Official Paris 2024 Summer Olympics Thread

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PETA demands IOC remove equestrian sports

Animal rights group PETA has demanded that the IOC remove equestrian sports from the Olympics after six-time medalist Charlotte Dujardin was provisionally suspended for mistreating a horse in a leaked video days before Paris 2024.

www.espn.com

Thats just stupid. anybody who knows horses knows those animals love to compete. why punish the horses because of one bad trainer?? Makes no sense whatsoever.

 

[Ronin]

Mercury, Opals guard Rebecca Allen withdraws from Olympics

Phoenix Mercury veteran Rebecca Allen will miss the 2024 Paris Olympics after injuring her hamstring in Australia's last exhibition game.

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[Ronin]

US figure skaters set to get team gold medals at Paris Olympics after ruling in 2022 doping case

U.S. and Japanese figure skaters finally have a date at the Paris Olympics next week to get their Beijing Winter Games medals.

www.koat.com

 

[Ronin]

Snoop Dogg gets judo move named after him at 2024 Paris Olympics

The words "O.G." and "Ouchi" sound somewhat alike but have no relation. Until now.

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[Ronin]

'The impossible is what motivates me every day': Katie Ledecky aims for even more history in Paris

Katie Ledecky's swimming accolades are staggering, and at the Paris Olympics, she is eyeing four more golds. What drives her, after so much success?

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[Ronin]

Kerr calls Team USA to raise intensity: 'It's time'

Steve Kerr put Team USA through an aggressive practice Thursday and said "it's time" for his team to raise its intensity level.

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[Brian in Mesa]

She's a basketball star. She wears a hijab. So she's barred from France's Olympics team​

She's a basketball star. She wears a hijab. So she's barred from France's Olympics team

France is not allowing its Olympic athletes to wear the hijab headscarf worn by some Muslim women because of its laws on secularism.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Ronin]

I was out getting groceries. Ledecky lost?!?!

 

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[Dback Jon]

I was out getting groceries. Ledecky lost?!?!

Yup. The Australian was the favorite

 

[Yuma]

Yup. The Australian was the favorite

That Canadian gal is going to be lights out next Olympics!

 

[Ronin]

Sun Devil Leon Marchand dominates for 1st Olympic gold medal

Arizona State swimming superstar Leon Marchand of France dominated the men's 400m individual medley final for his first Olympic gold medal.

arizonasports.com

 

[Ronin]

Well woman’s soccer looked dominate

 

[Ronin]

Paris Olympics organizers apologize for 'The Last Supper' controversy

The organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics have been facing a lot of bad press.

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[Ronin]

Torri Huske gets sweet redemption after Tokyo heartbreak

Team USA's Torri Huske captured a gold medal in the 100m butterfly at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday, three years after missing out on the podium by a 1/100th of a second.

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[Ronin]

Diana Taurasi lashes out at critics wanting her to retire

Taurasi, 42, is set to become the oldest basketball player to ever suit up for Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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[Yuma]

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This was so cool!

 

[Dback Jon]

Mesa's Jagger Eaton wins Skateboarding Silver

He trains and does videos at Scottsdale's The Wedge Skate park, where I walk my dogs - I have seen him there before, and watched them filming.

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[Yuma]

Mesa's Jagger Eaton wins Skateboarding Silver

He trains and does videos at Scottsdale's The Wedge Skate park, where I walk my dogs - I have seen him there before, and watched them filming.

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Nice landing. The video started like those skateboard vids where guys break their legs. Had me worried there.

 

[QuebecCard]

That Canadian gal is going to be lights out next Olympics!

Why wait?

It's Summer's summer.

She has a Silver and a Gold, where she won by 6 seconds and more events to come.

But, you're right - she's only 17.