Incredible photos from the 2024 Paris Olympics taken at the perfect time

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Gabriel Medina surfs at the Paris Olympics. He is photographed midair and appears to be floating above the water.
Brazil's Gabriel Medina competed in men's surfing.

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The USA's favorite Olympian right now may just be 'Pommel Horse Guy' — a 25-year-old from Massachusetts

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Stephen Nedoroscik competes on the pommel horse.
The American gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik has earned a spot on the internet as "Pommel Horse Guy."

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Paris Olympic medals contain pieces of the Eiffel Tower's original iron frame

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Gold, silver, and bronze Olympic medals from the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Medals in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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How 5G technology is helping curb carbon emissions and waste at the Paris Games

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Athletes diving into and swimming in the Seine River, with the Eiffel Tower in the background.
In August, athletes swam in the Seine as part of a test event for the Paris Games.

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An Olympics commentator got fired for making a sexist joke about a gold-medal-winning team

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Team Australia's swimmers Mollie O'Callaghan, Emma McKeon, Meg Harris, and Shayna Jack celebrated their gold medal at the Paris Olympics.
Team Australia's swimmers Mollie O'Callaghan, Emma McKeon, Meg Harris, and Shayna Jack celebrated their gold medal at the Paris Olympics.

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Olympic athletes get stuck after sabotage shuts down French trains

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A woman looks at an information screen as passengers wait for their train departures at the Bordeaux-Saint-Jean train station in Bordeaux, western France on July 26, 2024, as France's high-speed rail network was hit by an attack disrupting the transport system, hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
A woman looks at an information screen as passengers wait for their train departures at the Bordeaux-Saint-Jean train station

Tech is already making this Olympics a mess

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Swedish referee Glenn Nyberg gives a yellow card to Argentina's midfielder Ezequiel Fernandez
Technology has already been tied to two soccer controversies at the 2024 Olympics.

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Take a look at the luxury items LVMH is custom-making for the Paris Olympics

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Louis Vuitton trunk holding Olympic medals
A custom Louis Vuitton trunk holds the Olympic medals, also designed by an LVMH brand.

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Meet Jade Carey, the gymnast and Olympic gold medalist making a comeback in Paris

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Gymnast Jade Carey, dressed in a red, white, and blue sparkly leotard, kneels on the blue spring floor and makes a devil horns hand gesture at the end of her floor routine at the Women's US Olympic Gymnastics Team Trials.
Jade Carey is returning to the Olympics for a second time, this time in Paris. The gymnast won gold for her floor routine in the last Olympic cycle.

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Olympic diver Tom Daley uses a simple nutrition rule called '20-20-20' to stay energized

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Composite image showing Olympic diver Tom Daley, featuring a headshot alongside an action shot of him diving

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