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August 8

LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin

• 1264 – Reconquista: In the early stages of the Mudéjar revolt, Muslim rebels captured the Alcázar of Jerez de la Frontera in present-day Spain, holding it for about two months.
• 1919 – The Third Anglo-Afghan War ended with the United Kingdom signing a treaty to recognise the independence of the Emirate of Afghanistan.
• 1929 – The German airship Graf Zeppelin (pictured) departed Lakehurst, New Jersey, on a flight to circumnavigate the world.
• 2009 – Nine people died when a tour helicopter and a small private airplane collided over the Hudson River in Hoboken, New Jersey.
• 2014 – The World Health Organization declared the Western African Ebola epidemic, which began in December 2013, to be a public health emergency of international concern.

• Christoph Ludwig Agricola (d. 1724)
• Esther Hobart Morris (b. 1814)
• Ernest Lawrence (b. 1901)
• Elisabeth Abegg (d. 1974)

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• August 7
• August 8
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August 8, 2024 (2024-08-08) (Thursday)

Disasters and accidents

• Hurricane Debby (2024)
  • Tropical Storm Debby makes its second landfall at 50 mph (80 kph) near Bulls Bay, South Carolina. (AP)
• A 7.1 earthquake strikes off the coast of Kyushu, Japan. A tsunami advisory is issued for parts of Kyushu and Shikoku. (The Japan Times)

Politics and elections

• 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis
  • Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont returns to Barcelona after seven years of "self-exile", defying the arrest warrant issued by the Supreme Court and risking arrest. (The New York Times)

August 7, 2024 (2024-08-07) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
    • The Israel Defense Forces confirms the death of Bilha Yinon, the last person missing in Israel following the attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023. (Newsweek)
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Six Palestinians are killed in an Israeli raid on the Maghazi refugee camp and in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. (Saba News Agency) (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
    • Russian Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov says that the Ukrainian advance into Kursk Oblast has been stopped. (BBC News)
    • Acting Governor of Kursk Oblast Alexei Smirnov declares a state of emergency in the region. (DW)
• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel-Hezbollah conflict
  • Egypt and the United Kingdom issue NOTAM alerts and order their airlines to avoid Iranian and Lebanese airspaces. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Thirty people are killed, five are missing and hundreds displaced after days of floods in Hodeidah and Hajjah, Yemen. (AP)
• Five people, including four Chinese nationals, are killed in a helicopter crash in Nuwakot District, Bagmati Province, Nepal. (AP)

Health and environment

• Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest
  • The Government of Brazil reports that deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest is at its lowest level since 2016. (AP)
• Environmental threats to the Great Barrier Reef
  • The water temperature around the Great Barrier Reef is reported to have reached a 400-year record high, which is causing more mass bleaching events. (DW)

Law and crime

• 2023 Thai general election
  • The Constitutional Court of Thailand orders the dissolution of the Move Forward Party, which won the most seats and votes in last year's election, but was blocked from forming a government. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)
• End Bad Governance protests
  • Nigeria arrests seven Polish nationals for raising Russian flags during anti-government protests this week. (Reuters)
• South Africa's genocide case against Israel
  • Turkey submits a bid to join South Africa's side in the International Court of Justice case against Israel's conduct in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
• Police in Berlin, Germany, arrest a palliative care nurse for allegedly killing four elderly patients. (DW)
• Russian-American Ksenia Karelina pleads guilty in a Russian court to a charge of treason. (CNN)
• Police in Austria arrest two men affiliated with the Islamic State for allegedly planning to commit a terrorist attack at American singer Taylor Swift's upcoming concerts at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna, which are subsequently cancelled. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States House of Representatives elections
  • Missouri Democratic congresswoman Cori Bush loses her primary election to St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell, becoming the second member of the Squad to lose a primary. (BBC News)
• Comorian president Azali Assoumani grants extensive powers to his son and alleged successor Nour El Fath, allowing El Fath to intervene in multiple stages of government decision-making. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2024 Summer Olympics
  • Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • French police detain Australian field hockey player Tom Craig for allegedly purchasing cocaine. (DW)
  • China at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • China wins their first gold medal in artistic swimming. (Reuters)
  • India at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat is disqualified from the final of the Women's freestyle 50 kg event for being above the stipulated weight during the weigh-in on the morning of the finals, eliminating her from the medal competition and relegating her to last place in the classification. (India Today)

