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Athletes compete in the swimming race in the Seine during the women's individual triathlon at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Pont Alexandre III on July 31, 2024 in Paris, France. (Martin Bureau - Pool/Getty Images)

Is the Seine clean enough to swim in?

Nardos Haile
Participants of the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics game walk in front of the cafeteria of the Olympic Village, in Saint-Denis, northern Paris, on July 22, 2024. (MICHEL EULER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Olympic athletes found worms in food

Joy Saha
Host Serena Williams speaks on stage during the 2024 ESPY Awards at Dolby Theatre on July 11, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for W+P)

Serena Williams bashes Paris restaurant

Joy Saha
Imane Khelif and Megyn Kelly (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Megyn Kelly's career flamed on late show

Nardos Haile
Rafael Nadal of Team Spain plays a forehand during the Tennis training session ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Roland Garros on July 24, 2024 in Paris, France. (Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

The power of athletic superstitions

Gabriella Ferrigine
Sunisa Lee of Team United States on Balance Beam competes during the women's Artistic Gymnastics All-Around Final on day six of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 01, 2024 in Paris, France. (Stefan Matzke - sampics/Getty Images)

What makes the wolf turn so difficult

Gabriella Ferrigine
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Courtesy of HBO)

Trump "happened to turn Christian"

Nardos Haile
Simone Biles and Jordan Chiles of Team United States pose with their Paris 2024 Olympic medals following the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Floor Exercise Final on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 05, 2024 in Paris, France. (Naomi Baker/Getty Images)

Simone Biles: "It’s hard, but we did it"

Gabriella Ferrigine
Taylor Swift performs onstage during "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at Olympiastadion on July 27, 2024 in Munich, Germany. (Thomas Niedermueller/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)

Taylor Swift honors Olympians in style

Gabriella Ferrigine
Sha'carri Richardson, Simone Biles and Simone Manuel (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Stop policing Black Olympians' hair

Nardos Haile
Gold medal on the dinner plate with fork and spoon (Getty Images / seng kui Lim / 500px)

Inside the food drama at the Olympics

Joy Saha
Hand reaching for American flag underwater in a pool. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Sex abuse and swimming: A dark history

Irvin Muchnick
Imane Khelif of Team Algeria and Angela Carini of Team Italy exchange punches during the Women's 66kg preliminary round match on day six of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at North Paris Arena on August 01, 2024 in Paris, France. (Richard Pelham/Getty Images)

Culture war ignites in women's boxing

Nardos Haile
Italy's Angela Carini reacts during her women's 66kg preliminaries round of 16 boxing match against Algeria's Imane Khelif during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the North Paris Arena, in Villepinte on August 1, 2024. (MOHD RASFAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Italian boxer sorry amid transphobic war

Griffin Eckstein
Gold medalist Simone Biles of Team United States poses with her medal after competing in the Artistic Gymnastics Women's All-Around Final on day six of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 01, 2024 in Paris, France. (Naomi Baker/Getty Images)

Simone Biles: "I love my Black job"

Nardos Haile
Bronze medal, US' Sunisa Lee, winner gold medal US' Simone Biles and Brazilian Rebeca Andrade celebrate on the podium after the women's all-around final of gymnastics competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, on Thursday 01 August 2024 in Paris, France. ( ANTHONY BEHAR/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

Biles nabs sixth career gold medal

Griffin Eckstein
Simone Biles of Team United States competes on the uneven bars during the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team Final on day four of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on July 30, 2024 in Paris, France. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Simone Biles: What drives the "twisties"

Nicole Karlis
Stephen Nedoroscik of the United States reacts after performing his pommel horse routine during Artistic Gymnastics, Mens Qualification at the Bercy Arena during the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games on July 27th, 2024 in Paris, France. (Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)

6 things to know about Pommel Horse Guy

Gabriella Ferrigine
Candace Cameron Bure and Jodie Sweetin attends Hallmark Channel And Hallmark Movies And Mysteries 2019 Winter TCA Tour at Tournament House on February 09, 2019 in Pasadena, California. (Rachel Luna/Getty Images)

"You don’t know about art or history"

Nardos Haile
Jordan Chiles, Hezly Rivera, Simone Biles, Sunisa Lee and Jade Carey of Team United States celebrate winning the gold medal during the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team Final on day four of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on July 30, 2024 in Paris, France. (Naomi Baker/Getty Images)

USA women win gymnastics all-around gold

Gabriella Ferrigine
Delegations arrive at the Trocadero as spectators watch French singer Philippe Katerine performing on a giant screen during the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Ludovic Marin - Pool/Getty Images)

Olympic "satanism" controversy explained

Nardos Haile
Gold Medalists, Mollie O'Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon and Meg Harris of Team Australia pose with their medals following the Medal Ceremony after the Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final on day one of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on July 27, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Olympics commentator dropped for sexism

Gabriella Ferrigine
Mike Johnson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Olympics is anti-Christian?

Kelly McClure
Kevin D'Andrea on "Top Chef" (David Moir/Bravo)

A "Top Chef" takes on the Olympics

Michael La Corte
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