12 things that wowed us at the Paris Olympics
4 months, 1 week ago

12 things that wowed us at the Paris Olympics

NPR  

12 things that wowed us at the Paris Olympics toggle caption Pascal Guyot/AFP via Getty Images PARIS — A team of NPR journalists spent over two weeks covering the Paris Summer Olympics. — Emma Bowman The cups toggle caption Marc Atkins/Getty Images The Paris Olympics set out to be the most sustainable Games of the modern era. — Russell Lewis toggle caption Andrej Isakovic/AFP via Getty Images Steph Curry making the most of his first Olympic appearance Before this summer, Steph Curry had achieved almost everything in basketball: four NBA titles, twice named NBA MVP, two-time gold medalist in the FIBA World Cup. — Becky Sullivan The unassuming Olympic heroes You’d think they’d broken world records or earned gold medals, the way the internet celebrated “pommel horse guy” and a nonchalant Turkish sharpshooter.

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The Paris Olympics, a timely celebration of humanity, taught us about joy, hope and each other
4 months, 1 week ago

The Paris Olympics, a timely celebration of humanity, taught us about joy, hope and each other

ABC  

With a final flourish, the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris have come to a close, weary but just as engaging as they have been throughout. The final throes of the closing ceremony at the Stade de France began the process of casting forward to Los Angeles in 2028, but not without an extended celebration of this magical French summer. Any …

Paris Games closed out with star-studded show, Olympic flag passed to Los Angeles
4 months, 1 week ago

Paris Games closed out with star-studded show, Olympic flag passed to Los Angeles

India Today  

Californian music icons Billie Eilish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Snoop Dogg performed for thousands of fans on Sunday as Paris closed the Summer Games that revitalized the Olympics, with the baton being passed to Los Angeles and Hollywood’s dazzle. Read the full speech of IOC President Thomas Bach, during the Closing Ceremony: https://t.co/h54nkXDTFa pic.twitter.com/MbjzHsTun3 — IOC MEDIA August 11, …

Paris Olympics 2024: France turned the Games into a citywide party for everyone.
4 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics 2024: France turned the Games into a citywide party for everyone.

Slate  

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. I even loved the golf, which surprised me by being the Olympics’ most egalitarian spectator experience, all ticket holders equal in our dignified scrambling up the grassy hillocks around the course. “Paris Superstar,” read the cover of Saturday’s Libération, the left-wing daily that can usually be counted on for Olympic cynicism. Even …

Paris and the Olympics have changed each other during their summer fling
4 months, 1 week ago

Paris and the Olympics have changed each other during their summer fling

Associated Press  

PARIS — In French, there are no goodbyes. Initial grumbling about barricades and other intense security measures that disrupted locals’ lives — not to mention arson attacks on France’s high-speed rail network — gave way to choruses of “Allez les bleus!” or “France, let’s go!” There were uplifting stories galore for non-French fans, too. “Breaking the norms” became the unofficial …

Paris Olympics 2024 day 16 live updates: Closing ceremony of 33rd Olympic Games ends
4 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics 2024 day 16 live updates: Closing ceremony of 33rd Olympic Games ends

The Hindu  

This LIVE is now closed. The gigantic Stade de France resembled a concert hall hosting a party to celebrate the fortnight of sporting excellence as the breathtaking closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics kicked off with athletes marching into the iconic stadium to thunderous applause. The two-hour-long show, created by Thomas Jolly, began with a musical ode to the Games’ …

Reporter's Notebook: Olympic athletes in Paris won medals and voiced wisdom
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Reporter's Notebook: Olympic athletes in Paris won medals and voiced wisdom

NPR  

Reporter's Notebook: Olympic athletes in Paris won medals and voiced wisdom toggle caption Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images PARIS — When you think about athletes talking about their sport in the locker room, what comes to mind is that classic scene from the baseball movie Bull Durham. "Every day I can wake up and try and do something a little …

How the Paris Olympics spun ratings gold for NBC and Peacock
4 months, 2 weeks ago

How the Paris Olympics spun ratings gold for NBC and Peacock

LA Times  

The Paris Olympics have brought some joie de vivre to NBCUniversal. Olympics content streamed on NBC’s Peacock platform surpassed 19.1 billion minutes viewed, more than the 16.8 billion minutes watched on the service for all previous Olympics, winter and summer, combined. Team USA’s Jade Carey, from left, Jordan Chiles, Suni Lee, and Simone Biles celebrate after winning gold during the …

Commentary: The Olympics are back, baby! How the Paris Games recaptured the zeitgeist
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Commentary: The Olympics are back, baby! How the Paris Games recaptured the zeitgeist

LA Times  

It seems like only yesterday that a robotic disco horse galloped down the Seine and a chorus of decapitated Marie Antoinettes kicked off the Paris Games in a rain-soaked fever dream of an opening ceremony. Then came Paris, and I am back into the Olympics like it’s 1996 all over again — only this time Béla Károlyi is nowhere to …

Paris 2024 Olympics highlights: Iconic moments you don't want to miss!
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics highlights: Iconic moments you don't want to miss!

