Tag: Olympics

Simone Biles revealed her hilarious NSFW nickname for Team USA gymnastics after they won gold

Simone Biles has a legendary sense of humor, too.

As the greatest American gymnast in Olympic history, the iconic Simone Biles has more than earned the right to be supremely confident.

So of course she was always going to be over the moon for herself and her Team USA teammates after they added to their Paris run with another gold medal. Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey, and Hezly Rivera are just that dominant together.

In the aftermath of their gold medal in the all-around team final on Tuesday, Biles was first seen excitedly planning future TikToks with Lee. Later, while talking to the media, Biles revealed that Team USA’s nickname is perfectly on-brand and absolutely hilarious.

(Warning: NSFW language below.)

Truly, I have no notes. It’s outstanding. Because that is an obvious reference to what happens when you test Biles and her teammates.

[Expletive] and find out when they inevitably win the gold medal.

Team USA earned its 1st-ever Olympic medal for women’s rugby sevens with an incredible last-second game winner

This is one of the coolest moments from the 2024 Paris Olympics so far.

The United States women’s national rugby sevens team achieved history on Tuesday at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

On an absolutely breathtaking cross-field run to a try for Team USA’s Alex Sedrick, the United States earned the bronze medal in women’s rugby sevens over Australia, the first time the team has ever medaled at the Olympic Games.

The 14-12 win for Team USA will go down in history books, as any team earning its first-ever Olympic medals have plenty of reason to celebrate.

However, Sedrick’s heroics to make it all the way across the field in front of the world and win it for her team feels like it could only happen in a movie.

We have a feeling Team USA rugby sevens fans will be revisiting this sensational highlight for years to come.

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USWNT’s Davidson and Shaw ruled out for Olympic group finale vs. Australia

The duo will both not recover in time from their injuries

The U.S. women’s national team will have to do without Tierna Davidson and Jaedyn Shaw for Wednesday’s Olympic group finale against Australia.

Davidson was forced out of the team’s 4-1 win over Germany on Sunday, coming off in the first half after a knee-to-knee collision with Jule Brand.

The Gotham FC defender was replaced by her club teammate Emily Sonnett, who slotted into central defense alongside Naomi Girma.

On Tuesday, USWNT head coach Emma Hayes told the media Davidson would not recover in time for Wednesday’s match against the Matildas.

“She got a contusion because she got hit in her leg,” Hayes said. “Knee-on-knee situations can create a bit of swelling so that swelling will keep her out of this game.”

Hayes did not indicate who would replace Davidson, but Emily Sams is the only defensive option of the four alternates.

On Wednesday, U.S. Soccer confirmed it would indeed be Sams who replaced Davidson on the gameday squad.

The coach also ruled out Shaw for a third straight match. The San Diego Wave star suffered a “leg injury” in training the day before the team’s Olympic opener against Zambia.

The 19-year-old was replaced on the gameday squad by alternate Croix Bethune, who has yet to see any playing time at the Olympics.

The USWNT has already clinched a berth in the knockout stage with consecutive wins over Zambia and Germany, and can lock up first place in Group B with a win or draw against Australia.

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Japan’s Rui Hachimura was ejected for fouling France’s Rudy Gobert in the Olympics and fans hated it

Some fans think France got a favorable whistle at home against Japan.

During group play in the 2024 Paris Olympics, one of the best games featured Japan and France.

France entered as heavy favorites but the game went into overtime largely due to a stellar performance from Japan’s Rui Hachimura, who is a forward for the Los Angeles Lakers. He looked like a star for his country during the game against the host nation of France.

After hitting multiple 3-pointers to bring his scoring total to 24 points with around nine minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Hachimura was called for his second unsportsmanlike foul of the game after making contact with France’s Rudy Gobert.

It was a bad mistake for Hachimura after already having an unsportsmanlike foul on Bilal Coulibaly from earlier in the half because this was an automatic ejection under FIBA international basketball rules.

After review, the call stood and he was ultimately disqualified. France went on to take the game into overtime and then secured a victory.

Fans couldn’t believe the decision

Do Olympic golfers get prize money? Everything golfers get for winning in Paris

A gold medal is the main prize this week.

The Olympics are the one time every four years that the best athletes in the world are in the same city battling it out for gold medals and ultimate bragging rights.

And for the golfers, instead of competing for large sums of money like most do every single week, the main prize is a gold medal.

The winner of this week’s Paris Olympics men’s golf competition at Le Golf National will receive the following: exemptions into all major championships during the 2025 season, exemption into the 2025 Players, the 2025 Sentry, given the gold medalist is a PGA Tour member, and Official World Golf Ranking points.

Oh, and the gold medal.

The Olympics does not award prize money, instead just gold, silver and bronze medals to its competing athletes. However, there’s still a way for athletes to make money at the games.

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For Team USA, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee pays its winning athletes $37,500 for gold medals, $22,500 for silver and $15,000 for bronze medals. Similarly to the U.S., the Canadian Olympic Committee says it will pay $20,000 for gold, $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze.

Although there are no golfers from Hong Kong, if one of the country’s athletes wins gold in Paris, it’s a $6,000,000 HK payday or equivalent to $768,232 US dollars.

And this year, for the first time, all of the track and field athletes will receive $50,000 for gold from the governing body World Athletics.

But for golf, there is no prize money from the Olympics or the International Golf Federation, only from individual countries’ Olympic committees.

