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  • Fact Check: Riley Gaines Did NOT 'Make It To The Olympics' -- Bondi Erred

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    Did activist and former swimmer Riley Gaines "make it to the Olympics"? No, that's not true: Her name was not on the 2024 U.S. national team roster. It doesn't appear on the official website of the Olympic Games, either. The claim appeared in an interview aired on Fox News and uploaded to YouTube on April 16, 2025. At the 1:25…

    • Apr 16, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Riley Gaines Did NOT 'Make It To The Olympics' -- Bondi Erred Didn't Happen
  • Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Admit The 2024 Election Was Rigged So He Could Be President Again

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    Did Donald Trump admit in an Oval Office ceremony on March 7, 2025, that the 2024 election was rigged so that he could become president again? No, that's not true: President Trump was claiming the 2020 presidential election won by Joe Biden was rigged, not the 2024 election. If he had won in 2020, he would not be president when…

    • Mar 9, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Donald Trump Did NOT Admit The 2024 Election Was Rigged So He Could Be President Again About 2020
  • Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trump Saying 2024 Presidential Election Was 'Rigged'

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    Does a video show President Donald Trump saying that the 2024 presidential election was rigged with the help of Elon Musk? No, that's not true: In the speech excerpted in the video, Trump's remark about rigging referred to the 2020 presidential election, which he has repeatedly and falsely claimed was not legitimate. In the speech, he made a vague remark…

    • Jan 20, 2025
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Trump Saying 2024 Presidential Election Was 'Rigged' He Meant 2020
  • Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show LeBron James Kissing Unidentified Man In Paris

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    Does a photo show basketball star LeBron James kissing an unidentified man in Paris? No, that's not true: A reverse image search showed that the men in the photo are a couple who go by the screen name "TeeAndDrew." An online news search for any credible evidence that the event described in the post actually happened came up empty. The…

    • Dec 17, 2024
    • by: Marlo Lee
    Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show LeBron James Kissing Unidentified Man In Paris Different Man
  • Fact Check: World Boxing Organization Did NOT Declare Imane Khelif A Man, Force Her To Return Medals And Prize Money

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    Did the World Boxing Organization say Algerian female boxer Imane Khelif was actually a man, banning her from boxing for life and forcing her to return all her medals and prize money? No, that's not true: An attorney for the organization told Lead Stories that it has not taken any position on Khelif's gender and that she has never even…

    • Sep 10, 2024
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: World Boxing Organization Did NOT Declare Imane Khelif A Man, Force Her To Return Medals And Prize Money WBO Denied
  • Fact Check: Fake AI Image Of Shirtless Boxer Is NOT Imane Khelif -- NOT Proof She Is Male

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    Does an image of a shirtless boxer in black briefs show new evidence that the Olympic women's boxing champion from Algeria, Imane Khelif, is really a man? No, that's not true: This photo is fake and was posted on X by an account that publishes only AI-generated images. It has several telltale signs of AI such as strange, glyph-like text…

    • Sep 10, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Fake AI Image Of Shirtless Boxer Is NOT Imane Khelif -- NOT Proof She Is Male AI Generated
  • Fact Check: Thomas Jolly 'Who Created The Olympics Opening Ceremony' Was NOT Struck By Lightning

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    Was Thomas Jolly, "the artist who created the Olympics opening ceremony," hospitalized after being hit by lightning? No, that's not true: The viral claim was based on a fake screenshot of a nonexistent AP article. Lead Stories found no actual news reports or any evidence that such a lightning strike happened. The claim appeared in a reel on Facebook on…

    • Aug 20, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Thomas Jolly 'Who Created The Olympics Opening Ceremony' Was NOT Struck By Lightning No Reports
  • Fact Check: Brittney Griner Did NOT Announce She 'Is Leaving The United States'

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    Did American basketball player Brittney Griner make a public statement announcing she is leaving the United States? No, that's not true: Griner's long-time agent refuted the claim in an email to Lead Stories and there are no stories about any such announcement on any news websites. The rumor first appeared in an AI-generated article published by what appeared to be…

    • Aug 13, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Brittney Griner Did NOT Announce She 'Is Leaving The United States' No Reports
  • Fact Check: Throat-Slitting Gesture NOT Filmed At Paris Olympics -- Scene Of Moroccan Footballers' Throat Slitting Motions, Shouting 'Allahu Akbar' Is From 2023

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    Does a video on social media show Moroccan football players at the Paris Olympics doing throat-slitting motions and shouting "Allahu Akbar"? No, that's not true: That video was posted to Instagram in July 2023, when Morocco was participating in the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations. That competition was held in Rabat, Morocco, one year before the Paris Olympics started. The…

    • Aug 7, 2024
    • by: Ophélie Dénommée-Marchand
    Fact Check: Throat-Slitting Gesture NOT Filmed At Paris Olympics -- Scene Of Moroccan Footballers' Throat Slitting Motions, Shouting 'Allahu Akbar' Is From 2023 Old Video
  • Fact Check: Turkish Olympian Yusuf Dikec Did NOT Spontaneously Get Interested In Sport Shooting During Divorce

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    Did a Turkish mechanic, Yusuf Dikec, discover a passion for sport shooting while going through a "particularly frustrating divorce mediation" and did he send his ex-wife a message from the Olympic podium that he wants his dog back? No, that's not true: This origin story is satire, in reality he has been an internationally competitive sport shooter since 2001. Now…

    • Aug 6, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Turkish Olympian Yusuf Dikec Did NOT Spontaneously Get Interested In Sport Shooting During Divorce  Fictional Tale
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