. >>> back here in paris, i go one on one with michael phelps. what he told me about the swimmers chasing his records. plus, what could be the greatest olympic comeback ever before simone biles' epic return tomorrow. she sits down with us. >>> this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight from the olympics in paris. here is lester holt. >>> good evening from paris on this first official day of competition of the olympic games. the rain came down for much of the day, but it has not dampened the enthusiasm we're feeling here. covid restrictions are now a distant memory. the crowds are back, and the athletes are proving why they are the very best. today the focus was on the ultimate rivalry in the pool. the united states versus australia. caleb dressel helped lead to th. katie ledecky began her quest to be the most decorated female olympian ever medaling in the 400-meter freestyle. it was billed as the race of the century. with so many powerhouse swimmers competing. while she scored bronze, she has got more opportunities ahead to step atop the podiu

there was legendary lynn figures somewhere michael phelps. i know he's church hero, told a us house panel that the olympic games may unravel if sports doping is allowed to continue. this session was followed revelations and reese weeks at the top. chinese swimmers are scheduled to compete next month. at the paris summer olympics tested positive repeatedly for performance enhancing drugs. nothing's been done. do you expect the olympic committee to take the issue up and roll one way or the other? or is this being done by to many countries who will fight behind the scenes? or yeah, i really don't have any face in the i a see to, to, you know, do anything about this, but because like, like ben said, it's very selective when they choose the band to carry richardson for something that is definitely not a performance enhancing drug. if anything it makes you a lot more mellow and i don't think she would ever want to smoke weed, you know, before a performance. however, what michael phelps is saying, when he talks about the chinese swimmers specificall

chris talked, i was there was legendary lynn figures somewhere michael phelps. i know he's her hero, told a us house panel that the olympic games may unravel if sports doping is allowed to continue. this session was followed revelations and reese weeks at the top. chinese swimmers are scheduled to compete next month at the paris summer olympics tested positive repeatedly for performance enhancing drugs. nothing's been done. do you expect the olympic committee to take the issue up and roll one way or the other? or is this being done by to many countries who will fight behind the scenes a yeah, i really don't have any face in the i a see to, to, you know, do anything about this, but because like, like ben said, it's very selective when they choose the band should carry richardson for something that is definitely not a performance enhancing drug. if anything, it makes you a lot more mellow and i don't think she would ever want to smoke weed, you know, before a performance. however, what michael phelps is saying, when he talks about the chinese swimmer specifically,

in a statement, the agency denied showing any bias towards china. >> like michael phelps said, it's all about consistency, right? >> i mean, you want to make sure it's an even playing field. this is yeah, the top of the top, the best of the best, trying to get that gold. >> it is interesting that he said he felt like he never had an even playing field, while also beating everybody in that. >> that's what i mean. he crushed it. wow. i can't wait for the olympics to know. right? basketball and swimming. >> this is poof, the fastest growing pet odor eliminator in the world. oh, it's safe for people, pets, and the planet's powerful enough to eliminate the stink from any organic odor. yet it's safe enough to use on pet toys, their beds, even on them. so why waste money on any product that doesn't totally eliminate the stink? there's only one proof available online and at these stores. if it's not proof, it's stinks. >> stay tuned to get an all new bell and howell bionic floodlight for 50% off. last year, over 100 million packages were stolen. worse yet, over 500,000 homes were broken into th

there was legendary lynn figures somewhere michael phelps. i know he's her hero, told a us house panel that the olympic games may unravel if sports doping is allowed to continue. this session was followed revelations and reese weeks at the top. chinese swimmers are scheduled to compete next month at the paris summer olympics tested positive repeatedly for performance enhancing drugs. nothing's been done. do you expect the olympic committee to take the issue up and roll one way or the other, or just being done by to many countries who will fight behind the scenes? yeah, i really don't have any face in the i a see to, to, you know, do anything about this, but because like, like ben said, it's very selective when they choose the band to carry richardson for something that is definitely not a performance enhancing drug. if anything it makes you a lot more mellow and i don't think she would ever want to smoke weed, you know, before a performance. however, what michael phelps is saying, when he talks about the chinese swimmer specifically, they wer

premier olympian michael phelps and ceo mr. travis. we are pleased to welcome another outstanding olympic swimmer ms. allison schmitt to join us today to revisit doping in sports ahead of next month's summer olympics. i want to start off by ring everyone what will phelps told us years ago because it bears repeating if we allow our confidence and fair play to erode we will undermine power of sport. and the goals and dreams of future generations the time to act is now end quote. i'm glad mr. phelps highlighted the damage and disappointed what wata doesn't heed that call and the that the system is fair and cheaters will be punished the importance of sports for our country's children cannot be understated. sports empowered children by teaching them life lessons building their confidence, showing them the meaning of hard work, and offering some of their opportunities to represent our country and make a career. i myself have had the opportunity to see my own children grow and learn from competitive swimming, in fact, last week, last week was

