Simone Biles gets gold, Suni Lee scores bronze in dramatic Olympic final

Day 6 of the Paris Olympics had the world watch Imane Khelif box Angela Carini in a bout that lasted just 46 seconds. 

Khelif, of Algeria, controversially qualified for women's boxing despite being disqualified from the 2023 world championships after failing an unspecified gender eligibility test. Meanwhile, Carini, of Italy, was boxing to pay tribute to her late father.

ESPN host Pat McAfee gave his take on the bout during his Thursday show on the network's air. 

"There is no reason why we should be seeing a potential male [physically] body punching a [woman]," he said. 

"I know that it's not every woman and not every male physical body. We're not talking about souls, we're talking about physical bodies, but at those high level of competition, there is a clear advantage," McAfee said. "There always has been, and I assume there always will be, and I hope we get to a point that we can all agree on this. I think we all feel the same way about this."

The International Olympic Committee defended the decision to clear Khelif prior to the match in a statement and even suggested that athletes similar to Khelif have competed in previous Olympics, as recently as the Tokyo games in 2021.

This is an excerpt from a report by Jackson Thompson.

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The Olympic motto comes from before the official Olympic Games began.

The original motto was first said in 1881 by the Dominican priest Henri Didon in the opening ceremony of a sports event.

In Latin, the motto is, “Citius, Altius, Fortius.” In English that translates to “Faster, Higher, Stronger.”

Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the Olympic movement, was in the crowd for Didon’s speech and adopted those words as the Olympic motto in 1894.

“It expresses the aspirations of the Olympic Movement,” the IOC said. “Not only in its athletic and technical sense but also from a moral and educational perspective.”

The motto was changed during a session of the International Olympic Committee in July of 2021.

It now reads in Latin, “Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter.” Which in English translates to “Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together.”

The change was made to recognize the “unifying power of sport and the importance of solidarity.”

An Italian boxer's decision to abandon her Olympic match against an Algerian fighter who was deemed to have male chromosomes has reinvigorated controversy around gender fairness.

A former Olympic boxing champion called out organizers for allowing the fight to even take place on "America's Newsroom" on Thursday.

"It is very hard to qualify for the Olympics," two-time Team USA Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields said. 

"You have to go through so many different international tournaments, country tournaments to even make it to the Olympics. So, for me, I can understand her devastation. But it shouldn't be ruined due to a man. And I think that the Olympics definitely dropped the ball."

Algerian boxer Imane Khelif defeated Italy’s Angela Carini in Paris on Thursday after Carini abandoned the match 46 seconds after it began, saying afterward that one punch from Khelif "hurt too much" to continue.

Khelif fought under a firestorm of controversy regarding a failed gender eligibility test in 2023. DNA tests showed Khelif tested positive for having high levels of testosterone.

"Based on DNA tests, we identified a number of athletes who tried to trick their colleagues into posing as women. According to the results of the tests, it was proved that they have XY chromosomes. Such athletes were excluded from competition," International Boxing Association president Umar Kremlev said. 

This is an excerpt from a report by Madeline Coggins.

Both the White House and Kamala Harris' campaign were silent when contacted for comment Thursday morning about whether they support biologically male, intersex or trans athletes competing against biological females at the Olympics.

The Trump campaign, meanwhile, quickly slammed the notion as uproar surrounds an Algerian fighter caught in the middle of a gender eligibility controversy after their opponent, Italian boxer Angela Carini, withdrew from the match 46 seconds in due to the impact of the punch.

"President Trump has been unequivocally clear that he will NOT stand for men competing in women’s sports – an insane and unfair reality that has been allowed to transpire because of Radical Left politicians like Kamala Harris. When he returns to the White House, President Trump will take immediate action to protect women and girls and overturn the Harris-Biden Administration's radical rewrite of Title IX," a Trump campaign spokesperson told Fox News Digital on Thursday.

Imane Khelif, the Algerian Olympian, was disqualified from the 2023 World Boxing Championships after the International Boxing Association determined Khelif failed gender tests. According to Reuters, Khelif – who has "female" listed on her passport – was found to have elevated levels of testosterone.

