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Cole Hocker
personCole Hocker wins men's 1500m title in Olympic record time. Josh Kerr claims 1500m silver for Great Britain in Paris. Jack Carlin, Ed Lowe, and Hamish Turnbull win men's team sprint silver.
Tim Walz
personMinnesota Gov. Tim Walz is under fire for his handling of the George Floyd riots in May 2020. Walz resisted sending in the National Guard to address the escalating violence in the city for three days. After the third night of rioting, where a police precinct was set on fire, Walz admitted they had failed to properly respond. Donald Trump said Walz would be the "worst vice president in history"
Vinesh Phogat
personVinesh Phogat defeated Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman Lopezi 5-0 in the semifinals. She is the second Indian woman wrestler to secure an Olympic medal after Sakshi Malik. Vinesh will wrestle American Sarah Hildebrandt for the gold medal on Wednesday.
Neeraj Chopra
personIndia's Neeraj Chopra and Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem will compete in the men's javelin final at the Paris Olympics. Chopra became the first Indian Olympian to win a gold medal in an athletics event. The 26-year-old crossed the automatic qualifying mark of 84m in his opening throw.
Tim Walz
personMinnesota Gov. Tim Walz is the vice presidential running mate of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. The 60-year-old Democrat rose to the forefront with a series of plain-spoken television appearances. Walz credited with helping launch the "weird" movement among fellow Democrats.
Keely Hodgkinson
personHodgkinson is only the third British woman in history to win 800m gold. 22-year-old was inspired by Jessica Ennis at London 2012. Beatrice Chebet won gold in the women's Olympic 5,000 metres.
Nasdaq
organizationS&P 500 opened down about 4% Monday, with the Nasdaq falling a larger 6%. Investors have been selling the year’s best performers, concerned that disappointing second-quarter results are a sign that the AI frenzy is a fad.
Elon Musk
personShares of Amazon.com Inc went down by 8.8 per cent on Friday. This dropped Bezos' net worth to $191.5billion. Zuckerberg's Meta Platforms Inc shares fell by 1.9 per cent, causing him to lose more than $3billion in value. Musk's net worth of $252billion also dropped by $6.6billion as his Tesla shares plunged by 4.2 per cent.
Noah Lyles
personNoah Lyles won gold in a photo finish with Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson by just five thousandths of a second. Lyles clocked at 9.784sec to Thompson's 9.789sec, although both sprinters were listed as 9.79sec. He is the first American to win the 100m Olympic event since Justin Gatlin won gold at the 2004 Athens Games.
Simone Biles
personSimone Biles slipped and fell off the balance beam at the end of her acrobatic series. She received a score of 13.100, tied with U.S. teammate Sunisa Lee for fourth. Alice D'Amato of Italy took the gold with ascore of 14.366. Zhou Yaqin of China earned silver with a 14.100 points. Manila Esposito of Italy earned bronze medalist with a 13.000.
Sheikh Hasina
personBangladesh's PM Sheikh Hasina forced to resign after weeks of unrest. At least 95 people confirmed dead after a weekend of violence. Protesters have stormed her palace in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka.
Scottie Scheffler
personU.S. golfer Scottie Scheffler becomes first ever world No 1 to capture Olympic gold while holding the top spot. Tommy Fleetwood was forced to settle for silver in France. Hideki Matsuyama made up the top three with the Japanese star shooting a final-round 65.
Noah Lyles
personThe 27-year-old edged out Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by five thousandths of a second (9.79) Lyles is the first American to win a gold medal in the 100m since Justin Gatlin in 2004. Team GB sprinters Louie Hinchliffe and Zharnel Hughes saw their bid for Olympic 100m gold end in the semi-finals.
Novak Djokovic
personNovak Djokovic beat Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 (7-3), 7-7(2) in the men's singles final at Roland Garros on Sunday. The 37-year-old is the oldest man to win the Olympic singles title since 1988. He becomes the fifth player to win all four singles Grand Slams and the Olympic title during a career.
Kishane Thompson
personLyles beat Thompson in 9.79s in one of closest Olympic 100m races of all time. American had his chest, which is the body part measured, across line first. Lyles's compatriot Fred Kerley narrowly claimed the bronze medal in9.81s.
Carlos Alcaraz
personNovak Djokovic beats Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 (7-3) 7-2 in men's singles final. The Serb holds the men's record for grand slam victories with 24. BBC abruptly cut off coverage after the first set to show gymnastics.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
personJamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce pulled out of the women's Olympic 100 metres with injury shortly before her semi-final on Saturday night. The 37-year-old won the Olympic 100m title in 2008 and 2012. She was filmed on social media in a heated discussion with stewards.
John Peers
personMatt Ebden and John Peers beat Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram of the United States 6-7 (6), 7-6 (1), 10-8 in a match tiebreaker in the 2024 Games men's doubles final. It is only Australia's second Olympic tennis gold after Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde won in Atlanta in 1996. Ebden drew attention at the start of these Olympics when he was a fill-in in singles and lost to Novak Djokovic 6-0, 6-1.
Anna Luca Hamori
personAlgerian boxer Imane Khelif beats Anna Luca Hamori in women's 66kg quarter-final. The 24-year-old guaranteed herself at least bronze at the Paris Olympics after winning her quarterfinal on August 3 on points. She will face Thailand’s Janjaem Suwannapheng in the semi final.
Lloyd Austin
personDefence Secretary Lloyd Austin overrode a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks. Move comes two days after the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, announced it had reached plea deals.