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A whale breaches as Brazil's Tatiana Weston-Webb (left) and Costa Rica's Brisa Hennessy compete in the women's surfing semifinals on Monday.

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A whale got its turn in the spotlight on the last day of Olympic surfing

Kauli Vaast of Tahiti and Team USA's Caroline Marks both won gold on Monday, capping off a dramatic few days of competition that even included a brief appearance by a whale.

August 06, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Lee Kiefer of Team United States (L) fought her way to a gold medal in the individual women's foil competition and helped lead her team to a first-ever gold medal against Italy, one of the best fencing teams in the world.

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U.S. women fencers won big at the Olympics. Will it bring more respect and attention?

Olympic fencing had a big moment in Paris. For the first time ever American women won both individual and team golds in the foil competition. Will this boost a sport that often draws tiny crowds?

August 06, 2024
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By:
  • Brian Mann
Gold medalist Yaroslava Mahuchikh celebrates her win in the women's high jump final at the Paris Olympic Games, on a day when Ukraine won three medals. Ukrainian athletes are dedicating their victories to the Ukrainian people who face a grinding invasion by Russia.

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With their nation under siege, Ukrainian athletes shine at Paris Olympics

As the war drags on with Russia, Ukrainians are desperate for symbols of hope and normalcy. At the Paris Olympics, Ukrainian athletes are doing their part: winning gold to help buoy the country.

August 06, 2024
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  • Brian Mann
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Olivia Reeves is chasing gold in Paris. We break down how she lifts

Expectations are high that a member of the U.S. women’s weightlifting team could win gold at the Olympics. And among the team’s most promising athletes is 21-year-old Olivia Reeves.

August 06, 2024
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  • Vincent Acovino,
  • Juana Summers,
  • and 1 more
Simone Biles, left, joins teammate Jordan Chiles in pointing toward gold medalist Rebeca Andrade of Brazil. Biles won silver and Chiles bronze in the women's floor exercise at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games — the first time three Black athletes have shared the podium in Olympic gymnastics.

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3 Black women create an Olympic first in gymnastics

Emotions were running high for Rebeca Andrade, Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles — but mostly for different reasons — after they prevailed in the final gymnastics event at the Paris Olympics.

August 06, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
Armand Duplantis, of Sweden, clears the bar at 6.25m to set a new world record during the men's pole vault final at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Monday in Saint-Denis, France.

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Sweden's Mondo raises his own bar to set new Olympic and world record in pole vault

The American-Swede made his eager fans wait until his final attempt at clinching a new world record at the Paris Olympics — knocking down his own by .01 meters.

August 06, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Algeria's Imane Khelif celebrates after defeating Hungary's Anna Hamori in their women's 66kg quarterfinal boxing match on Saturday.

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As an Olympic boxing controversy deepens, the women at its center are poised to medal

Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting are guaranteed to leave Paris with medals. But fallout continues, as does drama between Olympic officials and the Russian-led association that disqualified them last year.

August 05, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of the U.S. competes in a women's 400-meter hurdles heat at the Paris Olympics on Sunday in Saint-Denis, France.

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What to look forward to in the final leg of the Paris Olympics

There's still a week's worth of medals to be handed out, as competitions ramp up in track and field, soccer and boxing. The excitement has yet to begin in breaking, Taekwondo and weightlifting.

August 05, 2024
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  • Juana Summers,
  • Becky Sullivan,
  • and 3 more
American Simone Biles celebrates at the end of her floor exercise individual event final on Monday at the Paris Olympics. Biles finished in second to win a silver medal and her fourth overall medal of the Games. Her teammate, Jordan Chiles, took the bronze.

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Gymnast Simone Biles wins silver to wrap what might be her final Olympic Games

Biles won silver in the floor exercise final, her fourth of the Paris Olympics. She missed out on the podium in the balance beam after slipping from the beam in her only major mistake of the Games.

August 05, 2024
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  • Becky Sullivan
Germany's Laura Lindemann, left, celebrates after winning the gold medal next to silver medalist Great Britain's Beth Potter, center, and bronze medalist Taylor Knibb, of the U.S., right, at end of the mixed relay triathlon on Monday in Paris.

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The U.S. wins silver in Olympic triathlon mixed relay after contesting close result

After the photo finish, Great Britain was initially awarded the silver. A review overturned that result, showing that the U.S. squeaked by to place second.

August 05, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
American sprinter Noah Lyles celebrates after winning the gold medal in in the men's 100-meters final at the Paris Olympics on Sunday in Saint-Denis, France.

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In a photo finish, American Noah Lyles wins 100-meter final to claim Olympic gold

Lyles, the favorite to win, ran the fastest time in the fastest race at Stade de France stadium on Sunday night. He's the first American to win the race since Justin Gatlin in 2004.

August 05, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Athletes swim in the Seine river for the triathlon event at the Olympic Games in Paris on Wednesday, July 31.

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Belgian Olympic team bows out of triathlon as teammate falls ill after swim in the Seine

All triathletes have been barred from practice swim in Paris river Sunday after poor water quality test results.

August 04, 2024
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  • Luke Garrett
Gold Medalists (from left to right) Regan Smith, Lilly King, Gretchen Walsh and Torri Huske of Team United States celebrate on the podium during the medal ceremony after the Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay Final on Sunday at the Paris Olympics.

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U.S. women's relay swim team wins Olympic gold, smashes world record

In the final Olympic pool swimming race in Paris, U.S. women dominated a relay medley, winning an 8th gold medal for American swimmers and shattering a world record.

August 04, 2024
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  • Brian Mann
The USA's Bobby Finke won the 1,500-meter freestyle final at the Paris Olympics Sunday night, shattering a world record in the endurance race that had stood since 2012.

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Olympic triumph: U.S. swimmer Bobby Finke wins gold, sets world record in 1,500 free

Bobby Finke came to Paris the reigning Olympic champion in the 1,500 meter freestyle swim. He defended his title with a gold medal win and shattered the world record.

August 04, 2024
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By:
  • Brian Mann
Serbia's Novak Djokovic reacts to beating Spain's Carlos Alcaraz to win gold after their men's singles final tennis match at the Roland-Garros Stadium Sunday during the Paris Olympics. It was Djokovic's first-ever gold medal.

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At 37 and already a tennis superstar, Novak Djokovic wins first Olympic gold medal

Djokovic is the all-time leader for most Grand Slam men's singles titles and one of only three men to hold all four Grand Slam championships simultaneously. But an Olympic gold had escaped him.

August 04, 2024
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  • Russell Lewis
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