chairman members of the committee good evening but my name michael phelps i come before you today not juste-time retired olympic swimmer, also as an advocate for mental health awareness. conversation on mental health especially for athletes is incomplport and fair competition. stage is known of the greatest honors of my life. my 15 yrareer i competed in over five olympics and six world champion ships. a combined 65 gold medals for my team in my country. my journey i top and the values of hard work, dedication and above all at help me overcome challenges like adhd and tt focus. however the constant suspicion on the mental state that took a lifetime to build. while competing at the highest levels i witnessed firsthand the pervasive and suspicion surrounding doping. significantly confidence and that of my fellow athletes. hardest partthletes achieve seemingly impossible feats knowing the immense effort an s sacrifices required to reach these heights cleanly.as a disheartening and demoralizing causing pain and a in a injustice. i know what it achieve the seemingly impossible things the ri

he is aiming to become the second man after the us star michael phelps to win the same individual eventmes in a row. in the tennis andy murray begins the final tournament of his career as he competes with dan evans againstjapan. but cameron norrie has pulled outjust hours before he was due on court, it's thought the british number two has suffered an injury. meanwhile rafael nadal makes his singles return which could set up a second round match with rival novak djokovic. global gymnastics star simone biles is competing today. the most decorated gymnast in history had a difficult time in tokyo in 2020 but is back to her best and hoping to add to her 37 olympic and world golds. and if you like star spotting then you will love the gymnastics venue in paris today — it is a veritable who's who of celebrities. mission impossible and top gun star tom cruise is there, as are wicked the musical actors ariana grande and cynthia erivo. anna wintour — editor in chief of british vogue is also there to cheer on biles and all the other gynmasts competing today, as is olympic torch bearer and rap super

phelps y carl lewis. al anfitriÓn francia a japÓn y a china. mientras que cuba es el paÍs hispano con mÁs medallas en la historia de los juegos olÍmpicos, con mÁs de 235 preseas. hay que recordar que espaÑa lo sigue con 174 y mucho mÁs abajo se encuentran argentina y mÉxico, con 77 y 73 cada uno. y quienes buscan arrebatarle a la isla el honor de ser quien se lleve el mayor nÚmero de preseas en parÍs 2024. por Último, el equipo de nado artÍstico de mÉxico llega a parÍs como campeonas mundiales de la especialidad. las sirenas aztecas deslumbraron en la piscina en el pasado campeonato disputado precisamente en la ciudad luz, dejando en el camino a potencias como china, estados unidos, espaÑa y francia. >> pues miren, particularmente me encantarÍa ver a mijaÍn lÓpez hacer historia y por supuesto, ver lo que tiene que dar simone biles, que estoy sÚper ansiosa de verla nuevamente en las pistas en un ambiente olÍmpico. >> ya te digo una cosa, yo creo que una de las grandes interrogantes es si estados unidos ser

marchand, nicknamed the "french michael phelps", carried the expectations of a nation into his first but that is all from us. we will see you soon. hello. well, it's been a beautiful sunday across most of the uk — very warm, scattered fairweather clouds. a little cooler and cloudier in scotland and northern ireland where we're just that bit closer to a weather front. but here's the main message — heat building over the next day or two. here's the satellite picture, and you canjust about make out the jetstream. it's way to the north of us. that means the doors have been opened to the heat coming in from the south, and the dip in thejet stream to the east there with the clouds, that's the bad weather that swept across paris during the olympic opening ceremony. so skies have been generally quite sunny through the day across the bulk of the country. thicker cloud here in the north—west. and the temperatures at 9pm still around 19 celsius in the lowlands of scotland and as high as the low 20s from yorkshire towards the midlands and the south—east. so, after a warm and sunny day, a general

michael phelps and the process. i'm just missing out marshall on breaking his own world record that he took off phelps in the world championships last year. he still hasn't 3 more goals to go for these olympics elsewhere. there was a show for great britain's adam pates a he was hoping to go for a read 3 page winning the same events at $311.00 picks in a row at the 1st month after michael phelps to do that. but he wasn't able to have big ad style in the mens 100 rates of breast drugs by it's always nickel or mountain n d y just no point. no, 2 seconds full raced out is there, a virus rocking to dial has set up the 2nd round clash against old wible. know that jock? that chapter defeating martin folks licks the dallas already through to the 2nd round of the doubles alongside to carlos alvarez in the singles ho casa, again, someone. he's played $59.00 times, king of clay defeated the hon. gearing and 3 set the looks to add to his 2 colt metals, the and the maurice tennis and career lives for another round after he and h

