Paris Olympics 2024: Gymnast Carlos Yulo becomes only second athlete from Philippines to win gold medal
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Gymnast Carlos Yulo becomes only second athlete from Philippines to win gold medal

The Hindu  

Carlos Yulo won the second Olympic gold medal ever for the Philippines, edging defending champion Artem Dolgopyat of Israel in the men’s floor exercise finals at the Paris Games on Saturday. Yulo joins weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz as Olympic gold medalists from the Philippines. Diaz earned gold in the women’s 55-kilogram division in Tokyo three years ago. The event finals continue later Saturday with the women’s vault final, where American star Simone Biles will look to become the second woman in Olympic history to win vault twice.

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Filipino gymnast who won 2 Olympic golds in Paris gets hero’s welcome and free buffets for life
4 months, 1 week ago

Filipino gymnast who won 2 Olympic golds in Paris gets hero’s welcome and free buffets for life

Associated Press  

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo, who won two gold medals in the Paris Olympics, flew home to a hero’s welcome Tuesday with a nationally televised tribute by the president and donors pledging more than $1 million worth of cash and gifts, including a resort house and free lunch buffets for life. But Yulo got 20 million pesos from …

Last dance in Paris
4 months, 1 week ago

Last dance in Paris

China Daily  

Gold medallist Simone Biles of United States celebrates on the podium with her medal during the victory ceremony of the women's vault at Bercy Arena, Paris, France on August 3, 2024. The Paris Games were billed as the "redemption tour", after Biles famously suffered from the debilitating "twisties" in Tokyo and crashed out. Now 27, she appeared fatigued on her …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Japan’s Kitaguchi wins women’s javelin throw event
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Japan’s Kitaguchi wins women’s javelin throw event

The Hindu  

Haruka Kitaguchi crushed the women’s javelin on Saturday, taking the top of the podium with her first throw of 65.80 metres to give Japan its first gold medal in the event. South Africa’s Jo-Ane van Dyk and Czechia’s Nikola Ogrodnikova gave a series of valiant efforts but never came close as they took silver and bronze, respectively, with their best …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Spain’s Diaz unseats champion to win triple jump gold
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Spain’s Diaz unseats champion to win triple jump gold

The Hindu  

Spain’s Jordan Diaz won gold in the men’s triple jump on Friday, securing his country’s first ever Olympic medal in the event by defeating defending champion Pedro Pichardo of Portugal who had to settle for silver. It was a stunning Olympic debut for the 23-year-old Diaz who shook the sport this year by leaping 18.18 metres in June, the third …

Everything Simone Biles did at the Paris Olympics was amplified. She thrived in the spotlight
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Everything Simone Biles did at the Paris Olympics was amplified. She thrived in the spotlight

Associated Press  

PARIS — Every single thing Simone Biles has done at the Paris Olympics has been spotlighted: four medals, an online feud with a former teammate and a social media post that appeared to take a swipe at presidential candidate Donald Trump. Simone Biles, of the United States, celebrates after winning the gold medal during the women’s artistic gymnastics all-around finals …

Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo gets $414k condo, lifetime supply of ramen after historic Olympics win
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo gets $414k condo, lifetime supply of ramen after historic Olympics win

Hindustan Times  

Carlos Yulo walked out of the 2024 Paris Olympics with not just two coveted gold medals but a long list of perks, including a three-bedroom condo and a lifetime supply of free ramen. Carlo Yulo's historic victory at the 2024 Paris Olympics landed him a long list of rewards including a $414k home and a lifetime supply of ramen Filipino …

Simone Biles makes shocking revelation about her body ‘shutting down’ at 2024 Paris Olympics
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Simone Biles makes shocking revelation about her body ‘shutting down’ at 2024 Paris Olympics

Hindustan Times  

With three gold medals and a silver at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Simone Biles became the most decorated gymnast in history. Paris: US gymnast Simon Biles performs on the balance beam at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. Simone Biles reveals her body ‘shut down’ at the Olympics The 11-time Olympic winner took to social …

Paris Olympics: Vinesh Phogat Becomes First Indian Woman Wrestler To Reach Final, Beats Yusneylys Guzman 5-0
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics: Vinesh Phogat Becomes First Indian Woman Wrestler To Reach Final, Beats Yusneylys Guzman 5-0

ABP News  

Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat beat Cuba's Yusneylys Guzman 5-0 in the Women's Freestyle 50kg Semifinal at the Paris Olympics 2024 on August 6 to become the first Indian Woman wrestler to reach Olympic final. Earlier, Phogat pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the Paris Olympics on August 6, by defeating reigning champion Yui Susaki of Japan. READ HERE …

Paris Olympics gymnastics event finals: Simone Biles and Rebeca Andrade on balance beam and floor exercise.
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics gymnastics event finals: Simone Biles and Rebeca Andrade on balance beam and floor exercise.