IBA President Umar Kremlev explained the decision at the time, according to Russia’s Tass News Agency, saying that based on DNA tests, "we identified a number of athletes who tried to trick their colleagues into posing as women. According to the results of the tests, it was proved that they have XY chromosomes."

This is an excerpt from a report by Jamie Joseph.

After Angela Carini quit her fight against a boxer deemed to have XY chromosomes, Jake Paul called the ordeal "sickening" and "a travesty."

"Doesn’t matter what you believe. This is wrong and dangerous," Paul wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

Considering she opted not to continue fighting, Paul instead invited her to an undercard for his brand, Most Valuable Promotions (Paul's fight against Mike Tyson in November will be an MVP card).

"To Angela Carini although your dreams couldn’t come true today because of the crazy agendas that are at play in our world at the moment, I would love to offer you to fight on an MVP undercard, to show the world your talents on a fair platform," Paul wrote.

Imane Khelif was disqualified during the 2023 World Championships, sanctioned by the International Boxing Association. The organization said Khelif, and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-Ting failed to meet gender eligibility standards.

The International Olympic Committee cleared Khelif to compete in the Games and defended Khelif in a statement on Thursday.

This is an excerpt from a report by Ryan Morik

Andy Murray

Andy Murray's career is officially over - but he may have a new one in comedy.

The three-time grand slam champion said he'd hang it up following the Olympics, and he fell in men's doubles on Thursday.

The American duo of Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz defeated Murray and Dan Evans, 6-2 6-4, to put an end to Murray's time in tennis.

Of course, Murray's pro career spans three separate decades, but he cracked a joke upon his elimination from gold medal contention.

"Never even liked tennis anyway," he posted on X.

He also quickly changed his X bio from "I play tennis" to "I played tennis."

The 37-year-old won two Wimbledons in his home country in 2013 and 2016, but his first grand slam was the 2012 U.S. Open, as he beat Novak Djokovic in five sets.

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The United States women's foil team made history at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Thursday by defeating the dominant Italian team to win gold for the very first time.

Italy had won four of the last six gold medals in this team event, but when Queens native Lauren Scruggs got the final touch on Arianna Errigo, she was in total shock that she and her teammates had just made history.

Scruggs, the silver medalist in the foil individual final, Lee Kiefer, who defeated her teammate to win individual gold, Maia Weintraub and Jacqueline Dubrovich were crying tears of joy as they embraced after the 45-39 victory. 

This is an excerpt from a report by Scott Thompson.

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Katie Ledecky has become the most decorated female Olympian in American history after taking home another medal in the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay on Thursday night.

The Americans earned a silver medal behind an dominate Australian team consisting of Mollie O’Callaghan, Lani Pallister, Brianna Throssell, and Ariarne Titmus, who took it home with a time of 7:38.08 - new Olympic record.

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Simone Biles continues to add to her Olympic resume, and Thursday she became the first woman to ever win two gold medals in the all-around final since Vera Caslavska did so in 1968, according to USA Gymnastics.

Biles clinched her sixth Olympic gold medal and her ninth overall after winning gold in the all-around with a solid floor exercise routine. Earlier in the week she became the most decorated American gymnast with a gold medal in the women’s team final. 

If there was ever a question about it, Biles flashed a piece of jewelry just to remind fans of her GOAT status.

American swimmer Regan Smith broke her personal record in the women's 200-meter butterfly final, but it wasn't enough to win gold as Canada's Summer McIntosh edged her out to win her second gold medal of the Paris Olympics.

McIntosh is now only the second swimmer in Paris to win multiple golds in individual events. France's Léon Marchand is the only other swimmer, as he's earned three golds so far in Paris.

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Simone Biles just increased her lead in the all-time U.S. Olympics medal counter for women's gymnast.

Biles clinched the gold medal in the women's all-around final on Thursday, finishing with a floor performance that earned her a 15.066 score.

