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Pristine performance Much of China's massive margin came from a pristine performance from 2021 world all-around champion Zhang Boheng who bested the field with an 88.597 total.
Horizontal bar dismount Hashimoto struggled in two consecutive rotations, first coming up extremely short and falling on his horizontal bar dismount, the event on which he struck gold at Tokyo 2020, and then on the floor exercise where he stumbled through a few landings.
Stuck landings He is known for great execution and stuck landings.
Contrasting styles Such contrasting styles gave this final an interesting twist.
Entertaining routines The women’s competition wrapped up with the supremely entertaining floor routines.
Daring display of [somersaults and swings] Gymnasts fly above and around the bar executing a daring display of somersaults and swings.
Twisting double back Olympic rings champion 2016 Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE) also performed amazing with a twisting doubble back in the end scoring a massive 15.066.
Incredible pedigree [on this event] Topping the qualification results was Simone Biles (USA) and with her incredible pedigree on this event, she clearly was the favourite to win back the title she last claimed in 2019.
A rough start Amazing all-around gymnast Melanie De Jesus Dos Santos (FRA) had a rough start with a fell on the uneven bars (12.500) but made up for it with her exercise on beam, 13.466 and floor, 14.066 and vault 14.066.
Stumbles [on floor] Olympic and world champion Daiki Hachimoto started slowly, with some stumbles on floor, but he gained confidence with each rotation.
A nervy [apparatus] Beam was a nervy apparatus for the Brits, with two falls, but Kinsella is confident all will be well come the final, and the chance to defend their title.
Flawless performance The second apparatus for the leading two was bars, with Italy's Alice D'Amato holding the crowd spellbound with her flawless performance to secure 14.566 to a rapturous roar.
Crowd-enchanting [routine] Not only did she stay on but performed a sensational crowd-enchanting routine for 13.966.

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To stumble through landings… Hashimoto struggled in two consecutive rotations, first coming up extremely short and falling on his horizontal bar dismount, the event on which he struck gold at Tokyo 2020, and then on the floor exercise where he stumbled through a few landings.
To come undone… Georgia-Mae Fenton also came undone, falling on her mount, but gathered herself to continue cleanly through the rest of the routine for 11.900.
To gather [oneself]… Georgia-Mae Fenton also came undone, falling on her mount, but gathered herself to continue cleanly through the rest of the routine for 11.900.

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Steep incline But more meaningful to these elite marathoners are the brutal sets of steep inclines and downhills that combined to make this the most difficult marathon course in Olympic history.
Downhill But more meaningful to these elite marathoners are the brutal sets of steep inclines and downhills that combined to make this the most difficult marathon course in Olympic history.

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To crest the hill… But what goes up must come down, and once runners crest those hills, they then must race down the hill, which for some runners can be just as challenging.

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To drop the opening frame… All that and taking the Olympic court once again admittedly got to Christie, who dropped the opening frame before putting together a 18-21, 21-11, 21-16 victory over the unseeded Carraggi.

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Clean look Just as it did against the U.S., Serbia shot the lights out from 3, going 10-of-24 thanks in large part to Jokic drawing doubles and generating clean looks.
Rebound Breanna Stewart led the way with 16 points, six rebounds and five assists.

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To hold an offense… A'ja Wilson (10 points, eight rebounds) flirted with another double-double and Jackie Young continued her excellent play with 14 points and five assists for the U.S., which held a previously scorching Aussie offense.
To run at point guard… The Aussies led for all but 18 seconds, staving off Spanish rallies en route to a 92-80 victory at Pierre Mauroy Stadium, with the gifted Giddey running the show at point guard, playing with rhythm and feeding the ball to center Jock Landale, who led the Boomers with 20 points.
To feed the ball to… The Aussies led for all but 18 seconds, staving off Spanish rallies en route to a 92-80 victory at Pierre Mauroy Stadium, with the gifted Giddey running the show at point guard, playing with rhythm and feeding the ball to center Jock Landale, who led the Boomers with 20 points.
To draw doubles… Just as it did against the U.S., Serbia shot the lights out from 3, going 10-of-24 thanks in large part to Jokic drawing doubles and generating clean looks.
To knock down shots… When Germany was rolling, Schroder was the one-man engine, weaving his way through the paint, knocking down shots and finding teammates.
To be parked in a corner… There were far too many moments in which Schroder was simply parked in a corner, watching as stagnant possessions ended in aimless jumpers against a set defense.

