US history-making women’s Olympic gymnasts inspiring young hopefuls back home
By Rikki Klaus, CNN (CNN) — The most diverse US women’s gymnastics team in history will begin competing this weekend at the Olympic Games,…
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Five things to watch from the swimming competition at this year’s Olympic Games
By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — The first week of the Olympics and with it comes one of the Games’ signature events: Swimming. The pool…
Continue ReadingThe showdown that wasn’t: Ariarne Titmus easily bests Katie Ledecky in hotly anticipated rematch
By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Nanterre, France (CNN) — The race that everyone turned out to see never really got going. The women’s 400-meter…
Continue ReadingOlympic moment of the day: Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz, tennis’ new favorite double act
By George Ramsay, CNN Roland Garros, Paris (CNN) — After all these years, Rafael Nadal is still finding new ways to win matches on his favorite…
Continue ReadingSimone Biles ‘in a really good place’ as she prepares to further her extraordinary legacy at the Paris Olympics
By George Ramsay, CNN Paris (CNN) — Back in 2021, Simone Biles got a new tattoo inked across her collarbone: “And still I rise,” it reads,…
Continue ReadingNovak Djokovic begins his pursuit of career golden slam at the Paris Olympics
By George Ramsay, CNN Roland Garros, Paris (CNN) — There is a notable absence among Novak Djokovic’s 98 career singles titles, but the…
Continue ReadingBermuda’s Flora Duffy aims to defend her triathlon gold to cap off an emotional comeback
By Patrick Snell, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to the highs and lows of professional sport, Bermuda’s first ever Olympic champion has…
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The Olympic Games face a unique set of potential security threats in Paris. Organizers say everyone will be safe
By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Millions of visitors and thousands of athletes will flock to Paris for the Summer Olympic Games, but the great…
Continue ReadingOlympic gold in tennis faces tough competition from injuries, illnesses and dreams of Grand Slam glory
By Carly Breland, CNN (CNN) — The first round of Olympic tennis gets underway Saturday, but the red clay of Roland Garros will be missing some…
Continue ReadingWhat to watch at the gymnastics in Paris
By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — As competition gets well and truly underway in Paris, all eyes will turn shortly to one of the Olympic…
Continue ReadingThe world’s youngest country is making waves in international basketball, and ready to take on Team USA at the Olympics
By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — The USA is the preeminent force in men’s Olympic basketball. It has won the gold medal on 14 occasions and…
Continue ReadingKatie Ledecky: The rise of an Olympic great
By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Michael Ledecky remembers the day he was first beaten by his younger sister Katie in the pool, wrenching his…
Continue ReadingOlympic moment of the day: Married couple makes history as Romania’s flag bearers
By Aditi Sangal and Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Romanian rowing athletes Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc and Marius Cozmiuc set a historic first at…
Continue Reading5 takeaways from the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics
By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — It was wet, parts of it were weird, much of it was beautiful and all of it was very, very memorable. An…
Continue ReadingThe IOC says the Olympic Games has reached gender parity, but historic gender inequality still lingers
By Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Three years before the Olympics last visited Paris in 1924, a small gathering of female athletes led by Alice…
Continue ReadingCoco Gauff still can’t wrap her head around the honor of being Team USA’s flag bearer
CNN By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Coco Gauff may be a tennis prodigy and one of the top American athletes to represent the USA at the…
Continue Reading‘I made it’: 38 years after calling time on her Olympic dream in China, this ‘table tennis grandma’ will represent Chile at Paris 2024
By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Zhiying Zeng’s eyes begin to sparkle and her gestures become more animated as she recounts the day her lifelong…
Continue ReadingGaza war weighs heavy on the minds of Palestinian Olympians: ‘I want to be an inspiration’
By Zeena Saifi, CNN Abu Dhabi (CNN) — Omar Ismail was 14 years old when he knew, one day, he wanted to be an Olympic athlete. For years, he had…
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US men’s soccer team dealt heavy defeat by host France in opening Olympic match
By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The US men’s soccer team suffered a brutal return to Olympic action as it was beaten 3-0 by host nation France in…
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10 athletes to watch from Team USA at the Summer Olympics
By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Competition is already underway in Paris for the 2024 edition of the Summer Olympics and Team USA is set…
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