Hindustan Times  

Take a look at some of the most buzzed-about viral moments from the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics. From a six-month pregnant archer to a skateboarder winning bronze despite a shoulder injury, here's the lowdown: Celebrating the sportsmanship and spirit of the game Paraguayan swimmer Luana Alonso was 'thrown out' of the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024 Too hot? It was reported …

Olympic Games Paris 2024: French national team’s successes inspire patriotic excitement.
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Olympic Games Paris 2024: French national team’s successes inspire patriotic excitement.

Slate  

This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. They make up nearly 2 in 3 Olympics ticket buyers, and they come chanting, jumping up and down, waving flags, shouting “hey” in sync with every French swimmer’s breath. “This here is simply unique.” It’s one thing to go nuts at the country’s two flagship sporting events, Roland-Garros and the Tour de …

Paris Olympics TV schedule: Monday’s listings
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics TV schedule: Monday’s listings

LA Times  

Monday’s live TV broadcasts unless noted. 1 p.m. — Women’s and men’s gold medal games | NBC BADMINTON 1 a.m. — Women’s singles, bronze/gold finals | Paris Extra 2 5:45 a.m. — Men’s singles, bronze final | Paris Extra 2 7:15 a.m. — Men’s singles, gold final | Paris Extra 2 5 p.m. — Women’s singles, gold final | USA …

Meet the Olympics superfan who spent her savings to get to her 7th Games
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Meet the Olympics superfan who spent her savings to get to her 7th Games

Associated Press  

PARIS — Covered with pins and adornments, Vivianne Robinson is hard to miss in the streets of Paris. Miniature Eiffel Towers hang from Vivianne Robinson's hat Vivianne Robinson lets a passerby choose one of the pins she collected from the 1984 Olympics “It was hard to save up and it’s a big budget, but it’s a thousand times worth it,” …

Paris Games are being hailed as the ‘gender-equal’ Olympics. Let's take a closer look
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Games are being hailed as the ‘gender-equal’ Olympics. Let's take a closer look

NPR  

Paris Games are being hailed as the ‘gender-equal’ Olympics. These were moments meant to reflect what Olympic organizers are billing as the “gender-equal Olympics.” Sponsor Message That’s in part, the International Olympic Committee says, because this year it has achieved "full gender parity on the field of play," which it defines as having set a quota to distribute competition spots …

Behind the lens: A photojournalist’s take on the 2024 Paris Olympics
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Behind the lens: A photojournalist’s take on the 2024 Paris Olympics

LA Times  

More than 11,000 athletes competing in 329 events for 32 sports and only one photographer. Team USA watches as Simone Biles performs her floor exercise routine during the women’s gymnastics team final. Japan’s Yuto Horigome, who would eventually win gold, falls off the rail during the preliminaries of the men’s street skateboard competition. Canada’s Francois Gauthier-Drapeau, in blue, tries to …

Russian media throw shade at Paris Olympics, which TV won’t show
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Russian media throw shade at Paris Olympics, which TV won’t show

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Watching the Paris Olympics will be difficult for most people in Russia — and in the view of its media, it’s not really worth the effort. “The Paris Olympics is an amazing event, if not to say a phenomenon: Competitions in individual disciplines have just just started, the opening ceremony has not even taken place, and so …

Paris battles a host of problems before 2024 Olympics begins
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris battles a host of problems before 2024 Olympics begins

The Independent  

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It is …

US viewers' Olympic interest is down, poll finds, except for Simone Biles
4 months, 4 weeks ago

US viewers' Olympic interest is down, poll finds, except for Simone Biles

Hindustan Times  

PARIS — On the heels of low ratings for the coronavirus pandemic-marred Tokyo and Beijing Olympics, Paris may not do much better among U.S. viewers, a poll from Gallup released Thursday found. US viewers' Olympic interest is down, poll finds, except for Simone Biles Simone Biles and women's gymnastics are poised to be a bright spot, with those surveyed selecting …

Paris Olympics: The radical transformation of Games villages over a century
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris Olympics: The radical transformation of Games villages over a century

The Hindu  

From making its first appearance here as a novel concept in 1924, the Olympic Games Village has come a long way to be an environmentally friendly legacy project for Paris 2024. If the first ever Games Village — a cluster of temporary wooden huts near the Colombes Stadium catered to the athletes with some basic facilities, including a post-office, a …