great britain's adam peaty was bidding tojoin michael phelps in the record books, in winning an olympicmming gold in the same event at three straight olympics but fell just short in the 100 metres breastroke. he took silver behind italy's nicolo martinenghi, having claimed gold in both rio and tokyo, peaty, who holds the world record, missed out by two hundreths of a second. america's nick fink posted the same time as peaty and shared silver. china's oin haiyang, the fastest in the world this year, was back in seventh. one of the games poster boys, leon marchand, ended france's 12—year wait for swimming gold with a superb performance in the a00m individual medley. the 22—year—old surged to victory in an olympic record, just shy of his own world record, finishing almost six seconds clear of japan's matsushita tomoyuki. usa's carson foster took bronze. pauline ferrand—prevot won the first gold of the day for the hosts. she romped to victory in the cross country mountain bike. finishing almost three minutes clear of usa's haley batten. the swedejenny rissveds was third. lebronjames inspire

is olympic record as he broke michael phelps is. will direct cold at the world championships last year in this event, and this is a, a mine he really is. following and phelps, his footsteps in 2020 cents an e mail to felt says, for my coach, bob boatman asking if he could train with him subsequently went to c. r a z. i mean i was taking him to bowman's wing. even use is phelps is, will not routine. and the sofa he's, he's really living up to the hype, as he said, and he's got 3 more goals to go full of these olympics. okay, and pull another storm are looking to emulate the phelps is great. britain's out in p d. he's an action soon. what is he hoping to achieve? yeah, for a while after phelps, $128.00 metals. it's very hard not to have not to have links with him, but i don't page. he's hoping to become the only mind apart from the felts to get to a 3 page to win gold. in the same event, in 3 olympics in a row, he will know 100 meet the breast drive and re i. you want us again inside of joe, he's had a bit of a break from the schools

great britain's adam peaty was bidding tojoin michael phelps in the record books, in winning an olympicmming gold in the same event at three straight olympics but felljust short in the 100 metres breaststroke. he took silver behind italy's nicolo martinenghi, having claimed gold in both rio and tokyo, peaty, who holds the world record, missed out by two hundredths of a second. america's nick fink posted the same time as peaty and shared silver. china's oin haiyang, the fastest in the world this year, was back in seventh. one of the games poster boys, leon marchand, ended france's 12—year wait for swimming gold with a superb performance in the a00m individual medley. the 22—year—old surged to victory in an olympic record, just shy of his own world record, finishing almost six seconds clear of japan's matsushita tomoyuki. usa's carson foster took bronze. pauline ferrand—prevot won the first gold of the day for the hosts. she romped to victory in the cross country mountain bike. finishing almost three minutes clear of usa's haley batten. the swedejenny rissveds was third. lebronjames inspi

he beat michael phelps' record that had stood for 50 years. for that. in the heat, the roof came off for leon marchand. you can imagine what it will be like in a couple of hours' time. i’m a couple of hours' time. i'm enjoying — a couple of hours' time. i'm enjoying every _ a couple of hours' time. i'm enjoying every moment of this and will keep— enjoying every moment of this and will keep enjoying it through the day and — will keep enjoying it through the day and into tonight. it's good to be here — day and into tonight. it's good to be here again tonight and just enjoy it. just _ be here again tonight and just enjoy it. just going to go in there tonight— it. just going to go in there tonight and enjoy it and have fun. the defending champion not in there. yes, but it doesn't mean anything, everyone _ yes, but it doesn't mean anything, everyone in— yes, but it doesn't mean anything, everyone in that final will be fast, so get _ everyone in that final will be fast, so get in — everyone in that final will be fast, so get in there and see what i

great britain's adam peaty was bidding tojoin michael phelps in the record books, in winning an olympicing gold in the same event at three straight olympics, but fell just short in the 100 metres breastroke. he took silver behind italy's nicolo martinenghi. having claimed gold in both rio and tokyo, peaty, who holds the world record, missed out by two hundreths of a second. america's nick fink posted the same time as peaty and shared silver. china's oin haiyang, the fastest in the world this year, was back in seventh. one of the games' poster boys, leon marchand, ended france's 12—year wait for swimming gold with a superb performance in the aoom individual medley. the 22—year—old surged to victory in an olympic record, just shy of his own world record, finishing almost six seconds clear of japan's matsushita tomoyuki. usa's carson foster took bronze. pauline ferrand—prevot won the first gold of the day for the hosts. she romped to victory in the cross country mountain bike, finishing almost three minutes clear of usa's haley batten. the swede jenny rissveds was third. lebronjames inspir

of course, michael phelps, i believe is the most decorated. yeah. it was psp ends like number one athlete of all time while most harry. >> fighting. >> that's up from news at 10. stick with us, of course, for kron, 4 news at 11. but first it is sports night live. yeah, erin wilson is here to tell us what's happened in air. a lot happening right now as we lead up to the olympics. you know, team usa play today. >> know the struggle bus game for him, but it's ok, we'll talk about that and more than the giants hoping to start their trip to sow cow on a high note as they faced off against the dodgers, it was a nail biter for sure. we'll talk about that witness with night live as well as the a's. they were hosting the astros at the coliseum will have those highlights as well. and more tonight in just a few moments. >> well, they've definitely struggled in the last 2, but the real games begin later. so hopefully all the hiccups will be behind him at that point. thanks for joining us is sports night live. i'm your host erin wilson. now we'll talk some usa b

