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A French pole vaulter saw his Olympics hopes dashed Saturday in one of the strangest possible ways. 21-year-old Anthony Ammirati was trying to clear the 5.70-meter pole vault, but ran into an unforeseen problem. Ammirati’s unsecured bulge caught the pole as he was doing his vault, causing him to fall. French athlete Anthony Ammirati failed...
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French pole vaulter’s manhood costs him at Olympics

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PARIS (Reuters) - The United States broke their own world record in the 4x400 mixed relay in the opening heats at the Paris Olympics on Friday, crossing the line in three minutes 7.41 seconds.

Olympics-Athletics-US set world record in 4x400m mixed relay

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The American sprinter Noah Lyles has made no secret of his desire to earn gold in the event after falling short at the last Olympic Games in Tokyo in agonizing circumstances

Noah Lyles suffers unlikely setback in Olympics gold medal quest

LCM (50 meters) Prelims Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8. Finals Live Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6| Day 7 | Day 8.

Alex Walsh Gets Disqualified From 200 IM Final After Initially Winning Bronze

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Team USA has been struggling to dominate the Paris Olympics, with a slow start on day three. After claiming two gold medals and seven overall on Sunday, the US failed to capture any gold medals on Monday, dropping them down in the standings. Team USA captured six bronze medals and two silver medals - eight overall, but no golds.

Team USA fails to win a single gold medal on day three at Paris Olympics.

Athlon Sports

The United States women's national team secured a hard-fought and stressful win over Japan in the 2nd extra time on Saturday with a score of 1-0. A pure defensive battle between both teams, but now the U.S. moves to the semi-finals, where they will play the winner of Canada or Germany. The ...

Dennis Rodman's Daughter Becomes Savior For USA Women's Soccer

Chicago, IL

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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?

American Skyler Mapes and Italian local Giuseppe Morisani spent a magical evening together in Rome. Then they drove across Italy together. Here’s what happened.

She hit it off with the guy she met at the bar on vacation. Then he sent her an unexpected text message

Whiskey Riff

Based on the outdoors stories that I’ve seen coming out of Yellowstone National Park, it appears that you can’t bring common sense onto the premises. In this particular instance, I guess the people in the vehicle didn’t really have much a choice. They just have their car stopped on the highway, and their fingers crossed that one of the hundreds of bison don’t charge right into it.

Yellowstone Tourists Drive Head-On Into Herd Of Over 200 Stampeding Bison

Virginia State

Cheryl E Preston

Wendy's birthday was spent away from her loved ones. Virginia Wendy Williams fans, the latest update is not encouraging. The former talk show host turned 60 on July 18 without any of her loved ones around. According to Yahoo, family members remain "out of bounds" and have no access to Wendy as she battles dementia and progressive aphasia.

The family of talk show diva Wendy Williams were unable to celebrate her 60th birthday by her side

PARIS (Reuters) -Jamaican double champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce missed her Olympic 100 metres semi-final on Saturday after sustaining an injury in the warm-up after her preparation was unsettled by security officials delaying her entry to the Stade de France.

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960 The Ref

Medal table | Olympic schedule |How to watch | Olympic news. After three games at the Paris Olympics, the only winless team in the women's 3x3 basketball pool is the sport's global superpower. Team USA fell to 0-3 in pool play on Thursday with a 17-15 loss to Australia, pushing...

Paris Olympics: Team USA falls to 0-3 in women's 3x3 basketball, last place in 8-team pool

The Independent

Great Britain’s Jack Laugher and Anthony Harding claimed bronze in the men’s synchronised 3m springboard final.The pair occupied a podium position from the first round, bouncing between second and third throughout the competition.🥉It's bronze for Jack Laugher and Anthony Harding! 👏 pic.twitter.com/l5eMe6Jw8l— Team GB (@TeamGB) August 2, 2024However, the colour of their medal was confirmed in the final round with a brilliant dive scoring 94.62.China’s Zongyuan Wang and Daoyi Long finished with gold, while Mexico’s Juan Manuel Celaya Hernandez and Osmar Olvera Ibarra took silver.

Bronze for divers Jack Laugher and Anthony Harding in synchronised springboard

West Virginia State

Norfolk, VA

Four Virginians were confirmed to be onboard when the Titanic sank on April 14, 1912. Phillip Acts and Selini Decker, who lived a few blocks apart in Norfolk, died when the ship sank. Richmond native Robert Decker and Eloise Smith, who later moved to Richmond from West Virginia, survived.

There's a reason no remains from the Virginia Titanic victims will ever be found

USA TODAY

Team USA was led again by Breanna Stewart (26 points, seven rebounds, three blocks) and A'ja Wilson (23 points, 13 rebounds, three steals) in the win.

Belgium pushed US women's basketball in every way possible. Why that's a good thing

Denver, CO

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A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

The Associated Press

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Forget about mixed relay. This was a one-woman show. When Dutch sprinter Femke Bol entered the final turn of the 4x400-meter mixed relay in fourth position under a downpour, a medal — let alone a victory — seemed like a difficult proposition for her orange-clad team.

Femke Bol puts on a show in the 4x400 mixed relay to reel in US and earn Netherlands Olympic gold

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Colleton County, SC

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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

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It’s not humans. How a survivor of a super-extinction repopulated our planet. There are more than 8 billion humans alive at this moment on Earth (unless something has gone horribly wrong). But humans aren’t the only dominant mammals.

For Millions of Years, Earth Was Dominated by a Single Vertebrate Genus

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

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Netherlands' Femke Bol chases down U.S. in mixed relay to win gold

SAINT-DENIS, France -- Femke Bol of the Netherlands reeled in three runners over the last half lap Saturday to give her country the Olympic gold medal...

Netherlands' Femke Bol chases down U.S. in mixed relay to win gold

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