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Here’s the story behind the viral surfing picture from the Paris Olympics.
Gabriel Medina is one of the greatest surfers in the world. With 18 WSL Championship Tour victories, along with 31 appearances in a Final, the Brazilian is one of the most accomplished surfers on the planet and is second only to Kelly Slater when it comes to World titles.
Monday at the 2024 Paris Summer Games Medina not only made surfing history, but delivered perhaps the iconic image of the entire Games.

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Red Bull is sticking by their driver. Was that the right call?
On Monday, Red Bull made it official. Despite weeks of speculation Christian Horner announced to team employees at their Milton Keynes factory that Sergio Pérez — who signed a new deal earlier this season to remain with the team through potentially the 2026 season — would continue driving alongside Max Verstappen when the season resumes in August. With Pérez faltering in recent weeks, speculation grew that Red Bull, facing a legitimate title fight, would make a change.

Xander Schauffele speaks ahead of the Men’s Stroke Play Competition at the Olympics. | Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images
Sixty players will tee it up at Le Golf National this week in Paris, hoping to bring home a gold medal. Here are our top 25.
Sixty players from around the world will tee it up this week at Le Golf National, the course that hosted the 2018 Ryder Cup and the site of this week’s Olympic Men’s Golf Competition.

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Team USA women’s gymnastics is one of the best shows in the world.
Don’t call it a comeback, they’ve been here for years.
The U.S. women’s gymnastics team is in the middle of a revenge tour in Paris the likes of which we haven’t seen before at the Olympic games. The band is back together, three years removed from a crushing campaign in Tokyo that saw Simone Biles get the twisties and bow out of individual competition after struggling during the team event.

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Hailey Van Lith, Cierra Burdick, Dearica Hamby, and Rhyne Howard make up the U.S. 3×3 roster slated to begin Olympic play today at 11:30am ET vs Germany.
The women’s 3×3 Olympic basketball team — comprised of Hailey Van Lith, Cierra Burdick, Dearica Hamby, and Rhyne Howard — tips off pool play today at 11:30am ET vs Germany. Games will be played all week, with Olympic play culminating in the medal games on Monday.