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we honor michael phelps and his 19th career metal. plus the creator of harry potter was born newsnation's markie. martin looks back. >> today is july 31st. it's national avocado day in 1948. u.s. president harry s truman dedicated idlewild airport new york international airport. now we just college jfk, british author, jk rowling, who is mainly known for creating the immensely popular harry potter series, was born and rolling stones singer jagger and guitarist keith richards were released from jail in england after serving one month on drug charges in 1981 arnett are hovered the first female president of the u.s. national bar association was appointed swimmer michael phelps captured an unprecedented 19th career olympic medal when he helped the u.s. team win the 4 by 200 meter freestyle relay. and in 2018, rihanna shine bright becoming the first black woman to appear on the cover of british vogue september issue. >> 10, 15 is the time right now. want to get a look at the weather and see how things are shaping up this wednesday morning.

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of course mp is the one and only michael phelps. the 28 time olympic medalist, recently gave snoop a lesson on how to be the very best ever in swimming. and let's just say, when it comes to technique, snoop may have to do a little work to get there, but what a sport. yeah stupid. he's a cool guy. i mean, the way he's been able to transition from when we first met him. yeah, you know, different images, completely different images. and he's a grandfather now too. so, you know, we all grow up facts. all right. well, it's been a really nice to watch the olympics and all of the fun stuff that goes along with it too. snoop is hilarious, but we are looking live at some of our cameras around the bay area. the way we're starting out, our tuesday morning, we're in the low 60s. it is 65, in san jose, walnut creek, 60 degrees, and we're in the upper 50s right now in san francisco. the clouds lingering a lot longer today, but it has been so hot this july. and in livermore, if you're checking that pg&e bill like, what in the heck? okay, so last y

phelps in terms of just dominance and being decorated with so many medals, only michael phelps is, isigger than that. the longer she swims, the better it is for her and the 1500 is the longest and she has just once again shown that she is just the greatest in, in the endurance races. the 1500, the 800 comes later in the week, and um, it's just a delight to watch her, of course, and, and not only is a great role model, uh, but again, such a great swimmer. there are 7 other swimmers and you don't see any of them because katie's so far ahead of everyone else. geoff: and christine, let's talk about the us women's rugby team which dramatically grabbed the bronze medal. what should we know about that team and their monumental win? christine: you know, this is fun. this is what the olympics really is all about. i mean, i'm over here and i'm, i'm not covering rugby, but i've had so many friends and family say, what about the rugby team? and they're incredible uh -- their incredible victory over australia to at the very last second, so people haven't seen it, you know, go and watch it. 90 yard

the british slack michael phelps is the only male. so myself, on the same defensive, 3 successive olympics and p. t could equal that achievements. he wins the 100 made suppress. struck 29 year old stepped away from compensation for most of last year due to mental health, precious. as an athlete that you never really take time off of a few weeks, but never enough time to allow in all my suck, a little bit of personality because you so tied all the time. so instead of time off, it was more of a reflection of what do i want. and if that wasn't to go to the games, it wasn't going to be. but i make that decision to get my absolute best. my whole life it. and hey, we all that, you know, you don't have to like yourself to be here. you can actually enjoy it. you can actually go, okay, i want to do this, i want to talk of this and we'll go get it. while a french athlete looking to impress that it's time lympics is swim at lee a motion, he's already broken a wells record previously held by michael phelps. as tom size and triples shown, when the

and you hear so many athletes now, whether there's swimmers like michael phelps or reagan smith, caitlinll has talked about, it's okay to say you're not okay. so many athletes have found a voice and really naomi osaka at the french open a few years ago, some biles, michael phelps with his documentary, we hear it more and more and that's so helpful, especially for those young people out there who don't have a voice who are not don't have a platform who are not as well-known, but still in their homes or on the, on the court, they're having some troubles. well, they can look to simone biles and say, hey, if she can do it, i can do it too. very positive message inspiring. >> i noticed you called her the greatest of all time a few minutes ago do you think that will be true regardless of what happens here in paris? >> oh, i do. i do. she was tremendous eight years ago in rio she's 27. >> she's still doing this. that's not young for gymnastics like katie ledecky, the goat. she got the bronze yesterday. she didn't get the gold and silver was expected. she's still the goat, right? and by the way,

the same events at $311.00 picks in a row at the 1st month after michael phelps to do that. but he wasn't able to have big ad style in the mens 100 rates of breast stroke by it's always nickel or mountain engaged by just no point. no 2 seconds full races out. is there a virus? not sick. so i'm gonna pick, jumping on the murray was part of a great escape. it's so him delaying his retirement. the 37 year old has said this will be his final tournaments and he was a sit down in the 1st round of the doubles taking on japan's for daniel and kind of should corey marie and don evans. hey, back to level to come says they've been saved. 5 match points in the deciding side break before pulling off an unlikely way. we didn't play well protecting in serv. well, um, so the 1st set and a half and then we find the game a little bit. and the 2nd again dropped off at the end. the 3rd and then you know, we'd be the unbelievable to win that type rank is. so it's extremely rare that that happens and never happened to me before. i don't think we're, you know, safe, 5 consecutive match points. so

