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Paris – 1 August 2024
2. STILL of Simone Biles, of the United States, celebrating after winning the gold medal during the women’s artistic gymnastics all-around finals
3. STILL of Canada’s Wyatt Sanford, left, fights Uzbekistan’s Ruslan Abdullaev in their men’s 63.5kg quarterfinal boxing match
4. STILL of Qinwen Zheng of China celebrates her victory over Iga Swiatek of Poland during their women’s semifinals
5. STILL of Qatar’s Cherif Younousse hits the ball during the men’s pool A beach volleyball match
6. STILL of Canada’s Yunjia Zhang, left, competes with Japan’s Yuka Ueno in the women’s team foil bronze final match
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Vaires-sur-Marne, France – 1 August 2024
7. STILL of Quan Xin of China competes in the men’s kayak single finals
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Versailles, France – 1 August 2024
8. STILL of Mexico’s Carlos Hank Guerreiro, riding H5 Porthos Maestro Wh Z, competes in the equestrian team jumping qualifier
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Saint-Denis, France – 1 August 2024
9. STILL of Australia’s Chaz Poot shoots to score during a men’s water polo Group B preliminary match
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Paris – 1 August 2024
10. STILL of athletes competing during the men’s 20km race walk
STORYLINE:
Simone Biles dazzled once again while winning the gold in women’s all-around gymnastics at the Paris Olympics, becoming the oldest woman to accomplish the feat since 1952.
The 27-year-old Biles nailed her floor exercise to edge Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade by 1.199 points in one of the tightest victories of her decorated career.
She became the first woman to win the all-around gymnastics gold at nonconsecutive Olympics, having previously done so at the 2016 Rio Games.
Summer McIntosh, Canada’s 17-year-old swimming sensation, claimed her second gold medal of the Olympics with another strong performance, romping to victory in the 200-meter butterfly and dealing Regan Smith of the U.S. another runner-up finish.
Kate Douglass of the United States won gold in the 200-meter breaststroke in a race that was something of a changing of the guard. Longtime American star Lilly King, competing in her last Olympics, was last in the final.
In the final swimming event of the night, Australia’s Mollie O’Callaghan, Lani Pallister, Brianna Throssell and Ariarne Titmus won the women’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay in an Olympic-record time, narrowly missing the world record.
Claire Weinstein, Paige Madden, Katie Ledecky and Erin Gemmell got the U.S. silver, and China finished with bronze.
The U.S. women’s basketball team clinched a spot in the quarterfinals by beating Belgium 87-74. Breanna Stewart led all scorers with 26 points, while A’ja Wilson had 23 points and 13 rebounds.
Top-ranked women’s tennis player Iga Swiatek does not lose a whole lot in Paris. She has won the French Open each of the past three years and four times in the past five.
Swiatek’s lengthy winning streak in Paris ended with a surprising 6-2, 7-5 loss to China’s Zheng Qinwen in the semifinals. The 23-year-old from Poland had won 25 consecutive matches at Roland Garros.
Carlos Alcaraz of Spain became the youngest man to reach the singles semifinals at a Summer Games since Novak Djokovic in 2008. After beating American Tommy Paul, Alcaraz will next face Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime, who knocked off three-time major runner-up Casper Ruud of Norway.
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