Giannis Antetokounmpo dropped 34 but Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made the big plays down the stretch to help carry Canada past Greece in its Olympic men's basketball opener.
Women's gymnastics team qualifications took place early today. The U.S., helmed by Simone Biles, qualified first as a team and have finalists in all-around and individual events.
Fans erupted in joy at the end of the match as Nadal hit the final game point. He signed a few of the match balls to send into the crowd following his win. Archery requires immense concentration and precision, at a level of perfection that casual viewers cannot fully grasp. The need for consistent execution is perhaps what makes the art so mesmerizing, and South Korea certainly makes it more exciting to watch.
It’s been an entertaining battle so far, and the refs are letting both teams be pretty physical. Notably, Jayson Tatum hasn’t entered yet for the U.S. as Steve Kerr figures out his rotation.Incredible back-and-forth action between the U.S. and Serbia. The game started with a 10-2 run from Serbia. The U.S. stormed back with a 12-2 run to take the lead. But Serbia just scored eight straight points to lead 20-14.
The segment, intended as a parody of Leonardo Da Vinci's 'The Last Supper', saw drag performers portray a 21st-century re-creation of the scene, with one performer, singer Philippe Katerine, painted blue and practically naked with little more than a bunch of flowers covering his modesty.“Clearly there was never an intention to show disrespect to any religious group.
USA is a heavy favorite to win another gold medal, which they’ve done at every Olympics since 2008. The roster is stacked with all-time NBA superstars—James, Curry, Durant—as well an up-and-coming generation of potential greats, such as Jayson Tatum, Anthony Edwards and Devin Booker, to name a few. NCAA Champion from LSU, Aleah Finnegan, and UCLA standout, Emma Malabuyo, also switched their delegations from the U.S. to the Philippines and are competing in the third subdivision. Malabuyo was an alternate for the U.S. Olympic team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.When skateboarding made its debut at the Tokyo Olympics, the medalists in the women's street competition were all aged 16 or younger, setting a new record for the youngest average age of a podium in Olympic history.
Team USA will have two skaters in the eight-strong field for the final. Paige Heyn, aged 16, qualified in 6th and will be joined by 19-year-old Poe Pinson, who will be one of the eldest in the field at 19. The women's street final takes place at 11 a.m. ET .The 1992 U.S. men’s basketball team is considered one of the best sports teams ever assembled. Led by Michael Jordan alongside Charles Barkley, Scottie Pippen, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, the U.S.
Indeed if Team USA are to win a fifth straight gold medal at these Olympics, they are going to have to be at the top of their game. The team are fresh from two exhibition games in London, and they were far from perfect. Team USA’s Haley Batten clinches silver in the women’s cross-country cycling after narrowly winning an epic battle with Sweden’s Jenny Rissveds for second place.
Still breathless from her silver medal victory, Batten spoke to NBC News about the brutal race-long battle with Rissveds. “Last night’s Opening Ceremony, one of the most ambitious and complex in Olympic history, was a spectacle for those in attendance in Paris, delivered a huge audience across our NBCU platforms, and set records for Peacock,” saidSports President Rick Cordella. “Thanks to the tireless effort of our production and engineering teams, and extensive promotion, we are off to a strong start that is in line with the expectations of our NBC stations, and distribution and advertising partners.
She did not go out with out a fight, though. Chiles scored a hugely impressive 14.266 on bars, excelling in her return to the Olympics. She is also poised to contend for a medal in the floor final.The surfing events got underway yesterday in the stunning surroundings of Teahupo'o in Tahiti, one of the world's most famous surfing spots, and the Team USA surfers certainly impressed.
With the weather switching from pouring rain to baking sun, it’s like a mini-festival at the 15,000 capacity Éleancourt Hill. Your reporter has climbed the 231-metre summit, the highest point in the Ile-de-France, for a view of the action which is about to start.Beijing 2008 silver medalist and U.S. women's technical lead, Chellsie Memmel, said that she is satisfied with Team USA's performance, but hopes for some improvements ahead of Tuesday's team final.