the same events at $311.00 picks in a row at the 1st month after michael phelps to do that. but he wasn't able to have big ad style in the mens 100 rates of breast drugs by it's always nickel or mountain n d y just no point, no 2 seconds full rate. i'll this era virus and while the eyes of most and then pick fans on powers this week, one competition is playing out from the city of live. assistant events are being held to the french pacific territory of to haiti, the decision to stage the events and one of the items most remote villages was controversial. as alexandra buys reports from k, i who pool it's a paradise for services. and for the people who live here, hope all is a big family. it doesn't matter of the last name. it is one big united family. this small village is nearly 16000 kilometers from the rest of the olympic events in france. on the pacific island of, he's at the point where the road to the capital ends. most villagers like stars and lean parker live across the river. there's one foot bridge, or you drive through the water. and it's been bothering with olympi

michael phelps about ready to get his first olympic medal. it's going to be gold. it's going to be a new world record. that's the first olympics i really clearly remember watching the swimming. and i just thought you had to be some super hero. it was so far fetched that i was never even dreaming that i could get to that level. yeah, because that's why i want to say, like, the superhero thing you are that at this point, like, i don't see myself. no, no, that's okay. when superheroes never do. that's why. that's what makes them superheroes. just like clark kent. yeah, exactly. unbelievable. i have never seen anything like this. katie ledecky smashes her own world record. guess what? wonder woman is right there. the greatest female swimmer of all time. to me. i could do the sport without the competitions. i love it that that's how much when i can spend most of my day at the pool. so exciting. our jessica aguirre will be reporting for us in paris throughout the olympics. i think she just landed earlier and her first live report will be in just a couple of days on thurs

he already has, one of michael phelps is record and that will be hoping that he can stop the pressure at 22 years of age and to become a big star in the pool for team g p. that is adam p t. that big star, 3 times a gold metal. when a 5 time world record holder and the 100 mates of breast stroke and defending champion, but he's coming off the back of something of a breakdown a couple of years ago. problems with depression and dial call, which he things for you. i will talk now drawing for another goal for team g base. and then for the women k to a deck, a 7 time olympic gold medalist, there's an upstart challenging hiring the pool. kind of, there's some macintosh, so it's going to be an exciting week. it will comes in the backstroke of a dumping scandal. 23 chinese swim is tested, positive, uh, uh, brands, substances. and was subsequently cleared by china's own tongue thing. i'll start with these 11 if those are not here at the games causing a lot of problems with that follow athletes also causing problems between the us. a lot of the 3rd thing uh for the i'm the i r c b s the all you

or that didn't sit well with many including legendary swimmer michael phelps, as you mentioned here, he recently testified at that congressional hearing saying that athletes and water need to be held more accountable. so now the top administrator of world aquatics, he has been painted to answer questions about how all that went down with those chinese swimmers. this comes after a house committee on china on may 21 asked the justice department and the fbi to investigate the case under a federal law that allows probes into suspected doping conspiracies even if they occur outside of the u.s. now, 11 of those chinese swimmers are set to compete in paris in three weeks. they won three gold medals in tokyo. so the spotlight will certainly be on them whenever they step in to the pool. but frederica none of this is going to be settled before the paris games. the hope is that through investigations that the competition's can be cleaned up as the u.s. is set to host the summer games come 2028. >> yeah, one more thing to look for her during the paris olympic games. andy shells. thank you so muc

michael phelps, 28 medals, all 13 of gold. people from all over the world together. i think that's what the olympic is all about. for me i was saying, the tokyo olympics we missed that togetherness that camaraderie and now have that again. i think people are excited to be together, feel the olympic spirit and that's what we're seeing here in paris. >> talked about the incredible 4 z 100 relay took place monday night. team usa's first gold medal of these games. talking about this particular event. >> i've been a part of that winning relay a few times in my career. that was a really important relay to us. something on day one. win that relay, huge momentum build going into the rest of the meet, and on peep, yes, favorites, but at olympic games absolutely anything can happen. >> guys, no conversation on a morning show, as you know, at least with me is complete without some kind of chat about sweep or the lack of it, and he wears a whoop, i wear the aura ring and got into a thing about how he sleeps and take a listen if you're loo

phelps and other olympians criticized the world anti-doping agency for inconsistently enforcing thethletes, our faith can no longer be blindly placed in the world of anti-doping agency, an organization that continues to prove that it is either incapable or unwilling to enforce its policies consistently around the world, phelps saying if athletes aren't held accountable, the olympics will lose credibility. i think that's why we're here today, trying to fight for that change for the next generation. >> and during that hearing, lawmakers said they're willing to cut off millions in u.s. funding for the anti-doping agency. in a statement, the agency denied showing any bias towards china. >> coming up, finally, the end of the road for the floppy disk plus history is made at the plus history is made at the world famous the virus that causes shingles is sleeping... in 99% of people over 50. it's lying dormant, waiting... and could reactivate. shingles strikes as a painful, blistering rash that can last for weeks. and it could wake at any time. think you're not at risk for shingles? it's tim

