Team Usa Sending More Women Than Men For The 4th Consecutive Summer Olympics

Every four years, a few lucky photographers covering the Olympic Games head home knowing they got The Shot. On Day 3, French photographer Jerome Brouillet got his. Brouillet’s image of Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina floating above the ocean mid-air giving the No. 1 sign has quickly become the defining image of triumph of the 2024 Summer Games. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Speaking to TIME, Brouillet says he is surprised by the amount of attention that his photograph of Medina is getting.

The name doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue—Stephen Nedoroscik— but you can just call him The Pommel Horse guy. That’s what social media is dubbing their newly minted star. STEPHEN. NEDOROSCIK. The routine that clinched @USAGym's first Olympic medal in the men's team final since 2008 🥉📺: @NBCOlympics & @peacock#ParisOlympics pic.twitter.com/NiDVBvxx12— Team USA (@TeamUSA) July 29, 2024 It’s Nedoroscik’s specialty in gymnastics, and the sole reason he was put on the U.

The U. S. men’s gymnastics team had high hopes for the Paris Olympics. After finishing fifth in the team event at the last three Olympic Games, it was time for a change. This time the team had its sights set on a medal—something they hadn’t achieved since the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] On July 29, the U.

Canadian swimmer Kyle Masse had just completed her semifinal heat in the 100-m breaststroke on Monday, to qualify for tomorrow night’s final in that event, when a journalist asked her about another athlete: Summer McIntosh, the 17-year-old Canadian swimming phenom who earlier in the evening won the gold medal in the 400-m individual medley (IM), clinching her second medal of these Games, and first Olympic gold.

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. FLORHAM PARK, N. J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers was downright ticked off. The New York Jets quarterback took the snap, started to drop back — and ended up sprawled on the grass after one of his offensive linemen stepped on one of his feet. Rodgers shouted. He wasn’t hurt, but he was angry. Monday was that kind of a day, the first this summer in full pads, for the Jets’ offense.

On July 21, President Joe Biden ended his bid for re-election and endorsed Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for President. That night, 44,000 Black women congregated via Zoom and raised more than $1M for the Harris campaign. The next day, Black men gathered online with similar results. These efforts inspired white women to come together in bold support of the Harris campaign.