Flying taxis for passengers at Paris Olympics scrapped over safety concerns
A German air taxi manufacturer has scrapped plans to transport passengers in futuristic drones during the Paris Olympics due to delays in engine certification, the company said. Personal aircraft maker Volocopter has been testing flying taxis in the Paris area for several years and had been lobbying European authorities to allow the introduction of its […]
Paris Olympics: Taiwanese Boxer In Gender Controversy Storm Advances To Gold Medal Fight As Opponent Displays ‘XX’ Hand Gesture
TOPSHOT – Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting celebrates after defeating Turkey’s Esra Yildiz Kahraman (blue) during the women’s 57kg boxing semi-final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Roland Garros Stadium in Paris on August 7, 2024. (Photo by Peter Cibola/Pool/AFP via Getty Images) By James Myers, OAN StaffThursday, August 8, 2024 11:02 AM Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting […]
Christians Arrested in Paris for Protesting Olympics Opening Ceremony
About six Christians and a driver were arrested on Monday for traveling on a bus to protest the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics and calling for an end to attacks on Christians. “Six members of our team had to spend a night in jail simply for denouncing the mockery of Christians by writing […]
What we will remember most about Paris Games
The Olympics are closer to ending than they are to beginning. The big events of gymnastics, swimming and track and field are mostly over. We’ve already seen most of the athletes we recognize by name: Biles, Ledecky, Lyles, Marchand. There’s still tension in the finals of basketball, soccer and the remaining track and field events, […]
Aussie hurdler Michelle Jenneke takes brutal tumble, slams onto the track at Paris Olympics
Australian athlete Michelle Jenneke stumbled and fell during the women’s 100-meter hurdles competition at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday. Jenneke appeared to have trouble at the third hurdle in the track event at the Stade de France, fell and ended up finishing last in the heats. Because she completed the event, she still has a […]
The events to watch at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, August 8
Starting at 1:35 p.m., seven track and field events will be held, with the men’s 200-meter race at the center. It will be a blockbuster event for the USA, led by the fastest man in the world, Noah Lyles. Lyles will be looking to build on the momentum he gained from coming from behind to […]
Australian Olympic Field Hockey Player Arrested for Allegedly Buying Cocaine in Paris
Thomas Craig, a member of the Australian field hockey team, is speaking out after being arrested in Paris for allegedly buying cocaine. After Australia was eliminated from medal contention, Craig left He attended a team meeting on Tuesday and was arrested 15 minutes later. “Firstly, I would like to apologize for what happened over the […]
Paris 2024 Olympics day 13: marathon swimming, athletics, taekwondo, diving and more – live | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Important Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Great Britain’s Matt Hudson-Smith missed out on the 400m gold medal by just 0.4 seconds yesterday, a bittersweet ending made even more so by the fact that he would have been Britain’s first 400m gold medalist since “The Flying Scotsman” Eric Liddell […]
Michael Phelps was ‘pretty disappointed’ by US men’s swimming team’s results at Paris Olympics
The performance of the US men’s swimming team at the Paris Olympics “disappointed” legendary US swimmer Michael Phelps. The 23-time Olympic gold medalist wasn’t shy about sharing his opinion on the U.S. team’s overall performance at this year’s Summer Games. “Overall, I was pretty disappointed with how USA Swimming did,” Phelps said. USA Today“Obviously there […]
2022 Olympic US figure skaters finally get their gold medals in Paris after Russian team’s doping saga
A winter twist came to the Summer Olympics on Wednesday as the U.S. figure skating team finally won gold as the 2022 Olympic champions. During the special medal ceremony, nine American athletes were able to walk the runway under the bright Parisian sun, take in views of the Eiffel Tower and be basked in the […]