2024 Summer Olympics Games in Paris, France
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Intuit Dome, the 2028 Olympic venue in Inglewood, California (Los Angeles) opened Thursday night (Grand opening) with colored lights.
Burno Mars concert was the first event. He has a Friday night concert.
Burno Mars concert was the first event. He has a Friday night concert.
Ayesha Curry, wife of Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, had a emotional distress encounter with
the French police incident where I think her newborn baby was accidentally hit by the police during the
closing Olympic ceremonies She was together with Stephen Curry and Draymond Green. The police were
escorting French President Macron. The police had to limit the movement at that time so people cannot move.
the French police incident where I think her newborn baby was accidentally hit by the police during the
closing Olympic ceremonies She was together with Stephen Curry and Draymond Green. The police were
escorting French President Macron. The police had to limit the movement at that time so people cannot move.
Romanian gymnast Ana Bărbosu receives bronze medal after Jordan Chiles stripped of her award
Jordan Chiles returns to UCLA for the fall semester and competing for gymnastics. I hope she returns to the 2028 Olympic games in Los Angeles.
She be much stronger by then.
She be much stronger by then.
US Olympian Lynn Williams explains how she broke her gold medal from Paris 2024 games
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Team USA soccer player Lynn Williams accidentally created the "world's most expensive coaster" when she brought her gold medal to a raucous postgame dance party at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Williams, 31, recently shared the story on TikTok about how she made it home in one piece from Paris, but her gold medal did not. The blue ribbon came to be separated from her medal during the team's celebration of a 1-0 win over Brazil for its first Olympic gold medal since 2012.
"Anywho, thought it was finally time to tell you the long-awaited question, how did a I break my medal?" she said in the video. "How did I get the world's most expensive coaster?"
Williams said the medal had a bar holding the ribbon in place, but it couldn't withstand the postgame party.
"Obviously, you guys all saw me swinging the thing around," she said.
She included a scene of her whipping the medal around by the ribbon like she was a competitor in the Olympic hammer throw.
Williams displayed the aftermath in a photo she shared in a series of shots she posted on Instagram on Aug. 11. She's holding the medal in one hand, and the ribbon in the other.
"Ironically, that's not how it broke," she said on TikTok. "I'm sure it didn't help, but that's not how it broke.
"So I was swinging it around, it was on, it was fine, and then we were dancing."
The medal couldn't survive Williams' dance moves.
"I had it on my shoulder like a little purse, and I was just jumping, dancing jumping, and I jumped down, and it just fell off," she said. "So everybody was dancing, and I was roaming around trying to get my medal off the ground."
The ribbon coming off wasn't the only damage it sustained.
"It has a dent now, so it's more — it's definitely one of a kind," she said. "And the little bar is gone, so I don't know what happened. The bar got loose, and it fell out.
"Like I said, probably swinging it around didn't help, but I just think that they should have made these better. They should have made them more sturdy, and honestly, I can't be faulted for that."
She said she didn't know if she was going to get it fixed and is waiting to hear from the International Olympic Committee.
"They said I could probably get one," she said. "I had to prove to them that it was in fact damaged. Now we're just waiting to see."
The IOC told TODAY.com earlier this month that it has a stockpile of extra medals that can be engraved as replacements if need be. The medal could also simply be repaired.
"If not, honestly I think it's a cool, funny story," Williams said.
"Best new coaster ever," one TikTok commenter wrote.
Williams isn't the only Olympian whose medal is in rough shape after Paris. Team USA's Nyjah Huston, who won bronze in men's street skateboarding, said on his Instagram story earlier this month that his medal was damaged following his win, according to Access Hollywood.
He also showed off chips in the surface in a close-up look at the medal.
"All right, so these Olympic medals look great when they're brand new," he said in a video. "But after letting it sit on my skin with some sweat for a little bit and then letting my friends wear it over the weekend, they're apparently not as high quality as you would think. Look at that thing. It's looking rough."
British athlete Yasmin Harper also said that the bronze she won in women's synchronized 3m springboard had "small bits of tarnishing," according to the BBC.
“Paris 2024 is working closely with the Monnaie de Paris, the institution tasked with the production and quality control of the medals, and together with the national Olympic committee of the athlete concerned, in order to appraise the medal to understand the circumstances and cause of the damage," organizers said in a statement to the BBC. “The medals are the most coveted objects of the Games and the most precious for the athletes. Damaged medals will be systematically replaced by the Monnaie de Paris and engraved in an identical way to the originals.”
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I've been wondering too browsing on the internet, these medals should be sturdy, but at the same time, I would treat these medals as precious commodities.
Asher Hong, bronze medal. American artistic gymnastics.
Asher Hong, bronze medal. American artistic gymnastics.
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Damages Sighted on Stephen Curry's Gold as IOC Breaks Silence on Latest Medals Controversy
The International Olympic Committee, or the IOC, said, "The medals are the most coveted objects of the Games and the most precious for the athletes." That is definitely true. Even the gold medal isn't really gold, but rather made of at least 92.5% silver and plated with 6 grams of gold. So, these athletes who compete in the tournament are doing it for the honor of it. Hence, what happens when these very objects become damaged? Of course, they would call the organization out. And by now, you must be aware of the troubles the IOC has found themselves in. While this next athlete hasn't publicly come out with any grievances, the seemingly visible damages to his gold medal has caught the internet's eyes. We are talking about the Olympic rookie, Stephen Curry's first-ever gold. Having arrived at the charity golf event with Ayesha Curry, held at Stanford Golf Course in Stanford, California, with his medal in tow, there was a lot of excitement among Curry's golf mates to wear the "coveted object". However, a closer look at it and it showed signs of damage. Needless to say, they were disappointed.
Stephen Curry's Gold Medal
USC has a participant for the paralympics. Saw in the news.
Ezra Frech wants to be a Paralympic champion, and a champion for the disability community
Ezra Frech of USC Trojans (team USA) wins gold metal (high jump).
Copy and paste from Philthepat's quote of the day;
- Strange but true - The first recorded Ancient Olympic race, held in 776 BC, was won by Corubus of Elis, a chef. He won the stadion race which was a 200-yard sprint.
2028 Olympic beach volleyball will not be in Santa Monica Beach.
2028 Olympic beach volleyball will not be in Huntington Beach, CA.
0028 Olympic beach volleyball will be in Long Beach, CA.
2028 Olympic beach volleyball will not be in Huntington Beach, CA.
0028 Olympic beach volleyball will be in Long Beach, CA.
Long Beach, California will hold several Olympic events in 2028
Surfing will be held in San Clemente beach in 2028.
Not in Santa Monica beach, not in Huntington Beach.
Surfing will be held in San Clemente beach in 2028.
Not in Santa Monica beach, not in Huntington Beach.
2028 Olympic soccer will be held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
Orange County will have two sports as Anaheim’s Honda Center will house indoor volleyball and surfing will take place at Trestles Beach in San Clemente.
The only venues that have not been confirmed publicly are for soccer preliminary rounds and mountain biking. Similar to the format for recent Olympic Games, the soccer group stage games are expected to be held in stadiums across the country before returning to the Rose Bowl for the medal rounds.
The only venues that have not been confirmed publicly are for soccer preliminary rounds and mountain biking. Similar to the format for recent Olympic Games, the soccer group stage games are expected to be held in stadiums across the country before returning to the Rose Bowl for the medal rounds.
For the first time in 2028 Summer Olympics, the women will have more participants than men.