Simone Biles to compete in medal event as Paris Olympics roll on
The 2024 Summer Olympics kicked off with the opening ceremony on July 26th and continue with more medal events on July 30th. Follow along for details on the Olympic Games taking place in Paris, France.
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For the first time since the Sydney games, the United States has advanced to the knockout stage of the men's soccer tournament in the Olympics.
The Americans earned a 3-0 victory over Guinea to officially advance out of Group A, which also includes New Zealand and France.
Djordje Mihailovic found the back of the net in the 14th minute, going upper left corner on a free kick to get the scoreboard off and running. Kevin Paredes then scored his first of two goals in the 31st minute (he scored again in the 75th to all but ice it).
The U.S. needed either a win, or a tie combined with a New Zealand draw or loss to France, to advance. France defeated New Zealand, 3-0, so it ultimately didn't matter what the Americans did (New Zealand and Guinea are now headed home, while France also advanced).
The United States will now face Morocco in the quarterfinals on Friday at 9 a.m. ET.
The United States women’s gymnastics team took home gold in the team final Tuesday, and a celebration ensued immediately when the group saw Simone Biles’ 14.666 score on her floor routine, which secured the precious medal in Paris.
Gold medalist Aly Raisman, a member of the 2012 and 2016 Olympic squads, asked Team USA what its name was this year during a post-competition press conference.
Biles initially said, "I’m not going to say it," which added even more intrigue.
Jordan Chiles and Suni Lee consulted with Biles, who eventually spilled the name.
"F around and find out," Biles said as the crowd laughed.
As a team, the U.S. finished with a score of 171.296, a full five points over Italy, which won silver at 165.494. Brazil came in third at 164.497.
This is an excerpt from a report by Scott Thompson
The USA dressage team was eliminated from competition after judges discovered a cut on a horse's hind leg.
Marcus Orlob was set to make his Olympic debut with his horse, Jane, but the horse was "spooked at the crowd," U.S. Equestrian said.
When that happened, Jane "[stepped] on herself in the process, and nicking her hind right fetlock. The judges saw the trace amount of blood and were forced to eliminate the combination due to the FEI Blood Rules for Dressage," according to the organization's website.
PETA, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, has now called for the banning of equestrian events.
"We need to listen to the horse because while we applaud officials for eliminating the U.S. dressage team from the competition, the horse’s message is what the International Olympic Committee must now pay attention to: She reared up because she didn’t want to enter the competition," the organization said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "These horses aren’t 'partners' — they’re subjugated and coerced to submit to authority and to behave in ways that aren’t natural. The Olympic Games are about the excellence of willing participants, and the equestrian events must go."
Two other American riders, Adrienne Lyle and Helix, and Steffen Peters and Suppenkasper, will compete as individuals.
Simone Biles is running out of historic thresholds to cross off.
The 27-year-old American gymnast led the US to a team gold in the women's gymnastics final on Tuesday, clinching the medal with her floor routine. Italy took silver.
For Biles, Tuesday's gold medal marks her eighth Olympic medal overall. This makes her the most decorated Olympic gymnast in US history, as she surpassed "Magnificent Seven" star Shannon Miller for most career Olympic medals.
Biles' Olympic gold medal total is now up to five. She already held the record for most golds by an American gymnast, having won four at the Rio Olympics.
If Biles has a similar performance in Paris, she could possibly make a run at the all-time world record for career gold medals by a woman gymnast. That record is currently held by former Soviet Union gymnast Larisa Latynina, who has nine in total.
With five, Biles has a chance to catch Latynina in Paris. Biles qualified for four individual event finals: all-around; vault, balance beam and floor exercise.
This is an excerpt from a report by Jackson Thompson.
Brazil sent Ana Carolina Vieira home from the Paris Olympics on Sunday over a breach of protocol violation.
The Brazilian Swimming Federation said in a statement it sent notice to the Brazilian Olympic Committee that two athletes, Vieira and Gabriel Santos, left the Olympic Village without proper authorization. Santos was given a warning, but Vieira was sent home.