Victor Wembanyama stood two feet (!) taller than an opponent on Japan during an Olympics victory

The tallest Olympic basketball player played against the smallest.

It isn’t exactly breaking news to report that Victor Wembanyama is very tall. But we were reminded yet again during the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Wembanyama, who probably stands somewhere around 7-foot-4, is the NBA’s reigning Rookie of the Year. He also stars for the host nation of France on their Olympic basketball team.

During group play for the French national team, Wembanyama had a thrilling matchup against Japan. While on the court, the Spurs big man briefly stood at close proximity to Japanese guard Yuki Togashi.

The guard, who is 31 years old and actually went to high school in Maryland, is listed at 5-foot-6 but reportedly stands at 5-foot-4.

He and Wembanyama reportedly have the largest height difference of any two basketball players competing in the Olympics. Wembanyama is listed as 55 centimeters taller than Togashi, per FIBA’s website:

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What means more to Xander Schauffele: his Olympic gold medal or major championship trophies?

Xander gets a chance to defend his gold medal.

Xander Schauffele has a different relationship with the Olympic Games than most other golfers in the field at Le Golf National this week.

X’s father, Stefan, was on the German decathlon team and an Olympic hopeful before a drunk driver struck his car, causing him a multitude of injuries and to lose sight in his left eye.

And while Stefan never got his chance to don a medal, Xander did, winning gold at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago. This week, he is the defending champion and arguably the hottest golfer in the world, as 60 players from across the globe are in Paris at Le Golf National for the men’s golf Olympic competition. He comes to the games off a victory in the Open Championship two weeks ago in Scotland and has won two majors this year.

Justin Rose, the gold medal winner in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, isn’t in the field this week, so no one is able to answer the question quite like Xander on which means more, an Olympic gold or major trophy?

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“It is a good question but it’s tricky,” Xander said. “Golf was in the Olympics and then it was out of the Olympics. So I think a lot of the kids were watching Tiger, or if you’re a little bit older, you’re watching Jack or Arnie, the older legends of the game. You’re watching them win majors. It’s kind of different.

“For me, it’s very personal, my relationship with my dad, the relationship my dad and I have with golf, a lot of is sort of surround his teachings of when he was trying to be an Olympian.

Xander Schauffele of Team United States looks on during a practice round ahead of the Men’s Individual Stroke Play on day four of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Le Golf National on July 30, 2024, in Paris, France. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

“Then the majors are sort of what I grew up watching. They are two very different things to me. I think the gold medal, it’s been marinating nicely. Maybe in 30, 40 years, it’s something that’s really going to be special as it gets more traction and it kind of gets back into the eyes or into the normalcy of being in the Olympics.”

Xander said being able to share the medal with Stefan was one of the more intimate moments of his life in Tokyo. Being held with strict COVID-19 protocols, there were no fans and hardly any family members present, but Stefan was there to watch his son’s biggest victory to date. Xander’s added a couple more bullet points to his resume since, but the Olympics have a special place in his heart.

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“When you hear the anthem and you come off green and I’m able to sort of share the medal with him, it was kind of as cool as it gets for me, being something that I can deliver to him that he’s always wanted,” Xander said. “I think for starters, just being an Olympian is something he always wanted, so that was already a huge delivery just in that sense.”

This Olympics has plenty of differences for Xander. For one, athletes are able to attend other events and explore Paris, whereas in Tokyo, they were confined to hotel rooms.

Between the Open and Olympics, Xander said he and Collin Morikawa spent time with their wives in Portugal and played plenty of golf. To get familiar with Le Golf National, he has played 36 holes and is going to play nine more come Wednesday.

Then on Thursday, it’s time to defend his gold medal.

“Feels like a brand new tournament,” Xander said. “I think with the build and the anticipation of fans and I think just coming to and from the hotel, you just see people everywhere. So the feel of everything and willing I think you’re starting to get the real feel of a lot of what the Olympics is about.”

Simone Biles’ husband Jonathan Owens arrived in Paris from NFL training camp with an amazing custom t-shirt

We love to see a supportive spouse.

Simone Biles‘ husband, Jonathan Owens, officially arrived in Paris from NFL training camp with the Chicago Bears, and he came bearing a SWEET tribute to Simone: a fantastic custom t-shirt.

OK. Listen. If your spouse doesn’t show up to support you like this, you gotta throw the whole spouse away and start over. (I’m kidding.) But seriously, this is the sweetest thing, and everyone deserves this.

Owens got clearance from the Bears to travel to Paris, and he arrived just in time to see Simone and the Team USA women’s gymnastics team compete in the finals. What’s more, he did it while rocking an absolute stunner of a shirt tribute to his wife.

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7 photos of South Korean sniper Kim Ye-ji looking like an action movie star while winning the silver medal

We NEED a movie starring Olympic sniper Kim Ye-ji.

Kim Ye-ji, who is from Seoul in South Korea, is a sport shooter who competed in the 10 meter air pistol during the 2024 Paris Olympics.

After setting a world record in the 25m pistol competition in May, she won the silver medal during Olympic competition. She finished behind only her roommate and teammate, Oh Ye Jin.

Ye-ji went semi viral on Tuesday thanks to her amazing aesthetic, including very cool shooting glasses, that made her look like she was the star of an action movie. She also carried her daughter’s elephant doll on her hip during the competition.

Here are some of the most iconic photos of her from her time in Paris: