewers during the two-week period, and the “Today” show averaged 3.1 million viewers, the network said. Last month, Comcast reported the streamer had lost 500,000 subscribers in the second quarter, falling to 33 million total, well below Netflix’s 277 million subscribers and Disney’s 153.6 million.

Persons: ”, Peacock, Gary Zenkel, “, NBCU, Al Michael’s, NBCUniversal, Mark Lazarus, Lester Holt Organizations: New, New York CNN, Comcast, Tokyo Games, Telemundo, Olympics, NBC, America, USA, US, France, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Paris Games, Tokyo, Games, Warner Bros, NBA, Paris Olympics, NBCUniversal Media, “ Parks, Studios Locations: New York, Paris, “ Paris

☆ Rules don’t allow reconsideration of decision stripping Jordan Chiles' bronze medal, USA Gymnastics says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dennis-Romero-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Dennis Romero | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

USA Gymnastics said Monday it can prove that a coach's appeal that put gymnast Jordan Chiles on the podium for a bronze medal in Paris was by the book, but the effort may be futile because the governing court said its rules don't allow for reconsideration in this case. However, Monday’s statement calls into question whether Chiles can keep her medal, which the International Olympic Committee said she must return, upholding the CAS ruling. “USA Gymnastics was notified by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday that their rules do not allow for an arbitral award to be reconsidered even when conclusive new evidence is presented,” USA Gymnastics said in its statement. But Chiles' coach, Cecile Landi, filed an inquiry, which was accepted and resulted in an elevated score of 13.766, allowing Chiles to leapfrog Bărbosu for bronze. The Romanian Gymnastics Federation and Bărbosu subsequently filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, arguing the inquiry was too late.

Persons: Jordan Chiles, Chiles, ”, Romania’s Ana Bărbosu, Cecile Landi, leapfrog, Bărbosu Organizations: USA, Sport, International Olympic Committee, Swiss Federal Tribunal, Jordan, U.S, Olympic, Paralympic, Romanian Gymnastics Federation Locations: Paris, U.S

☆ These Latino athletes took home the gold at the Paris Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Isabel Yip | Isabel Yip Is An Intern For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

At this year’s Olympic games, Latino fans cheered on athletes from their home countries as well as those representing Team USA. As the Paris Games come to an end, thirteen Latinos are returning home with gold medals. Beatriz Sousa brought Brazil, Latin America's gold medal leader, its first Paris gold medal in the 78kg+ judo final. Latino medal countdown, by country:Brazil took home the most medals of any Latin American country at the Olympic Games, including three gold medals. Latino athletes on Team USA were part of team events that earned the U.S. two gold medals and one silver medal at the Games.

Persons: Rebeca Andrade, Simone Biles, Andrade, Beatriz Sousa, Marileidy Paulino, Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird, Mijain López Núñez, López Núñez, Adriana Ruano, Cuba’s Erislandy Alvarez, Brazil’s Ana Patrícia, Duda Lisboa, Francisca Crovetto Chadid, Chile’s, Paris Games —, Jose Torres Gil, “, ” Torres Gil, Brian Pintado, Hezly Rivera, Rivera, Ángel, Shinnosuke Oka, Oka, Daniella Ramirez, Anita Alvarez, Sebastian Rivera Organizations: Team USA, Paris Games, Paris, USA’s, Olympic, Cuba, Canada, American, Argentina, Associated Press, Ecuador —, Dominican, U.S, Games, Paris Olympics, Ángel Barajas, Barajas, USA, Olympics, Puerto Rico, Rutgers, NBC Locations: Brazil, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Paris, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuelan American, New Jersey, Puerto

☆ 1st Pakistani individual gold medalist, whose village helped fund his Olympic path, returns home a hero
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Kimmy Yam | Kimmy Yam Is A Reporter For Nbc Asian America. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

After Pakistani javelin athlete Arshad Nadeem hurtled his way into the Olympic history books, his country threw him welcome celebrations fit for a king. Arshad Nadeem, 27, took the top spot in javelin last week in the Paris Games, becoming the first Pakistani to win an individual gold medal in the country’s history. Arshad Nadeem outside his village in Mian Channu, Pakistan, on Aug. 11. Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan during the men's javelin throw final at the Paris 2024 Olympics, on Aug. 8. “We developed our own weight training apparatus by using iron rods, canisters of oil and concrete.”Gold medalist Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan during the victory ceremony.

Persons: Arshad Nadeem hurtled, Arshad Nadeem, Asim Tanveer, Nadeem, Mian Channu, ”, Neeraj Chopra, Arshad Nadeem of, Matthias Schrader, Salman Iqbal Butt, Ali Sher Bajwa, ” Nadeem, Arshad, Muhammad Ashraf, “, Shahid Nadeem, Kirill Kudryavtsev, Chopra, ” Chopra, “ Arshad, that’s, “ I’ve, Imran Khan, “ Neeraj, Al Organizations: Paris Games, Express Tribune, Olympics, Barcelona Games, Times, Reuters, Getty, Economic Times, Al, Indian Express Locations: Lahore, Mian Channu, Pakistan, Mian, Los Angeles, Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan, Times of India, AFP, India

☆ The Olympics brought rare unity to France. Now back to the political games.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alexander Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

PARIS — It’s 1:00 a.m. on the banks of the Canal de Saint-Denis and the 2024 Paris Olympics closing ceremony finished an hour ago. But the political and social turmoil France faced before a ghostly metal horse galloped down the Seine has not gone away. French President Emmanuel Macron at the Paris Olympic Games. The French president could easily have been giving his view on France’s immediate political future when discussing the rain-drenched opening ceremony with NBC News. Optimism aside, analysts believe the country faces years of deadlock that could end with a far-right president in 2027.

