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−1 −1 The Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee appealed the scores in the women's floor event to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which overturned it. As a result, Romanian Ana Bărbosu moved up to the bronze medal position, while American Jordan Chiles was demoted to fifth. [39] [40] Ana Bărbosu +1 +1
In April 2024, the official Olympic video game titled Olympics Go! Paris 2024 was announced for release in June by Animoca Brands on Android , iOS , and Microsoft Windows devices. [ 190 ] [ 191 ] The 2024 Summer Olympics became the first Summer Olympics in over 30 years to not have an official console video game.
Bidding for the 2024 Summer Olympics became a two-city race between Paris and Los Angeles, so the IOC took the unusual step of simultaneously awarding both the 2024 Games to Paris and the 2028 Games to Los Angeles. Both of the bids were praised for high technical plans and innovative ways to use a record-breaking number of existing and ...
Following the decision to award the 2024 and 2028 Games simultaneously, Paris was understood to be preferred for the 2024 Games to mark the centennial of the 1924 Summer Olympics. On July 31, 2017, the IOC announced Los Angeles as the sole candidate for 2028, with $1.8 billion of additional funding from the IOC, [ 8 ] allowing Paris to be ...
Biles is known for performing extraordinarily difficult skills well. Her 2023 routine on vault and her 2024 routine on floor exercise are the most difficult ever performed in women's artistic gymnastics. As of 2024, she is the sole gymnast to have competed four skills valued at H or higher in the 2022–2024 Code of Points on floor exercise.
Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) [1] is an American former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, [a] she was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 319 weeks (third-most of all time), and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times.
In the bronze medal game Switzerland beat Sweden 4–3 to win their first women's medal. [138] In 2018, the United States defeated Canada for the gold medal in a shootout, winning 3–2. The Americans' winning the gold medal game marks the first time in 20 years that the United States took home a gold medal in women's hockey.
The 2026 Winter Olympics (Italian: Olimpiadi invernali del 2026), officially the XXV Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Milano Cortina 2026, is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place from 6 to 22 February 2026 at sites across Northern and Northeast Italy.