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After Backlash, Aussie Breaker Retires

Rachael Gunn, aka Raygun, was ridiculed for her routine at the Summer Olympics in Paris

(Newser) - Three months after she stepped onto the world stage, Rachael Gunn is stepping off of it. The 37-year-old breaker known as B-Girl Raygun, who made a splash at the Summer Olympics in Paris with what the BBC calls a most "unorthodox" breaking routine , has announced she's retiring from...

Table Tennis Selfie May Haunt North Korean Players
Table Tennis Selfie May Haunt
North Korean Players
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Aug 31, 2024 1:20 PM CDT

Table Tennis Selfie May Haunt North Korean Players

Silver medalists reportedly in hot water over photo with South Korean rivals at Olympics

(Newser) - At the time, it was hailed by NPR as an example of "selfie diplomacy" and later chosen by People as one of the best sportsmanship moments from the Olympics. But a selfie featuring two North Korean table tennis players may have landed both in hot water back home, reports...

Musk, Rowling, Trump Tweeted About Her. Now She's Suing

Olympic boxer and gold medalist Imane Khelif files criminal complaint over cyberbullying on her gender

(Newser) - The Algerian boxer who faced global scrutiny over her gender on the path to an Olympic gold medal is suing her bullies. Imane Khelif has filed a criminal complaint in France alleging "aggravated cyber harassment" from Elon Musk, JK Rowling, and others on Musk's social platform X. Though...

Jordan Chiles' Olympic Medal Controversy Takes Another Turn

USA Gymnastics says CAS has decided not to reconsider its decision

(Newser) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport has declined to restore the bronze medal in the Paris Olympics' women's gymnastics floor exercise event to Jordan Chiles following an appeal by USA Gymnastics. CAS rules "do not allow for an arbitral award to be reconsidered even when conclusive new evidence...

Meet 'Raygun,' the Viral Olympic Breakdancer
Who Is 'Raygun,' the
Viral Olympic Breakdancer?
the rundown
Aug 12, 2024 2:30 AM CDT

Who Is 'Raygun,' the Viral Olympic Breakdancer?

Meet Rachael Gunn of Australia, new hero of the internet

(Newser) - Breaking , formerly known as breakdancing, is the newest Olympic sport , and Japan and Canada took home gold medals in it over the weekend. But that wasn't what was making headlines; rather, it was an Australian breakdancer nicknamed "Raygun" who pretty much broke the internet. Rachael Gunn, 36,...

Marathon Finish Hailed as One of Olympics' Best Feats

Sifan Hassan won 3 medals in 3 distance running events over 142 hours

(Newser) - Sifan Hassan won the women's marathon at the Paris Olympics on Sunday in dramatic fashion, passing Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia to take the lead—but only after a few moments in which the runners were shoulder to shoulder, jostling, before the Dutch runner broke away and sprinted to the...

'Last True Movie Star' Closes Out the Olympics

Tom Cruise performed an impressive stunt to symbolize the transition from one city to another

(Newser) - As rumored , Tom Cruise did indeed perform an epic stunt at the closing ceremonies for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The actor rappelled from the top of the Stade de France down to the ground, where he greeted Olympic athletes before receiving the Olympic flag from Simone Biles...

Big Names Lined Up for Close of Games

Report: Billie Eilish, Snoop, Red Hot Chili Peppers will wrap up Games from LA; HER to sing anthem

(Newser) - The Summer Games come to a close on Sunday at the Stade de France on the outskirts of Paris, and it will be a star-studded event, with some familiar Olympic faces and some new ones. Sources tell Variety that Billie Eilish and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are set to...

Team USA Wins 8 Medals in One Day at Paris Olympics

Some met up with each other during their victory laps

(Newser) - Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone set another world record. Grant Holloway won that elusive Olympic gold medal. Jasmine Moore made some American jumping history. And Tara Davis-Woodhall got to wear that cowboy hat. It was medal-mania at the Stade de France for the red, white, and blue on Thursday, with the country taking...

Olympic Medal Tradition Started in the US

Now, 120 years later, that gold medal is mostly silver

(Newser) - The Olympic Games are nearly 3,000 years old. The gold, silver, and bronze medals awarded, only 120 years. NPR digs into the tradition that feels as long as time, finding it can be traced to an American city. Olympic medals themselves hail from the first occurrence of the modern...

