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Leon Marchand of France saw a huge growth in his Instagram followers this past week. He entered the meet with just over 200,000 followers on Instagram and currently has over 1.1million followers. Marchand has made history this week, winning four Olympic gold medals, and setting Olympic Records in all four...

Leon Marchand’s Instagram Following Grows From 200K To 1.1 Million During 2024 Paris Olympics

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Slovakia swimmer Tamara Potocka collapsed poolside Friday morning after a qualifying heat of the women's 200-meter individual medley at the Paris Olympics and was given first aid and then carried off on a stretcher.

Olympic swimmer Tamara Potocka collapses poolside after women’s 200m individual medley

The Independent

 Katie Ledecky capped another stellar Olympics by becoming only the second swimmer to win an event at four straight Summer Games, holding off Ariarne Titmus to win the 800-meter freestyle Saturday night. It was Ledecky's second gold medal in Paris and ninth of her remarkable career, which marked another milestone. She became only the sixth Olympian to reach that figure, joining swimmer Mark Spitz, track star Carl Lewis, Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina and Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi in a tie for second place.The only athlete to win more golds: swimmer Michael Phelps with 23.Ledecky went faster than her winning...

Katie Ledecky swims into history with 800 freestyle victory at the Paris Olympics

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

Belgium triathlete Claire Michel has been taken to the hospital after becoming ill. The team’s mixed relay for tomorrow has scratched as Michel has had to withdraw. According to the Belgium news outlet, De Standaard, Michel is sick after becoming infected with E. Coli. Michel was one of 55 women to dive in the Seine River for the women’s triathlon this past Wednesday. She finished 38th overall.

Belgium Triathlete Falls Ill With E Coli After Individual Race In Seine, Scratches Mixed Relay

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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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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.

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Paris 2024, North America Day 8: Ledecky Four-Peats, But Is It The End Of An Era?

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American males have literally set the gold standard for the men's 4x100 medley relay Olympic swimming competition. Team USA has been unbeatable in this event, never losing a 4x100 medley relay race since it first got brought to the Olympics in 1960. However, that streak officially got snapped at the 2024 Paris Summer Games, with the Americans earning silver.

America's 64-year reign in men's 4x100 medley relay officially snapped

The Mirror US

Avenging her struggles in Tokyo three years ago, American hero Simone Biles has won yet another gold medal at the Paris Olympics to reinforce her reputation as a living gymnastics legend

Simone Biles wins yet another gold medal at Paris Olympics to continue historic streak

U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist and Hall of Famer Carolyn Schuler Jones passed away at the age of 81. Stock photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography. Carolyn Schuler Jones, a two-time U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist, died at the age of 81 on July 22, 2024. When she was just 17 years old,...

Carolyn Schuler Jones, a two-time U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist, dies at 81

Eight years after he stopped swimming competitively to try out rowing, Germany’s Oliver Zeidler won Olympic gold in the men’s single sculls on Saturday in Paris. The 6-foot-8 Zeidler came from a family of rowers — his aunt, Judith Zeidler, is an Olympic gold and bronze medalist herself — but he preferred swimming growing up. He started swimming at age 7 and won a silver medal as part of Germany’s 4×100 freestyle relay at the 2014 European Junior Championships, splitting 51.09 on the anchor leg in prelims.

Oliver Zeidler Continues Swimming-to-Rowing Pipeline With Men’s Single Sculls Gold

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Typically, it’s Team USA Swimming that starts the Summer Olympics off with a slew of world records, while track and field waits until the second week of competition to make their mark. But, with a slow pool in Paris at La Defense Arena and a USA Swimming Team that...

Team USA Gets Its First World Record Of Paris Olympics With Unreal Performance In Mixed 4×400 Relay

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. This is the last prelims session of the 2024 Paris Olympics, and with it, we have the last relays of the meet. This morning’s session will conclude with the 4×100 medley relays. The men first, then the women. Notably, the mixed 4×100 medley relay finals will be tonight during the finals session, and the men’s and women’s 4×100 medley relay finals will take place tomorrow night during Sunday’s finals session.

Men’s and Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay Prelims Lineups: Most Countries Saving Legs for Finals

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PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles wraps up competition with two events as gymnastics comes to a close, surfing hands out its medals and the U.S. women chase a second straight gold medal in 3x3 on Monday at the 2024 Olympics. After dominating the first week of the Olympics by...

2024 Olympics schedule Aug. 5: Simone Biles wraps up competition with two events

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Pole vault is a track and field event in which athletes attempt to clear a horizontal bar by sprinting down a runway and using a pole to catapult themselves into the air. The athlete who clears the highest bar without knocking the bar down wins. Men's pole vault has been...

Guide to pole vault at 2024 Paris Olympics

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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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After winning gold in the all-around team final and the woman's individual all-around, Team USA gymnast Simone Biles isn't done yet. Biles just secured her third gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics on women's vault.

Simone Biles wins vault for her 3rd gold medal in Paris

LCM (50 meters) Jack Spitser was on deck at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, capturing the biggest and brightest moments from of the competition. Let me know your favorite photos in the comments, what a great 9 days it was.

2024 Paris Olympics: Night 9 Photo Vault

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

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Paris 2024, Euro Recap: French Medley Relays Give Home Crowd Parting Gift Of National Records

LCM (50 meters) European Recap, Day 1: Lukas Märtens Doesn’t “Give A Shit” About 400 Free WR As He Wins Gold. European Recap, Day 2: Leon...

Paris 2024, Euro Recap: French Medley Relays Give Home Crowd Parting Gift Of National Records

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