"We’re not here playing or taking a vacation," Brazilian swim team leader Gustavo Otsuka told Reuters. "We’re here working for Brazil, for the 200 million taxpayers who are working for us. We can’t play around here. She took a completely inappropriate position to make her point, her dismay, about the formation of the relay.
Vieira said in a video posted to her Instagram that she left a lot of her things in the Olympic Village and has not been able to get in touch with anyone.
This is an excerpt from a report by Ryan Gaydos.
Two boxers competing in women’s divisions at the Paris Olympics have complied with all the gender eligibility requirements to fight, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Monday.
Questions were raised about Algeria’s Imane Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting’s eligibility after both fighters were disqualified at the 2023 World Championships. However, both fighters participated in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
"All athletes participating in the boxing tournament of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 comply with the competition’s eligibility and entry regulations, as well as all applicable medical regulations," the IOC said.
Khelif and Lin were disqualified during the women’s world championships in New Delhi in March 2023. The International Boxing Association said both fighters failed to meet eligibility criteria.
"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," IBA President Umar Kremlev said.
This is an excerpt from a report by Ryan Gaydos.
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A photo of Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina seemingly defying gravity and hovering above the ocean has already become one of the most viral images of the Paris Olympics.
The photo shows Medina standing upright several feet above the surface of the water, pointing upwards to celebrate during the fifth heat of the men's surfing competition at Teahupo’o in Tahiti.
Medina scored a 9.90, which breaks the Olympic surfing record for highest single-wave score since surfing became an official sport at the Tokyo Olympics.
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Jackson Thompson.
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For those playing in outdoor events at the Olympic Games, they are not only going to have to battle the competition but the heat as well. Temperatures on Tuesday hit 96 degrees, while the temps outside felt like over 100 degrees.
As the Olympic Games continue through August 11, the temperature is forecasted to drop incrementally beginning Wednesday through the end of the Games. There was consistent rain throughout the opening ceremony on Friday that led to the postponement of the men’s skateboarding event, which was postponed until the following day.
There is a chance of thunderstorms on Wednesday and Thursday in Paris.
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Luke Hobson, Carson Foster, Drew Kibler, and Kieran Smith did their part to add to Team USA’s medal count, earning a silver medal in the men’s 4x200-meter freestyle relay on Tuesday.
The Americans finished second behind the defending gold champions Great Britain, who finished with a time of 6:59.43.
Tuesday marked a significant milestone for U.S swimming. Earlier in the night, a silver and bronze medal in the women’s 100-meter backstroke final by Regan Smith and Katharine Berkoff marked the 599th and 600th Olympic medals in U.S. history.
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Bobby Finke is bringing home a silver medal after finishing second in the men’s 800-meter freestyle on Tuesday.
Finke came just short of defending his gold medal in the event. Daniel Wiffen of Ireland earned a first place finish with his time of 7:38.19, setting a new Olympic record in the process.
The 24-year-old Olympian will still have a chance at glory in the men’s 1,500-meter freestyle where he previously won gold at the 2020 Tokyo Games. Prelims for that event begin on Saturday.
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For the first time since the 2000 Olympic Games, the U.S. men’s soccer team is moving onto the quarterfinals. The United States defeated Guinea 3-0 on Tuesday to advance.
Djordje Mihailovic scored on a free kick to open the scoring for the U.S. while Kevin Paredes scored to make it a 2-0 lead going into halftime. But Paredes wasn’t done scoring. He found the back of the net once more for a final score of 3-0.
Tuesday marked the first time the U.S. has played Guinea in an Olympic contest. The U.S. finished second in Group A to France, who went 3-0-0. The men’s quarterfinal match will be against Morocco on Aug. 2 at 9 a.m. ET.
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Regan Smith, the current world record holder, won her fourth Olympic medal on Tuesday, earning silver in the women’s 100-meter backstroke.
It is her first medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
In a tight race with Australia’s Kaylee McKeown and Team USA's Katharine Berkoff, Smith finished just 0.33 seconds behind McKeown, who set the Olympic record with an official time of 57.33.
McKeown owned the previous Olympic record set in Tokyo.
Berkoff earned her place on the podium with a time of 57.98 seconds.