Slate  

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. By the time the beleaguered competitors, men and women both, took to Paris’ Bercy Arena for the third and mercifully final day of these finals Monday—parallel bars and the dread high bar for men; floor exercise and the accursed balance beam for women—the games of the XXXIII Olympiad had already played host …

Paris Olympics Day 10: Biles closes out with her 11th career medal — a silver in floor exercise
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics Day 10: Biles closes out with her 11th career medal — a silver in floor exercise

Associated Press  

PARIS — Simone Biles wrapped up her final day of the Paris Olympic s with more hardware for the greatest gymnast of her generation. The woman who didn’t think she’d even be here a couple years ago will leave Paris — and perhaps her final Olympics — with three golds and a silver, earned Monday when she placed second in …

Simone Biles And Jordan Chiles Give Gold Medalist Her Due In Viral Photo
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Simone Biles And Jordan Chiles Give Gold Medalist Her Due In Viral Photo

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Simone Biles is considered the greatest gymnast of all time, but she and teammate Jordan Chiles showed they may also be the GOATs at sportsmanship. Biles finished second while Chiles came in third after Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade in the 2024 Olympics gymnastics floor final on Monday. At one point during the medal ceremony, Biles and Chiles dropped …

Simone Biles Earns Silver Medal For Floor Routine
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Simone Biles Earns Silver Medal For Floor Routine

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Simone Biles won silver in the gymnastics floor routine final at the Paris Olympics on Monday, wrapping an extraordinary return to the Games with her fourth medal. Biles’ fellow U.S. competitor Jordan Chiles, who has a gold and silver medal to her name from the team competitions in Paris and Tokyo, came in third to win bronze. …

Biles caps OIympic campaign with floor exercise silver after beam fall
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Biles caps OIympic campaign with floor exercise silver after beam fall

Al Jazeera  

Team USA’s Simone Biles had to settle for a disappointing silver in the floor exercise final after missing out in the balance beam. United States gymnastics superstar Simone Biles has polished off a redemptive Paris Olympics campaign with a floor exercise silver medal, shrugging off a fall from the balance beam earlier in the day to finish runner-up to Brazil’s …

Paris 2024: How Olympics are redefining body types
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024: How Olympics are redefining body types

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru: Growing up, Simone Biles didn’t look like other kids in her class. If you put gold medal winners across sports at the Games in a line-up, you’ll know there’s no cookie cutter mould, no one type of body shape, size, height that has it beat. “All body types matter,” Paris’ breakout rugby star Ilona Maher said in a social …

Kaylia Nemour of Algeria wins the gold in uneven bars and Suni Lee takes the bronze
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Kaylia Nemour of Algeria wins the gold in uneven bars and Suni Lee takes the bronze

Associated Press  

PARIS — Kaylia Nemour of Algeria delivered the country’s first Olympic gold medal in gymnastics, putting together a thrilling routine in the uneven bars final on Sunday to edge Qiu Qiyuan of China. Sunisa Lee of the U.S. picked up her third medal in Paris and sixth of her Olympic career by grabbing bronze, exactly where she finished in Tokyo …

The Sports Report Olympics edition: Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky score more gold
4 months, 2 weeks ago

The Sports Report Olympics edition: Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky score more gold

LA Times  

Simone Biles, of the United States, competes during the women’s individual vault final at Bercy Arena during the Paris Olympics Saturday. Simone Biles, of the United States, celebrates with the gold medal after winning the individual vault finals at Bercy Arena during the 2024 Summer Olympics Saturday. Saint Lucas’s Julien Alfred, center, beats Americans Sha’carri Richardson, left, and Melissa Jefferson …

Simone Biles Drops 3-Word Response To Question On Olympics 2028 Appearance
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Simone Biles Drops 3-Word Response To Question On Olympics 2028 Appearance

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Simone Biles is not ruling out a return for the 2028 Olympics. The gymnast, who won the women’s gymnastics vault final at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday, was asked if this year’s event will mark her last time “vaulting in competition.” Biles said that it was her last time performing the vault, the Yurchenko double pike, …

Paris Olympics gymnastics: Why Simone Biles’ vault final for gold against Rebeca Andrade was unprecedented.
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics gymnastics: Why Simone Biles’ vault final for gold against Rebeca Andrade was unprecedented.

