Natalie Portman, Spike Lee, Bill Gates among those watching U.S. women soar
“Black Swan” actor Natalie Portman and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates were among the celebrities spotted in the crowd in Paris watching Simone Biles and the rest of the U.S. women compete.
Spike Lee was cheering in the crowd, and Olympic champion tennis player Serena Williams also took in the action along with legendary swimmer Michael Phelps and his family.
Suni Lee's bar routine sends USA soaring toward gold
Defending all-around gold medalist Suni Lee stuck the landing of her uneven bars routine, helping the U.S. return to the top of the medal podium in Paris once again.
Lee fell on her first skill on uneven bars during warm-up, leaving spectators on the edges of their seats for the real thing.
Lee pulled it off without a hitch, flying high and sticking the landing.
Everyone wants a piece of Snoop, it seems
Move over Simone Biles, Snoop Dogg may win the Olympic title for top keepsake from the Paris Games.
With pin-trading a passionate Olympics side sport, the Games kicked off with fans and athletes alike vying for Biles’ custom pin — a small yellow heart inscribed with the superstar gymnast’s name.
But after dominating the pin game for days, Biles, who won gold in today’s U.S. gymnastics team final, got a come-from-behind challenge as Snoop Dogg’s signature entry — a likeness of the rapper blowing Olympic-style smoke rings — began gaining.
“The gold medal winner for Olympic collectables,” posted photographer Eric Seals.
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande tell the story of Simone Biles and her wickedly talented teammates, who are on a high-flying mission in Paris.
Texas 'troublemaker' Jennifer Lozano journeys from border town to Olympic boxing ring
Often the only female boxer in her Texas border town, Jennifer Lozano is now heading to Paris to compete in her first Olympics.
The Olympic cauldron balloon, designed to represent France’s spirit of liberty, is proving so popular that there are calls to make it a permanent fixture at the Parc des Tuilleries.
America's pommel horse hero explains his ear-tug
"This right here," says Stephen Nedoroscik, tugging his ear, "is for my dad’s father, my grandfather, my 'dziadziu' — that means grandfather in Polish."
Nedoroscik, whose pommel horse acrobatics helped America's male gymnasts to their first team medal since 2008, has been shown on camera tugging his ear at times. When the "TODAY" show caught up with him in Paris, he explained the significance.
Team USA's bronze-medal-winning gymnast told "TODAY" that his namesake grandfather, a World War II vet, passed away at age 94 last year.
"Back when I was at Penn State," he said, "that was the thing I did whenever I was on TV to say 'hey, dziadziu,' so I've kept the tradition up, and now it also means 'hey' to everyone I love."
Men's basketball: Miracle four-point play gets France past Japan’s upset bid
Japan was 16 seconds away from a massive upset, but Matthew Strazel’s tying four-point play forced overtime and Victor Wembanyama took over from there to give France the win.
Water polo highlights: Daube and Bowen lead U.S. men to first win
Team USA's Hannes Daube and Alex Bowen lifted the men's water polo team to its first victory, each scoring three goals to help defeat Romania 14-8. Watch the game's highlights here.
Aggressive Serbians get to free throw line, sink U.S.
Serbia outscored the foul-prone U.S., 4-0, from the free throw line, leading to the American setback to start 3x3 pool play.
“They just did a better job than us executing their game plan," said former Brigham Young star Jimmer Fredette, who was held to just 4 points in Serbia's 22-14 win. "We got into the foul count really early, they kept getting some easy baskets, and ... they were able to get to the free-throw line and get the ball back."
Fredette's comments came in a statement from USA Basketball. Paris 2024 officials canceled postgame news conferences because of an impending storm.
The Americans return to the outdoor court Thursday against Lithuania.