2024 Paris Olympic Games

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AP photographers share their favorite Olympic photos
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What’s it like to photograph breaking at the Paris Olympics?
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What was the best moment of the Paris Olympics?
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Noah Lyles say U.S. basketball stars are Olympic champions
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Man climbs Eiffel Tower hours before Olympics closing ceremony
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Olympic medalist Cindy Ngamba shares her message to fellow refugee athletes
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AP tries the viral chocolate muffins from the Olympic village
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Watch fans in Algeria react to Imane Khelif winning Olympic gold
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Imane Khelif calls critics ‘enemies of success’ after winning gold
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Olympic Committee President defends boxers Imane Khelif and Li Yu-ting
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Visually impaired boxing announcer and Para-judo athlete makes his mark at the paris olympics
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Anderson .Paak flexes new musical muscle on Olympic-themed song
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Australian skateboarder says she’s getting a pet duck after winning Olympic gold
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Australian skateboarder says she’s getting a pet duck after winning Olympic gold
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How AP photographs the finish line at the Paris Olympics
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Mystery artist ‘Invader’ reveals new Olympics mosaic
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What we know about sex eligibility tests for female athletes
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Israeli athlete says he’s received threats during the Olympics
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Olympics organizers call for new boxing federation after the IBA’s troubling news conference
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Belgium withdraws from mixed relay triathlon after athlete who swam in Seine River falls ill
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Boxer Imane Khelif says bullying can ‘destroy people’
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Stephen Nedoroscik shares his experience sleeping on cardboard beds
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Olympic fans cheer for Imane Khelif after she faced days of online abuse
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U.S. rugby players break down the stigmas that they face
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Simone Biles talks about her GOAT necklace
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Boxer Imane Khelif faces debate over gender regulation at the Olympics
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Olympics organizers respond to questions on Algerian boxer Imane Khelif
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Simone Biles says she talked to her therapist before winning gold
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Ilona Maher says she would be amazing in “Love Island” house
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This AP photojournalist captured the Olympic triathlon ... in the Seine
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Olympics Photos

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Paris Paralympics flame begins its journey from Stoke Mandeville

The Paralympic flame was lit on Saturday in Stoke Mandeville, a village northwest of London, widely considered the birthplace of the Paralympic Games. Two weeks after French star swimmer Léon Marchand extinguished the Olympic flame to close the Paris Olympics, the spotlight is now on its Paralympic counterpart. (AP video shot by Kwiyeon Ha)

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This transgender sprinter will compete at the Paralympics

In two weeks, Valentina Petrillo, a transgender sprinter, will compete at the Paralympics. She will run the 200 and 400 meters in the T12 classification for visually impaired athletes in Paris. (AP Video by Sara Lemlem)

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Paris 2024 paralympic village readies for para athletes’ imminent arrival

Paralympic athletes from around the world will soon gather at the Paralympic Village, a sprawling site set to host 180 delegations and 4,400 athletes during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The village has been designed with accessibility in mind, featuring public spaces, roads, sidewalks, and crosswalks that comply with universal accessibility standards, ensuring ease of movement for wheelchair users. (AP Video by Nicolas Garriga)

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WATCH: Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif greeted by thousands of fans in Algeria

An outpouring of fans greeted Algerian boxer Imane Khelif upon arrival back in her hometown on Friday and at a parade in Tiaret, the nearby regional capital. The football-obsessed North African country has given Khelif the celebrity treatment since she returned to Algiers earlier this week.

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Guatemala welcomes first ever Olympic gold medalist for her country

Hundreds of Guatemalans received the first ever Olympic gold medalist and delegation of athletes after their participation in Paris. Adriana Ruano, gold at trap shooting led the delegation, along with Jean Pierre Brol who won bronze for the men’s category on the same sport. (AP Video by Santiago Billy)

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Yseult hits Olympic stage as closing ceremony performer

Yseult had two goals when she appeared on stage as the final act for the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics: Turn the world’s biggest spotlight into her megaphone and shine a light on France while boosting her music and modeling career in the U.S. and around the globe. (August 13)

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Graffiti celebrating Italian volleyball player Paola Egonu vandalized after Italy wins Olympic gold

Rome’s mayor and a chorus of others have denounced the defacing of a street-art celebration of Paola Egonu, who helped lead Italy to its first-ever Olympic gold medal in women’s volleyball in Paris and who has faced years of racist abuse at home.

