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The women’s gymnastics all-around final, beginning Thursday at 12:15 p.m. ET, will feature the legendary Simone Biles, who became the most decorated U.S. gymnast in Olympics history Tuesday with her gold medal win in the gymnastics team final, bringing her medal total to eight.

American teammate Sunisa “Suni” Lee looks to defend her all-around gold from Tokyo. 



The United States has prevailed in the individual women’s all-around category in every Olympics since 2000. 

Also, swimming finals — featuring the women’s 200-meter butterfly, men’s 200-meter backstroke, women’s 200-meter breaststroke and women’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay — begins at 2:30 p.m. 

American Ryan Murphy,...

The events to watch at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, August 1

LCM (50 meters) Prelims Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7. Finals Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7. World Record: 2:03.14 – Kaylee McKeown, AUS (2023)

Kaylee McKeown Breaks Missy Franklin’s Olympic Record With 2:03.73 200 Backstroke

LCM (50 meters) Prelims Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4. Two days into the 2023 World Championships, we published a YouTube video titled “what’s going on with Team USA?” after the Americans finished day one of the meet without a gold medal for the first time since 1994. The common consensus then was that we were just overreacting. Even when Team USA had its worst gold medal count at an Olympics/World Championships since 1994, there were plenty of explanations behind their underperformance: the team went on a red-eye flight from Singapore to Fukuoka, there was only a three-week turnaround from trials to Worlds, and this meet could have just been another repeat of the notoriously 2015 World Championships. The expectation was that the Americans would rise to the occasion during the Olympic year.

Paris 2024, North America Day 4: Three Finals And Three Silver Medals For Team USA

TIME

Photographers documenting the Paris Olympics have created indelible images, from action shots of BMX to kayaking to table tennis.

The Best Photographs From the Paris Olympics

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There were a number of celebrities who passed away within the past week, including two notable actresses: Shelley Duvall and Shannen Doherty. Shelley Duvall passed away on Thursday July 11th at her home in Blanco, Texas. The cause of death was complications from diabetes and news of her death was confirmed by her partner Dan Gilroy.

Two Beloved Hollywood Actresses Have Passed Away This Week

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

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Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

LCM (50 meters) Prelims Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5. Finals Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 |Day 5. Day five of the 2024 Olympic Games saw perhaps the most electrifying race thus far as Hungarian world record holder Kristof Milak tried to hold on down the stretch against a fighting Frenchman Leon Marchand in the men’s 200m fly.

Noe Ponti Matches 1:54.14 Swiss Record From Olympic 200 Fly Semi

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History Facts lists eight names US parents no longer give their newborns, which you may no longer hear in Virginia. The girls' names are Doris, Gertrude, Mildred, and Judith. I know or have known women with all four names, but they are either baby boomers or boomer parents' ages and someone's grandma or great aunt. Consider the ages of females in Virginia you know with these names.

Eight names parents in Virginia may no longer be giving to their newborns

UPI News

Medical personnel swarmed poolside Friday at La Defense Arena, tending to Slovakian Tamara Potocka, who collapsed after swimming in a qualifying heat for the women's 200-meter individual medley at Paris 2024.

Paris Olympics: Slovakian swimmer Tamara Potocka collapses after qualifier

Welcome to the Olympics, Sha’Carri Richardson.

The 24-year-old Team USA sprinter blew by her competition to win the opening-round heat of the women’s 100m in her Olympics debut on Friday. 

Richardson, who is the Olympic gold favorite in the event, finished with a time of 10.94 seconds on the new purple track at the Stade de France. 





How to watch Sha’Carri Richardson in the 100M at the 2024 Olympics for free

Patrizia van der Weken of Luxembourg was second with a time of 11.14.

Richardson sustained a solid lead from her opponents halfway through the 100m Heat. 

Richardson is the reigning world champion...

Sha’Carri Richardson off to blazing start at Paris Olympics

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MOD Pizza has over 500 locations across the country with 22 restaurants in Illinois. The Washington-based chain offers fast-casual fare known for its customized, artisan-style pizzas. Customers can choose from over 40 toppings and 8 sauces to create their own masterpiece.

Bankruptcy Looms for Major Pizza Chain With Chicago Suburban Locations

NBC News

PARIS — Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez has revealed that she fought at the Paris Olympics while seven months pregnant. Hafez posted on Instagram that she was “carrying a little Olympian one” hours after she had reached the round of 16 in women’s saber Monday. The 26-year-old...

Fencer reveals she competed at Paris Olympics while seven months pregnant

LCM (50 meters) Prelims Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5. Finals Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5. We had to wait until day five at the 2024 Paris Olympics to get a world record, but when we got it, it wasn’t by a little. Pan Zhanle destroyed his 100 freestyle world record, claiming Olympic gold in a monstrous time of 46.40.

Pan Zhanle Unleashes 46.40 100 Freestyle for Olympic Gold, Obliterates World Record

Usain Bolt fittingly led off the latest chapter of theScore's Eras project, which overviewed the mammoth achievements of 25 star Olympians of the current century. The list of 25 wasn't ranked, but if it was, Bolt might have owned the top spot. The Jamaican sprinter's clean sweep of three major races from 2008 through 2016 - the men's 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay - netted him eight Olympic gold medals, with a ninth stripped due to a teammate's doping.

The battle for post-Bolt supremacy will be decided in Paris

Bryshere Gray's name has been added to a growing list. Some Virginians have been keeping up with the ever-increasing tales of celebrities and their alleged connections to the saga of Sean Diddy Combs. There are now rumors that Empire actor Bryshere Gray is suing Diddy and Will Smith.

Empire actor Bryshere Gray is allegedly suing Will Smith and Sean Combs

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

LCM (50 meters) Prelims Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7. Finals Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6. Three finals kick off the night with the men’s 50 free leading the way. Cam McEvoy of Australia and Great Britain’s Ben Proud tied in semifinals last night with a 21.38. Both were the top two seeds coming into the meet in the event and now search for the podium. McEvoy won the 2023 World title in the event and is in search of his first Olympic gold as he is now in his 4th Olympics. Proud is the 2022 World Champion and is in his 3rd Olympics.

2024 Paris Olympics: Day 7 Finals Preview

LCM (50 meters) Prelims Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7. Finals Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7. Tonight we saw the men’s 100m butterfly semi-finals rip through the water, with Hungarian silver medalist in the 200m fly, Kristof Milak, taking the top seed in a mark of 50.38.

Nyls Korstanje Hits Dutch 100 Fly Record En Route To Capturing Fourth Seed

Reuters

PARIS (Reuters) -Italian boxer Angela Carini pulled out of the Paris Olympics mid-fight on Thursday after she sustained a series of crunching blows from her Algerian opponent Imane Khelif, who last year failed a gender eligibility test at the World Championships.

Olympics-Boxing-Italian Carini pulls out of Paris Games, stoking gender row

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2024 Paris Olympics: Day 7 Finals Live Recap

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2024 Paris Olympics: Day 7 Finals Live Recap

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