Paris Olympics: Last News

Elon Musk and J.K. Rowling have been named in a lawsuit filed by the Olympic gold medal boxer from Algeria, Imane Khelif.Khelif won gold at the Paris Olympics in the women’s 66kg (welterweight) event on August 9, but became the subject of what the suit claims were “acts of aggravated cyber harassment”.According to Variety, the suit was filed against the social media company X/Twitter in France last Friday (August 9), citing the “online hate speech” to which Khelif was subjected during her route to the gold medal match.Some of the online posts cited referred to Khelif as a man, despite the fact that she was born a female and does not identify as transgender or intersex.Khelif’s legal representative Nabil Boudi confirmed that Musk and Rowling had been named in the body of the criminal complaint, which has been submitted to the anti-online hatred centre of the Paris Prosecutor’s Office, which has now launched an investigation.Could any picture sum up our new men’s rights movement better? The smirk of a male who’s knows he’s protected by a misogynist sporting establishment enjoying the distress of a woman he’s just punched in the head, and whose life’s ambition he’s just shattered.

Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav has revealed the custom bronze clock he’s had made for Olympic gymnast, Jordan Chiles, this week (August 12).The gymnast was ordered to return a bronze medal that she won at the Paris Olympics by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Chiles competed in the individual floor exercise at the Olympics and was awarded a bronze medal after an initial appeal from her coach altered her score.However, after this, the Romanian Gymnastics Federation filed an appeal of their own that reversed the decision after it was ruled that Chiles’ coach made her appeal just four seconds too late.The IOC then subsequently announced on August 11 that the bronze medal had been reallocated to Romanian gymnast Ana Bărbosu.

Ana Barbosu will receive the bronze medal this weekend.

Well, there is a new twist in the current gymnastics drama out of the Paris Olympics!

Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif has filed a cyberbullying lawsuit after being wrongly accused of misrepresenting her gender at the Paris Olympics.

TikTok this week – but who is she and why is Adele “shitting” herself over her memes?Raygun (real name Rachael Gunn) recently competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics as a breakdancer. Though she scored zero points across three rounds, the dancer and professor at Macquarie University, Sydney, has become one of the most memorable athletes from the sport overnight – with singer Adele even giving her a shoutout in a show at her current Munich residency.But if you’re in a headspin about the many Raygun memes populating social media, take a breather and don’t freeze – just read on for more…User @mariahkreutter on X/Twitter was one of the first posters to shed light on Raygun, writing: “I could live all my life and never come up with anything as funny as Raygun, the 36-year-old Australian Olympic breakdancer”.They then shared a still of Raygun in her green and gold Olympic kit, with her fingers pointing outwards and a confident smile on her face.I could live all my life and never come up with anything as funny as Raygun, the 36-year-old Australian Olympic breakdancer pic.twitter.com/1uPYBxIlh8— mariah (@mariahkreutter) August 9, 2024There are many photos and videos of the breakdancer doing the rounds on social media, each focusing on a specific move Raygun busted out at the Olympics.One meme focuses on a crawling move Raygun executed, where she wriggles on the floor and touches her toes.

Ayesha Curry was involved in a now-viral confrontation with French police on Saturday… And they struck her newborn baby?!?!

Ellise Shafer It was only a matter of time before a comedian spoofed Australian breakdancer Raygun, whose performance at the Paris Olympics over the weekend earned her zero points and inspired countless memes. “Saturday Night Live” alum Rachel Dratch did so during “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Monday night, interrupting the late-night host’s monologue with some kooky dance moves. “Breakdancing made its Olympic debut, and everyone’s still talking about the competitor from Australia named Raygun,” Fallon said as he proceeded to show a clip from Raygun’s performance, which included a lot of floorwork and jumping reminiscent of a rabbit.

Kavinsky‘s ‘Nightcall’ has broken the record to become the most Shazamed song ever in a single day.The 2010 song was played by the French electro-pop pioneer during the closing ceremony at the Stade de France on Sunday (August 11), when he performed alongside Phoenix, Air and Vampire Weekend‘s Ezra Koenig.French electronic icons Phoenix and Air were both heavily rumoured to be making an appearance last week, and came together to perform a medley of songs, surrounded by Olympic medallists who had competed at the event since the opening ceremony on July 26.Among the songs featured was Kavinsky’s hit ‘Nightcall’, which was shared in 2010 but gained huge popularity after being featured in the movie Drive starring Ryan Gosling. CSS singer Lovefoxxx sang on the original version.The track then went on to gain more notoriety in the music world, having been covered by London Grammar in 2013, sampled by The Weeknd – with the two later joining forces for the song ‘Odd Luck’ – and played as the track Avenged Sevenfold enter the stage to during their most recent tour dates.Now, it has been confirmed that its feature at the 2024 Olympics has led to it breaking the record as the song to be Shazamed the most times in a single day.The song is currently sitting tight at the top of the Top 200 Global chart on Shazam and, at time of writing, has 6,921,000 Shazams on the app.

Strictly Come Dancing fans have been fearing which professional dancers may not make the cut and get a celebrity partner this year as they spotted a problem after the official line-up was confirmed.

Flavor Flav is making sure that Jordan Chiles can still wear bronze around her neck, despite the Olympics stripping her of a bronze medal.

Prince William wasn’t the only one referencing the past in that new Olympics video!

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars, who performed at Sunday’s concert at the Stade de France for the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics, said that he worried for athletes’ safety during the show. French indie rock band Phoenix delivered a rousing rendition of their hit “Lisztomania” surrounded by hundreds of athletes. While Mars is accustomed to live performances, the Olympics’ closing ceremony was a different kind of gig, he told French radio France Inter on Monday morning, due to the overjoyed crowd of athletes who were out of control during the musical act.

Oh, whoa. It turns out Prince William‘s surprise new beard has a LOT to do with Prince Harry!

THAT viral breakdancer is speaking out after becoming a meme!

he had to leave his job as an NBC correspondent covering the Olympics surfing competition in Tahiti due to a foot injury and multiple illnesses.The 42-year-old comedian filmed a video where he spoke to the camera like a news reporter in front of the Mediterranean Sea in Malta.“Dude, are you OK?’ That’s the no. 1 text message I’ve received in the past 48 hours.

Olympic diver Tom Daley has confirmed his retirement from the sport.

SNL‘s Colin Jost acted as a surfing correspondent in Tahiti during the 2024 Paris Olympics, but noticeably left early before the final events took place.

This Morning's Rylan Clark hit the pause button this week to deliver some "breaking news" that caught viewers off guard.

Billie Eilish brought the vibes to the LA28 Handover Celebration at the beach!

The countdown to the 2028 LA Olympics has been kicked off!