Tag: 2024 Olympic Summer Games

Water Polo Goal
The United States scores against France in women's water polo action on Friday at the Aquatic Centre during the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

USA Water Polo Capitalizes on Celebrity Success, Sees Organizational Uplift

PARIS — Throughout a big win over France in women’s water polo action on Friday at the Aquatic Centre in the 2024 Olympic Summer Games, the United States was cheered on by a display of star power that sometimes is only reserved for the most marquee of sports. There was celebrity chef Guy Fieri, USOPC […]

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Biles Floor
Simone Biles of the United States flies throgh the air during the floor exercise in the women's team competition at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris on Tuesday. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Biles, Ledecky, Marchand, Nadal — An Olympics Made for Legends

PARIS — There are things the IOC would like you to believe about the Olympic Games that are not true — they are not harbingers of a better world with peace and not war. They are not a place where politics does not matter. They are not a place where there is an equal playing […]

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Olympics Marchand
Leon Marchand of France leads the field during the 200-meter breaststroke on his way to a gold medal at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Léon Marchand Enters French Sporting History at the Olympics

PARIS — At every Olympic Games, one of the sayings is that the Games don’t get truly underway until the home country has something to cheer about. This summer in Paris, the French public have had plenty to cheer about, which is one of the reasons why to this point the Games has been an […]

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Paris Olympics Triathlon
Athletes compete in the Seine during the women's triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. (Martin Bureau/Pool Photo via AP)

Olympic Triathletes Swim in Seine After Days of Bacterial Concerns

PARIS — After days of water-quality concerns caused by heavy rains last week put the swimming portion of the Olympic triathlons in doubt, the women dove into the Seine River early Wednesday, followed by the men a few hours later in a moment that Paris city officials praised as proof their years-long plan to clean […]

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Alex Sedrick
American Alex Sedrick reacts after scoring the winning try during the women's bronze medal Rugby Sevens match against Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The US won the match 14-12 after Sedrick's winning try with no time left. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

USA Rugby Gets $4 Million Donation From Michele Kang After Bronze Medal Win

PARIS — Immediately after a dramatic win in the bronze-medal match against Australia at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games, one of the superstars for the U.S. women’s Eagles, Ilona Maher, said she hoped “we get more money and funding for the women’s game. We deserve it. We need more girls in the US trying rugby and […]

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Gymnastics Fans
Suni Lee performs on the balance beam in front of a large U.S. crowd during the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in France. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

American Fans Make Athletes Feel at Home at Paris Olympics

PARIS — One of the major successes for the Olympic Summer Games so far has been the atmosphere. From the French men’s rugby sevens’ epic run to a gold medal and other French athletes following with medals of their own, the home country’s fans have packed the stands. But another noticeable noise at every event […]

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Eiffel Night
The Eiffel Tower shines late on Monday night along the Seine in Paris after beach volleyball action ended at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

An American in Paris: Eiffel Tower Shines Above All Olympic Venues

PARIS — It’s iconic design and standing within the Paris landscape has been the subject of poems, photos, stories and proposals for more than a century and marketed in everything from wine racks to keychains and … well, you name it. But in some ways, the Olympic Summer Games is giving the Eiffel Tower a moment […]

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Seine
The Seine is supposed to host the swimming portion of triathlon and open-water swimming but currently has high levels of bacteria in it after heavy rain over the weekend, forcing the men's triathlon at the Olympic Summer Games to be postponed. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Paris Battles Heat as Climate Change Rocks Olympics

PARIS — The postponement of the men’s triathlon at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games because of unsanitary conditions in the Seine is the latest in a series of events in which the Games are starting to be affected by climate change within summer sports. The revised triathlon schedule will have the women’s event at 8 […]

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Olympic Fencing
American Lee Keifer won her second Olympic women's foil gold medal in a row by beating teammate Lauren Scruggs at Grand Palais on Sunday night in the 2024 Games in Paris. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

Paris’ Iconic Olympic Venues Praised by Athletes, NGB Leaders

PARIS — Whether the idea of beach volleyball at the base of the Eiffel Tower, fencing in the Grand Palais or swimming inside a rugby stadium, the venues being utilized for the 2024 Olympic Summer Games have drawn raves from U.S. national governing body executives and buzz among athletes. Few venues have garnered more social […]

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Stade de France
Soldout crowds packed Stade de France for the rugby sevens competition on Saturday at the Olympic Summer Games in Paris as the host country won its first gold medal. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

An American in Paris: Behind the Scenes at the Olympic Summer Games

PARIS — What a place to have as the dateline, right? SportsTravel is  at the Olympic Summer Games in Paris and throughout our time here, we’ll offer some notes and observations about the people and places that make up this event. You can always check out some behind-the-scenes access as well at our Instagram story […]

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