It was Biles' signature triple twisting double set her routine apart on the floor, as she has become notorious for perfecting moves that are typically risky and difficult to pull off.

She stole the show early on with the Yurchenko double pike vault – a complex and difficult vault renamed after the American gymnast in 2023 after she became the first female to land it during international competition. 

Biles' comeback follows a difficult journey at the 2020 Tokyo Games where she withdrew from the all-around final after suffering a bad case of "the twisties." As she focused on her mental health, Team USA teammate Suni Lee was propelled to the top, winning gold in that event. 

Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.

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Suni Lee needed a score of 13.535 on floor to clinch a medal in the women's all-around final, and she blew right past that number with a score of 13.666 hop into first-place (for now) with her final routine of the day.

Lee won gold in the women's all-around at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, and she will now medal in the event for the second Olympics in a row.

Her teammate Simone Biles still has yet to go on floor and has the highest potential score, and is in the driver's seat to clinch gold if she puts up a performance that is up to her standards.

Biles needs a floor score of at least 12.566 to secure a silver medal, but she will be aiming much higher than that.

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Simone Biles will only need to put up a floor performance that is up to her standard in order to clinch the gold medal in the women's all-around final. She currently has the highest potential score of all competitors.

Meanwhile, Lee will need to put up at least a 13.535 to hop into third place and pass Italy's Alice D'Amato for the third place. It would have to be one of the best floor performances of her gymnastics career.

Suni Lee hopped into third place of the women's all-around final with a balance beam performance that earned her a score of 14.000. Her performance had a few wobbles and her landing saw her stumble forward slightly.

However, she is now sits in third place behind teammate Simone Biles in first and Italy's Alice D'Amato.

She will have a chance to clinch a bronze medal on floor, but it will take an exceptional performance to get there.

Simone Biles recovered from her near-miss and extra swing on uneven bars to hop back from third place into the top spot with an impressive balance beam routine that earned her a 14.566 score.

Now, if she can pull of a similar performance on her floor routine, she will likely clinch her sixth Olympic gold medal.

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Suni Lee outperformed Simone Biles on uneven bars in the women's all-around finals, earning a 14.866.

Lee avoided any slip-ups during her routine and stuck the landing on a full-twisting double back flip dismount, and she knew it, giving a big smile to the cheering crowd afterwards.

Lee is now currently in fifth in the leaderboards, while Biles sits in third place.

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Simone Biles continued her all-around final campaign on uneven bars and overcame a slight slip-up. She had a near miss, bending her legs on a transition from the high bar to the low and had to do an extra swing — move known as a Pak salto. Still, she was able to avoid touching the floor.

Biles earned a 13.733, and fell behind Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade as they will head to the balance beam next.

Simone Biles is in her bid for another all-around gold medal at the Paris Olympics and is off to a good start. Biles earned a 15.766 on vault to begin her routine. She will look to put up similar numbers in bars, beam and floor to clinch the medal later in the event.

Biles performed her eponymous namesake vault, the Biles II — a Yurchenko double pike — which is one of the riskiest moves in the sport and considered the most difficult jump in the women's scoring code. But Biles has proven she is the one who can pull it off multiple times now after first nailing it at the 2023 World Championships.

It is the fifth skill that Biles has named after her.

She will compete on bars in the second rotation.

Justin Best’s first Olympic medal is a moment he surely won’t forget. 

The two-time Olympian was brought to tears on Thursday as the gold medal was placed around his neck following the U.S. men’s victory in the rowing four final. Best’s emotions continued to show through as the national anthem was played. 

“Lots of feelings,” he wrote on Instagram in a post showcasing his new hardware. “Thank you for the messages, I will get back to you all in time. Love you all.” 

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Everything was going smoothly in the Olympic men’s skiff medal race, until the wind stopped in Marseille on Thursday.

The boats were approaching the end of the first lap, when the wind cleared out. With the Uruguayan boat of Hernan Umpierre and Fernando Diz leading, the blue and white checkered flag was raised, halting the race. The event's directors are now hustling to move the course to a different section of the bay, with competition hoping to re-start around 3:20 p.m ET.

