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When Olivia Cooke, who portrays Alicent Hightower on House of the Dragon, touched down in Paris a few weeks ago to promote the HBO show, she was embarrassed. She was looking at large structures being assembled, and found herself in disbelief of the fuss they seemingly went to for the show’s French premiere.

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Episode 7 of House of the Dragon Season 2. Rhaenyra has spent the bulk of Season 2 of House of the Dragon in desperate need of new dragonriders. Now, in the penultimate episode of the season, she’s finally got what she needs. The addition of Ulf the White and Hugh Hammer to her dragonriding crew bolsters a growing fleet that also recently welcomed Addam of Hull.

Team USA gymnast Jordan Chiles is bringing the fun to her second Olympic Games, this time through her floor routine set to the tune of Beyoncé. Chiles’ stellar performance on the floor at the Paris Summer Olympics is set to a mix of anthems such as “My House,” “Energy,” and even “Lose My Breath” by Destiny’s Child.

With the Paris Olympics in full swing, all eyes are on gymnastics—one of the most anticipated events of the Summer Games. Team USA is vying for gold in the team event after winning silver at the Tokyo Olympics. The U. S. women have advanced to the 2024 team final. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] One of the worst things that could happen to a gymnast in high-level competition—and something that led gymnastics legend Simone Biles to withdraw from the Tokyo games—is a phenomenon known as “the twisties.” Here’s all you need to know about the condition, which has become a conversation point once more now that the 2024 Olympics have commenced. What are the twisties? The Cleveland Clinic describes the twisties as “a mental block that creates a dangerous disconnect between mind and body while gymnasts are airborne.” “All of a sudden, there’s a disconnect in the feedback loop,” Matthew Sacco, a sports psychologist at the Cleveland Clinic, explained.

When you’re a world-record holder, there are a lot of expectations. When you’re a world-record holder racing in your home country’s Olympics, those expectations expand exponentially. The frenzy began the morning of July 28, when Léon Marchand clocked the fastest qualifying time in the 400-m individual medley, in which swimmers race in all four strokes—butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle.

U. S. gymnast Jade Carey cited an illness for her uncharacteristic performance during the first day of the women’s gymnastics competition on Sunday after she fell backward and out of bounds during the last tumbling pass of her floor routine. It was one of three times she stepped out of bounds, which resulted in a deduction of nearly one point. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Carey, who won an Olympic gold medal for her floor routine in Tokyo, told Olympics.com that she has “not been feeling well the past few days” and has been unable to eat.