August 6, 2024 (2024-08-06) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
    • Ukraine reportedly launches an incursion into Kursk Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Russia claims that it captured the village of Tymofiivka in Donetsk Oblast. (AA)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Siege of El Fasher
    • At least 53 people are killed and 60 others are injured in Rapid Support Forces raids on several neighborhoods in El Fasher and Gezira State, Sudan. (Radio Dabanga)
• M23 offensive
  • Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi accuses former President Joseph Kabila of backing the Alliance Fleuve Congo, a U.S-sanctioned coalition of rebel groups, whose main member is the M23. (AP)

Arts and culture

• Whaling in Japan
  • Japanese whaling company Kyodo Senpaku announces the country's first fin whale kill in fifty years off the coast of Iwate Prefecture. (Undercurrent News) (The Inertia)

Business and economy

• Japan's Nikkei 225 stock market index rises more than 10%, a day after declining by more than 12%. (The Washington Post) (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Japan heatwaves
  • At least 123 people, many of whom were elderly, are reported to have died from heat illnesses in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan in July amid an ongoing heatwave in the country. (AP)
• At least two people are killed when a hotel collapses in Kröv, Germany. (DW) (Reuters)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Niger, Foreign relations of Ukraine
  • Niger suspends diplomatic relations with Ukraine over Ukraine's alleged support for rebels who ambushed and killed dozens of Malian soldiers and Russian mercenaries during the Battle of Tinzaouaten in July. (Reuters)
• Palestine–Russia relations
  • Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announces a visit to Moscow, Russia, from August 12–14 to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the peace process for the Israel–Hamas war and to "strengthen bilateral relations in all areas" between the two nations. (LBCI) (Al Jazeera)
• Ukraine–European Union relations
  • The European Union approves a grant of €4.2 billion (US$4.58 billion) in financial aid to Ukraine. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Israel–Hamas war protests
  • 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
    • In the United States, Massachusetts District Judge Richard Stearns rules that Harvard University must face a lawsuit accusing the university of intentionally ignoring requests for safety from Jewish students following "severe and pervasive harassment" on campus, while also calling the university's claims that antisemitic acts are protected under the First Amendment "dubious". (Reuters)
• 2024 Israeli protests
  • Haredi Israelis storm the army base in Tel HaShomer in protest of compulsory conscription. (The Jerusalem Post)
• 2024 Tunisian presidential election
  • A court in Tunisia sentences opposition leader Abir Moussi to two years in prison for insulting the election commission. The court also sentences four potential presidential candidates, including activist Nizar Chaari, to eight months in prison and bans them from running for office on charges of vote buying. (DW)
• Capital punishment in Iran, Mahsa Amini protests
  • The Iranian government executes a man who was convicted of killing an Islamic Revolutionary Guards officer during anti-government and mandatory hijab law protests in 2022. (DW)
• Censorship in Germany, Israel–Hamas war protests in Germany
  • A court in Berlin, Germany, convicts a woman and fines her for "condoning a crime" by leading a chant using the phrase "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" during a protest in October 2023. (Al Jazeera)
• End Bad Governance protests
  • Nigeria detains tailors who made Russian flags that were used in anti-government protests. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
  • Non-cooperation movement
    • Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin dissolves the national parliament in preparation for an interim government following the resignation and departure of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. (France 24)
    • President Shahabuddin names civil society leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus as the chief of the interim government. (DW)
• 2024 United States presidential election
  • 2024 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection
    • Presumptive Democratic Party nominee Kamala Harris selects Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. (CNN)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh
    • Yahya Sinwar is named the new leader of Hamas, following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2024 Summer Olympics
  • Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Fourteen-year-old Arisa Trew wins the gold medal in Women's park skateboarding, becoming the youngest Australian to ever win an Olympic gold medal. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
  • Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announces he will boycott the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics due to an initial judging error in another competitor's Women's floor gymnastics routine, which after being corrected, caused Romanian gymnast Ana Bărbosu to move from bronze medal position to 4th place. (AP)
  • Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Cuban wrestler Mijaín López wins the gold medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg event, becoming the first Olympic athlete to win gold in the same event at five consecutive Olympic games and the first wrestler to win five gold medals in Olympic history. (AP)