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Simone Biles has entered a league of her own, earning her fifth gold medal and eighth overall with Tuesday’s first place finish in the women’s team final in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
She became the most decorated Olympic gymnast in U.S. history, breaking the tie she previously held with Shannon Miller. Biles has the chance to extend that record in Paris.
She is qualified to compete in all four individual event finals, as well as the all-around final beginning on Thursday.
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Team USA claimed a dominant victory in the women’s gymnastics team final on Tuesday, earning the gold medal with a final overall score of 171.296.
Simone Biles closed out the competition with a difficult floor exercise, earning the highest score of the day in that event with a 14.666 score. As she walked off the mat, the star-studded crowd, which included legendary swimmer Michael Phelps, broke out into U-S-A chants.
Team USA beat runner-up Italy by nearly six points. Brazil earned the bronze medal with a final score of 164.497.
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The U.S. women’s rugby team has etched its name into Olympic history with a stunning defeat over Australia in the women’s rugby sevens bronze medal match on Tuesday.
In the final seconds of a tight competition, Alex Sedrick broke a tackle to run the length of the field for a conversion to win it all 14-12.
Tuesday's victory marks the first medal the United States has ever won in rugby sevens, men's or women's.
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Training camp is in full swing for the Chicago Bears, but Jonathan Owens has his priorities straight.
Owens flew to Paris on Monday to support his wife Simone Biles as she competes in the Olympic Games. When the 29-year-old signed with the Bears this offseason he negotiated time off from mandatory training camp practices to be in Paris to support Biles.
The Bears play in the Hall of Fame game on Thursday against the Houston Texans. The pair met on a dating app in 2020, got engaged in 2022, and got married in April 2023.
Biles is competing in all four women’s gymnastics team finals. She will anchor on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise will going second-to-last on uneven bars.
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Simone Biles is leading Team USA in the women’s gymnastics team final after scoring a 14.900 on the vault – the same event that saw the decorated Olympian walk away from in the 2020 Tokyo Games with a bad case of “the twisties.”
Biles, 27, performed the Cheng vault instead of the more difficult Yurchenko double pike vault – a complex and difficult vault named after Biles in 2023 after she became the first female gymnast to land it during international competition.
Biles completed the Yurchenko double pike vault during podium training earlier in the week, but a left calf injury suffered during qualifying on Sunday might have resulted in a change of plans.
Jordan Chiles was up first for Team USA, scoring 14.400 on the vault, followed by Jade Carey, who scored 14.800 on the vault.
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.”
Fox News' Ryan Canfield contributed to this report.
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Simone Biles and the U.S. women’s gymnastics team will compete in the team final on Tuesday, beginning at 12:15 p.m. ET. Team USA enters the final as the overall favorite aftering winning silver in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Biles, 27, is the most decorated gymnast of all-time and she’s looking for a place on top of the Olympic podium after a bout of “the twisties” derailed her plans in 2021. She has entered all four events in the team final despite tweaking her left calf in the qualifying rounds on Sunday.
Biles will compete in the vault in her first rotation, followed by the uneven bars, the balance beam, and finally the floor exercise.
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Brazil sent Ana Carolina Vieira home from the Paris Olympics on Sunday over a breach of protocol violation.
The Brazilian Swimming Federation said in a statement it sent notice to the Brazilian Olympic Committee that two athletes, Vieira and Gabriel Santos, left the Olympic Village without proper authorization. Santos was given a warning, but Vieira was sent home.
Officials said Viiera contested the violation "disrespectfully and aggressively."
"We’re not here playing or taking a vacation," Brazilian swim team leader Gustavo Otsuka told Reuters. "We’re here working for Brazil, for the 200 million taxpayers who are working for us. We can’t play around here. She took a completely inappropriate position to make her point, her dismay, about the formation of the relay.
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Ryan Gaydos.
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How expensive is it to host the Olympics? In short, quite expensive.
Paris has already spent $9.7 billion on Olympic expenses, and the French taxpayers are paying for about $3.25 billion of that according to The Associated Press.
There is no guarantee you end up making that money back either.
The IOC projects Paris’ will receive $12.2 billion of economic benefit from these games, leaving them in the black should they come true.
The IOC says that the “economic benefits for the city, region, and country and predicted to far outweigh the Games-related investments.
