The Paris Olympics’ picturesque marathon course will take runners past many of the city’s highlights—the Palace of Versailles, the Louvre’s glass pyramid, the Eiffel Tower. But it will miss, by…
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Jewel Samad / AFP / Getty Sha’Carri Richardson of the United States crosses the finish line first, winning gold in the women’s 4x100m relay final on a rainy day at…
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Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Getty Olympic sport climbing is divided into two medal events, speed and combined boulder and lead. In the lead format, athletes have six minutes to…
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At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, when its temperatures reached possibly the hottest of any Games’ to date, athletes roasted. An archer fainted, and a table-tennis athlete reported “light heatstroke.”…
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Isabel Infantes / Reuters Another of the sports making a debut at the 2024 Olympics is the Marathon Race Walk Mixed Relay, where teams with one male and one female…
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Oli Scarff / AFP / Getty In the artistic swimming events, team members can bring a level of intense theatricality to both their performances and their swimwear. Here, members of…
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For many Americans, the defining image of the 2024 Olympic Games will have been Simone Biles’s broad smile, suffused with pride, relief, the joy of success, and a touch of…
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Elsa / Getty The spirit of mutual support and sportsmanship can be found throughout the Olympic Games, as evidenced so well in this photo from Bercy Arena today. On the…
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Amanda Perobelli / Reuters At the start of the women’s artistic gymnastics uneven bars final, the 16-year-old gymnast Zhang Yihan of Team China fell during her performance. Unable to fully…
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This article was originally published by Undark Magazine. Among Lexie Manion’s memories of her junior year of high school in New Jersey was the experience of being regularly hassled by…