2024 Summer Olympics Games in Paris, France

What's your favorite Olympic sporting event? Choose 4

  • Men's and Women's Gymnastics

    Votes: 8 80.0%
  • Volleyball (indoor, beach)

    Votes: 2 20.0%
  • Track and field, Marathon

    Votes: 7 70.0%
  • Soccer (Futbol)

    Votes: 2 20.0%
  • Swimming and Diving

    Votes: 7 70.0%
  • Boxing Judo (Karate) Wrestling Fencing

    Votes: 1 10.0%
  • Kayak (Canoeing) Rowing Sailing

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Tennis Badminton Table Tennis Hand ball

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Equestrian

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Other

    Votes: 4 40.0%

  • Total voters
    10
  • Poll closed .

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Indoor volleyball: Just put your arms and hand up in the air higher than the net.
 

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Italy sweeps the USA 3-0 to win women's gold in indoor volleyball over the Silver medalist USA.
We USA have to get them in 2028 at Honda Center in Anaheim , California.
 

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NBC and Peacock is making a big comeback in the NFL, Olympics, college football, and comes college basketball and the NBA.
 

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A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of two 180-degree circular bends connected by two straights tracks.
 

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Olympic Games Paris 2024 Medal count Final.

1) United States 40 Gold 44 Silver 42 Bronze - 126 medals
2) China 40 Gold 27 Silver 24 Bronze - 91 medals

3) Japan 20 Gold 12 Silver 13 Bronze - 45 medals
 

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It took a lot of time for me to convince that Tom Cruise used a rope to descent from the top of the stadium roof to below in Paris, France during the closing ceremonies and I had a hard to recognizing him even in that motorcycle out of the stadium and into the streets of Paris.
 

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Tom Cruise Olympics Flag - he just got older from the looks of him.
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Joe Pompliano

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Kristen Faulkner (
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) has one of the craziest stories at this year's Olympics:• Grew up in Alaska• Rowed at Harvard• Moved to NYC after school• Started working for a venture capital firm• Took a beginner's cycling class in Central Park• Started cycling at 5:00 am before work• Started competing in local cycling tournaments• Quit her job & moved to California to cycle full-time• Added to the USA road cycling roster one month before the Olympic GamesAnd now, just seven years after taking a beginner's cycling class in New York City, Kristen Faulkner has won gold at the Olympics in Paris — the first American to win gold in the women's road race in 40 years.INSANE.


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USA Gymnastics officials said an arbitration panel won't reconsider a decision asking gymnast Jordan Chiles to return the bronze medal she was awarded in the floor exercise at the Paris Olympics.

USA Gymnastics said it will continue efforts to let Chiles keep the medal.
The International Gymnastics Federation said Saturday night it would respect the court's decision and elevate Ana Barbosu of Romania to third. The International Olympic Committee confirmed the ruling Sunday, announcing it was reallocating the medal.

CAS ruled Saturday that Landi's inquiry to have 0.1 added to Chiles' score came outside the one-minute window. The CAS ad hoc committee wrote that Landi's inquiry came 1 minute, 4 seconds after Chiles' initial score was posted.

The IOC said in a statement it will be in touch with the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee regarding the return of Chiles' bronze and will work with the Romanian Olympic Committee to discuss a reallocation ceremony honoring Barbosu.

The appeal could go to Switzerland's highest court, the Swiss Tribunal, or the European Court of Human Rights.

Rebeca Andrade of Brazil won gold, and Simone Biles of the U.S. was the silver medalist.

"USA Gymnastics was notified by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday that their rules do not allow for an arbitral award to be reconsidered even when conclusive new evidence is presented," USA Gymnastics said in a statement.

"We are deeply disappointed by the notification and will continue to pursue every possible avenue and appeal process, including to the Swiss Federal Tribunal, to ensure the just scoring, placement, and medal award for Jordan."

CAS voided an on-floor appeal from Chiles' coach that vaulted her to third, saying the appeal came 4 seconds beyond the one-minute time limit for scoring inquiries.

USA Gymnastics disputed the timing, saying in a statement Sunday that the agency submitted video evidence to CAS that showed Team USA coach Cecile Landi first appealed 13 seconds before the deadline.

The dispute over such minute details sets up what could be a monthslong or yearslong legal battle over the gymnastics scores.

The International Gymnastics Federation said Saturday night it would respect the court's decision and elevate Ana Barbosu of Romania to third. The International Olympic Committee confirmed the ruling Sunday, announcing it was reallocating the medal.
 

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Gabby Thomas​

The Northampton native and Harvard alum was one of the biggest track starers in Paris. She won gold in all three events she participated in, wining the women’s 200-meter sprint, the women’s 4×100 meter relay, and the women’s 4×400 meter relay.
 

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Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles arrived at LAX with Olympic flag. (LA 28)
 

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Why was Jordan Chiles stripped of medal at 2024 Olympics? Gymnastics controversy continues​

 

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Intuit Dome, basketball arena for the 2028 Summer Olympics welcomes Bruno Mars concert GRAND OPENING Friday night in Inglewood, California.
Home of the LA Clippers.
 
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