Meet the viral Olympians winning medals and hearts
By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — We met Simone Biles on the mat, Sha’Carri Richardson on the track and Katie Ledecky in the pool. Their…
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — We met Simone Biles on the mat, Sha’Carri Richardson on the track and Katie Ledecky in the pool. Their…
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By George Ramsay, CNN Place de la Concorde, Paris (CNN) — Triumph and tragedy are everywhere you look at the Olympics, and the men’s BMX park…
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CNN By Amanda Davies and Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — It was a dream debut on the Olympic basketball stage for the world’s youngest country. South…
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By Kyle Feldscher and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The head coach and players of Team USA’s women’s basketball emphasized their endorsement of…
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By Amanda Davies and Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — It was a dream debut on the Olympic basketball stage for the world’s youngest country. South…
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CNN By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Simone Biles has seemingly clapped back at criticism from former teammate MyKayla Skinner following the US…
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By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — Simone Biles has seemingly clapped back at criticism from former teammate MyKayla Skinner following the US gymnastics…
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By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — Photos of North and South Korean table tennis players posing for a selfie on the medal podium have gotten people…
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Originally Published: 31 JUL 24 04:05 ET Updated: 31 JUL 24 05:31 ET By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — The triathlon competitions are up and…
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By Don Riddell and Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Sixty-three days. That’s all it took for Xander Schauffele’s life and legacy to change…
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By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — The triathlon competitions went ahead in Paris on Wednesday after concerns over water quality in the River…
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By George Ramsay, CNN Paris (CNN) — You could tell from their reactions just how much the silver medal meant to the Italian gymnasts: Tears,…
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CNN By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Bercy Arena, Paris (CNN) — It was the moment everyone’s been waiting for, and it lived up to the hype. A little…
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By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — It was everything she could have ever hoped it would be. Three years after pulling out of the team…
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — Before it was his turn to take center stage at the Paris Olympic Games, Stephen Nedoroscik leaned back and…
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By George Ramsay, CNN Roland Garros, Paris (CNN) — Coco Gauff looked to be cruising against Donna Vekić in her third-round singles match at…
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By Chris Liakos, CNN Paris (CNN) — French authorities have launched an investigation into possible antisemitism at an Israel-Paraguay soccer…
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By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Bercy Arena, Paris (CNN) — It was the moment everyone’s been waiting for, and it lived up to the hype. A little more…
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Originally Published: 29 JUL 24 23:41 ET Updated: 30 JUL 24 07:20 ET By Homero De la Fuente, Kyle Feldscher and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — The…
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By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — They share a coach, a training pool and a friendly rivalry that’s pushed them both to new heights. On…
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By Patrick Sung, CNN (CNN) — It was a celebration worthy of the ages — or at least viral fame. Surfer Gabriel Medina was taking on Kanoa…
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By Andrew McNicol, Yumi Asada, Karrie Lam and Rinka Tonsho, CNN (CNN) — With the oldest average population in the world, squeaky clean city…
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By Homero De la Fuente, Kyle Feldscher and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — The men’s individual triathlon race at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has…
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CNN By Saskya Vandoorne and Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — It was one of the more memorable moments of arguably the most unique opening ceremony in…
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By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Roland Garros, Paris (CNN) — It’s a love affair that began almost 20 years ago and the passion clearly hasn’t…
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By Saskya Vandoorne and Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — It was one of the more memorable moments of arguably the most unique opening ceremony in…
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By George Ramsay, CNN Paris (CNN) — Days before taking part in the Paris Olympics, Tom Daley already felt like he had won a gold medal, such…
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By Thomas Schlachter and Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — Many athletes have to deal with an increased weight of expectation when coming into an Olympic…
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By Matias Grez and Chris Liakos, CNN (CNN) — Organizers of the Paris Olympics have apologized for what some critics described as a parody of…
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By Kyle Feldscher and Chris Liakos, CNN Paris (CNN) — The rain that drenched Friday’s opening ceremony may have moved out of Paris, but its…
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By George Ramsay, CNN Paris (CNN) — It may have been a bronze medal, but it was celebrated in the stands like it was a gold. When Brazilian…
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By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — LeBron James made his emphatic return to Olympic basketball on Sunday, turning in a dominant performance…
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CNN By Kyle Feldscher and Issy Ronald, CNN Paris (CNN) — Simone Biles fought through pain in her calf on Sunday to post an impressive…
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By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — They say in sports to expect the unexpected. But really, who could have expected a lifeguard in a bright,…
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CNN By Kyle Feldscher and Issy Ronald, CNN Paris (CNN) — Simone Biles fought through pain in her calf on Sunday to post an impressive…
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By Kyle Feldscher and Issy Ronald, CNN Paris (CNN) — Simone Biles fought through pain in her calf on Sunday to post an impressive all-around…
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By Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Situated in North London, England sits an ordinary college sports center. Usually, this gym would be full of…
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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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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…
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By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Nanterre, France (CNN) — The race that everyone turned out to see never really got going. The women’s 400-meter…
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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…
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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,…
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By George Ramsay, CNN Roland Garros, Paris (CNN) — There is a notable absence among Novak Djokovic’s 98 career singles titles, but the…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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By Aimee Lewis, CNN (CNN) — Michael Ledecky remembers the day he was first beaten by his younger sister Katie in the pool, wrenching his…
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By Aditi Sangal and Kyle Feldscher, CNN Paris (CNN) — Romanian rowing athletes Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc and Marius Cozmiuc set a historic first at…
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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…
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