Persons: Denis, Sara Zinger, Mary Mathurin, France's Leon Marchand, Dar Yasin, Emmanuel Macron, Pascal Le Segretain, Macron, Macron’s, Rainbow Murray, they’ve, Murray, Le Pen, Lady Gaga —, Le, Maxime Jourdan, Marine Le Pen, Charles Platiau, who’s, it’s, Rene Nijhuis, Paris Mayor Anne, Marie Hidalgo, France’s Le, Alain Jocard, Hector Gore Organizations: PARIS, Stade de France, Marine, Paris Olympic, NBC, Queen Mary University of London, Rally, Olympics, Olympic, BSR Agency, Getty, Eiffel, Concorde, triathletes, Paris Mayor, France’s Le Figaro, Metro, Paris Games, French, Square, Games Locations: Saint, Parisian, hipsters, France, Paris, Europe, Seine, Montmartre, AFP

Lacrosse, cricket, baseball and softball — by way of Oklahoma City — are set to make their Olympic returns to L.A. 2028. Breaking, the New York-rooted, 1980s dance form, appeared to be well-received here in Paris but wasn't invited to the L.A. party. The fledgling World Boxing hopes to be that new international body that can gain enough support from national boxing federations to fill the IBA void. Spain's Enmanuel Reyes Pla is punched by Belgium's Victor Schelstraete in the men's 92kg quarter-final boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The mayor pointed out that predictions of traffic armageddon in 1984, when the Olympics were last in L.A., never materialized.

Persons: Luke Hales, wasn't, Ami, Elsa, Eric Quinlan, Alison Palaia, “, ” Palaia, “ We’ve, ”, Palaia, Roland, Spain's Enmanuel Reyes Pla, Belgium's Victor Schelstraete, Mohd Rasfan, Paris, Boris Van Der Vorst, Karen Bass, Bass, “ Angelinos, ” Bass, Vivianne Robinson, Sebastian Kahnert, I'm Organizations: PARIS, Lacrosse, Flag, Team Japan, India, Team Netherlands, Olympics, Boxing Association, Boxing, Garros, Getty, NFL, Associated Press, Santa Monica Locations: Los Angeles, Oklahoma, L.A, New York, Paris, U.S, New York City, Brisbane, Russian, AFP, Inglewood, COVID, Southern California

☆ Glorious farewell to the Paris Olympics and the U.S. rushes firepower to the Middle East: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Elizabeth Both | Elizabeth Both Is An Associate Platforms Editor For Nbc News | Based In New York. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

A spectacular closing ceremony hands the Olympic Games over to Los Angeles. And a false JD Vance rumor sparks a misinformation row. A glorious farewell to Paris OlympicsGetty ImagesAu revoir to the Paris Games. Kamala Harris pledged to eliminate taxes on tipped wages for service workers, matching a proposal from former President Donald Trump. Politics in BriefTrump campaign: Former President Donald Trump’s campaign has said it was hacked by an Iranian group.

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☆ Jordan Chiles’ case is unusual. Most returned Olympic medals are for cheating.
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PARIS — Jordan Chiles is a rarity in Olympic history: an athlete forced to return their medal for reasons other than a doping violation. On Sunday, the International Olympic Committee said that the appeal shouldn’t have been allowed, meaning she will have to return her third-place prize. In 2017, the Russian Olympic Committee said that none of the 18 athletes stripped of their medals because of doping violations had returned the physical awards. After Chiles’ bronze bumped Romanian gymnast Ana Bărbosu off the podium, the country’s Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said he’d refuse to attend the closing ceremony in protest. “Given these circumstances, we are committed to pursuing an appeal to help Jordan Chiles receive the recognition she deserves,” the U.S. committee said.

Persons: PARIS — Jordan Chiles, Usain Bolt, —, Nesta, “ I’m, ”, Alexander Zhukov, Karen Chen, Russia’s Kamila Valieva, Chiles, Ana Bărbosu, Marcel Ciolacu, he’d, Jack Eagan, Eagan, Frank Floyd, Ara, Ibragim Samadov, Abrahamian, Dong Fangxiao, Dong, Jordan, Jordan Chiles, “ Organizations: Team, International Olympic Committee, IOC, NBC News, Russian Olympic Committee, country’s, St, Louis Olympics, Amateur Athletic Union, Olympic, Beijing, Associated Press, “ Unified, Olympics, Sydney, U.S, Paralympic, International Gymnastics Federation Locations: American, Romanian, Ara Abrahamian’s, Swedish, Soviet Union, U.S

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