Simone Biles and Leon Marchand headline memorable moments at the halfway point of the Paris Olympics
Read full article: Simone Biles and Leon Marchand headline memorable moments at the halfway point of the Paris OlympicsThe Paris Olympics at the halfway mark have brought the world “The Pommel Horse Guy,” a rugby star and social media sensation who wants to be on on reality show “Love Island” and “The Real John Wick” in the form of a 51-year-old Turkish shooter.
Simone Biles makes history with second all-around Olympic gymnastics title, 8 years after her first
Read full article: Simone Biles makes history with second all-around Olympic gymnastics title, 8 years after her firstSimone Biles edged Rebeca Andrade of Brazil during a tense all-around gymnastics final Thursday to become a two-time Olympic champion.
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Man born in Hiroshima lights 1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldron
Read full article: Man born in Hiroshima lights 1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldronFILE - In this Oct. 10, 1964 file photo, Japanese runner Yoshinori Sakai lights the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He symbolized the rebirth of Japan after the Second World War as he opened the 1964 Tokyo Games. Sakai was born in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, the day the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city. Tokyo 1964: The Olympics Begin,read the banner above Sakai's photo. In fact, Tokyo 1964 remained the most expensive Olympic ever, when corrected for inflation, and on a per athlete basis, until Beijing 2008, Olympic historian Dr. Bill Mallon said.