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The Paris 2024 Olympics Games have been nothing short of the talk of the globe for the past 10 days, with 6 days-to-go till the closing ceremony ahead - after which Paris & France prepare to host their first-ever Paralympic Summer Games starting August the 28th - one of the most star-studded & internationally-acclaimed events with viral news of world-breaking records, celebrity-studded crowds and day-to-day life-changing moments experienced through the eyes of the participating athletes and champions, updated by the minute since its inauguration on July the 26th.
Everyone's following up the world's top athletes as they pursue their gold medals, with so much action happening around like marriage proposals in between winning medals and such! Let's get the scoop on the headlines and highlights of the latest Paris Olympics Games news right here.
Paris 2024 Olympics Stadium - Tour Eiffel
Did you know? Paris 2024 becomes most ticket-selling Olympic game in history! 9.7 million tickets are sold out of 10 million.
Bonjour French Economy which is estimated to witness a remarkable boost with the high demands in the services sectors that came in as a result of the massive number of visitors to have step foot in the capital for the Olympics. Vive la France!
Crowd shot when Paris took the Torch from Tokyo
Speaking of visitors, let's check the A-list celebrities who have been watching and fanning the Paris 2024 Olympics Games. From Tom Cruise to Zendaya, the crowd is definitely star-decorated, let's have a look.
Michael Phelps cheers on Team USA's Women's Gymnastics Gold Medal Win with family
Lady Gaga & Tom Cruise exchanging hugs as they both arrive to the Gymnastics Games
Snoop Dogg joins horsey set as he wears equestrian kit to Olympics dressage
Nicole Kidman poses for selfie at Paris Olympics with husband Keith Urban and their kids
Natalie Portman at the artistic gymnastics women's team final during the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games
Frankie Grande, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo cheering on Simone Biles
Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling make rare public outing at Paris 2024 Olympics
Pharrell Debuts New Crocodile Louis Vuitton Speedy Handbag in Paris
Shaun White and Nina Dobrev's romance takes gold at The Paris Olympics
Zendaya dressed as the Olympics rings stirred up the fans and split them in two
Kendall Jenner Wears Allover Polo Ralph Lauren at 2024 Paris Olympics
Jill Biden, Dawn Staley meet with US water polo team in Paris
And the list goes on and on with the likes of Charlize Theron, Steven Spielberg, Nick Jonas, Bill Gates, Martha Stewart and more. Oh la la what a festive event! Speaking of festive, how about a dash of thrill! Word on the street is that..
Tom Cruise is engineering an epic stunt to close out the Paris Olympics and pass the flag to Los Angeles for the 2028 Games!
The plan for the upcoming Closing Ceremony involves Tom rappelling down from the top of Stade de France, landing on the stadium field and carrying the official Olympic flag. The point is to bridge between Paris' closing ceremony and LA's handoff for the 2028 Olympics Games which will be hosted by the First Lady of the US Jill Biden.
TMZ picture of Tom Cruise's Stunt
China's ace shuttler Huang Yaqiong received a marriage proposal minutes after she won gold at the Paris Olympics.
This champion sure is scoring off and on games!
This is Yusuf Dikec the Turkish Shooter who has gone viral among the fans at the Paris 2024 Olympics!
With one hand in his pocket and wearing standard glasses, with casual look and noticeable lack of professional equipment that have been the talk of social media, Dikec won Turkey's second medal of the Games and their first ever medal in Olympic shooting in Paris.
Yusuf Dicek in action
Two Olympians, Nada Hafez of Egypt and Yaylagul Ramazanova from Azerbaijan, competed while noticeably pregnant during the Paris Games.
Hafez, a fencer, was seven months pregnant, and Ramazanova, an archer, was six-and-a-half months along.
Egyptian fencer Nada Hafez reveals she competed at the Paris Olympics while seven months pregnant
Azerbaijaini Archer competes at Paris Olympics while 6 months pregnant
Kaylia Nemour wins Algeria's first Olympic gymnastics title!
Nemour's triumph is a first for Algeria and any African gymnast at the Olympic Games. She is Algeria's sixth ever Olympic champion.
Kaylia Nemour's Triumph
Boxer Ngamba makes history as first refugee to secure Olympic medal!
Her name will forever feature in the Olympic record books. "This means the wold to me. I hope I can change the colour of my medal in the next fight," Ngamba said. "I want to tell the refugees around the world, keep on working hard, keep on pushing yourself and you can accomplish anything."
Boxer Ngamba's Triumph
Thea LaFond wins historic first gold for Dominica!
LaFond’s win marks a historic first Olympic medal for the Caribbean island nation of Dominica.
Women’s triple jump at the Olympic Games Paris 2024
USA’s Bobby Finke wins gold with new world record in 1500m freestyle swimming!
This Swimming hero has set world record for back-to-back golds, it gave the U.S. their seventh gold medal of the meet, the team leapfrogging Australia to the top of the table on the last night of competition.
Bobby Finke's Triumph
USA smash world record in women's 4x100m medley relay!
Team USA’s women finished swimming’s final race of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in style, setting a world record and taking the Olympic title in the 4x100m medley relay.
U.S. women's 4x100m relay swim team wins gold and world record
Simone Biles adds vault gold to Paris 2024 haul!
Simone Biles was golden once again at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, winning the women's vault final Saturday. For Biles, it's a third gold in Paris, and overall her seventh Olympic title and 10th medal at the Games. She was previously Olympic champion on vault at Rio 2016.
Simon Biles adds vault Gold
However on Monday the 5th of August, Silver medal goes to Simone Biles in Paris as Brazil's Rebeca Andrade wins women's floor!
It was a surprise defeat for Biles as she failed to add another Olympic gold to her Paris medal collection after she suffered a surprise defeat in the women’s floor exercise final. Biles does return to the US with three golds in her possession, having won the all around and vault titles, plus the team competition.
Andrade wins vault gold, Biles wins silver
Simone Biles says "au revoir" to Paris 2024 Olympics with new medals and a new title: "most decorated U.S gymnast in Olympic history.
Rebeca Andrade's gold was her first of the Paris Olympics
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