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You may have forgotten that this was happening.  The Olympics in general have been falling out of sight, as other world issues seem to eclipse their spotlight on the world stage.  It's a bit surreal to have a couple wars concurrently happening, with participants from opposing countries competing.  There is on-going drama, as a result of many things, sort of as a microcosm of the state of these conflicts: not just the wars, but long-standing issues like transgender inclusivity, etc.

Some 2024 Summer Olympics scandals and controversies highlights:

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The Dutch Olympic Committee, NOC*NSF, selected Steven van de Velde to represent them in beach volleyball. Van de Velde pleaded guilty in 2016 to three counts of raping a 12-year-old child in the United Kingdom. The British judge said that he should not be able to continue his Olympic ambitions. He had initially fled to the Netherlands after the rapes, which took place in 2014, before being extradited back to the UK in 2016.

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On 22 July, Cypriot news outlet eReportaz published a report exposing the alleged OnlyFans account of Elena Kulichenko, an NCAA champion high jumper and flag bearer for Cyprus. However, legal representation for Kulichenko has claimed that the content found online was not created by Kulichenko, but was instead AI-generated and posted without Kulichenko's consent.

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On 22 July, the New Zealand women's football team noticed a drone flying over their training session in Saint-Étienne and reported this to local police, who found and detained the drone operator, Joseph Lombardi, an analyst with the Canada women's football team.

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Two women's boxers who had been previously disqualified from the women's world championships organised by the Russian-controlled IBA (which is no longer recognised by the IOC) for failing sex eligibility tests–Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu‑ting of Chinese Taipei, were selected for the Olympics. Kheilf had been disqualified for having high levels of testosterone. DNA testing of Khelif and other athletes "proved they had XY chromosomes and were thus excluded from the sports events". There are medical conditions that can cause a woman to also have XY chromosomes. Khelif made an appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport but later withdrew it, making the IBA decision legally binding. Both boxers met requirements for the Olympics, with IOC spokesperson Mark Adams defending their requirements and refusing to speak about individual cases, instead saying "everyone competing in the women's category is complying with the competition eligibility rules. They are women in their passports and it is stated that is the case".

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In a promotion for the Olympics, Adidas released products based on previous Olympic Games, including "SL72" footwear inspired by the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Their marketing campaign that featured the footwear also featured model Bella Hadid. Israel is a staunch critic of Hadid, who is half-Palestinian and vocally supports Palestine, with Israel's official X/Twitter account criticising Hadid's appearance in the Adidas campaign because the 1972 Games was the site of the Munich massacre, in which a Palestinian group killed members of the Israeli delegation. Adidas removed the commercial featuring Hadid, said that there was no reference to the massacre in the campaign, and apologised to Hadid after she retained a lawyer in relation to the controversy.

And lots more!