For those who got off to a slow start, they are in luck as the race now must completely re-start. The medal race is worth double points, and teams carry their existing points into the medal race. Those scores combined produce their overall score and the team lowest number of points wins.

Fox News' Ryan Canfield contributed to this report.

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Simone Biles is looking to make even more history when she competes in the women’s gymnastics all-around final at Bercy Arena on Thursday. 

Biles, 27, will compete against fellow Team USA Olympian and defending Olympic champion Suni Lee for the chance to win her second gold medal at these Summer Games. A place at the top of the podium would make Biles the oldest women’s all-around champion since 1952 when Maria Gorokhovskaya did so at age 30. 

Competition begins at 12:15 p.m. ET.  She will begin with the vault in her first rotation, followed by the uneven bars, the balance beam, and finally the floor exercise.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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For the first time since 1960, the Americans are Olympic gold medalists in the rowing men’s four final. 

On Thursday, Nick Mead, Justin Best, Michael Grady, and Liam Corrigan captured the top spot on the podium after outpacing New Zealand and Great Britain for most of the 2,000-meter race, finishing with an official time of 5:49:03. 

Thursday’s victory also marks Team USA’s first medal in the event since earning a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Games in London.

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American tennis star Danielle Collins ripped her opponent, Iga Swiatek, after their intense Paris Olympics quarterfinals match on Wednesday.

Collins retired from the match in a close battle. Swiatek was leading 6-2, 1-6, 4-1 when Collins needed a medical timeout over an injured stomach muscle. After the match, Collins said she accused Swiatek of being "insincere" about her injury.

"There’s a lot that happens on camera. And there are a lot of people with a ton of charisma ... (who) are one way on camera and another way in the locker room," Collins said after the match.

"I don’t need the fakeness."Collins, who is set to retire after the 2024 season, also took issue with Olympic organizers for not having insulated bottles of water in the high Paris heat."

This is an excerpt from a report by Ryan Gaydos.

Algeria's Imane Khelif, right, defeated Italy's Angela Carini in their women's 66kg preliminary boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/John Locher)

An Algerian boxer in the middle of a gender eligibility controversy at the  Paris Olympics won her first matchup against an Italian fighter in 46 seconds on Thursday.

Imane Khelif was given the win after Angela Carini abandoned the match. Carini was struck twice in the face and walked over to her corner twice, once to get her headgear readjusted and the second to have her coaches call off the bout.

Carini was in tears after Khelif’s hand was raised in the middle of the ring. The Italian boxer was clearly upset and was seen yelling at her coaches after the fight was over.Khelif will move on to the next round of the women’s 66-kilogram division. However, the win comes amid a week of controversy.

The boxer received support from the Algerian Olympic Committee (COA) before the fight."

COA strongly condemns the unethical targeting and maligning of our esteemed athlete, Imane Khelif, with baseless propaganda from certain foreign media outlets," the organization said, via Reuters.

"Such attacks on her personality and dignity are deeply unfair, especially as she prepares for the pinnacle of her career at the Olympics. The COA has taken all necessary measures to protect our champion."

United States' Ilona Maher smiles as she leaves the medal presentation ceremony with her bronze medal for the Rugby Sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, France, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

USA women’s rugby sevens star Ilona Maher has been the talk of the Pairs Olympics on social media and she’s helped promote at least one thing consistently – body positivity.

Maher is one of the toughest players on the American rugby team. She went viral when she fired back at a troll who claimed she had a body mass index of 30.

“I think you were trying to roast me, but this actually is a fact. I do have a BMI of 30 — well, 29.3 to be more exact,” she said on a TikTok video. “I’ve been considered overweight my whole life.”

Maher told the Associated Press she’s been considered obese her whole life even at 200 pounds and at 5-foot-10. But she’s felt like her message has been important – you can be feminine even while playing an extremely masculine sport.