Slate  

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. Women’s vault, which featured the third-to-last time we may ever see Simone Biles compete. The unbelievable result of that competition was that had Biles’ coach Laurent Landi not been on that podium, her score with the fall would have been enough to win the world title, which would have been the first …

Simone Biles Continues Her 'Redemption Tour' With A Third Olympic Gold
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Simone Biles Continues Her 'Redemption Tour' With A Third Olympic Gold

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Simone Biles won the women’s gymnastics vault final Saturday, continuing her comeback tour de force with her third gold medal of the Paris Olympics. This apparatus, after floor, is considered one of Biles’ best events, and she has two different vaults named after her: the Biles I and II. After an incredible performance at the 2016 Rio …

Simone Biles doesn’t rule out the 2028 Olympics after winning the gold in vault. ‘Never say never’
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Simone Biles doesn’t rule out the 2028 Olympics after winning the gold in vault. ‘Never say never’

Associated Press  

PARIS — Simone Biles is getting kind of old for this. While Biles allowed she was officially retiring her eponymous Yurchenko double pike vault because “I kind of nailed that one” at the Paris Olympics, she didn’t rule out a return to the Games when they move to Los Angeles in 2028. “They’re really quiet now,” she said with a …

Olympics Day 8: US-Japan women's soccer kicks off action-packed day at the Paris Olympics
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Olympics Day 8: US-Japan women's soccer kicks off action-packed day at the Paris Olympics

The Independent  

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Simone Biles wins vault final for third gold at Paris Olympics 2024
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Simone Biles wins vault final for third gold at Paris Olympics 2024

Al Jazeera  

Biles pulls off stunning Yurchenko double pike to finish ahead of Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade and compatriot Jade Carey. Simone Biles soared to women’s vault gold with her gravity-defying Yurchenko double pike propelling her to a third triumph of the Paris Games and her seventh career Olympic crown. Biles, who led the United States to team gold before grabbing all-around gold, …

Simone Biles captures her seventh Olympic gold medal, winning vault in Paris
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Simone Biles captures her seventh Olympic gold medal, winning vault in Paris

LA Times  

When the skill that used to be effortless left her questioning whether she could ever compete in gymnastics again, Simone Biles didn’t walk away from the sport. Biles used her iconic Yurchenko double pike vault to claim her seventh Olympic gold medal on Saturday, blowing away the competition in the women’s vault final. It’s great to see her out there …

Simone Biles vaults to her third gold of the Paris Olympics; Jade Carey snags bronze in redemption from Tokyo
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Simone Biles vaults to her third gold of the Paris Olympics; Jade Carey snags bronze in redemption from Tokyo

New York Times  

PARIS — Simone Biles is one of one, much like the challenging vault that only she alone attempts. It was, as expected, Biles’s Yurchenko double pike that secured her Olympic gold medal here in the vault final of the Paris Games. and Peacock pic.twitter.com/fgFeDjZuQg — NBC Olympics & Paralympics August 3, 2024 It is Biles’ second Olympic gold medal in …

Simone Biles Wins Olympic All-Around To Cap Stunning Career Comeback
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Simone Biles Wins Olympic All-Around To Cap Stunning Career Comeback

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Simone Biles won the second all-around gold medal of her Olympics career on Thursday ― but it wasn’t easy. After trailing halfway through the competition, Biles summoned her nerve and athleticism to secure gymnastics’ biggest individual prize eight years after she did it in the Rio Games. picture alliance via Getty Images The American star fell to …

Paris 2024 Olympics: When is Simone Biles’ next competition?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: When is Simone Biles’ next competition?

The Independent  

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Simone Biles went to therapy right before winning gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Simone Biles went to therapy right before winning gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics

The Independent  

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The Latest: Simone Biles and Team USA win women's gymnastics team gold
4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Latest: Simone Biles and Team USA win women's gymnastics team gold

Hindustan Times  

PARIS — Simone Biles and the U.S. women took the gold the gymnastics team final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, completing their ‘redemption tour’ after taking second in the 2021 Tokyo games. It’s US, Italy and China in medal position through 2 rotations Simone Biles did not try her new element on uneven bars yet delivered an excellent routine as …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Simone Biles-led USA wins women’s gymnastics team gold
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Simone Biles-led USA wins women’s gymnastics team gold

The Hindu  

Simone Biles clinched her fifth Olympic gold medal as she made a triumphant return to the women’s gymnastics team final at the Paris Games on Tuesday, reinforcing her status as one of the world’s greatest athletes just three years after abruptly withdrawing from the same event at the Tokyo Games. Biles, the most decorated gymnast of all-time, earned the United …

Serena Williams, Nicole Kidman and other A-list celebrities watch Biles win another Olympic gold
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Serena Williams, Nicole Kidman and other A-list celebrities watch Biles win another Olympic gold

Associated Press  

PARIS — Celebrity spotting was again part of the event at a raucous Bercy Arena when Simone Biles powered a dominant U.S. women’s gymnastics team to the Olympic title on Tuesday night. A-listers Nicole Kidman, Natalie Portman and Serena Williams gathered at the Olympic venue to watch the most decorated athlete in the history of gymnastics during the team final. …

Team USA women's gymnastics earns gold medal in team competition
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Team USA women's gymnastics earns gold medal in team competition

Salon  

The women of Team USA's gymnastics team have struck gold in Paris. On Tuesday, Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles and Hezly Rivera won the artistic all-around event at the Summer Olympics, reclaiming the gold after a silver-medal performance at the Tokyo Games in 2021. The win marks 27-year-old standout Simone Biles' eighth gold medal, meaning she has …

Calf injury can't slow her down: Simone Biles to compete in all 4 Paris events with US Olympic team
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Calf injury can't slow her down: Simone Biles to compete in all 4 Paris events with US Olympic team

Hindustan Times  

A calf injury isn't going to slow down Simone Biles. US' Simone Biles competes in the floor exercise event of the artistic gymnastics women's qualification during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Biles tweaked her left calf while warming up for floor exercise during qualifying on Sunday. Biles will go last for the U.S. on three events — vault, floor exercise …

Paris Olympics 2024: USA's Simone Biles shines in gymnastics; Rafael Nadal sets up blockbuster clash against Novak Djokovic
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024: USA's Simone Biles shines in gymnastics; Rafael Nadal sets up blockbuster clash against Novak Djokovic

Firstpost  

American gymnast Simone Biles shone despite injuring her calf during warm-up for the floor exercise, whereas Rafael Nadal setup a blockbuster clash against Novak Djokovic at the Paris Olympics. Then there was a Rafael Nadal victory over Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics, that helped the Spaniard setup a blockbuster second round clash against Novak Djokovic. Paris Olympics: News, schedule, medals tally and …

Paris Olympics: Simone Biles makes stunning return to competition
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Olympics: Simone Biles makes stunning return to competition

The Hindu  

Simone Biles made a stunning return to Olympic competition on July 28, powering through left calf pain to get her multiple-medal bid off to a rousing start. It’s OK.” Landi, who said Biles aggravated a minor injury she’d been dealing with for a couple of weeks, said there was never any question the superstar gymnast would not continue. “We’ve never …

Simone Biles will serve as the anchor on three of four events for the U.S. during Olympic qualifying
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Simone Biles will serve as the anchor on three of four events for the U.S. during Olympic qualifying

Associated Press  

PARIS — Simone Biles will begin her quest for a second Olympic all-around title when she competes in all four events during qualifying on Sunday. Biles, 2020 Olympic champion Sunisa Lee and 2020 Olympic silver medalist Jordan Chiles will compete on all four events in qualifying. Jade Carey, the 2020 Olympic champion on floor exercise, will compete on vault. During …

2024 Paris Olympics: How to watch, medal count and top contenders for gold
4 months, 3 weeks ago

2024 Paris Olympics: How to watch, medal count and top contenders for gold

LA Times  

American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson is among the favorites to win gold in the women’s 100 meters. He set the world’s fastest time in the 200 at the U.S. trials last month and he’ll try to become the first man since Usain Bolt to win Olympic gold in the 100 and 200. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, women’s 400-meter hurdles — The overwhelming favorite …

U.S. Olympian cheat sheet: Top athletes to watch in Paris beyond the best-known stars
5 months ago

U.S. Olympian cheat sheet: Top athletes to watch in Paris beyond the best-known stars

