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Olympic Boxer Imane Khelif Names J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk in Cyberbullying Lawsuit

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Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has named J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk in a lawsuit for aggravated cyber harassment.
- Khelif filed the lawsuit after winning the women's 66kg boxing competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
- The lawsuit reportedly names other high-profile but unconfirmed figures linked to the harassment.
- French authorities have now launched an investigation into the cyber harassment allegations.
- Rowling posted a picture from Khelif's fight with Italian boxer Angela Carini, accusing her of being a man.
- Musk, meanwhile, advocated on X for excluding men from women's sports by sharing a post from Riley Gaines
- Khelif's coach said the online abuse impacted the boxer and her team significantly during the Olympics.

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As Simone Biles eyes another Olympic medal, A-list celebrities like Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande and Tom Cruise gathered to watch her stunning artistic gymnastics performance in Paris on Sunday.
- The 'GOAT' of women’s gymnastics, boasting seven Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals, drew a high-profile audience, including Snoop Dogg and Anna Wintour.
- Nick Jonas, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen and Jessica Chastain were also among the celebrities captivated by Biles' performance at the Bercy Arena.
- Biles, returning to the Olympics after her Tokyo Games episode of the 'twistys,' a term describing the temporary loss of spatial awareness, topped the all-around standings with more sub-divisions remaining until the medal competition.
- She scored a total of 59.566 – a tally that would have won the past three World Championships.
- Grand gestures of support from celebrities like Lady Gaga posting on Instagram, Snoop Dogg as a special correspondent for NBC Sports, and Tom Cruise mingling with fans added to the spectacle.
- Grande sat with Cynthia Erivo, with whom she co-stars in the upcoming film ‘Wicked’. The two were seen greeting Wintour, who was at the arena with Australian film director Baz Luhrmann.

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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo demonstrated the Seine River's cleanliness for the Paris Olympics by swimming in it.
- Swimming in the Seine had been banned for a century due to pollution concerns but the river has now been deemed clean before the Games begin on July 26.
- Hidalgo's swim was broadcast live on national TV with hundreds of spectators present, but was delayed after high E. coli rates soared due to heavy rains.
- The city invested more than $1.5 billion in cleaning projects to make the Seine swimmable.
- Triathlon and long-distance swimming events will be held in the Seine during the Games.
- The water will be tested rigorously before each event, and authorities say they are certain the river will be clean with three-quarters of bacterial pollution purged.
- After the Olympics, officials will aim to open river-water swimming pools along the Seine for Parisians and visitors, including near the Louvre and Notre Dame as well as in other less-privileged neighborhoods.
- A recent study of bio-diversity in the river basin documented at least 30 species of fish in the Parisian Seine, compared to just three in 1970.
- In 1990, former Paris mayor Jacques Chirac pledged to clean up the Seine for swimming, but failed to do so.
- Hidalgo said the Seine's clean-up would help efforts to counter pollution of the ocean, into which the river flows.

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