Paris Olympics 2024

Sports

Swimmers score first Paris gold for U.S. in men's relay final

6:10pm July 27, 2024

by Brian Mann

On a day when Australians often bested the U.S. in the swimming pool at the Paris Summer Olympics, four Americans seized gold from the Aussies in the men's 4x100-meter freestyle relay.

FIFA suspends Canada's women's soccer coach for one year after Olympic spying scandal

5:42pm July 27, 2024

Coach Bev Priestman and two former members of Canada's coaching staff cannot work in soccer for a year. In addition, the Canadian women's team received a penalty that likely ends its Olympic hopes.

Team USA wins its first medal of the Paris Summer Olympics

8:08am July 27, 2024

by Juana Summers

Divers Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook won the first U.S. medal of the Paris Olympics: a silver in the 3-meter synchronized springboard. It's the first time the U.S. has medaled in the event since 2012.

Opening Ceremony - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 0

Sports

Major musical moments during the Olympic opening ceremony in Paris

6:23pm July 26, 2024

The opening ceremony featured a Parisian performance from Lady Gaga, a heavy metal moment with Gojira and a headless Marie Antoinette, as well as a show-stopping comeback by Céline Dion.

Economy

Peacock, potassium and other Paris Olympics Indicators

5:32pm July 26, 2024

Indicators of the Week is BACK, and this time, we're going for the gold! (...In educating our listeners on the economics and business stories behind the Olympics.)

In this Olympics-themed episode, we'll learn what economic factors help countries win more medals, how NBCUniversal is betting on these games to support its streaming service, and what it takes to feed 15,000 hungry athletes. (Hint: A LOT of potassium. And pain au chocolat. And baguettes.)

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France's high-speed train lines are sabotaged hours before Olympic opening ceremony

5:12pm July 26, 2024

by Fatima Al-Kassab

Just hours before the Olympic opening ceremony in the French capital, rail networks around the country were brought to a standstill Friday by a series of arson attacks on train lines in what officials called “coordinated acts of malice.”

Sports

Flavor Flav hits Paris to boost his new passion: women's water polo

12:41pm July 26, 2024

by Brian Mann

Flavor Flav, co-founder of Public Enemy, has been embraced by Team USA's women's water polo team as "our hype man." In Paris he plans to cheer the team on to a fourth gold medal

Sports

U.S. figure skaters to receive team gold medal after delays tied to Valieva doping

7:09pm July 25, 2024

by Brian Mann

Nine figure skaters from the U.S. were denied their 2022 Olympic team gold medal in Beijing because of a Russian doping scandal linked to Kamila Valieva. Now the squad will get their medals in Paris.

Sports

U.S. men’s basketball faces a fierce Olympic challenge for 5th consecutive gold

6:38pm July 25, 2024

by Emma Bowman

Three days away from the start of the tournament, Olympic veteran Kevin Durant and newcomer Steph Curry talked about the stacked NBA star power that's heating up the competition in Paris.

Clayton Young (L) and Conner Mantz celebrate after placing second and first during the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Marathon on February 03, 2024 in Orlando, Florida.

These team USA marathon runners are rooting for each other on and off the track

5:54pm July 25, 2024

Clayton Young and Conner Mantz are longtime training partners and friends. They're also the two fastest men's marathoners representing the U.S. at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

The pair met on a run at Brigham Young University in 2017. They've been friends, training partners and competitors ever since.

With years of friendship and thousands of miles binding them together, can Young and Mantz break away from the pack and take home the gold at the Olympic games?

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