She said that, despite experiencing pain, Biles"never in her mind" considered pulling out of the competition. The apparent injury was also bothering Biles in training a couple of weeks ago, according to Landi, but had improved until today's flare-up. “It was kind of my outlet every day to get into Central Park and ride for two hours away from the bustle of the city,” Faulkner told NBC News.“I couldn’t clip in” to the bike, she said. “And I was like, ‘Why is this not working?’ I was starting to get really embarrassed. Finally, we realized I just had incompatible cleats and pedals.”Paris 2024 has attracted some of the sport’s biggest contemporary names, such as Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff.
As expected, the U.S. women dominated the qualification round. After the second of five subdivisions, they scored a 172.296, which is more than five points over Italy, China and Great Britain. Simone Biles scored 59.566 in qualifying, a score that would have won the last two world championships. The U.S. women are well on their way to qualifying for every gymnastics event final, including the team final. As they prepare to close out this qualification round on bars, a tight race is emerging between Sunisa Lee and Jordan Chiles.
Biles is displaying incredible fortitude here; performing that vault on an ankle that may be bothering her is no easy feat.Her first vault score will count toward her all-around total. Her second vault, a Cheng, scored a 14.800. A 15.300 average will easily put her on track to make the vault final, along with her teammate, Jade Carey.
Chiles is one of three U.S. gymnasts who will attempt two vaults, along with Jade Carey and Simone Biles. They are all capable of making the final, but again, only the top two Americans will qualify.Vault is not Sunisa Lee's strongest event, but she cruised though it with a clean double-twisting Yurchenko. A 14.133 is a great score for Lee.
Despite getting her ankle taped after her one-touch warm up, she earned a 14.600. She and her training mate, Jordan Chiles, are on track to make the floor final.Despite a strong start to her routine, Jade Carey's last tumbling pass ended in heartbreak. She appeared to get lost in the air on her double tuck, doing only a full tuck and rolling back out of bounds.
After her beam routine, Biles consulted the team's athletic trainer. The next event is floor, which is the most physically taxing of the four. Australian director Baz Luhrmann and Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and actress Jessica Chastain attend the artistic gymnastics women's qualification during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.As if the first routines of the Olympics weren't nerve-wracking enough for Team USA. Simone Biles and company will start their competition on what is probably the most difficult apparatus to settle in on, the balance beam.
Overall, Team USA's women are expected to sail through to the team final in the top spot and will be able to drop the lowest qualifying score on each apparatus.Team USA have been eliminated from the women's team archery competition after suffering a 5-1 defeat to Chinese Taipei in the Round of 16. Xie Yu took gold in the 10m men's air pistol event this morning, with Italy taking both silver and bronze.Much has been made of the water quality of the River Seine in the build-up to the Games, with Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo taking a dip herself to prove the water is safe.
Sports seeing their first action of the Games Sunday include sailing and skateboarding, and tonight's swimming finals are set to be headlined by France's poster boy Leon Marchand, who will be looking to end the host's 12-year gold medal drought in the pool, and Team USA Gretchen Walsh, who has qualified fastest in the women's 100m butterfly.You may have spotted before the start of a session at the Olympics an unusual ritual of someone banging a stick on the ground.
Because one bad qualification routine could take a gymnast out of the all-around, apparatus or even team finals, an ill-timed error in this round of competition tends to produce a ripple effect of heartbreak.The current scoring system can seem less intuitive than the previous one to audiences who do not follow the sport between the Olympic Games.
When she was growing up, she said her Ethiopian father, who loves soccer, started a soccer club for Ethiopian kids in the Bay Area “to come together and play.”“I just feel like I’ve had a lot of people supporting me, backing me along the way,” she said, “and I wouldn’t be here without them so I think it would just be an incredible feeling for all of us.”Fencing uses three different weapons: epee , foil, and saber.
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