August 5, 2024 (2024-08-05) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
  • Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria during the Israel–Hamas war
    • 2024 Al-Asad Airbase missile attack
      • At least five United States personnel are injured when two missiles strike the joint American–Iraqi Al Asad Airbase in al-Anbar Governorate, Iraq. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli razing of cemeteries in the Gaza Strip
    • Israel returns 89 decomposed, unidentifiable Palestinian bodies to the Gaza Ministry of Health. (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
  • Ahead of expected retaliation against Israel for the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, Iran issues a NOTAM, advising aircraft to change their routes over the country due to potential dangers en route. (The Jerusalem Post)
• M23 offensive
  • Nearly 100 Congolese National Police officers flee to Uganda as fighting between M23 rebels and the Congolese military intensifies. (Reuters)
• Papua conflict
  • Separatist fighters shoot and kill a New Zealander helicopter pilot in Central Papua province, Indonesia, shortly after landing in the village of Alama. The four indigenous Papuans onboard the aircraft are later released. (Al Jazeera)
• Red Sea crisis
  • The Houthis claim an attack on the Liberia-flagged container ship MV Groton in the Gulf of Aden. (Al Jazeera)

Business and economy

• 2024 stock market decline
  • Japan's Nikkei 225 stock market index falls by more than 12%, suffering its worst two-day decline ever and its largest daily percentage drop since Black Monday in October 1987. (AP) (Reuters)
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq Composite all fall by 3%, registering their biggest three-day declines since June 2022. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Debby
    • At least six people are killed in Florida, United States, by severe weather caused by Hurricane Debby. (BBC News)
• 2024 Wolayita landslide
  • At least thirteen people are killed by a rainfall-triggered landslide in Wolayita, Ethiopia. (AP)

International relations

• 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
  • International reactions to the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
    • The European Union joins the United States and several Latin American nations in refusing to accept the claimed Venezuelan presidential election victory of Incumbent President Nicolás Maduro. (Kyiv Post)
  • Brazil becomes the representative of the interests of Argentina and Peru in Venezuela, after Venezuela expels the Argentinian and Peruvian diplomats following tensions in the aftermath of the presidential election. (Reuters)

• International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war, Economic impact of the Israel–Hamas war
  • The United Kingdom provisionally suspends all arms exports to Israel, pending a policy review. (The Jewish Chronicle)

Law and crime

• 2024 United Kingdom far-right riots
  • Rioting takes place in Plymouth and Birmingham, England, while police are attacked with molotov cocktails in Belfast, Northern Ireland, as the number of people arrested rises to 400. (BBC News)
• 2024 Venezuelan presidential election, 2024 Venezuelan protests
  • Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab opens a criminal investigation into opposition officials Edmundo González and María Corina Machado for calling on the Armed Forces to abandon their support for President Nicolás Maduro throughout the protests and riots in the country. (DW)
• United States v. Google LLC
  • District of Columbia District Judge Amit Mehta finds Google guilty of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act by illegally maintaining a monopoly over internet search. (CNN) (The Washington Post)
• Uganda Police arrest and charge fourteen Ugandan opposition officials and lawmakers with terrorism charges for participating in anti-government and anti-corruption protests last month. (Reuters)
• The Hanoi People's Court in Vietnam sentences Bamboo Airways chairman and real estate business tycoon Trinh Van Quyet to 21 years in prison for defrauding investors of 3.6 trillion VNĐ (US$144 million). (DW) (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
  • Non-cooperation movement
    • Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina resigns and flees to West Bengal, India. (Sky News)
    • Protestors storm the prime minister's residence and the National Parliament building in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Reuters) (CNBC)
    • Chief of Army Staff Waker-uz-Zaman announces the formation of an interim government in Bangladesh and vows to launch an investigation into the government crackdowns. (France 24)