“I think the stereotype around a rugby player is this idea that you need to drop your femininity and play a very masculine, brutal sport,” she said. “Myself and my team and some others on the circuit like Australia and Ireland, are showing that femininity. We are doing our makeup before games, wearing makeup, wanting to feel pretty out there.

“But that doesn't take away from how amazing we tackle and hit and run. You can be those things, and the stereotypes around women's sports just should be thrown out the window now.”

Maher now has a distinct advantage over the trolls on social media. Not only is she bigger, stronger and tougher, she’s also an Olympic medalist.

The rugby team won the bronze in dramatic fashion earlier this week.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Katie Ledecky of Team United States poses with the national flag of the United States following the Swimming medal ceremony after the Women's 1500m Freestyle Final on day five of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on July 31, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Getty Images)

The United States leads the pack with the most medals entering Thursday. The Americans have tallied 30 medals thanks to solid performances on Wednesday.

Katie Ledecky won gold in the women’s swimming 1,500-meter freestyle in dominant fashion. She set an Olympic record in the event on her way to her 12th overall medal and eighth gold.

Two silvers were awarded to Americans as well. Torri Huske picked up the third medal of her Paris Olympics with a second-place finish in the 100-meter freestyle. Perris Benegas accomplished a silver in women’s BMX freestyle.

Evy Leibfarth secured a bronze medal in women’s canoe slalom.France and China are right below the United States in total medal count but both countries have more gold medals than the United States.

The Americans have only won five over the last week. With Simone Biles and Suni Lee back in gymnastics competition on Thursday, the expectation of more gold will rise.

Brian Daniel Pintado, of Ecuador, celebrates after winning the gold medal at the end of the men's 20km race walk at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Medals were already given out at the Paris Olympics on Thursday in race walking, shooting and rowing as the Western Hemisphere began to wake up and tune into the Games.

Ecuador’s Brian Daniel Pintado won the 20-kilometer men’s race walk with Brazil’s Caio Bonfim and Spain’s Alvaro Martin behind him. China’s Yang Jiayu won gold on the women’s side with Spain’s Maria Perez and Australia’s Jemima Montag behind her.

China’s Liu Yukun won gold in the 50-meter rifle 3 positions men’s final with Ukraine’s Serhiy Kulish and India’s Swapnil Kusale behind him.

In women’s rowing double sculls, New Zealand took home the bronze medal with Romania and Great Britain behind. Romania won the men’s portion with the Netherlands and Ireland behind.But there’s still a lot to be determined over the course of Thursday.

Men’s and women’s rowing four finals, men’s and women’s skiff sailing, men’s and women’s judo, men’s canoe slalom, women’s gymnastics all-around final, women’s fencing foil team finals, men’s swimming 200-meter backstroke and women’s swimming 200-meter butterfly, 20-meter breaststroke and 4x200-meter freestyle relay will all have medalists.

Sunisa Lee and Simone Biles of the United States prepare to perform their uneven bars routine during the Artistic Gymnastics Team Final for Women at the Bercy Arena during the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games on July 30th, 2024, in Paris, France. (Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)

Simone Biles on Wednesday created a stir when an Instagram post seemingly reacted to critical comments made by a former Team USA gymnastics teammate.

Biles, Suni Lee , Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera took home the gold in the team final on Tuesday. Biles posted a collage of photos showing their jubilant celebration wit the caption, “lack of talent, lazy, Olympic champions.”

Biles then revealed she was blocked on Instagram afterward and Jordan Chiles came with the proof. Lee, in the comments section, wrote, “Put a finger down if Simone Biles just ended you,”

MyKayla Skinner’s comments from earlier in the month ruffled feathers.

"Besides Simone, I feel like the talent and the depth just isn’t like what it used to be. Just notice like, I mean, obviously a lot of girls don’t work as hard. The girls just don’t have the work ethic," Skinner said in a since-deleted YouTube video, according to the New York Post.

She issued an apology but the words still stung.Biles and Lee compete in the all-around final later today.