the greatest swimmer you saw michael phelps and tennis legend serena williams.y were nervous, but ultimately all went well. janelle. it was fine. for many fans, watching the olympics is a team sport. today, two former college gymnasts opened up their gym to watch team usa go for gold. yes! so fun for the kids. dozens of young gymnasts and their parents cheered the team from twisters gymnastics in santa clara. the owners of the gym are former uc berkeley and uc davis gymnasts. now they're training the next crop of aspiring athletes. the u.s. women delivered a dominating performance, so fans here said the two hour event felt like a celebration. the entire time. such a good motivator because like, you see how much success they've gotten and how good they are at the sport that you just like want to like keep on going. it makes me feel really patriotic. like yes, that's that's my country. people from like where i live doing all these amazing things in paris go team usa! yes, the gym is hosting another event tonight. for those who couldn't make it earlier today to wat

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twenty-three-time olympic champion swimmer michael phelps was recognized as the best swimmer of the 20thn second place in the ranking, and lionel messi is in third place in the list of the greatest. of the russians, only one entered the top hundred best athletes of the current century. and now the urgent news that comes to the news agency’s feed is that security forces prevented a terrorist attack in yesentuki, where a native of central asia planned to carry out an explosion at a bus station. it is also reported that after the terrorist attack in yesentuki, the militant planned to leave for syria, he was detained in his hiding place, and components of an improvised explosive device were also seized, this was urgent news from the fsb. kyiv never received a fighter from the west. give belisa for this and described how washington is putting similar pressure on budapest. our opposition was financed absolutely from the outside, mainly from the usa, with millions and millions of dollars, there was very , very harsh interference in recent elections, since then the opposition and its media have

we'll get inside of the team usa swimming from the legend himself, michael phelps. thanks for starting your week with "early today." i'm frances rivera. have a great monday. see you back here early tuesday morning and enjoy all the olympic action.

phelps�* record.o be, as natalie pirks reports. a welcome sight in the sky had returned to paris and things were heating up in the pool. a shot at history beckoned for adam peaty, his three—year—old son george was ready. daddy! a kiss for luck and he was on his way. peaty is the world—record holder in the ioo—metre breaststroke. but after battling depression and alcohol problems after tokyo, and even taking a break from swimming entirely, even he wasn't sure what was possible here. he was hoping to become only the second male swimmer to win three successive gold medals in the same event, but it was the surprise threat from italy he needed to be wary of. who is going to get the title? joint silver with nick fink from the us, but he only missed out by seconds. given the battle he has had, this is mightily impressive. it is just incredibly hard, to win this once and then again and again. i am not crying because i have come second, i am crying because it took so much to get you. these are happy tears. ada

in a row at the 1st month after michael phelps to do that. but he wasn't able to have big ad style in the mens 100 rates of breast drugs by it's always nickel or mountain n d y. just no point, no 2 seconds. full res. out is there a virus mall, the eyes of most olympic fans and powers this week? one, competition is planning out fall from the city of life. the assessing is being held and the french pacific attaching us to hate the decision to stage the competition. and one of the islands, most remote villages is controversial of alexandra buys reports from tay hopeful. this is a paradise for services. and for the people who live here, hope all is a big family. it doesn't matter of the last name. it is one big united family. this small village is nearly 16000 kilometers from the rest of the olympic events in france on the pacific island of tahiti, at the point where the road to the capital and most villagers like stars and lean parker live across the river. there's one foot bridge or you drive through the water and it's been bothering with olymp

if he does, then he'll equal michael phelps as one of the only swimmers to ever have done that in a specificre seeing tom daley, the team gb diver, taking to the diving board. that's also going to be really exciting. and the artistic gymnastics team gb men's team will be competing in that final as well. so, look, it's going to be a wonderful evening of sport here in paris and a day of sport again tomorrow, on day three. i'm going to leave you with this beautiful view of the eiffel tower, which is my backdrop, and hand back to the studio. it certainly is beautiful. maryam moshiri in paris. we talked about the venezuelan election a few moments ago and i am going to show you some live pictures now from caracas. speaking here is the opposition candidate marie machado, who won an opposition primary in october but was barred from running for office over alleged fraud, which she has denied. she threw her support behind the opposition candidate edmund doug gonzalez, and she is giving a press conference in caracas as voting takes place —— edmundo gonzalez. one of ireland's best—known writers, edna o'

