Summer Games
Americanplural noun
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No woman who transitioned from being born male competed at the 2024 Paris Summer Games, and it is unclear if any transgender women currently compete at an Olympic level.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
France is a Paralympic Games stalwart, having been part of every Winter Games since the first edition in 1976 and also hosting the 2024 Summer Games.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
The last Olympiad was the 2024 Summer Games in Rome.
From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026
Most famously, U.S. sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos were expelled from the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games for raising their black-gloved fists in protest of racial injustice, though they retained their medals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Next to going to the 2016 Summer Games in Rio, doing college gymnastics was my most heartfelt dream.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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