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Team GB athletes unveil Golden Train in time for Paris 2024

Eurostar has unveiled its first-ever Golden Train to celebrate the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Promising customers and athletes a medal-worthy journey, this morning’s first departure was christened by world-renowned Olympian Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, ParalympicsGB double gold medallist Maisie Summers-Newton, and former Team GB athlete Perri Shakes-Drayton. The golden e320 trains, decorated in honour of the athletes, are set to transport competitors and customers on the way out to Paris, throughout the games and on a very special return. As the official travel partner for Team GB and ParalympicsGB for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Eurostar is gearing up to welcome over 2,000 Olympic and Paralympic athletes on board from four teams: Team GB, Team Belgium, Team Netherlands, and Team Germany.
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    Lavillenie to miss Paris Olympics after failing to clear qualifying mark

    France's 2012 Olympic pole vault champion and former world record holder Renaud Lavillenie will miss the Paris Games after failing to achieve the qualifying height in his final chance at the French championships on Sunday. After triumphing at the London Olympics, Lavillenie went on to break the world record in 2015 when his 6.16m at an indoor meet in Donetsk bettered Sergey Bubka's long-standing record of 6.14m.

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    Jade Jones to compete for third Olympic title at Paris 2024

    The 31-year-old Welsh athlete became Great Britain’s first taekwondo gold medallist at London 2012.

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    Chelsie Giles among five-strong Team GB judo squad for Paris 2024

    The 27-year-old has become European champion and won world silver since Tokyo 2020.

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    Mask-wearing shot put standout Raven Saunders earns spot to Paris Olympics with 2nd place finish

    Raven Saunders wore a gold nose ring and had gold grills covering their upper and lower teeth. Saunders, the shot put standout who wears a mask at competitions and identifies with the pronouns they/them, is chasing an Olympic gold medal at the Paris Games after earning silver in Tokyo. Saunders took a step toward that goal by finishing second at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials Saturday night to earn a place on the team.

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    Jamaica's Fraser-Pryce, Jackson earn 100-meter spots at Paris Olympics

    Shericka Jackson won Jamaica's 100-meter national title Friday and will be joined at the Olympics by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who finished third in the race and will head to her fifth and final games. Fraser-Pryce finished second and Jackson third at the Tokyo Games behind two-time defending Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah, who is injured this year.

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    Daryn Wright headed to Paris Olympics as U.S. picks up another diver spot

    The United States has picked up another diver for the Paris Olympics. Daryn Wright of Plainfield, Indiana, was added to the team after World Aquatics awarded the Americans a second spot in women’s 10-meter platform. Wright finished second in that event at the U.S. Olympic trials in Knoxville, Tennessee, last weekend, but an Olympic berth was not guaranteed.

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    After Tokyo setback and knee surgery, Nyjah Huston is growing up as he skates toward Paris Olympics

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    Olympics 2024: How to watch, when it starts, key dates in Paris

    Get ready for all the action — everything on the track, courts and fields, in the pools and all the other events — with a guide that tells you everything you need to know about the global gathering in Paris. How can I watch the Olympics? Each day's most popular events will air live on NBC in the morning and afternoon in the United States. NBCUniversal says the Paris Games will have more programming hours on NBC than any previous Olympics.

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    Russian tennis players Khachanov, Samsonova decline Paris Olympics invites. Medvedev status unclear

    Russian tennis players Karen Khachanov and Liudmila Samsonova declined to play at the Paris Olympics, the IOC said on Friday, and their next highest ranked compatriots were invited instead. The IOC said Pavel Kotov, the 50th-ranked men’s player, and Anna Kalinskaya, ranked No. 17, were invited to join the eight-person Russian team for tennis in Paris. The players are competing as neutrals during the military invasion of Ukraine.

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