if she's able to win at least three gold medals in these games, she will join michael phelps as the onlyto ever win at least ten gold medals. also skateboarding. it's going to make its return to the olympic stage. it's going to happen in just a few hours. we're going to be tracking davis native nyjah huston. he is a favorite in the men's street event. he is the most successful competition skateboarder of all time. okay, other notable competitions we're going to be watching just a few hours from now. badminton. among the handful of sports in the us that has never medaled in the olympics, but we have several bay area athletes competing on team usa that they are hungry for that gold. men's gymnastics. this is a biggie for us because stanford's own asher hong and brody malone were going to be competing. we just talked to them a couple of days ago during podium training, and they say they are ready to go. also, bay area women's soccer players naomi girma, sophia smith, tierra davidson they are going to take the stage. okay, so big sigh of relief here in france because that opening ceremony we

and later, great britain's adam peaty will aim to emulate michael phelps, by winning a third straightalso wants to win for his son. even talking about my son just makes me cry! he goes, "daddy, are you the fastest boy?" that's what he says. even if i haven't seen him in two weeks, that's what he cares about, i guess. but, you know, i guess ijust want to be the fastest boy. what of andy murray? he will start his doubles journey later with fellow briton dan evans. they take onjapanese pair taro daniel and kei nishikori andy murray set to retire after this olympics in paris. rafa nadal won his doubles match with carlos alcaraz on saturday but said he may pull out of the singles. he is due to face marton fucsovics but admitted a thigh injury he picked up in training could mean he drops out to focus on the doubles. he say he'll make the smartest decision he can to give him the best chance of winning a medal. the olympics' triathlon swimming training session scheduled for sunday has been cancelled after recent heavy rain in paris affected pollution levels in the seine. paris mayor anne hida

he is aiming to become the second man after the us star michael phelps to win the same individual swimmingtournament one of france's biggest olympic hopefuls, leon marchand, who comfortably qualify first in the individual medley and energised the crowd. in the tennis, andy murray begins the final tournament of his career as he competes with dan evans againstjapan. but cameron norrie has pulled outjust hours before he was due on court — it's thought the british number two has suffered an injury. meanwhile, rafael nadal makes his singles return which could set up a second round match with rival novak djokovic. gymnastics star simone biles is competing today. the most—decorated gymnast in history had a difficult time in tokyo in 2020, but is back to her best and hoping to add to her 37 olympic and world golds. she bounced back with a dazzling performance. and if you like star spotting, then you will love the gymnastics venue in paris today — it is a veritable who's who of celebrities. mission impossible and top gun star tom cruise is there, as are wicked the musical actors ariana grande and c

—— adam petey he will equal michael phelps is one of the only swimmers to have done that in that evente diving board which will also be really exciting and the artistic gymnastics team gb men's team will be competing in the final as well. it will be a wonderful evening of sport here in paris and a day of sport here in paris and a day of sport again tomorrow on day three. i will leave you with this beautiful view of the eiffel tower, which is my backdrop, and had back to the studio. thank you, maryam moshiri in paris. voting is under way in venezuela in what's being seen as the most consequential presidential election in a generation. president nicolas maduro, who's been in office since 2013, is seeking a third consecutive term. he told voters they have a choice between war and peace — and warned of a bloodbath if he loses. opposition candidate edmundo gonzalez said it's time to re—establish democracy and prosperity in the country after a quarter of a century of socialist rule. tensions across the country are high. there have been clashes at polling stations as people wait in long queue

he is aiming to become the second man after the us star michael phelps to win the same individual eventa row. 0ne win the same individual event three times in a row. one of the biggest 0lympic hopefuls, comfortably qualified in the individual medley and energised the crowd at the arena. in tennis, andy murray begins the final tournament of his career as he competes againstjapan. cameron norrie has pulled out. meanwhile setting up a second—round match with novak djokovic. gymnastics staff simone biles has been can competing today. the most decorated gymnast in history bounced back after a difficult time at the tokyo 0lympics. if you like a bit of star spotting, you will love the gymnastics menu today. it is a who's who were celebrities. mission impossible and set star tom cruise was in the crowd as well as the stars of the musical, ariana grande. the head of vogue was also there to cheer on the stars. as well as the superstar snoop dog. they are in for a big day in gymnastics at the arena. this arena for those of you don't know was built with a distinctive design. it's been used by stars

he is aiming to become the second man after the us star michael phelps to win the same individual swimming begins the final tournament of his career as he competes with dan evans againstjapan. but cameron norrie has pulled outjust hours before he was due on court — it's thought the british number two has suffered an injury. meanwhile, rafael nadal makes his singles return which could set up a second round match with rival novak djokovic. global gymnastics star simone biles is competing today. the most—decorated gymnast in history had a difficult time in tokyo in 2020, but is back to her best and hoping to add to her 37 olympic and world golds. she bounced back with a dazzling performance. and if you like star spotting, then you will love the gymnastics venue in paris today — it is a veritable who's who of celebrities. mission impossible and top gun star tom cruise is there, as are wicked the musical actors ariana grande and cynthia erivo. anna wintour, editor in chief of british vogue, is also there to cheer on biles and all the other gymnasts competing today, as is olympic torch—bearer an