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To fumble [serves]… The Tokyo silver medalists fumbled multiple serves and even ran into each other late in the match.

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Twist His final dive, a backward dive with twists, was by far his best of the day, scoring 79.20, but it wasn’t enough.
Strong takeoff His fifth jump, a back 2 ½ with twists, didn’t get a strong enough takeoff and he went into the water bent, scoring just 59.4 points.
Dive Loschiavo’s final dive, a forward 4 ½, also made a significant splash, and he received a score of just 48.10, dropping him out of finals contention.
To be [nearly] flawless… The U.S. duo of Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook were nearly flawless in their five dives of the women's synchronized 3m springboard finals at the Paris Olympics on the way to a silver medal, the first Olympic medal for both divers.

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To be smooth… His first dive scored 72 points, and he was smooth the rest of the day.
To over-roat.. His first dive scored just 48.60 points after he over-rotated and didn’t go into the water clean.
To go clean into the water… His first dive scored just 48.60 points after he over-rotated and didn’t go into the water clean.
To be short of vertical… On a reverse 3 ½ he kicked just a hair too soon and was short of vertical going into the water.
To go bent into the water… His fifth jump, a back 2 ½ with twists, didn’t get a strong enough takeoff and he went into the water bent, scoring just 59.4 points.

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Parry France's Enzo Lefort scored five touches on Itkin before Iktin scored a point with a parry and riposte.
Riposte France's Enzo Lefort scored five touches on Itkin before Iktin scored a point with a parry and riposte.
Piste Kharlan stepped onto the piste with determination in her eyes and had a fiery start to the first bout.

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To score a touch… Bianchi changed the momentum to score six touches and end the bout 34-35, with Japan only leading by one point.
To earn a touch… Pauty was on fire throughout the bout and quickly earned the last five touches needed to win the match.
To take to the tatami… The Champ de Mars Arena was electric as one of the host nation's beloved sports, judo, took to the tatami at Paris 2024.

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A monster-swim Last year he added three more monster-swims which topped the GOAT’s best-ever effort from 2009 in the all-time ranks.

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To press the pace… Martens pressed the pace on the third 100, as he comes from a distance-based background under coach Bernd Berkhahn in Magdeburg.
To stay on someone’s feet… McIntosh broke through with a 3:59.39, staying on Ledecky’s feet for the entire race – something so few have done.
To swim away from the rest of the field… With three World Championship rookies on the team, they swam away from the rest of the field with Australia in silver (3:41.34) and the Netherlands (3:41.54) in bronze.

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Bout Nickolas' aggressive and persistent combat style produced some of the most spectacular bouts.

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Toal error Poland did not play like the top-ranked team in the world in the first set with 10 toal errors, seven service errors.
Service error Poland did not play like the top-ranked team in the world in the first set with 10 toal errors, seven service errors.
Swing The only problem was he only managed to attempt seven swings through two sets.
Kill The star of the second set was Antoine Brizard, who had four points on a kill and three blocks.
Block The star of the second set was Antoine Brizard, who had four points on a kill and three blocks.
Ace Offensively, the star was Trevor Clevenot, who was outshining fellow his fellow outside hitter, Earvin Ngapeth, with seven points on 6/7 swings and an ace.

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To shut down the offense… After no blocks in the first set, Brizard's blocking prowess was needed to shut down the Polish offense and he delivered.
To block a shot… Poland did not block a single shot and France was nearly perfect, going 14/16 on attacks with no balls hit out of bounds.

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Turnover On their next five possessions, the Americans had two shots saved, two turnovers, and another missed shot.

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