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Paris bids 'au revoir' to Olympics with star-studded show
Hollywood star Tom Cruise abseiled from the roof of the Stade de France as Paris said farewell on Sunday to an Olympics hailed as one of the most successful in history.
Cruise descended on a wire in front of 71,500 spectators, grabbed the Olympic flag and jumped on a motorbike, to the delight of athletes and fans.
Paris 2024: D’Amato Claims Gold on Balance Beam as Simone Biles Stumbles
Italian gymnast Alice D’Amato seized the gold medal with a score of 14.366, celebrating enthusiastically after the competition.
Surprisingly, out of the eight gymnasts in the final, four fell from the beam.
Hollywood comes to the Olympics
Hollywood is out in force at the Paris Olympics, perhaps taking notes before the United States' turn to host with the next Games in 2028.
Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Steven Spielberg, Lady Gaga — there have been plenty of A-listers around Paris for the first few days of the Games.
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18-Year-Old Bulgarian Gymnast Qualifies for Vault Final at Paris Games
Valentina Georgieva, an 18-year-old Bulgarian gymnast, has advanced to the final of the women's vault competition at the Paris Olympic Games. This marks Georgieva's debut at the Olympics.
Djokovic is the best athlete on the planet!
In the past year, Djokovic played in the finals of all four Grand Slams and won three - the Australian Open, Roland Garros and the US Open.
With that, he became the tennis player with the most Grand Slam titles in history - 24.
In addition, he won the Masters in Cincinnati and Paris, and the Final Masters in Turin, and he started the year with a triumph in Adelaide.
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Biles captures US Classic in return to competition
Four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles made a triumphant return to gymnastics after a two-year hiatus, dominating the U.S. Classic on Aug. 5 in her first competition since the Tokyo Olympics.
Biles, a 19-time world champion, electrified a sellout crowd in suburban Chicago with a stunning performance, receiving an all-around judges' total score of 59.100 points.
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Halep nominated for Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year 2019 award
Romanian tennis player Simona Halep has been nominated for Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year 2019 award, which will be presented at the 2019 Laureus World Sports Awards scheduled for Monday evening in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Halep is competing with American gymnast Simone Biles, Czech skier Ester Ledecka, German tennis player Angelique Keber and American skier Mikaela Shiffrin.
US played well but not fair? World Anti-Doping Agency Confirms Hack
BELGRADE - The World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed on Tuesday that global Anti-Doping Administration & Management System (ADAMS) had been hacked leaking information on alleged doping abuse among titled US athletes and blamed the cyber-attack on Russia.
Anti-Doping Agency Let Serena, Venus Williams, Simone Biles Take Banned Substances?
BELGRADE - The World Anti-Doping Agency allowed US tennis players Serena and Venus Williams to take banned substances, while gymnast Simone Biles failed a doping test yet avoided disqualification, a hacking group revealed Tuesday.