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Rebeca Andrade and other Brazilian Olympic medalists honored in Rio de Janeiro

Brazilian Olympic athletes were honored in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday by their training home club Flamengo. Together, gymnasts Rebeca Andrade, Flavia Saraiva, Jade Barbosa, Lorrane Oliveira, judo athlete Rafaela Silva, and sprint canoeist Isaquias Queiroz were responsible for six of Brazil’s 20 Olympic medals in Paris 2024. Andrade won gold in the floor exercise, beating American Simone Biles, who together with Jordan Chiles, bowed during the podium ceremony. (AP Video/Mario Lobão)

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Tens of thousands of Filipinos attended parade to honor the country’s Olympians

Tens of thousands crowded the streets of Manila on Wednesday to welcome a motorcade carrying members of the Philippine Olympic team. (AP video shot by Joeal Calupitan)

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AP Top Stories Aug. 13 P

Here’s the latest for Tuesday, August 13th: Biden announces $150 million in research grants in ‘moonshot’ push to fight cancer; Walz travels solo for 1st time as Harris’ running mate; Tropical Storm Ernesto batters northeast Caribbean, takes aim at Puerto Rico; Filipino gymnast who won 2 Olympic golds in Paris gets hero’s welcome.

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Two-time gold medallist Carlos Yulo among Filipino Olympians given warm welcome home from Paris

Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo has flown home to a hero’s welcome after winning two gold medals at the Paris Olympics. Donors have pledged more than $1 million worth of cash and gifts for him including a resort house and free lunch buffets for life. (AP video shot by Joeal Calupitan)

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Cuban Olympians including Mijaín López return home from Paris to hero’s welcome in Havana

Cuban athletes received a hero’s welcome Monday night from their return from Paris during a special ceremony in Havana attended by President Miguel Díaz-Canel and family members.

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Olympic flag returns to Los Angeles for first time in 40 years

It’s Los Angeles’ turn for the torch. Mayor Karen Bass and the Olympic flag arrived back in LA Monday. (AP video by Eugene Garcia/production by Javier Arciga)

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Fans react to closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics

Capping two and a-half extraordinary weeks of Olympic sports and emotion, Paris’ boisterous, star-studded closing ceremony in France’s national stadium mixed unbridled celebration with a sombre call for peace from International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.(AP video by Kwiyeon Ha, produced by Jeffrey Schaeffer)

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Fireworks mark the end of the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics

Paris closed out two and a-half extraordinary weeks of Olympic sports and emotion with a boisterous, star-studded show in France’s national stadium on Sunday, handing over hosting duties for the Summer Games to the next city in line: Los Angeles in 2028.

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Fireworks as Paris Olympics comes to a close

Paris is closing out two and a-half extraordinary weeks of Olympic sports and emotion with a boisterous, star-studded show in France’s national stadium, handing over hosting duties for the Summer Games to the next city in line: Los Angeles in 2028.

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AP PHOTOS: Paris Olympics Day 16

Italy won gold at the Women’s volleyball, The U.S. survived their biggest challenge in the women’s basketball, extending their run to eight straight Olympic gold medals, Li Wenwen won the women’s +81 kilogram division to give China five gold medals in weightlifting, and Italy beat the defending champion U.S. team to win gold in women’s volleyball.

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AP explains the legacy of the Paris Olympic Games

During the 2024 Olympics, crowds have surprised even themselves with their enthusiasm for two and a half weeks of sports. Now, they’re saying “au revoir” — see you again — as the Games draw to a close Sunday. After the 100-year wait since Paris’ last Games, no one can say when France’s capital and the Olympics will next embrace. But they’re both emerging changed from their summer romance. (AP video by Alexander Turnbull)

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Fans celebrate as boxer Lin Yu-ting of Taiwan wins gold medal at Paris Olympics