The Sport Is New to the Games—and Destroys Your Hands

Speed climbing can tear athletes' hands to shreds

(Newser) - American Sam Watson managed to set a new record on Tuesday when he scaled a 15-meter climbing wall in Paris in just 4.75 seconds. Whether he ends up with gold won't be known until Thursday, when the men's speed-climbing quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals will take place. It'...

Oft-Injured Surfing Correspondent Colin Jost Sent Home

Colin Jost leaves NBC Olympics post in Tahiti after foot injury, staph infection, ear infection

(Newser) - Colin Jost is one of the many celebrities participating in NBC's coverage of the Summer Olympics, but his time as a correspondent has apparently come to an end. The Saturday Night Live star's sweet stint from Tahiti, where he's been commenting on the Games' surfing competition since...

See the Highest Pole Vault in History
'Mondo Flies Over Paris!'
Aug 6, 2024 7:35 AM CDT

'Mondo Flies Over Paris!'

Pole vaulter Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis breaks an Olympic record, then breaks his own record

(Newser) - Armand "Mondo" Duplantis, a Louisiana native competing in the Summer Olympics in Paris for his mom's native country of Sweden, had already clinched the gold medal in men's pole vaulting on Monday night when he set out to achieve his next goal: breaking the Olympic record of...

No Golden Send-Off for Simone Biles

She fails to medal on the beam, takes home silver in her signature floor event

(Newser) - Simone Biles didn't get the golden send-off she'd hoped for. Biles earned silver in the floor exercise finals Monday—her 11th Olympic medal—after a routine that included a couple of costly steps out of bounds. Brazil's Rebeca Andrade became the first gymnast to beat Biles in...

Olympic Boxer Speaks Out on Gender Scrutiny

Imane Khelif calls for end to hateful bullying

(Newser) - Olympic boxer Imane Khelif said the wave of hateful scrutiny she has faced over misconceptions about her gender "harms human dignity," and she called for an end to bullying athletes after being greatly affected by the international backlash against her, the AP reports. The Algerian athlete spoke about...

Noah Lyles Wins Men's 100m by a Clavicle
Men's 100m Sees
a 'Stunning' Result
Aug 5, 2024 12:00 AM CDT

Men's 100m Sees a 'Stunning' Result

Photo finish at Olympics is being called 'epic'

(Newser) - In a photo finish that's being called " stunning ," " epic ," and " wild ," US sprinter Noah Lyles won gold in the men's 100-meter in what the AP reports was a "historically close" race. Commentators originally believed Jamaica's Kishane Thompson won (watch the...

Cheesy Photos of Italian Gymnast Resurface, Go Viral

Pics of silver medalist Giorgia Villa posing with large hunks of cheese are resurfacing

(Newser) - Giorgia Villa missed the Tokyo Olympics due to a sprained ankle. At the Paris Games, despite lingering back injuries, the 21-year-old gymnast made history. With their silver medal behind the Simone Biles-led US team's gold, Angela Andreoli, Alice D'Amato, Manila Esposito, Elisa Iorio, and Villa matched Italy's...

Olympic Boxer Sticks Up for Rival in Gender Hubbub
Olympic Boxer Sticks Up
for Rival in Gender Hubbub
THE RUNDOWN
Aug 2, 2024 2:23 PM CDT

Olympic Boxer Sticks Up for Rival in Gender Hubbub

Italian boxer Angela Carini apologizes to Algerian foe Imane Khelif

(Newser) - Outcry continues to swirl around an Olympic women's boxer who some say shouldn't have been fighting other women. Italy's Angela Carini bowed out of her match on Thursday against Algeria's Imane Khelif after taking a pretty hard hit right in the face from Khelif, renewing questions...

Olympic Swimmer Has a Scary Ending to Her Race

Slovakia's Tamara Potocka, 21, suffered apparent asthma attack, collapsed after emerging from pool

(Newser) - Slovakian swimmer Tamara Potocka collapsed poolside Friday morning after a qualifying heat of the women's 200-meter individual medley at the Paris Olympics. Potocka, 21, collapsed as she got out of the water and almost immediately was surrounded by a half-dozen medical attendants, who put her on a stretcher after...

At Olympics, Griner 'Head Over Heels' About Prisoner Swap

'It's a great day,' WNBA star says of Gershkovich, Whelan

(Newser) - It's been more than a year since Brittney Griner was released from a Russian prison, but Russia was definitely on her mind Thursday as news trickled in about the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, ex-Marine Paul Whelan, and US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva. "It's a...

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