he is aiming to become the second man, after the us star michael phelps, to win the same individual eventin a row. in the tennis, andy murray begins the final tennis tournament of his career as he competes with dan evans againstjapan. while rafael nadal makes his singles return, which could set up a second—round match with rival novak djokovic. global gymnastics star simone biles is competing today. the most decorated gymnast in history had a difficult time in tokyo in 2020 but is back to her best and hoping to add to her 37 olympic and world golds. and if you like star spotting then you will love the gymnastics venue in paris today — it is a veritable who's—who of celebrities. mission impossible and top gun star tom cruise is there, as are the wicked musical actors ariana grande and cynthia erivo. anna wintour, editor in chief of british vogue, is also there, as well as snoop doggy dogg to cheer on simone biles and i'm sure all the other gymnasts competing today too. as i mentioned, it was a busy night in the pool over at la defense arena to the west of paris last night, which is hosting

snoop's epic swim with michael phelps. and kicking it. bonjour. hello.he fun we had learning to can-can at the world famous moulin rouge. >> of course you're screaming. >> today, tuesday, july 30th, 2024. ♪ >>> get the gold medals ready again. >> i have never, ever seen anything like this. >> and there might be something in the air for team usa tonight. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today" at the olympic games with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. from paris. >> bonjour! welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning back home. tuesday afternoon here in paris. another exciting day at the olympics. s.g., we are surrounded by medal winners. >> this is paris royalty. team usa medal winners all around us. up early with us. we are so proud of all of you. we will have interviews with them a little later. >> do you want to say hi to your mom, hi is your dads. >> hi at home. >> feel free. you know they're all watching for you all right now. >> we have so much to talk about. >> and we will preview the women's final. in women's gymnastics.

. >> my husband and daughter came together on michael phelp's hair. take a look. >> and when he was eating 8 you thousand calories a day, that grows better hair. cheryl: i've been watching the swimming. americans are doing very well, our swim teams are doing very well. simone biles, i'm glad you brought thunderstorm watch. o-- brought thunderstorm watch. on--brought that up. one of the producers said of course she'll keep competing, she's simone biles. >> the women's teams compete no matter what. >> she did incredibly well in the trials that she just did even though she was limping and even crawling at one point down the kind of path to the next equipment. cheryl: she crawled. all right. gerri, thank you. we'll see you next hour. all right. let's get a look at your forecast across america. fox weather meteorologist marissa torres joins us with an update. good morning. >> good morning to you you. checking from coast to coast. a lot of rain to talk about especially if you're east of the rockies. we also have severe weather, noticeing areas in red for th

michael phelps, he has longer limbs, more elasticity in his joints.is a fraction of a decimal of an advantage over his next competitor. whereas, 10% to 12% margin, when you are fighting to shave nearly 100ths of a second off your time, that is a huge advantage that we cannot just overlook. peter: let's look at the flipside. let's say you wanted to transition to a male. should you be allowed to compete on the male side? riley: no, because the argument here is safety and fairness. i believe every single person is deserving of safety and fairness. so, we have seen a couple times women playing on a football team, being a kicker or something like that on a men's team. it alters the game. it alters the competition aspect of the game because if i am a boy and there's a woman on the field and i was raised correctly, i don't want to tackle a woman at full speed, full force. the solution is what's always been in front of us. males compete with males, females compete with females. the last 52 years or so. that is not to say that i think co-ed teams are bad. if y

michael phelps, he has longer limbs, more elasticity in his joints.hat is a fraction of a decimal of an advantage over his next competitor. whereas, 10% to 12% margin, when you are fighting to shave nearly 100ths of a second off your time, that is a huge advantage that we cannot just overlook. peter: let's look at the flipside. let's say you wanted to transition to a male. should you be allowed to compete on the male side? riley: no, because the argument here is safety and fairness. i believe every single person is deserving of safety and fairness. so, we have seen a couple times women playing on a football team, being a kicker or something like that on a men's team. it alters the game. it alters the competition aspect of the game because if i am a boy and there's a woman on the field and i was raised correctly, i don't want to tackle a woman at full speed, full force. the solution is what's always been in front of us. males compete with males, females compete with females. the last 52 years or so. that is not to say that i think co-ed teams are bad.

michael phelps, he has longer limbs, more elasticity in his joints.t is a fraction of a decimal of an advantage over his next competitor. whereas, 10% to 12% margin, when you are fighting to shave nearly 100ths of a second off your time, that is a huge advantage that we cannot just overlook. peter: let's look at the flipside. let's say you wanted to transition to a male. should you be allowed to compete on the male side? riley: no, because the argument here is safety and fairness. i believe every single person is deserving of safety and fairness. so, we have seen a couple times women playing on a football team, being a kicker or something like that on a men's team. it alters the game. it alters the competition aspect of the game because if i am a boy and there's a woman on the field and i was raised correctly, i don't want to tackle a woman at full speed, full force. the solution is what's always been in front of us. males compete with males, females compete with females. the last 52 years or so. that is not to say that i think co-ed teams are bad. if