New York Times  

Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky and LeBron James are among the athletes bound to draw significant attention during the Paris Olympics, but the 2024 Games will feature plenty of compelling storylines and medal contenders beyond the biggest stars. Field hockey — Amanda Golini and Ashley Hoffman After failing to qualify for the last Olympics in Tokyo, the U.S. women’s field hockey …

2024 Paris Olympics: How to watch every event and the opening ceremony
5 months ago

2024 Paris Olympics: How to watch every event and the opening ceremony

LA Times  

American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson is among the favorites to win gold in the women’s 100 meters. He set the world’s fastest time in the 200 at the U.S. trials last month and he’ll try to become the first man since Usain Bolt to win Olympic gold in the 100 and 200. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, women’s 400-meter hurdles — The overwhelming favorite …

Simone Biles wins ninth national all-around title, sweeps event titles at U.S. Gymnastics Championships
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Simone Biles wins ninth national all-around title, sweeps event titles at U.S. Gymnastics Championships

New York Times  

FORT WORTH, Texas — What do you get for the nine-time national all-around champion who has everything? Amidst her historic night, Biles found time to boost up a fellow Olympic all-around champion after Suni Lee opened the night with a fall on vault. Lee competed a double-twisting vault Friday and warmed it up Sunday but didn’t get enough height off …

Simone Biles wins US Classic ahead of Olympics return in Paris
7 months ago

Simone Biles wins US Classic ahead of Olympics return in Paris

The Independent  

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Simone Biles loses to Rebeca Andrade as Brazilian wins gold in Artistic Gymnastics World Championships
1 year, 2 months ago

Simone Biles loses to Rebeca Andrade as Brazilian wins gold in Artistic Gymnastics World Championships

The Hindu  

Rebeca Andrade of Brazil denied Simone Biles a 22nd Worlds title by winning the women’s vault competition ahead of the American superstar on Saturday. A day after she became the most decorated gymnast in history, Biles tried to claim back the vault title she last won in 2019 by performing her extremely difficult signature Yurchenko double pike vault that nobody …

Simone Biles wins sixth all-around gymnastics world championships title
1 year, 2 months ago

Simone Biles wins sixth all-around gymnastics world championships title

The Hindu  

American Simone Biles won her sixth all-around title at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships on Friday. Biles, who won her first all-around world title as a 16-year-old in Antwerp a decade ago, has now claimed a total of 27 world medals -- including 21 golds -- having also led the US women’s team to a seventh consecutive title on Wednesday. …

Simone Biles Performs A Vault So Difficult, They Name It After Her
1 year, 2 months ago

Simone Biles Performs A Vault So Difficult, They Name It After Her

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Simone Biles just put her name on a Yurchenko double pike at the world gymnastics championships ― literally. The Olympic great on Sunday became the first woman to ever perform the complex maneuver in international competition, so it’s now called the Biles II, NBC reported. Watch Biles sprint down the runway and nearly nail the vault, which …

Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2021: Hashimoto Daiki, Rebeca Andrade among the 8 Olympic champions participating
3 years, 2 months ago

Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2021: Hashimoto Daiki, Rebeca Andrade among the 8 Olympic champions participating

The Hindu  

Hashimoto Daiki of Japan and Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade are among the top contenders at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2021 held in Kitakyushu, Japan from October 18- 24, after their Tokyo 2020 stint. In the absence of United States’ Simone Biles, who won the women’s all-around title every year but one since 2013, Andrade, who took gold on women’s …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Simone Biles pulls out from vault, uneven bars event finals
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Simone Biles pulls out from vault, uneven bars event finals

Firstpost  

Biles said on Friday she was struggling with the “twisties”, the mental block that has sidelined her in Tokyo. Simone Biles has pulled out of two more Olympic finals at the Tokyo Games, USA Gymnastics said in a statement on Saturday, with her entire campaign now in serious doubt. The 24-year-old gymnastics great came to Tokyo seeking five gold medals …

Simone Biles returns to competition with historic vault at US Classic
3 years, 7 months ago

Simone Biles returns to competition with historic vault at US Classic

Firstpost  

The vault, featuring a roundoff onto the springboard and back handspring into a piked double backflip, had never before been done in women’s competition. US gymnastics superstar Simone Biles returned to competition with a bang Saturday, completing an historic vault to launch her final run to the Tokyo Olympics. The five-time Olympic gold medallist, who hadn’t competed since winning five …

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