Fans in Taipei celebrated on Sunday as Taiwan’s female featherweight boxer Lin Yu-ting won the first Olympic gold medal of the category for her native island in Paris. Lin was fighting Polish female opponent Julia Szeremeta and secured her gold medal in two rounds. (AP video by Taijing Wu)

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Arshad Nadeem, Pakistan’s first Olympic gold medalist in decades, arrives in Lahore

Pakistan’s first gold medalist in decades, Arshad Nadeem received a warm welcome from fans at the Lahore airport early Sunday. Nadeem set an Olympic record in javelin to beat defending champion Neeraj Chopra of India. (AP video by Jehanzaib Aurangzaib)

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AP PHOTOS: Paris Olympics Day 15

The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris day 15 saw several medals for China’s athletes, Spain’s first gold in women’s water polo, and the return of gold medallist Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Khyzhniak to his war-torn home country.

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Ukrainian boxer Khyzhniak arrives in Kyiv after winning gold at the Paris Olympics

Olympic Gold medalist Oleksandr Khyzhniak has arrived home in Ukraine to a hero’s welcome. Khyzhniak defeated Kazakhstan’s Nurbek Oralbay in boxing and won the third gold medal for Ukraine. Dozens of people met Khyzhniak at the train station where he was cheered and hugged and handed bouquets of flowers. (AP video by Vasilisa Stepanenko)

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Olympians are turning to OnlyFans to fund dreams as they face a ‘broken’ finance system

Dire financial straits are leading droves of Olympic athletes to sell images of their bodies to subscribers on OnlyFans — known for sexually explicit content — to sustain their dreams of gold at the Games. As they struggle to make ends meet, a spotlight is being cast on an Olympics funding system that watchdog groups condemn as “broken,” claiming most athletes “can barely pay their rent.” (AP Video shot by Nicolas Garriga)

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Celebrations erupt in Algeria after boxer Imane Khelif takes Olympic gold

Celebrations took place across Algeria late on Friday after boxer Imane Khelif won a gold medal at the Paris Olympics, where she had endured intense scrutiny and online abuse over misconceptions about her womanhood.

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Technological innovations enable people with visual impairments to engage with Olympic events

Even before the Paralympic Games begin in late August, Paris 2024 organizers strove to make the Olympics more accessible. This has taken the form of using new technologies not just to help people get around the city, but enjoy the games in a new way. (AP video shot by Tanya Titova and Ahmed Hatem)

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Visually impaired Para-judo athlete captivates crowds as boxing announcer at Paris Olympics

By day, Nacer Zorgani is a Para-judo athlete working furiously to be in tip-top fighting shape for the 2024 Paralympic Games that start Aug. 28. By night, he’s a boxing announcer at the Paris Olympics. (AP Video: John Leicester)

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AP PHOTOS: Paris Olympics Day 14

It was a dramatic night for the United States in track and field at the Paris Olympics, and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won gold after facing scrutiny over misconceptions about her sex. (AP Photo: Petr David Josek, Frank Franklin, Thibault Camus, Charlie Riedel, Jacquelyn Martin, Vadim Ghirda, Matthias Schrader, Lee Jin-man, Eugene Hoshiko, Petros Giannakouris, Charlie Riedel)

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Like Noah Lyles, Olympians with COVID are competing in Paris. Restrictions are a thing of the past

Paris Olympics organizers have issued health recommendations, but no restrictions, for dozens of athletes who got tested positive to COVID during the Games.

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US sprinter Lyles reveals he has COVID after missing out on another gold at Paris Olympics

U.S. sprinter Noah Lyles revealed he had COVID-19 after missing out on another gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Thursday. Lyles came third behind teammate Kenneth Bednarek, who took silver, and gold medalist Letsile Tebogo of Botswana. After crossing the line, Lyles fell to his back and writhed on the ground trying to catch his breath.

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AP PHOTOS: Paris Olympics Day 13

Sprinter Noah Lyles revealed he had COVID-19 after missing out on another gold medal for the United States at the Paris Olympics on Thursday. (AP Photos: Francisco Seco, Bernat Armangue, Martin Meissner, Rebecca Blackwell, Ebrahim Noroozi, Luca Bruno, Robert F. Bukaty, Anjum Naveed)