Paris Olympics 2024: France rolls out red carpet for 33rd Summer Games
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024: France rolls out red carpet for 33rd Summer Games

The Hindu  

It might be one of the most iconic stand alone symbols of a city anywhere in the world but for the last few weeks, giant interlocking rings have been festooned on the Eiffel tower in Paris. Although France’s Interior Minister has asked his country to put their best foot forward, the latest polls suggest that nearly 40% of French people …

Athletes are as excited as regular visitors to be tourists in Paris during the Olympic Games
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Athletes are as excited as regular visitors to be tourists in Paris during the Olympic Games

Hindustan Times  

Paris is a popular destination for vacations, of course. The city itself will be one of the protagonists of the 2024 Olympic Games — which is why the Eiffel Tower and Seine River are featured just as prominently as gymnast Simone Biles or swimmer Katie Ledecky in NBC’s ads promoting its TV coverage — and the athletes heading to France, …

Your guide to keeping up with the Paris Olympics
5 months ago

Your guide to keeping up with the Paris Olympics

NPR  

Your guide to keeping up with the Paris Olympics toggle caption Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Paris Olympics are finally here. More about the games There are plenty of storylines to watch, from the U.S. women’s gymnastics team’s search for redemption to the rivalry between American and Jamaican sprinters to a new generation of U.S. soccer players taking the field before …

Paris Olympics: What to watch for
5 months ago

Paris Olympics: What to watch for

NPR  

Paris Olympics: What to watch for toggle caption Michel Euler/AP NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Breaking will make its Olympics debut Following the previous Summer Games’ addition of skateboarding and surfing, another sport with counterculture roots will take the Olympics stage for the first time in Paris. Simone Biles leads American gymnasts’ shot at redemption The …

8 Olympics documentaries to watch before the Paris Games
5 months ago

8 Olympics documentaries to watch before the Paris Games

LA Times  

Every two years, athletes from around the globe gather to compete at the Olympic Games. There is Simone Biles’ much-anticipated return to Olympic gymnastics three years after she withdrew from the Tokyo Games. There’s even concern about pollution in the River Seine, which may be too full of sewage to provide a safe venue for long-distance swimming events — though …

Paris Olympics: The road athletes take to reach the pinnacle of their sport
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics: The road athletes take to reach the pinnacle of their sport

Associated Press  

Abbey Weitzeil will take on some new responsibilities at the Paris Olympics. Abbey Weitzeil swims during a Women's 100 freestyle semifinals heat Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at the US Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. “People may think like, ‘Oh, you’re at the Olympics, people are treating you amazing, you’re getting five-star service,'” Weitzeil said with a smile. I need to …

Here’s why the Olympics have a French connection (and it ain’t just Paris 2024)
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Here’s why the Olympics have a French connection (and it ain’t just Paris 2024)

Associated Press  

PARIS — Ever wondered why French is spoken during medal announcements at the Olympic Games? The French influenced the connection between arts and the Olympics Coubertin also believed in the combination of “muscles and mind,” seeing the blending of sports and art as a cornerstone of the Olympic ethos. For Paris 2024, Coubertin’s legacy is being evoked in arts competitions …

Here’s why the Olympics have a French connection (and it ain’t just Paris 2024)
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Here’s why the Olympics have a French connection (and it ain’t just Paris 2024)

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The French influenced the connection between arts and the …

Athletes at 2024 Paris Olympics will have to make do without air conditioning as part of country's effort to 'combat climate change'
8 months ago

Athletes at 2024 Paris Olympics will have to make do without air conditioning as part of country's effort to 'combat climate change'

Op India  

Thousands of athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris will have to make do without air conditioning as the organisers have decided not to install ACs at the athletes’ village as part of their initiative to combat global warming. PARIS TO DENY AIR CONDITIONING TO OLYMPIC ATHLETES IN AUGUST TO "COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE" France's electricity is almost completely decarbonized …

A guide to how Paris will welcome fans and stage 32 sports at the first post-pandemic Olympics
1 year, 4 months ago

A guide to how Paris will welcome fans and stage 32 sports at the first post-pandemic Olympics

Associated Press  

PARIS — The Olympics is on track to be back in business with millions of visitors coming to Paris for the 2024 Games. Paris touted its large and diverse accommodation options — everything from campsites along the River Seine to some of the world’s most famous luxury hotels — when it was bidding for the Olympics, boasting that it has …

Paris aims to keep Olympians cool without air conditioners
1 year, 9 months ago

Paris aims to keep Olympians cool without air conditioners

Associated Press  

The Paris Olympics is going underground to find a way to keep athletes cool at the 2024 Games without air conditioners. “I want the Paris Games to be exemplary from an environmental point of view,” said Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, who has resolved to tackle climate change with an ambitious action plan that aims to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions …

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