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Divers Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook won the first U.S. medal of the Paris Olympics: a silver in the 3-meter synchronized springboard. It's the first time the U.S. has medaled in the event since 2012.

Team USA wins its first medal of the Paris Summer Olympics

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More than 10,000 athletes sailed across the Seine River in a 3.5-mile parade Friday, kicking off the 2024 Paris Games with a spectacular open-air ceremony that showed off the exuberance of this year's competitors and the majesty of the surrounding French landmarks. The procession of boats, flags and joyous athletes...

Paris Olympics open with a lavish floating parade

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The Italian Olympic flag bearer lost his wedding ring in the Seine during the opening ceremony—and blamed the rain. High jumper Gianmarco Tamberi revealed the loss as he apologized to his wife, Chiara, in an Instagram post. Tamberi wrote in the post’s caption, “too much [rain] water, too many kilos lost in the last few months or perhaps the uncontainable enthusiasm of what we were doing,” led to his wedding ring slipping off. “I heard it slip away, I saw it fly... I followed it with my eyes until I saw it bounce inside the boat,” Tamberi added. “A tinkle...

Italian Olympic Flag Bearer Loses Wedding Ring In The Seine

Coco Gauff the 23-year-old tennis player seemed floored today when she learned she'll be the first tennis player to have the honor of being flag bearer for the American team at the Paris Olympics.

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The Paris Summer Olympics "officially" begin Friday with the Opening Ceremony. For the next few weeks, more than 10,000 athletes will compete in more than 30 sports.

Thousands will line up along the River Seine to watch the Olympics opening ceremony

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The Olympics opening ceremony gets underway Friday on the River Seine. NPR's Michel Martin talks to the mayor of Paris’s central district about how the event is transforming the city.

The Opening Ceremony for the Summer Olympic Games will take place Friday in Paris

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Utah will host the 2034 winter Olympics, an honor it first had in 2002. The announcement came on the same day the state celebrates its founding by Mormon leader Brigham Young. There are critics and memories of a 2002 bribery scandal.

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Breaking is the newest Olympic sport. But how did the competitive dance style make it to the Paris games? NPR's Andrew Mambo speaks to ESPN's Alyssa Roenigk about how the IOC and host countries add new sports.

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With umbrellas deployed, thousands of athletes and spectators who lined the streets of Paris officially kicked off the 2024 Olympics on Friday.The ambitious ceremony kicked off with a giant plume of blue, white and red smoke in the colors of the French national flag with the Parade of Nations from the Austerlitz Bridge beside the Jardin des Plantes.Athletes aboard boats traveled the course of the Seine River from east to west, getting a glimpse of several Olympic venues including the La Concorde Urban Park, Invalides and the Grand Palais.Giant jets of water spurted up from the river as the Greek delegation — as always — was the first boat under the bridge and along the 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) route.American singer Lady Gaga graced the crowds with a performance at a makeshift yellow staircase in the traditional style of the old French subways.About 220,000 invited and security-screened spectators filled the upper tiers of the Seine's banks, and an additional 104,000 paying spectators watched from the lower riverside and around the Trocadéro plaza.The parade ended at the Iena Bridge, which links the Eiffel Tower on the left bank of the Seine to the Trocadéro district on the right bank.Here are more photos from the event:

See photos of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony

As the Paris Olympics get underway, teams of IT experts have been thinking about one thing for months, and it’s not the sports. It’s the possibility of a disruptive cyberattack.

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The Paris Olympics opening ceremony wowed Parisians, fans and most everyone who was able to catch a glimpse of thousands of athletes floating down the Seine to officially begin the Games.

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	Lady Gaga delivered a dazzling performance of Zizi Jeanmaire’s “Mon Truc en Plumes” (“My Thing With Feathers”) as part of the opening of the 2024 Paris Olympics.Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: All the Biggest Moments From the Games' Kickoff (Updating Live)




	Gaga, who had been spotted in the host city for the past few days, strutted down some steps along the Seine river as she paid homage to Jeanmaire, accompanied by a troupe of eight dancers carrying pink feather fans, then moved over to the piano to continue her performance before getting back on her feet for a razzle-dazzle finale.




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Lady Gaga Kicks Off Paris Olympics Playing Piano and Singing Along Seine River

The Paris Olympic opening ceremony delivered an amazing spectacle. Thousands of athletes floated down the Seine as more than 400,000 people lined the banks to take it all in.

Athletes floated down the Seine at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics

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