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Bronze medalist Noah Lyles of Team United States reacts after competing in the Men's 200m Final on day thirteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 08, 2024 in Paris, France. (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Noah Lyles underscores our COVID denial

Troy Farah
An overview shows Italy's Nicolo Martinenghi (L) celebrating with Britain's Adam Peaty (R) after winning the final of the men's 100m breaststroke swimming event during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, west of Paris, on July 28, 2024. (FRANCOIS-XAVIER MARIT/AFP via Getty Images)

Cupping therapy and Olympic athletes

Nicole Karlis
Gold Medallist Imane Khelif of Team Algeria kisses her medal during the Boxing Women's 66kg medal ceremony after the Boxing Women's 66kg Final match on day fourteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Roland Garros on August 09, 2024, in Paris, France. (Richard Pelham/Getty Images)

Khelif wins gold after gender attacks

Griffin Eckstein
Flavor Flav, Snoop Dogg and B-Boy Mounir Biba. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

American hip-hop wins the Paris Olympics

Melanie McFarland
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Noah Lyles of Team United States after competing in the men's 200m final at the Stade de France during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France. (Sam Barnes/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Lyles wins bronze, despite COVID result

Griffin Eckstein
Chile's Gaspar Riveros (L) and Barbados' Matthew Wright compete in the swimming stage in the Seine during the men's individual triathlon at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in central Paris on July 31, 2024. (ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images)

Seine bacteria remedy: Coca-Cola?

Gabriella Ferrigine
US' Simone Biles (silver), Brazil's Rebeca Andrade (gold) and US' Jordan Chiles (bronze) pose during the podium ceremony for the artistic gymnastics women's floor exercise event of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, on August 5, 2024. (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images)

6 instances of Olympic sportsmanship

Gabriella Ferrigine
Brazil's Rebeca Andrade celebrates winning the gold medal at the end of the artistic gymnastics women's floor exercise final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, on August 5, 2024. (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images)

Olympian's "Grey's Anatomy" strategy

Gabriella Ferrigine
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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