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Aug 2024
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Tea from Paris: Day Eleven

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We may have seen Simone Biles compete at the Olympics for the last time!

Why did so many athletes fall off that balance beam?

Two athletes who swam in the River Seine have withdrawn from the games…citing illness!

And pushing and shoving during the women’s 5000 meter race led to a winner being stripped of a silver medal…but they gave it back.

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