Simone Biles says she has calf discomfort during 2024 Paris Olympic gymnastics qualifying but keeps competing
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Simone Biles says she has calf discomfort during 2024 Paris Olympic gymnastics qualifying but keeps competing

ByNews Polite

Simone Biles briefly left the floor and said she has discomfort in her left leg but continued her quest to return atop the Olympic podium Sunday. The 27-year-old American and the five-woman US gymnastics team took the floor at a packed, star-studded Bercy Arena during the second qualifying subdivision for the Paris Games on Sunday….

France’s high-speed rail to be restored after arson attacks before 2024 Paris Olympics
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France’s high-speed rail to be restored after arson attacks before 2024 Paris Olympics

ByNews Polite

France’s high-speed train network will be up and running as usual by Monday morning after the country’s key transportation unit was targeted by a shocking spate of arson ahead of the opening of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Friday. The French national rail company SNCF cautioned that trains that do…

Team USA divers Sarah Bacon, Kassidy Cook earn country’s first medal at 2024 Paris Olympics
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Team USA divers Sarah Bacon, Kassidy Cook earn country’s first medal at 2024 Paris Olympics

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Team USA won its first 2024 Olympic medals in Paris as divers Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook claimed second place in the women’s synchronized 3-meter springboard event on Saturday. Bacon and Cook totaled 314.64 points in the dive, just 23.04 points shy of the 337.68 points earned by gold medal recipients Yani Chang…

South Korea introduced as North Korea during 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony
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South Korea introduced as North Korea during 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony

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South Korea expressed regret that its delegation of athletes at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday was introduced as from rival North Korea and has demanded assurances from organizers the mistake will not happen again. As the boat carrying South Korean athletes passed on the Seine, the announcer introduced…

Simone Biles fires back at critics saying she ‘choked’ with ‘twisties’
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Simone Biles fires back at critics saying she ‘choked’ with ‘twisties’

ByNews Polite

Simone Biles has issued her sharpest response yet to pundits who said she “choked” during her debilitating bout with the “twisties” during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. In the recently released Netflix docuseries, “Simone Biles Rising,” the four-time Olympic gold medalist addressed those who called her a quitter, specifically reading…

2024 Olympics opening ceremony live updates: Highlights, news from Paris
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2024 Olympics opening ceremony live updates: Highlights, news from Paris

ByNews Polite

The 2024 Olympics have officially begun in Paris. The Opening Ceremony will start at 1:30 PM ET on Friday and the ground-breaking event will have athletes arrive in boats via the controversial Seine River. By the end of the ceremony, the Olympic flame will be lit. LeBron James and Coco…

Saboteurs paralyze French high-speed rail network hours before start of Olympics
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Saboteurs paralyze French high-speed rail network hours before start of Olympics

ByNews Polite

France’s high-speed rail network was hit Friday with widespread and “criminal” acts of vandalism including arson attacks, paralyzing travel to Paris from across the rest of France and Europe only hours before the grand opening ceremony of the Olympics. French officials described the attacks as “criminal actions” and said they…