All news on the topic: Paris 2024 Olympics

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Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died after being set on fire by her boyfriend
Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died after being set on fire by her boyfriend last weekend.
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Olympic runner in critical condition after being set on fire by her boyfriend
Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei is in critical condition in hospital after being set on fire by her boyfriend.
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Paris says goodbye to the Olympics with golden closing ceremony
Tom Cruise was the headline act on an evening proudly declaring a message about protecting the spirit of the Games
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Team GB staff saved the life of an Olympic boxing coach after he suffered a cardiac arrest in Paris
A Team GB doctor and physio helped to save the life of the head coach of the Uzbekistan boxing team at the Paris Olympics.
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Three Paris Olympics cyclists collide at 40mph in terrifying crash as bikes smash to pieces
Three racers were left hurt following a terrifying collision during the women’s keirin event at the Paris Olympic Games with medics quickly making their way to the velodrome track
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Team GB win kite surfing gold as Katarina Johnson-Thompson leads heptathlon
Day 13 of the Olympics is already well underway with Team GB winning their 13th gold in Paris courtesy of Eleanor Aldridge in the kite surfing.
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Keely Hodgkinson wins Britain’s first athletics gold at the Paris Olympics with victory in the 800m
Keely Hodgkinson, one of Team GB’s hot favourites for gold, has become Olympic champion in the women’s 800m.
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Team GB win first track cycling gold and break three world records
Team GB have more chances to boost their medal haul on day ten of the 2024 Olympics, but it was disappointment for Simone Biles in Paris.
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Olympic gold medallist spotted sleeping in a park after complaints about the Olympic Village
Italian swimmer Thomas Ceccon has complained about the Olympic Village and took matters into his own hands by taking a nap in a park, having won a backstroke gold medal
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Novak Djokovic clinches career golden slam after epic win for Olympic gold
Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz met in the final of the men’s singles at the Olympic Games in a repeat of the last two Wimbledon men’s singles finals, with plenty at stake
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Second known sex offender at the Olympics revealed after being hired by China
Organisers say a second known sex offender at the Olympics, hired by China, has now left the Paris 2024 Games.
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Team GB’s Henry Fieldman is first ever to win Olympic medal in male AND female events
Henry Fieldman became the first person in the history of the Olympics to win a medal in both men’s and women’s events, thanks to his bronze in the women’s eight.
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Team GB star Kye Whyte taken to hospital after horror BMX crash at Paris Olympics
Team GB star Kye Whyte was stretchered off the BMX track after a horror crash at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Friday night.
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Team GB confirm Adam Peaty’s Paris Olympics fate after swimmer caught Covid-19
Adam Peaty tested positive for Covid shortly after winning silver in his breaststroke final which has put his involvement in the mixed 4x100m medley relays in doubt
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Alex Yee wins gold in men’s triathlon with stunning late victory
In the women’s event, which took place earlier in the day, Britain’s Beth Potter secured a bronze medal. Minutes after Yee’s win at the Paris Games, Team GB’s women’s quadruple sculls crew claimed gold in a dramatic race to the line.
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Team GB swimmer disqualified after finishing first in heat for unbelievable reason
Team GB have missed out on a possible gold with swimmer Luke Greenbank winning his heat but getting disqualified due to the amount of time he spent under water
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British Olympic rugby star removed from team because of a racist scandal
British Olympic rugby star Amy Wilson-Hardy removed from team amid racist text probe.
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Tom Pidcock’s ‘sensational ride’ secures Team GB’s second gold at Paris Olympics
Tom Pidcock’s mountain bike win, hailed as a “sensational ride against the odds” by his cycling team, has secured the second gold medal for Team GB at the Paris Olympics.
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Olympics organizers apologize after another ’disrespectful’ mistake angers fans
Paris organisers have been forced to make another apology after partly ruining South Sudan’s Olympic debut in men’s basketball.
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Convicted rapist Steven van de Velde booed by fans during his first appearance at the Olympics
Steven van de Velde was booed by spectators in his first appearance at the Paris Olympic Games.
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Canadian women’s soccer team loses six points, coach banned over drone scandal
Canada were deducted six points in the Olympic women’s soccer tournament and their head coach Bev Priestman banned for a year, global governing body FIFA said on Saturday, following a drone spying scandal that has tainted their gold medal defence.
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Tamberi reveals he lost wedding ring in Seine during Olympic ceremony
The Italian high jumper Gianmarco Tamberi has apologised to his wife on social media after his wedding ring was lost in the River Seine during Friday’s opening ceremony.
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Samoa boxing coach dies in Olympic village in Paris as cause of death confirmed
Samoa boxing coach Lionel Elika Fatupaito has died aged 60 after suffering a cardiac arrest at the Olympic village in Paris, with the 60 year old passing away on Friday
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Dutch Olympian who raped a 12-year-old girl ‘is not a paedophile’, official says
A senior official with the Dutch Olympic committee has insisted that a convicted child rapist in its beach volleyball team is not a paedophile, in an email seen by the Guardian.
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Team GB wins its first medal at the Paris Olympics, securing bronze in a dramatic diving finale
Team GB were represented by Scarlett Mew Jensen and Yasmin Harper in the women’s synchronised 3m springboard, with the pair out to kick off the medal push on the first Saturday of competition
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