Yet the numbers from past games tell a different story.
In 2012, London spent $14.6 billion and generated $5.2 billion. In 2010, Vancouver spent $7.6 billion yet only brought in $2.8 billion.
In 2008, Beijing spent a whopping $42 billion and only brought in $3.6 million.
According to the University of Oxford, every Olympics since 1960 – except for the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles – has been over budget by an average of 172%.
Fox News Ryan Canfield contributed to this report.
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Morocco is the country competing as MAR in the Olympics.
The Moroccan Olympic Committee was created and recognized in 1959 and made their Olympic debut at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games. Morocco has competed in every summer Olympic Games except for 1980 when they joined the American-lead boycott of the 1980 Moscow Games.
They also boycotted the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, but one athlete competed in the Games before the nation’s late departure. Abderahim Hajin lost his only match in the Men’s Light Flyweight event in boxing.
Morocco has won 24 medals in its history, seven gold medals.
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The 2024 Olympic Ceremony opened up the games in Paris, France on Friday night, providing spectators with a taste of French culture and blasphemous art, leading to Christians around the world being offended and at least one sponsor dropping out.
Mississippi-based telecommunications and technology company C Spire posted on X that it had pulled all of its advertising from the Olympics over the ceremony’s mockery of painting created to show a biblical moment crucial to the Christian faith.
"We were shocked by the mockery of the Last Supper during the opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics," the company posted. "C Spire will be pulling our advertising from the Olympics."
The four-hour spectacle was held along the Seine River, featuring global stars like Celine Dion and Lady Gaga, both of whom are considered icons for the queer community.
This is an excerpt from an article written by Greg Wehner.
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The Olympic rings are plastered all throughout the world during Olympic times. But what do they actually stand for?
The logo was designed and hand-drawn in 1913 by Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games.
The five rings were drawn to pay tribute to Games’ athletes. Each ring was representing a region of the world where the athletes came from: Africa, the Americas, Europe, Asia.
The rings colors – from left to right – are blue, yellow, black, green, and red. They are put over a white background to symbolize the Olympics universality.
While the iconic design was done in 1913, and the flag with the logo coming a year later in 1914, it was not until 1920 where the rings made their Olympic debut.
“These five rings represent the five parts of the world now won over to the cause of olympism and ready to accept its fecund rivalries.” Founder of the Olympic Movement Pierre de Coubertin said.
“What is more, the six colors this combined reproduce those of all nations without exception.”
Fox News' Ryan Canfield contributed to this report.
Katie Ledecky looked effortless in the pool on Tuesday after cruising to the women’s 1500-meter freestyle final with a more than 17 second lead over the second place finisher in the prelim.
Ledecky, who owns both the Olympic record and world record, completed her heat with an official time of 15:47.43. She finished 17.83 seconds ahead of second place finisher Bingjie Li of China.
Ledecky’s time was the fastest of all three heats.
The final is scheduled for Wednesday morning.
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Defending U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff has been ousted from the 2024 Paris Olympics after suffering a 7-6(7), 6-2 loss to Croatia’s Donna Vekic in the third round of the women’s singles event on Tuesday.
Gauff, competing in her first Summer Games, got into a heated argument with the chair umpire during the second set. After her serve, Vekic's return landed near the baseline and a line judge initially called the shot out.
But Chair umpire Jaume Campistol thought differently and awarded her the point, giving Vekic a service break and a 4-2 lead.
Gauff and Campistol argued over the call, leaving the American tennis star in tears.
"I never argue these calls. But he called it out before I hit the ball," Gauff said to Campistol. “It’s not even a perception – it's the rules. I always have to advocate for myself.”
Gauff, 20, will still have a chance at gold in the women’s doubles and mixed doubles events.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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American swimmer Torri Huske shared the stage with teammate Gretchen Walsh after winning gold in the women’s 100-meter butterfly in Paris over the weekend.
Huske, a two-time Olympian and three-time Olympic medalist, earned her first gold in the Paris Olympics with an official time of 55.59 seconds, just .04 seconds faster than teammate Walsh.
During the medal ceremony, Huske invited Walsh to share the podium together ahead of the national anthem. Their finishes on Sunday marked the first time since 1984 that the U.S. has won the gold and silver in that event.
Walsh owns the world record and the Olympic record in the women’s 100-meter butterfly.
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The Team USA women’s basketball team might be the best current dynasty in sports right now. They are looking to win their eighth consecutive gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Head coach Cheryl Reeve had no shortage of elite players to select for this year’s squad.
The team will be led by Diana Taurasi who once she sets foot on the court in Paris, will be the first men or women’s basketball player to play in six Olympics.
Here is the entire roster representing Team USA:
- Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury
- Kahleah Cooper, Phoenix Mercury
- Britney Griner, Phoenix Mercury
- A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
- Kelsey Plum, Las Vegas Aces
- Jackie Young, Las Vegas Aces
- Chelsea Gray, Las Vegas Aces
- Jewell Loyd, Seattle Storm
- Alyssa Thomas, Connecticut Sun
- Napheesa Collier, Minnesota Lynx
- Breanna Stewart, New York Liberty
- Sabrina Ionescu, New York Liberty
The players have a combined 15 Olympic gold medals, eight WNBA champions, three WNBA MVPs and five WNBA rookie of the year winners.
Team USA is in Group C with Japan, Germany, and Belgium.
Here is their schedule for Group play:
- July 29, USA vs. Japan (3:00 PM ET)
- August 1, Belgium vs. USA (3:00 PM ET)
- August 4, Germany vs. USA (11:15 AM ET)
Ryan Murphy of United States celebrates his bronze medal with his family after a "gender reveal" during the Men's 100m Backstroke Medals ceremony on day three of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on July 29, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Getty Images)
American swimmer Ryan Murphy was on top of the world on Monday even if he wasn’t standing on top of the podium at the Paris Olympics.
Murphy won a bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke. It was the third medal he’s won in the competition and seventh medal he’s won at the Olympics overall.
To make it even sweeter, he found out he and his wife were having a girl. He saw Bridget Konttinen holding up a sign that their first child due in January will be a girl.
“I was walking back around and Bridget was holding up a sign and it said — ‘Ryan, it’s a girl,’” Murphy said. “That was the first time I heard the gender.
“We both — we honestly both thought it was going to be a boy. And everyone — like everyone — we were talking to, they thought it was going to be a boy.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Simone Biles is one of the greatest gymnasts in Olympics history.
Biles burst onto the scene when she won four gold medals and another bronze in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She won gold in the all-around, vault, and floor exercise disciplines and was part of the team that took home the gold as well. She won bronze in the balance beam.
In the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Biles won a silver medal in the team competition and bronze in the balance beam. A bout with the twisties took her out of most of the events.
There were questions about whether she would return for the 2024 Olympics almost immediately after leaving Tokyo. After a couple of years off, Biles returned to competition in August 2023. She got back to her form and was set for competition this summer.
Biles was looking like a sure thing heading into the Olympics with stunning performances at the U.S. Classic and Olympic trials. She will be back with Team USA as they look to win gold in Paris this summer.
Egypt's Nada Hafez competes with United States' Elizabeth Tartakovsky in the women's individual Sabre round of 32 competition during the 2024 Summer Olympics at the Grand Palais, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP)
Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez made a stunning revelation at the Paris Olympics on Monday.
Hafez said she fought in the women’s saber competition while she was seven months pregnant. She posted on Instagram she was “carrying a little Olympian one” hours after reaching the round of 16.
She defeated American Elizabeth Tartakovsky before losing to South Korea’s Jeon Hayoung.
“My baby & I had our fair share of challenges, be it both physical & emotional,” Hafez wrote on Instagram. “The rollercoaster of pregnancy is tough on its own, but having to fight to keep the balance of life & sports was nothing short of strenuous, however worth it. I'm writing this post to say that pride fills my being for securing my place in the round of 16!”
Hafez earned a spot in the 2024 Olympics after she won bronze in the individual sabre event at the 2024 African Championships. Egypt won a team gold.
She previously performed in the 2016 and 2020 Olympics.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Ukraine's Olga Kharlan celebrates after winning the women's individual Sabre bronze final match against South Korea's Choi Sebin during the 2024 Summer Olympics at the Grand Palais, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP)
Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan defeated South Korea’s Choi Sebin 15-14 in the women’s sabre fencing event on Monday, earning her country’s first medal at the Paris Olympics.
Kharlan came back to win the match 15-14 and earn the bronze medal. It was Kharlan’s fifth Olympic medal but this one meant a bit more.
“I brought a medal to my country, and it's the first one, and it's going to be a good start for all our athletes who are here because it's really tough to compete when in your country is a war,” she said. “Every medal, it's like gold. I don't care (that) it's bronze. It's gold.”
Kharlan was a part of controversy while she attempted to earn a spot at the Games. She was disqualified from last year’s world championships for refusing to shake the hand of her Russian opponent after winning a bout.
Ukrainian athletes refusing to shake the hands of Russian opponents as been ongoing since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.
However, the International Olympic Committee granted Kharlan a “unique excepton” to guarantee her a spot at the Olympics.
“I can say that I wouldn’t change anything,” Kharlan said of the incident. “What I went through, it represents my country, what it goes through, and I wouldn’t change anything. This is my story.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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The men’s triathlon competition at the Paris Olympics was postponed Tuesday over concerns about the quality of the water in the River Seine.
Olympic organizers said they will try to hold the men’s triathlon on Wednesday instead. But the women’s triathlon event is also supposed to begin on Wednesday. Both events will be subjected to water tests but with more rain in the area, the prognosis doesn’t look good.
According to the AP, heavy rains cause levels of E. coli and other bacteria in the Seine to rise. Paris was hit with a rainstorm during the opening ceremony, which caused concerns about some of the events that were going to take place in the water.
Training events were already canceled because of the water quality.
“Despite the improvement on the water quality levels in the last hours, the readings at some points of the swim course are still above the acceptable limits,” organizers said in a statement.
Officials stressed that their “priority is the health of the athletes.”Friday is the backup plan.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Stephen Nedoroscik of United States, Frederick Richard of United States, Brody Malone of United States, Paul Juda of United States, Asher Hong of United States pose for a photo with their bronze medalduring the Men's Artistic Gymnastics Team Final on day three of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on July 29, 2024 in Paris, France. (Getty Images)
The United States enters Tuesday with 20 medals on their tally and that was thanks in large part to a big haul from Monday night’s events.
Jagger Eaton and Nyjah Huston scored medals in men’s street skateboarding. Eaton picked up a silver – the second Olympic medal of his career – and Huston won a bronze.
The U.S. men’s gymnastics teams secured its first medal since 2008 with a bronze in the team final. Stephen Nedoroscik, Frederick Richard, Brody Malone, Paul Juda and Asher Hong had big performances to secure their places on the podium.
In the pool, Katie Grimes and Emma Weyant went 2-3 in the 400-meter medley. The two couldn’t keep up with Canada’s Summer McIntosh.
Fencer Nick Itkin finished with a bronze medal in individual foil. He defeated Japan’s Kazuki Iimura 15-12 to win.
Two more American men competing at the Olympics picked up medals in the pool. Luke Hobson secured a bronze in the 200-meter freestyle while Ryan Murphy won a bronze in the 100-meter backstroke.
USA Simone Biles in action, poses during Women's Qualification at Bercy Arena. Paris, France 7/28/2024 (Getty Images)
Simone Biles will push through a calf injury to compete in the women’s gymnastics team final at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday.
It will be the first medal event Biles has competed in since the Tokyo Olympics. She missed out on some of the medal events as she dealt with the twisties. She ended up getting a silver medal in the team portion and a bronze medal on the balance beam.This time around, she’s dealing with a calf issue.
She appeared to suffer the calf injury while warming up for the floor exercise in the qualification round on Sunday. Biles still managed to power through the final three events.
U.S. coach Cecile Landi gave some good news about Biles’ injury. She said the injury was minor and that there were no plans to sideline her for the Olympics.
"I can’t express it," Landi said. "I’m really proud of her and what she’s been through and what she’s showing the world what she’s capable of doing."
Biles will go last for the U.S. in vault, floor exercise and balance beam. She will be second on the uneven bars.
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