Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs With her jaw-dropping result in the women’s 1,500-meter freestyle—her 15:30.02 finish set a new Olympic record—Ledecky won her eighth career Olympic gold medal, tying a record set by fellow swimmer Jenny Thomson 20 years ago. No American woman has won more golds in any sport.An Italian gymnast’s cheesy sponsorship deal goes viralA day after Italy’s women’s gymnastics team won silver in the all-around finals—a historic achievement—one of its gymnasts, Giorgia Villa, attracted attention online for quite a different reason. It turns out that back home, Villa was once sponsored by Parmigiano Reggiano…like, the cheese. It’s no wonder that the attending campaign images quickly went viral on X.July 30:Team USA wins gold in the women’s gymnastics team finalSimone Biles competes on the uneven bars during the artistic gymnastics women’s team final on July 30.
Photo: Getty ImagesThe squad, led by the indominable Simone Biles, bested Italy and Brazil with a score of 171.296 points—even after Jordan Chiles suffered a fall from the beam at the top of her routine. (Later on, her astonishing Beyoncé-themed floor routine would help to make up for it.) “It was super exciting. We had fun, we enjoyed our time out there, and just did our gymnastics,” Biles said afterward. The medal represented a triumphant return to form since Team USA’s final in Tokyo, where they took home silver after Biles’s withdrawl partway through the event.That evening, in an Instagram post celebrating the team’s achievement, Biles made cheeky reference to comments made by her former teammate MyKayla Skinner back in June, after the group competing in Paris had been finalized. Remarking, in a since-deleted YouTube video, on how new regulations implemented across the sport to stymie abusive behavior had changed the way that coaches interacted with gymnasts, Skinner said, “Besides Simone, I feel like the talent and the depth just isn’t like what it used to be. Just notice, like, I mean, obviously a lot of girls don’t work as hard. The girls just don’t have the work ethic.” (Skinner later issued an apology, claiming that her point had been misinterpreted and was not intended to criticize the other members of Team USA.) After Biles’s post, Skinner apparently blocked her on Instagram.Everyone discovers the air pistol—and becomes obsessed with South Korea’s Ye-ji KimYe-ji Kim of Team Republic of Korea during the women’s 10-meter air pistol final on day two of the Olympic Games.Photo: Getty Images
