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Breaking Gold Medalist Phil Wizard Says Raygun Doesn’t Deserve the Meme Machine’s Wrath
“It needs to be more transparent,” Wizard said. “This person won. Why did they win, by what margin,…
How Blind Soccer Is Played at the 2024 Paris Paralympics
This story originally appeared on WIRED Italia and has been translated from Italian. The 2024 Paris Paralympics have…
John McFall, the Astronaut Flag Bearer at the Paris Paralympics, Is Ready to Fly
At first we studied how my disabilities and prosthesis might affect my ability to meet the requirements in-flight.…
Paralimpiadi 2024, 7 cose da sapere sull'edizione di Parigi
Dagli sport al percorso della torcia paralimpica, dai luoghi delle competizioni alle medaglie: guida all’evento sportivo Source link
The Paris Olympics Promised Flying Taxis—Here’s Why They Failed to Launch
Six months before the Olympic Opening Ceremony, Dirk Hoke, CEO of Volocopter, was still hopeful. “[We’re] making people…
Will the ‘Car-Free’ Los Angeles Olympics Work?
What’s undisputed is that, starting in the mid-1940s, powerful social forces transformed Los Angeles so that commuters had…
The Australian Breaker Who Broke the Internet
Before some of them were taken down, the memes about Australian Olympic breaker Rachael Gunn, aka Raygun, were…
How to Watch Billie Eilish and Snoop Dogg at the Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony
The Paris 2024 Summer Olympics will be remembered for a lot of things: drag performances, shameful allegations against…
The Olympics’ Hostile Architecture Is a Preview of What’s to Come
On a graffiti-stained sidewalk in Paris, a strange sight appeared days before the Olympic opening ceremony in July:…
Does Jewelry and Big Hair Slow Down Olympic Runners?
To be an Olympic champion, athletes spend years perfecting every aspect of their performance. That same attention to…