Sports

• 2024 Summer Olympics
  • Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault
    • Sweden's Armand Duplantis wins his second consecutive gold medal, breaking his own world record with a jump of 6.25 metres (20 ft 6 in). (CNN)
  • Colombia at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Ángel Barajas wins the silver medal in Men's horizontal bar, earning Colombia its first ever medal in gymnastics. (Remezcla)
  • Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Belgium withdraws from the Mixed relay triathlon event after triathlete Claire Michel becomes ill days after she swam in the Seine river during the women's triathlon event. (CNN)
  • Thailand at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Kunlavut Vitidsarn wins the silver medal in the Men's singles badminton event, earning Thailand its first medal in the sport. (WCNC)

August 4, 2024 (2024-08-04) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Russia said its armed forces captured the village of Novoselivka Persha in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Times of India)
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces that the country has received its first F-16 fighter aircraft from NATO allies. (The New York Times)
• 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
  • Non-cooperation movement
    • At least 91 people are killed in violent clashes between anti-government protesters and police units across Bangladesh, as protestors call for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign. (Al Jazeera)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • At least four people are killed and 18 others are injured in an Israeli strike on the al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip. (AP)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Two people are killed and two others are injured in a stabbing spree in Holon, Israel. The Palestinian perpetrator is subsequently shot and killed by Israeli police. (Reuters)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Ukraine, Foreign relations of Mali
  • Mali cuts all diplomatic relations with Ukraine for providing intelligence to Tuareg rebels that enabled them to ambush and kill large numbers of Wagner Group mercenaries and Malian troops. (CNN)
• Malaysia–United Kingdom relations, 2024 United Kingdom far-right riots
  • Malaysia issues a travel warning urging its citizens to not visit the United Kingdom due to ongoing violent riots. (Yahoo! UK)

Law and crime

• 2024 United Kingdom far-right riots, 2024 Southport stabbing
  • More than 150 people are arrested following violent far-right riots targeting mosques and migrant infrastructure throughout the United Kingdom. (BBC)

Sports

• 2024 Summer Olympics
  • Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Novak Djokovic defeats Carlos Alcaraz in the Men's singles final to win the Olympic gold medal, becoming the third male player to achieve a singles Career Golden Slam. (BBC News)
    • Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini win the gold medal in the Women's doubles tournament, earning Italy its first gold medal in the sport and making Errani the oldest tennis player to achieve a Career Golden Slam. (CNA)
  • Algeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Kaylia Nemour wins the gold medal in the Women's uneven bars, the first gold medal in gymnastics for Algeria. (NPR)
  • Cape Verde at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Daniel Varela de Pina wins a bronze medal in Men's flyweight boxing, earning Cape Verde its first ever Olympic medal. (Olympics)

August 3, 2024 (2024-08-03) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • At least fifteen people are killed in an Israeli attack on a school sheltering displaced people in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • The United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, urges its citizens to leave the country amid increasing tensions in the Middle East. (BBC News)
• Jihadist insurgency in Niger
  • The Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin takes two Russian citizens hostage in Mbanga, Niger. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Economic impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • S&P Global downgrades Ukraine's credit rating to "SD" for 'selective' default after Ukraine was unable to pay a US$34 million international bond payment, and also stating that Ukraine's credit rating could fall to "D", which would represent a complete default following restructuring of Ukraine's debt. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Antarctica heat wave
  • A record prolonged heat wave persists over Antarctica, with temperatures reaching 50 °F (28 °C) higher than average in some areas during the middle of winter. (CNN)
• 2024 Japan heatwaves
  • The Japanese Meteorological Agency issues excessive heat warnings for 37 of the 47 prefectures amid heat waves where at least 59 people have died from heat stroke since April. (NHK) (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• Parole for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans
  • The Biden administration provisionally suspends all migrant permits allowing Venezuelans, Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans to enter and stay in the United States for up to two years following suspicions of fraud by several migrant financial sponsors. (AP)
• The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam elects President Tô Lâm as the new General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, succeeding Nguyễn Phú Trọng, who died on July 19. (CNA)

