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Here's why athletes at the Olympics bite their medals, both at the 2024 Paris Games and in the past

2024 Paris Olympics: Why do Olympic athletes bite their medals?

Los Angeles Times

Controversies over what constitutes a woman and long-standing issues involving attire and appearance continue to create problems for female Olympic athletes.

Women experienced the best of the Olympics — and the worst — in Paris

The 2024 Olympic games came to an end in Paris after weeks of memorable moments in Olympic history. Team USA took home gold in both Men and Women’s basketball. USA took home 126 total medals. 40 GOLD, 44 SILVER and 42 BRONZE. China came in second with 91 total medals.

The 2024 Paris Olympics Come To A Celebratory End With Tom Cruise

Sifan Hassan's endurance gamble at the Paris Games finally paid off after she sprinted away for Olympic marathon gold in the French capital on Sunday. The Ethiopian-born Dutch athlete came into the marathon on the back of two bronze medals won in the 5,000m and 10,000m in an astonishing bid for podium placings in three events. FRANCE 24's Selina Sykes reports.

Paris Olympics: Dutch runner Sifan Hassan wins marathon

The Independent

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach hailed a “sensational” Games as the Paris 2024 Olympics was officially closed.After over a fortnight of competition, the Games reached its conclusion in a showpiece staged at the Stade de France on Sunday night.Speaking at the closing ceremony, Bach declared Paris 2024 a “new era” of Olympic Games.He said: “The Olympic Games Paris 2024 were a celebration of the athletes and of sport at its best.“The first Olympic Games delivered completely under our Olympic agenda reforms: younger, more urban, more inclusive, more sustainable. The first Olympic Games with full gender parity.“These were sensational Olympic...

IOC president hails ‘sensational’ Olympics at Paris 2024 closing ceremony

As the Paris Olympics come to an end Sunday, NGOs who have accused the French government of carrying out a social cleanup in Paris voice concerns over the fate of the homeless in the capital. Authorities have cleared out migrant and homeless encampments for months leading up to the Games, moving up to 5,000 people to other regions.

Paris homeless face uncertain fate as Games wrap up

Sports fans and spectators gather at Club France – a fan zone dedicated to French athletes - in Paris to celebrate the last day of the Games Sunday as the Olympics come to an end on Sunday. "There was so much skepticism going in, but as soon as the Games started, that kind of switched, flicked and people were so excited and that was helped by Club France”, FRANCE 24’s Leo McGuinn said.

Paris overcomes 'skepticism', celebrates last day of Games at Club France

Paris Olympics: Bobby Finke Capped Off Individual Swimming Slate By Taking Down 12-Year-Old World Record. Attempting dramatic final-length comebacks was no longer a winning strategy for Bobby Finke. Three years earlier in his first Olympics, Finke had caught fields of European veterans off guard as he sprinted ahead to clinch gold medals in the 800 free and 1500 free, but his younger rivals were ready for the trick. At the 2023 World Championships, Finke went stroke-for-stroke with Tunisia’s Ahmed Hafnaoui in the 1500 free for the entire race, only for Hafnaoui to touch him out by five hundredths at the finish.

Paris Olympics: World Record By Bobby Finke Was Top Male Performance of Games

A fire broke out Sunday at a cooling tower of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, with Kyiv and Moscow trading blame for the incident. Ukraine, Russia and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said there had been no detected spike in radiation levels or any impact on nuclear safety.

Ukraine and Russia trade blame for fire at occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Yardbarker

The Paris Olympics are over and, as expected, the Games featured plenty of highs and lows, from a sprinter from St. Lucia (pop. 180,000) earning that country's first medal to Canadians caught snooping with a drone.Here are some of the bests — and worsts — from the two-week event:The BestTeam USA basketball continues gold-medal run: LeBron James and A'ja Wilson led their respective squads to Olympic glory yet again in Paris. The women won their eighth straight and the men their fifth consecutive gold medals. If you were born in the year 1996, you have seen the U.S. finish worse than...

'Allez, Leon!' to drone snooping: The best and worst of Paris Olympics

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Uncovering Florida

Most people are guilty of doing it at least once in their lives, many people do it by accident, some do it because they find it fun, and others do it for reasons like honoring loved ones. Regardless of the situation, just about everyone has released a balloon. The difference is that intentionally releasing balloons is now illegal by House Bill 321’s standards.

Law Signed By DeSantis Makes It Illegal To Release Balloons In Florida

Part of the Refugee Olympic Team, Syrian Judoka Muna Dahouk Saturday said in an interview with FRANCE 24 that her message to refugees is “don’t give up”. Dahouk, who made her Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, shared her journey to the Paris Games and how she carried on judo training after fleeing Syria and settling in the Netherlands.

Syrian judoka Muna Dahouk's message to refugees: ‘Don’t give up’

ESPN

The U.S. men set an Olympic record in the 4x400m relay, and the U.S. women blew out the competition for gold.

U.S. men, women take gold in 4x400m relays at Paris Olympics

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach says he intends to stand down after the end of his second term next year.

Bach to step down as Olympic chief next year

The US Sun

QUINCY Wilson is set to return to high school just two-and-a-half weeks after starring at the Paris Olympics. The Team USA sprinter, 16, made history by becoming the youngest male American track and field gold medalist in Olympic history. Wilson participated in the opening heat of the men’s 4x400m relay, helping Team USA qualify for […]

‘School in two-and-a-half weeks’ moans 16-year-old Team USA gold medalist as post-Olympics reality hits

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The Press

The Olympic flame has been extinguished and the flag has been passed. The incredible 2024 Paris Olympics is in the books. At home, fans vicariously enjoyed those viral chocolate muffins from the Olympic Village, watched a whale drop in on the surf contest in Tahiti and met breakout stars such as Harvard-educated fencer Lauren Scruggs and Rubik's Cube-solving "pommel horse guy" Stephen Nedoroscik.

The way-too-early preview for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

OLYMPICS chief Thomas Bach left 75,000 people “recoiling in unison” with a “dad joke” about the River Seine during last night’s Paris 2024 closing ceremony. Athletics fans bid farewell to the Paris Games on Sunday after a fortnight of spectacular sport. A high-octane event saw the United States come out on top in the medal […]

Watch Olympics chief Thomas Bach’s ‘dad joke’ leave ‘75,000 people recoiling in unison’ at Paris 2024 closing ceremony

"New times are calling for new leaders," the 70-year-old German lawyer, who has led the Olympic movement since 2013, told a session of IOC members in the French capital. Bach said he was asked to stay in his role but insisted he would not attempt to extend his mandate by changing the Olympic charter that limits the president to a maximum of 12 years in the role.

Olympics chief Thomas Bach says will not seek third term

Paris on Sunday handed the Olympic flag to Los Angeles, which would host the Games for a third time in 2028. But this time around, the City of Angels will not be building any new buildings, FRANCE 24's Alyssa Caverley said, adding that the city faces several challenges such as transportation and homelessness.

Los Angeles prepares for 2028 Olympics

Elusive street artist Banksy on Sunday unveiled a new artwork in London, depicting a shoal of fish on a police sentry box, his seventh animal-themed piece to surface in the British capital over the last week. Previous works include dark silhouette images of a goat, elephants, monkeys, a wolf, pelicans and a cat.

Street artist Banksy unveils animal-themed artwork in London

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Coe to give IOC presidency tilt 'serious thought'

Bach, who has led the Olympic movement since 2013, told a session of IOC members on Saturday that he will not seek to remain in charge...

Coe to give IOC presidency tilt 'serious thought'

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