Sports

• 2024 Summer Olympics
  • Dominica at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Thea LaFond wins the gold medal in the Women's triple jump, earning Dominica its first ever Olympic medal. (Barron's)
  • Philippines at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Carlos Yulo wins the gold medal in Men's floor gymnastics, the Philippines' first medal in the sport and the country's second ever gold medal. (ESPN)
  • Saint Lucia at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Julien Alfred wins the gold medal in the Women's 100 metres, earning Saint Lucia its first ever Olympic medal. (Barron's)
  • United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • American swimmer Katie Ledecky wins her ninth gold medal, tying with Soviet artistic gymnast Larisa Latynina's record of most gold medals by a female Olympian. (Reuters)

August 2, 2024 (2024-08-02) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Somali civil war
  • 2024 Lido Beach attack
    • Thirty-eight people are killed and 212 others are injured in a mass shooting and suicide bombing by Al-Shabaab militants near the Beach View Hotel on Lido Beach in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Hiiraan Online) (Reuters)
• Iran–Israel proxy conflict, Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh
  • United States President Joe Biden deploys multiple U.S. military warships, troops, and other military assets to the Middle East to support Israel against potential attacks from Iran and its proxies. (Financial Times) (The Washington Post)

Business and economy

• Unemployment in the United States
  • Several global financial markets fall significantly, with the Dow Jones falling by 610 points after the United States Department of Labor reported that the unemployment rate increased to 4.3% in July, the highest since October 2021. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 11 people are killed in a fire in a residential-commercial building in Manila, Philippines. (The Star)

International relations

• 2024 Venezuelan presidential election, Argentina–Venezuela relations
  • Argentina recognizes Edmundo González as President-elect of Venezuela, becoming the third country to do so after the United States and Peru. (AFP via Barron's)

Law and crime

• 2024 United Kingdom far-right riots
  • Rioting occurs in Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, as hundreds of far-right protesters attempt to march on a mosque and clash with riot police in the city centre. A police station is set on fire by rioters. (BBC News)
• Censorship in Turkey
  • Turkey blocks internet access to Instagram, following comments made by Turkish communications director Fahrettin Altun that condemned Meta Platforms for taking down Instagram posts offering condolences or expressing sorrow towards the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh. (Reuters)
• Mass surveillance in the United Kingdom
  • Several civil rights groups denounce proposals made by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to grant British police nationalized live facial recognition technology and surveillance to charge people police consider significantly likely to participate in far-right riots, condemning the opportunism of the proposals, their potential racial and gender inaccuracy, and their possible use to target future legal protests. (The Guardian)
• A man is arrested by national police in Dublin, Ireland, following attacks on Government Buildings, The Custom House, and Áras an Uachtaráin. (RTÉ)
• Four men, including a police officer, are found shot to death near Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico. (AP)
• The United States Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission file a joint lawsuit against TikTok and its parent company ByteDance for violating a law prohibiting companies to collect and use personal information of children under the age of 13. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• End Bad Governance protests
  • Protests against President Bola Tinubu's economic reforms continue across Nigeria, as security forces fire tear gas at protestors and the government orders curfews across several northern states. (Al Jazeera)

Sports

• 2024 Summer Olympics
  • Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Novak Djokovic defeats Lorenzo Musetti to advance to the finals of the Men's singles tournament, becoming the only player to reach the finals four times, and the oldest finalist in Olympic tennis history. (ESPN)
    • Carlos Alcaraz defeats Félix Auger-Aliassime to advance to the finals of the Men's singles tournament, becoming the youngest finalist in Olympic tennis history at 21 years old. (CBS News)
  • Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Belarusian gymnast Ivan Litvinovich wins a gold medal in trampoline gymnastics, making him the first male neutral athlete to win a gold medal at the Summer Olympics. (CBS News)

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